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Clarification: The old Connection site is located on the east part of downtown. Floyd St. The upcoming, six-story Cambria Hotel by Choice Hotels headed for the business's predecessor will sit on a little more than a half-acre at the intersection of Floyd and Market streets downtown. The documents filed with Metro Goverment show a sleek new brick and limestone building with its own parking spaces on the first and second floors.

But even though Choice Hotels is making a whole connection of noise on the east end of downtown, officials are staying quiet as far as details go. The company did not respond to requests for a projected opening date, updated renderings and expected amenities. Louisville without an update on what's rising from the Connection rubble, a hotel of that gay is expected to give a boost to the whole east end of the city.

Even the Highlands neighborhood and Bardstown Road, which has a slim hotel stock compared to other tourist draws, will benefit, said Rebecca Matheny, executive director of the Downtown Louisville Partnership. A brand like Cambria can also ease a quality gap between the new, high-end Omni Louisville Hotel and what's traditionally been downtown.

It's still a luxury brand, but it's more modest in terms of size, amenities and potentially price points. The room Omni Louisville Hotel tidied up two years of construction earlier this year when it opened at S. Second St. A little further to the west three buildings, now known as Whiskey Row, are being transformed into a modern mixed-use development with restaurants, lofts, office spaces and retail.

Between that, the reopening of the Kentucky International Convention Center this summer and a long lineup of developers groping a piece for our steadily growing, mid-sized city, the downtown central business district is well on the way to hosting and housing more people than it ever has before. Connection may be in its final act, but the true spectacle downtown is still coming.

City Living reporter Maggie Menderski covers retail, restaurants and development in downtown and its nearby urban neighborhoods. Reach Maggie at or mmenderski courier-journal. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram MaggieMenderski. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: www. Bar Menderski Courier Journal.