The Triangle Center is primarily an office complex with several restaurants and a coffee shop in downtown Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

. Originally envisioned as a shopping and dining complex bound by Broadway, East Main and South Mill Streets, it was constructed by the Webb Cos, to complement adjacent Victorian Square which had opened only one year prior.

It was first announced on October 1, 1984 by the Webb Cos. as a "festival marketplace" with boutiques, shops, and food kiosks. The Festival Marketplace, was it was first named, was a combined effort by the developer with the Lexington Financial Center

Lexington Financial Center

The Lexington Financial Center, locally known as "Fifth Third" or the "Big Blue Building," is a , 410 ft 32-floor high-rise in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located between Vine Street and Main Street at South Mill Street...

 to replace the failed Galleria project. It was to be modeled after Harbor Place in Baltimore, Maryland, Waterside in Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

, Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts and Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

's Portside.

The open-air yet enclosed 114000 sq ft (10,590.9 m²). structure would contain numerous small shops, a food court with a common dining area and a restaurant or a nightclub. A farmers market was also considered as a tenant.

In addition to the marketplace, $7.5 million in state aid was announced by then-Governor Martha Layne Collins

Martha Layne Collins

Martha Layne Collins is a politician from the US state of Kentucky. From 1983 to 1987 she was the 56th Governor of Kentucky, having served the previous four years as lieutenant governor. She was Kentucky's first and only female governor to date...

towards the construction of a six-level parking structure that would serve Festival Marketplace and the Lexington Financial Center.