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If memory serves, the neighborhood council objected to 6 stories, which is what prompted the initial design change, which torpedoed the project because that change wasn't allowed/contemplated in the first zoning change, so they had to start over.

The Gateway Lofts is back on, set to go before the CPC Friday. I don't usually complain about the design of these stick builds on garage podiums, but something about the red and black is extremely garish to me. Fits with the project's bungled history I suppose. Completion date estimated at August 2024. https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/about-city-planning/city-planning-commission/sep-16-2022-packet/

SIAP: Pretty substantial townhome development "Arcadia" proposed for old CastFab site, goes before the CPC on Friday. Caught my eye that the build out is expected to proceed in phases and take five years, not complete until 2028. https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/about-city-planning/city-planning-commission/sep-16-2022-packet/

Covington issues RFQ for new City Hall at 622 Scott St (strategically positioned a block from Amerasia and Riverside, no doubt) The RFQ lays out these principles: Foster multiple connected venues for broad civic engagement. Meet people where they are. Provide many reasons to come to City Hall. Covington’s City Hall should be as vibrant and diverse as the city itself. Build Covington’s public square. A new City Hall is as much about the future of Covington’s public realm as it is about a new building. Be a center of design and culture. The building’s design should be at the center of Covington’s differentiation strategy. A building clearly identifiable as a home for City government and meant to last a century or more for future generations. https://www.covingtonky.gov/news/2022/09/06/city-seeks-architectural-firm-for-new-city-hall

Demo permits requested for 27-35 McMillan. Looks like that entire block is coming down. https://cagis.hamilton-co.org/opal/apd.aspx?QSPerm=2022P07531

We just need to clarify in the charter that HCB recommendations aren't appealable as decisions to the ZBA. If that had been clear to begin with, this building would be done by now.

Permit filed for the Wilkommen II building on Central Parkway north of Liberty. Anyone have renderings? Haven't been able to find any. (I don't believe 3CDC is involved in Wilkommen II but I could be wrong; seems like Model Group only?) https://cagis.hamilton-co.org/opal/apd.aspx?QSPerm=2022P06127

The apartment building in development in the parking lot of the Corryville Kroger (wholly contained in an air north of William Howard Taft) is going back before the planning commission. "Initially the development of the separate parcel was planned to be for a hotel structure, but now the development is open to other structures."

Planning commission will consider a change to the Oakley Station development plan to replace a 5-story office building on Vandercar with a 5-story Fairfield/TownePlace dual brand hotel. Another change would replace a second 5-story office building south of Vandercar and west of the Anthem building with the Covington Yard-like/miniature golf space ("bar/restaurant/recreational/entertainment complex") A third 5-story office building remains in the amended development plan.

Agreed. Take the $50,000 and give it to an artist to create something interesting and modern that flirts with our historical legacy as a city but takes it in a new, modern direction. We need more boldness around here. Besides, y'all ever look at that wolf's face?

Looks like the new home for Cincinnati Public Radio won't be across from City Hall (see also) after all, but adjacent to the Keystone Park development in Evaston on I-71. Budget and Finance will hear a motion Monday excluding the property from the Keystone Park TIF. "Cincinnati Public Radio’s existing office location on Central Parkway has become insufficient for its current needs, so CPR has been fundraising and searching for a location to construct new offices. A previous downtown location was determined to no longer be feasible. CPR has identified the Property as a location where they can construct a modern, 2-story, 30,000 square foot facility that will house its office space, radio studios, recording studios, and performance space." Relevant for rumored development plans of the CET lot.

Noticed parking today that you can see the new apartments now from the basin. Looks like there’s a few floors to go yet.

on the terrace above the four-story buildings and below the pitched-roof high-rises.. are those.. parking spaces...?

If you can tolerate the infighting (good lord) Tuesday's presentation to the HamCo BoC is worth watching. This link is timestamped for when they start talking about it. Takeaways: -There's Jan. 31 deadline to signal to Fifa a commitment to build a new hotel; -The Plum Street site south of the DECC is the overwhelming favorite for the new hotel; -That site may or may not require acquisition of the 5th St. garage, which is privately owned (and had an air lot created above it for an unspecified purpose a few years ago, if memory serves..); -The Millennium site will remain vacant as a programmable space with the idea that an eventual DECC expansion would cross Elm Street, but that feels more than a decade off; and -Alicia Reece needs.to.calm.down.

The city has posted the 3CDC presentation which contains some more info I could be reading it wrong, but at this point it does not look like a full-fledged convention center expansion is a priority for any of the parties. Rather, the emphasis would be on the hotel, the surrounding district, and a (comparatively modest) capital improvement program for the DECC. https://cincinnatioh.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5386109&GUID=8C6D1E89-9EDF-424F-91F8-BBEADE1B7F23&Options=ID|Text|&Search=

Not saying it's an improvement but a CMHA presentation dated Jan. 14 has a new rendering with some alterations (at least it looks like a new rendering to my extremely untrained eye)

Auditor's website says the Garfield Suites (2 Garfield Place) was sold sometime this month for $12.7 million. Anyone have any insight on the purchase?

Looks like 3CDC has pitched taking over the whole thing and the city is on board https://cincinnatioh.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5379063&GUID=11AA4173-5BBC-41CC-9186-75311343CE9E&Options=ID|Text|&Search=

Amtrak will move on their end 3-5 years after the state approves its share of funding, whenever that happens. Plan is for three trips per day Cincy-Day-Cbus-Cle with 9 total stops and a 5:30 run time.

Presentation for "Freedom Park" at The Banks [SIAP] Looks to continue the Freedom Way pedestrian plaza across Marian Spencer Way (Walnut). As someone noted previously, the restaurant across from Yard House is under construction. Worth looking through the whole PDF. As far as renderings porn goes, these are pretty great. https://cincinnatioh.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5348865&GUID=807BC5C7-719E-41F7-AE4A-8F184FDBD123&Options=ID|Text|&Search=

I hear the park board approved the land sale today for $1.5 million.

I made the graphic (not sure what it’s doing here beneath a Courier story tbh..) but you can blame Canva. Most of their US maps are like that.

When we spoke to the Pastor in June he indicated they didn’t have donations per se but rather commitments to donate pending the church having secured commitments for the full amount. Not sure there’s anything to “pocket” edit: I see the part of the website now where it says individual donations will yada yada. Maybe the pastor was talking larger about institutional support when he mentioned the contingent commitments.

Doubly frustrating as it seems, perhaps to put it unkindly, the church is ransoming the bell tower, which it has already raised adequate funds to renovate, for an extraneous improvement in the form of an elevator. I get the “two birds with one stone” thing with regard to ADA access and that the elevator could act as structural support for the tower, but the church’s deadline is based simply on wanting to return for services now rather than later. And I get that too, but it’s an artificial deadline and it feels like a play for false urgency. Could be completely wrong; my take on what I’ve seen. (Also leads me to the conclusion there’s no future reality in which the tower is actually torn down.) edit: And then this attenuated smarm from the Facebook post: “The tragic loss of life from the collapse of the building in Florida yesterday, serves as a reminder as to why we need to mitigate the life safety concerns in a timely manner.”

I’d argue it’s a bad concept. I go to that planet fitness every day and rarely if ever see anyone in the Smoothie King.. Frankly I don’t understand why people think fitness and smoothie places are complementary. Folks who ride the elliptical for an hour aren’t trying to spend $7 a beverage that isn’t a meal replacement, contains tons of sugar and doesn’t price out for the protein.