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So, this building was city owned, but Councilmember Bortz made the city give it to the developer for cheap with no clawback if it didnt get developed. Friends helping friends. The city has been cracking down on them because of the deteriorating condition. Allegedly, it may be sold soon for a development. Fingers crossed.

Sherman, I have called CSX. they are entirely unaware of anything you're referring to, said they aren't aware of anything that occured yesterday, said they don't know of any trains that were blocked by cyclists. They also said trains would simply honk if people are in the way and proceed slowly as they do all over the world. This sounds like one guy just complaining. It's not a big deal. No one cares. Nothing was harmed. This is unnecessary made up drama. If the media writes a story about it it's only because people made it public, not because anyone did anything worth discussing. If people don't think after 200 years railroads are used to folks walking near their tracks, I don't know what to tell you. Homeless people used to live on either side of those tracks down there. It's not something new. Everything is A-ok. Let's all move along and end this silly discussion.

That is a huge part of it. The last person to announce a major hotel without a single hotel partner announced or even in the wings was the SCPA hotel. Also, their financing plan has large gaps, etc. Trust me, I'd want this to happen, but when you have a first phase of a parking garage, and a second phase of actually building things, it sounds a lot more like we're going to get a parking garage with some hope for future development.

I will, unfortunately, put the likelihood of this new Vine & Calhoun project happening at 50%.

You're welcome !

I hope they are doing this in every transit only lane.

ya, or dash the through lane across the intersection.

15 years from now when we filled downtown with a bunch of 5 story buildings everyone would be FURIOUS that someone had such a ridiculous idea. How many people look at the 4 story apartment building at 6th and Race and think WHY ISN'T THAT 10 STORIES. Advocating for low rise development in downtown is a bad bad bad idea.

I agree on the scale issue! I want MORE 10-20 story buildings. I think they are the perfect Size for large chunks of our downtown. One off high rises like QCS or Skyhouse are nice, but I don't bank on them.

I love tall buildings. I just don't want one or two massive apartment towers to suck up all of the existing demand and stall development. Is this a joke? they are two 14 story condo buildings with only 65 condos. The demand we have is for thousands of more units. EDIT: I just noticed your comment further down where you clarified what you were saying. Still, even one 29 story building is not going to suck up 'all of the existing demand' We could build 3000 more residential units easily and rents will continue to go up because our core is so under built.

The road is idiotic. Even the cities main traffic engineers will privately say it's pointless and won't save time.

Go below the scans to page 190. Also, John Schneider wrote a letter saying the floor heights in the donato's building are so low, putting in expenses ductwork would mean some people's heads might hit the ducts.

Updated post above w link

Time for a new thread! But for the life of me I've no idea how to create one. Downtown: Main Street Corridor. Rick Greiwe has followed though on a promise from a couple years ago that his next development would be downtown. A new project would two residential buildings, one 14 and one 15 stories at 8th & Main. One on the Donato's site, one on a parking lot. Parking is 1 space per unit. THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO ME The renderings on my phone are PNG's which this forum for some reason won't allow. Here is the link. Go to page 190 to begin renderings. http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/historic-conservation/historic-conservation-board/march-22-2016-materials-only/

The speed has been SO SLOW. Does anyone know what's going on? I almost feel like we're going to find out that the project is dead halfway through

Hearing the owners are going to push for demolition

I'm more surprised at how its not very deep. There's a ton of room on that lot and it barely takes up any space. I'd go back nearly 10 more feet per floor. The building is only 1850 square feet. I'm worried that these types of homes become empty nesters only. We need more homes for families with 1 or 2 kids too.

Correct. Allegedly he requested $$ for painting in the next budget. I completely agree that with $30 million in work on the entire span and approaches (which is really not a lot of money) this thing will be structurally fine for years. I support tolls, but I STRONGLY opposed this crazy project to build a new supersized bridge adjacent to this one,

Problem is, those same groups advocate for the Eastern Boondoggle-pass. Which will never get funded so I'm not worried.

The developer in Corryville is Anchor Properties, who does nothing but create sh*tty big box Krogers.

Yes. If you live in OTR, go to the community council meeting next month. SERIOUSLY THIS MATTERS.

I LOVE IT. It's a combo of historic OTR combined with the International style.

I had never seen wired hanging traffic lights until I moved to Cincinnati. The three friends from CA that I've had visited all mentioned it almost instantly.

Anyone have any ideas where the loading ramp would be.... That could be a problem for the neighbors...

I think the building needs to be scaled in the back downwards a little. Maybe create a step type feel off the back of the building. Stepping down a little bit towards 12th. I agree that the ramp isn't ideal and should be tweaked. I think you could take 75 parking spots off the building easily, though if this new garage means a surface lot nearby gets developed that would be awesome too... (Specifically the one Kroger owns at CP & Vine).