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I think the only K-Mart left in Cincinnati will be the one in Blue Ash, and with the new Target opening down the road I don't see them lasting much longer. With the Target right down the street, and a Wal-Mart a few miles down the road in Evendale.

It's supposed to be difficult to demo a building in the city of Cincinnati b/c of preservation and historical designations in certain areas. I'm not sure if money is exchanging hands back-door or not, but from what I've seen the last ten years, MANY of the demos appeared to have value and weren't by any means the principal eyesore of the block. Yet many of those crumbling walkups stand and the less challenging reclamation projects are lost to memory. I'll be glad when Cincinnati is starting to hit its stride in 2017 or so, causing these demos to come to a dry trickle citywide. Then again, it's a probability that the Westside and Avondale will still be going through this. It seems like the city's solution to blight is to demo a building, and after wards often causes more of an eyesore, as it becomes overgrown, weedy mess. The city needs to focus on restoring historical buildings, and allowing new buildings that fit in with the character of the neighborhood, not turn everything into stuff for Yuppies. Let's face it, the area where they're building this will never be a Yuppie area, it'll always be a college student area. They need to put in affordable housing, and put in some more variety for foods, even if it means fast food. That area needs a late night dinning option besides Papa Dino's, a Steak n Shake in this new building would do extremely well, both providing the need for late night food, as well as affordable dinning option.

Let's not forget Hooters!

I actually like the new townhomes that they built on Jefferson, rear entry garages go a long way I'm not talking about the new townhomes, I'm more talking about all the new apartment complexes, where its like $700 a month for ones portion of a 4 bedroom apartment. I can get a 4 bedroom house in Clifton for about $1100 a month, and thats total.

I've got to say most of the new building, is nothing more then a way to make more of the suburban kids, comfortable with living in the city. The new townhomes being build on the inside are exactly the same as the homes being built up in Mason, the new retail buildings contain, stuff like Starbucks, and BDubs, not small business's, as they can't afford the rents.