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But your opening sentence was pretty close to what the asst. city manager said in the planning commission hearing, which strongly inferred you favored housing vs car condos. That’s what I was reacting to.

Context matters. Like where you responded with no apparent thought/mention to things like the location of the proposed condos (along active train tracks); or the total lack buyers having any interest in buying homes in that section (going back 5 years); or that there will still be 90+ homes going in the designated SF section; or that there will be 350+ multi-family units going in the adjacent section; or how there will be a 300 unit senior living facility going in adjacent to the multi-family section; or the 124 townhomes going in just the other side of the tracks; or the 320+ apartments going in at the old cast fab site; or that Oakley only one of a few neighborhoods that added housing from 2010 to 2020; or that Oakley continues to add housing and mixture of density at a rate higher than most neighborhoods. I think Oakley has earned the right to be able to make the best decisions, often compromises, when it comes to managing the growth while trying to maintain some of the character & integrity (that we can control). We've done more than our share to add housing, we shouldn't have to comprise more just for the sake of others. Can't wait to see the reaction when folks hear that Oakley is hosting 2025 Homerama. In Three Oaks.

Aspen Dentistry planned to be in the other half.

No, this was absolutely not a community council request, it was 100% DOTE

I've been busy, not logged into this site in awhile...catching up

What is in Oakley Station was not what the community wanted nor worked for - google Millworks Oakley, with Jungle Jim's as major tenant. Combination of recession, city & state decisions and get the mess that there now. More residential is what we're trying to get, with the new Arcadia townhomes across the street from this. The Planned Development on east side of Disney, seperate from the former cast fab site, has spaces dedicated for Office which have sat vacant for long time. With demand for office space falling, not sure what can be put there, as planning commission not being real supportive of zoning change for either the proposed new hotel nor the mixed retail/entertainment/min-golf developments.

Only the exit at Camberwell is at a light, the other exit is at Orkney & Ridge with no light.

Never was any talk of a larger apartment development there, was never anything to "shut down". There was a third party realtor, acting on behalf of an unnamed developer (rumored to be Walgreens) that had tried to purchase homes on west side of Orkney (backed up to Ridge), on Madison between Ridge & Camberwell, and on the north side of Madison Park - this would have given them the entire corner. Fortunately, the neighborhood organized and majority opted not to sell. OCC asked them for their input for what would be acceptable development in the spot, short of redevelopment of the masonic temple (which never drew any real developer interest). The folks from red submitted the townhome concept, the only one that was presented/talked about, and worked with the neighbors. Feedback seems to be most are happy, as the new buildings cut down on some of the noise and light from Madison & Ridge.

East of the railroad bridge is Madisonville.

Different lots, different ownership groups. Former cast fab site is where storage is & where apartments going. Vandercar (Oakley Station) does have a couple vacant spots still looking to fill

That was Norwood giving Cincinnati/Oakley the middle finger