The Kincaid Towers is a 22-floor high-rise in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

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. It is located along Vine Street between Broadway and Mill Street. Its exterior is polished buff concrete with blue tinted glass, with terraces on the 5th, 10th, 14th, and 21st floor . It has a three-story atrium, and a skywalk that connects to the adjacent Hyatt Regency Hotel

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Lexington

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 and Lexington Center

Lexington Center

The Lexington Center is located on a site in Lexington, Kentucky. It features a convention center, a shopping mall, the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and Rupp Arena...

. It is named after Garvice Delmar Kincaid.

History

Construction on the 421000 square feet (39,112.2 m²) tower began in 1973 and was completed in 1979 at a cost of $20 million. During construction, major portions of the movie, Steel, was filmed there during the summer of 1978. It was constructed by Huber, Hunt, and Nichols Inc., an Indianapolis, Indiana

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 firm that also constructed the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Lexington Center

Lexington Center

The Lexington Center is located on a site in Lexington, Kentucky. It features a convention center, a shopping mall, the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and Rupp Arena...

, Rupp Arena

Rupp Arena

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, and Commonwealth Stadium

Commonwealth Stadium (Kentucky)

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 . For the next eight years, it was the tallest building in central Kentucky, at 333 feet (101.49 m), before being surpassed by new construction. Upon completion, it was home to Kentucky Central Insurance Companies .

It features a $345,000 computer/electro-mechanical energy system that occupies the entire 9th floor. Considered "state-of-the-art", it was derived from space technology.

Original tenants

The original tenants included:

• Central Bank and Trust Company, occupying the first two levels,
• Law firm of Kincaid, Wilson, Schaeffer, and Hembree,
• General Management Associates,
• WVLK Radio on the third floor,
• Kentucky Finance Company,
• Kentucky Central Insurance Company
  Kentucky Central Insurance Company
  Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company was one of the largest Life Insurance companies in the United States, writing policies in 49 states and the District of Columbia until its collapse in 1993...
  
  , occupying the top 13 floors, and
• Morrison's Cafeteria on the second floor.