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Publix makes it official: New Central Kentucky location announced

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  • Publix signed a lease for a new store location in Nicholasville, Central Kentucky.
  • Publix at Stonedale will include a 54,964-square-foot supermarket and a Publix Liquors.
  • The Stonedale development will include a hotel, restaurants, retail, housing.

Publix has officially announced a long-anticipated new store coming to Central Kentucky.

The Florida-based grocery said on Monday that it has signed a lease for a new store location in Nicholasville, to be located in the coming Stonedale development.

Work is underway for the planned site of a new Publix grocery store across from Brannon Crossing near the Fayette and Jessamine county line along Nicholasville Road on Friday, May 15, 2026.
Work is underway for the planned site of a new Publix grocery store, coming to the future Stonedale shopping center on left across from Brannon Crossing near the Fayette and Jessamine county line along Nicholasville Road on Friday, May 15, 2026. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com

The store will be at the northwest corner of Nicholasville Road and Brannon Road in northern Nicholasville.

Publix at Stonedale will feature a 54,964-square-foot Publix Super Market and an adjacent Publix Liquors. The store will employ about 150 workers, according to the news release.

An opening time frame has yet to be determined. Construction on the new development has not yet begun.

The Stonedale development, which was approved in 2022, will be part of a massive change coming to the Nicholasville Road and U.S. 27 corridor starting at the Fayette-Jessamine county line.

Among the changes:

  • Stonedale, from Fuqua Development, also will include a hotel, at least seven restaurants, plus retail stores and more, with a 13-building housing complex behind the shopping center.
  • Another new development south of Brannon Road will be Rose Garland Place at 3255 Lexington Rd., which will include a new Kroger Marketplace plus eight lots for retail and restaurants as well as a 380-unit housing development of townhomes and apartments.
  • South of the planned new Kroger shopping center will be another new development along U.S. 27 at 3213 Lexington Road called Colts Run, with a hotel, retail and restaurants along the road and an 11-building apartment complex behind it from developer NAI Isaac.
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