The Nati Life

As ridiculous as it sounds, that doesn't surprise me.

Unfortunately, yes.

^ How about at Taste?

Look again, I never said they aren't chains. I know they're all chains, which I'm not wild about. But there also aren't 11 Palominos between here and West Chester...

LOL, what'd I win? A free trip... to the front page! www.natilife.blogspot.com By the way, did Atherton really say that on your signature? I mean It's Fox 19... but really.

Cincinnatus - thanks, you prompted a caption contest on the blog! www.natilife.blogspot.com

Haha, beat me to it. ^^and I don't know about Chicago's riverfront... very narrow river that doesn't have a park? Lots of buildings and the spiral parking garage, but no park. If you meant their lakefront with bicentennial park, then you're 100% correct.

Originally, my thought was (I was literally writing this): Highly doubtful. Newport built their building and used state tax credits to do it. Few million bucks. Plus, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The place is always packed... :-o Then, the light went on: most likely, the only way to do so would be if they wanted a bigger location. Probably not too much room to grow in their current facility. Maybe their parking lot. It would probably be a bidding war between sides, and ultimately the Haufbrahaus would be spending next to nothing. Although, I'm sure their lease is very long term, assuming they're not the owner proper. I'm sure there's a hefty buyout clause that Cincy would have to forfeit should the luring take place.

Little known fact, but they're not.

And all heading to ESPN Zone! :-(

I guess that's the one truth here. There's a reason why Corporex is widely known in the real estate community as the largest alumni base in the industry.

It does seem pretty lame. And wow! Cincinnati has done something FIRST! The times, they are a-changin'.

^They typically shoot for 40% presales I heard about a month ago that they were almost there. Can't substantiate that though.

That's the idea. Sounds like a great mix of retail coming to complement what's already there. Btw, had lunch at Lavomatic, it was awesome! Also took a peek at the deck outside, that will be great when it's ready.

Also, no one seems to ever bring up the point about the timeline for this thing. The streetcar plans to run in 2011 (1Q? 2Q?) What's OTR going to look like 3 years from now? I think everyone anticipates more investment, more redevelopment, more residents between now and then. By the time the first car runs from Findlay Market to the Banks (of which phase I will be wrapping up), OTR is going to look much better than today. So this thing about the thieves and crackheads getting a cheap ride from Liberty St. to Fountain Square isn't entirely accurate either.

^Did someone say something about a streetcar?

I hear this argument all the time, and can't for the life of me bring myself to understand it. Isn't the whole point to drive reinvestment in this area? Isn't the whole point to make these buildings viable and useful again? It just baffles me that naysayers believe this is all some scam to benefit the Big Bad Real Estate Developer. Doesn't it make sense that people who own property there would be supporters of the streetcar? To answer your question specifically, Mr. Garland, the owners of the buildings along the routes are developers such as Greg Hardman and Martin Wade who have purchased blocks of buildings in large part due to the anticipation of the streetcar. That's what real estate prospectors do. And there's more to come. Tell me - how is this a bad thing again??? :weird:

It needs to be done! And it needs to be undersold so I can put in a low-ball offer!!!

Anyone think it would be a good idea to have the first week or two of operation be free? It may get people who normally wouldn't ride it to do so, warm up to the concept and get talking about it positively. Or have a time of day when it is free to OTR and must pay on the way back.

In Portland, they do sell yearly passes. On that note, if you sell 1000 passes (for argument's sake, but I think we can agree they'll sell more than that), that means that all those buyers would be guaranteeing at least 2 trips per day, or 2000 rides per day (though you'd have a discount for the yearly pass, so let's call it paying for 1.5 trips per day, equating to 1500 passengers). That means that Based on Monzel's fuzzy math, in which you'd need 3696 passengers per day, that puts slightly less than half of your daily ridership in yearly passes alone. I'd like to think that you could get 2000 more people to ride per day (based on conservative estimates). Feel free to correct my quick math

^must've been AC. Cincinnatus - any word on how many are sold? When occupancy is?

Did anyone go to the debate tonight? A recap would be tremendous if anyone would be so kind.

Cincinnatus - any word on a completion/move in date?

I noticed this weekend that the scaffolding came down. I was across the street trying to see if i could see in side on the 2nd floor - not too successful. JeanRo was supposed to be expanding into the adjacent space, but doesn't look like they've made any progress on that front. Anyone have inside info?

^ It's called NetFlix