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Yes this could be all for not...if they get the bid with the Oakley site then that will buy them a lot of time to assemble the necessary parcels in the West End which would require much less money for infrastructure as your not re-configuring anything about I-71 as you are with the Oakley site.

West End makes more sense for several reasons and I hope their end goal is West End if thy get awarded a franchise and Oakley is the easy submission because it’s one property owner and that will buy time to acquire all the parcels needed in West End. And the environmental issues is interesting. I have a hard time believing there are zero issues with the Cast Fab sitewhen it was a foundry for decades. Also...FWIW I own a home in Oakley, am under 30, worked and took out loans to get myself through college and paid for the majority of my own wedding.

Oakley certainly does not have the volume of bars / restaurants as the Uptown area but to be fair there is MadTree, Oak Tavern, Oakley Pub, Habits, RP McMurphy's, Animations, The E and a few chain places. Additionally, Jeff Berding had indicated they want to activate the space around the stadium as a mixed use area so if everything comes together then there would be additional options around the stadium not just a parking lot.

I am not sure how you execute this plan without some reconfiguration of that Ridge exit (or some other additional access to 71/Norwood Lateral). I know there are modifications coming for the Ridge interchange in 2018. Traffic is an absolute mess around there when Crossroads lets out on Sunday's and that's at most a few thousand people (I think?).

List of Cincinnati based projects that applied for Ohio historic Tax credits that are announced in December: Project/Building Project Address Project City Project Zip Total Project Investment OHPTC Tax Credit Requested Traction Building 432 Walnut Street Cincinnati 45202 $43,735,000 $3,975,909 Duttenhofer Building 299 East Sixth Street Cincinnati 45202-3203 $27,500,000 $2,720,000 CLYFFSIDE EVENTS SPACE LLC 244/246 WEST MCMICKEN CINCINNATI 45214 $13,500,000 $1,350,000 1434 Vine Street 1434 Vine Street Cincinnati 45202 $4,908,895 $490,000 Meiners Building 1502 Vine Street Cincinnati 45202 $6,709,373 $640,000 Columbia 1301 Walnut Street Cincinnati 45202 $12,211,049 $1,150,000 57 E. McMicken & 1662 Hamer 57 E. McMicken Ave. Cincinnati 45202-8538 $1,373,500 $225,000 1919 Vine St. 1919 Vine Street Cincinnati 45202-4923 $423,663 $83,000 22 W. Elder Street 22 W. Elder Street Cincinnati 45202 $1,751,155 $215,000 The Dow Corner Building 5901 Hamilton Avenue Cincinnati 45224-3045 $1,716,249 $188,000 Dollhouse and National City Buildings 5917 and 5932 Hamilton Avenue Cincinnati 45224 $1,410,549 $155,000 Engine Co. 22 Firehouse 222 West 15th Street Cincinnati 45202 $1,025,000 $250,000 Denton Building 37 W. 7th Street Cincinnati 45202 $19,000,000 $3,322,813 George F. Otte Carpet Company Building 33 West 4th Street Cincinnati 45202 $9,468,339 $920,381