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http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/11/26/developers-look-to-keep-macys-store.html?page=all soo apartments.

What are the fountain place Condos?

I saved $500 flying out of Dayton to Tampa FL on 2 tickets for xmas. Well worth the drive. Saved $400 the year before flying out of Louisville.

Skywalk spanning race street set to be removed for the new Dunnhumby Building Starting January 12th.

"btw, I had also learned that a rare art deco courtyard apartment next to the Krogers was also demoed. A look at the sat photos on google updated this year of that area are very sad, there are already too many holes in what was once an incredible urban fabric, there doesn't need to be any more." How long ago did this take place? What appeared to be an apartment building was recently demoed next to Kroger but it was not rare, art deco or have a court yard.

The building was destroyed a long time ago when the brick facade was removed. There was no hope saving it.

More information about the new project: http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/10813.walnuthillsohtc.aspx "Out with the old, in with the old, at least in the historic neighborhood of Walnut Hills, where historic preservation and community development got a major boost along with some harsh reality checks..."

Some really great new for Walnut Hills and these great buildings! http://www.walnuthillsrf.org/?PHPSESSID=32f97dcaf9d3a0abe3dd8be0a6a0dc45 "Walnut Hills Projects Awarded Historic Tax Credits" The Ohio Development Services Agency announced today that two Walnut Hills projects have been awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits, paving the way for these milestone neighborhood renovation projects to move forward...

Most "microbrews" that people are familiar with are actually mass produced. You may see a beer labeled as being made at "Green Valley Brewing Company," but if you drive to that address it's a large Budweiser factory. The big brewers are doing this a lot now because only the so-called, "microbrew" market is growing. I'm sure all, or most, of those 160 beers will be those. I disagree with you completely. I imagine many of them will be true micro brews (yes, some will be pretend). However, you are correct that the "big brewers" are either creating pretend micro brews like "Green Valley Brewing" and "blue moon" or buying some of the really successful micro brews, like Goose Island Brewing. But by no means will all 160 beers on tap be mass produced "pretend micro brews". Just in Ohio you have Great lakes, thirsty dog and Mt. Carmel to name a few. With those 3 micros you could have 15 beers on tap.

I don't think people are ever going to get burnt out on good beer. In fact as more people realize what good beer is, they will only become more popular.

Interesting photo. Thanks for sharing.

And it's easier to back fill if someone leaves.

I think you made some very valid points, however apartments are not a valid option at 5th and race. The apartments were only feasible with the infrastructure (parking structure) in place. The apartments were piggy backing off the office building, without the office building there is no apartments. This is why fountain square west is a valid option for apartments as the infrastructure is already there.

I rock the Pleats and cuffs look. I like the more classic look and work in a fairly conservative environment. With that being said, the big difference for me in pleats and flat plants are room in the groin area. For me when I wear flat pants I feel like my budge is overly exposed and its uncomfortable for me. Pleats give you a little more room in that area. When if you in the market for a start to a decent suite collection, wait till Joseph A Banks has a buy 1 suite get 2 free. I've even seen buy 1 get 3 suites free. Just my 2 cents and i am by no means at the fashion fore front, just trying to get by.

'http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121204/BIZ/312050018/-180M-could-be-headed-to-city-neighborhoods?source=nletter-nletter-breakingnews "The city of Cincinnati is creating a new fund to spark up to $180 million in improvements in city neighborhoods. Called Focus 52, it will be funded with bonds and $4 million in non-tax revenue. The first neighborhoods to benefit will be Madisonville, Walnut Hills and College Hill, according to Economic Development Director Odis Jones. “We’re teeing those up now,” he said. “We want to drive transformative projects in neighborhoods.” "

Population IMO is the most important part for it to become successful.

It is my understanding that the casino tried to buy the land, Greyhound didn't bite. From someone who use to work at greyhound corporate, the Cincinnati location does very well. My guess is the casino who need to pony up more cash to buy the site.

And you know this... how? If dunnhumby didn't want to be involved with residential, then why did residential even come up in the first place when the initial discussions about the building came up? It seems to me like the "oh hey we're expanding faster than we thought and actually need to take up the whole site" explanation makes considerably more sense. It just seems fairly obvious that "we need more space" is spin to draw attention away from the fact that they're dropping the residential component. (And it worked, judging from the Business Courier's headline: "DunnhumbyUSA needs more room, residential out at new HQ".) I'm not saying I have any insight into the exact reason why the residential component was dropped, but mostly likely 3CDC was pushing for it hard and Dunnhumby just didn't want any part of it. Do you honestly believe that Dunnhumby just realized how fast they were expanding? I disagree only for the fact that the building size did actually get bigger from the original proposal.

This is a great opportunity to create a really nice building. Let's hope they do so.

New information states there was not "enough" room at the Dunnhumby site anymore. As they needed more space. That argument makes no sense. Not "enough" room? How is there not enough room above the 4-story structure they want to build? I understand they need more space than originally thought, but it looks like their new plans expand horizontally, not vertically. Dumb. I agree. However, originally the floor plate probably did not take up the whole site. Now since they are expanding there is no "room" to have a stand alone apartment tower (which is key). It has always been a requirement to add floors later on if needed. With an apartment tower on top there would be no way to do so. So once the plans called for taking up the whole site it is impossible to have a stand alone apartment building. We have to remember this is Dunnhumby's building not 3CDC's.

New information states there was not "enough" room at the Dunnhumby site anymore. As they needed more space.

New Details of the site: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/11/26/dunnhumbyusa-needs-more-room.html

Completely misread your post. Yea actually you are right. Banking institutions may not finance all those new projects.

with the potential of the 2nd banks apartments to come online, 580 building and macy's apartments. That is a lot of new downtown residents, to help improve retail.

Thank you. People get so worked up.