May 6, 20241 yr On 5/4/2024 at 12:01 PM, Ucgrad2015 said: This building is up for lease. Would be a great spot for an apartment building. Is that the building that used to house a Springdale Cleaners location?
May 17, 20241 yr https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/05/17/neyer-properties-torque-suites-car-condos.html Car condos coming to Three Oaks development. I mean I feel like if you have enough money for an exotic or rare car you should have a big enough house to put one of these on your property. To each their own though and hopefully these will sell out.
May 17, 20241 yr The city, and most of the country, has a shortage of housing but please instead of building out the site with condos and apartments for humans lets focus on building fully climate controlled spaces for some rich asshole's car. I hate this on every level.
May 17, 20241 yr While I am not the target market for this product due to my income level it does suck to have a car as a hobby without having to live in an unwalkable Applebee's hell with only senior citizens as neighbors. Seems like the market only supplies no-garage Prewar, controlled mass garages where you're not allowed to work on your own car and squiggly subdivisions where you can have a garage but the nearest business of any type is two miles away. Edited May 17, 20241 yr by GCrites
May 21, 20241 yr On 5/4/2024 at 12:01 PM, Ucgrad2015 said: This building is up for lease. Would be a great spot for an apartment building. Between Richards Industrial and the dry cleaners that was on site I imagine this parcel is very contaminated. Ideal situation would be for the Port to take it over and apply for Brownfields funds and clean up the property.
May 21, 20241 yr ...and then acquire the adjacent Hyde Park Plaza and redevelop this suburban mistake into a walkable, urban, mixed-use development!
May 21, 20241 yr Most of Oakley wasn't designed to be walkable which makes it tougher. It was designed for streetcar dependence.
May 21, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, GCrites said: Most of Oakley wasn't designed to be walkable which makes it tougher. It was designed for streetcar dependence. The Hyde Park Plaza area is quite walkable, if you subtract the actual Hyde Park Plaza, so I'm not sure what this comment means.
May 22, 20241 yr Take a look at Marburg Ave on a map for example. The roads extending it are all cul-de-sacs rather than a grid system despite being built before WWII. There is little in the way of time saving cut-through paths. You can't cut through the park. Let's now try to get to Oakley Square from the park. Nope, cut off by Courtyard Apartments. Have to take the long way on Taylor and Markbreit. How about walking from Hyde Park Plaza to the Square? Bad idea, no usable East-West roads, everything is north and south only. How about from North Oakley? Not enough E/W roads, only N/S again. So you want to go somewhere east of the Square on Madison but now you are going NE back up to the exact latitude you started from. So when you leave you have to go south to go north again. The streetcar companies didn't want people to be able to walk places that well. A lot of good urban areas were built before the streetcar companies existed and development around the turn of the 20th century saw some influence by the streetcar companies. That's why areas that should ostensibly have good walkability because they are "old" actually aren't. In Columbus, Clintonville is an example of this phenomenon. Not enough cross streets with long hauls of residential only. Pull up a map of Clintonville and see how long you have to walk E/W between N/S cross streets.
May 22, 20241 yr I lived at the end of Alicemont Ave. When I wanted to walk to Hyde Park Plaza I couldn't just cut straight through to Kilbourne Ave and go south to the Plaza because I had to walk the other way to Marburg then backtrack down Claramont to get to Kilbourne. It took too long and was demoralizing so I just drove. Getting to the Square sucked. I had to walk north on Marburg, then SW on Paxton, NW on Taylor then zigzag on Markbreit. Other times I would be on Markbreit, go NW on Gilmore then SW again on Madison.
May 22, 20241 yr If it took too long to get from Alicemont to HPP, then we have different definitions of walkable. I kid a little, but fair point, given it's right next to the Plaza. I lived across from St Cecilia in the 90s and walked almost everywhere. Never had any business on Alicemont, though.
May 22, 20241 yr 10 hours ago, GCrites said: Most of Oakley wasn't designed to be walkable which makes it tougher. It was designed for streetcar dependence. Fun Fact: back in 1912, the city planned to build a subway station beneath Edwards Ave. at Hyde Park Square. In 1916, that detail was dropped from the announced route of the approved Rapid Transit Loop. But in 1922, with the loop u/c, the commission chose to modify the Norwood/Oakley routing to add a previously unplanned station at Madison Rd. just south of the B&O tracks. Land was secured to build along this alignment but no construction took place. So if the rest of the project had been funded, this forced the hand of the more extravagant circa-1912 alignment, with a return of the Hyde Park Square subway station AND a subway station beneath Oakley Square, with a transition to elevated somewhere between the square and the Madison Rd. station just northeast of Brazee St.
May 22, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, zsnyder said: If it took too long to get from Alicemont to HPP, then we have different definitions of walkable. I kid a little, but fair point, given it's right next to the Plaza. I lived across from St Cecilia in the 90s and walked almost everywhere. Never had any business on Alicemont, though. The real problem is that fences prevented me from getting straight to Kilbourne from Alicemont. St. Cecilia would be a much better starting place to get to the good stuff.
May 22, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, GCrites said: I lived at the end of Alicemont Ave. When I wanted to walk to Hyde Park Plaza I couldn't just cut straight through to Kilbourne Ave and go south to the Plaza because I had to walk the other way to Marburg then backtrack down Claramont to get to Kilbourne. I lived on Claramont for 7 years and loved how easy it was to walk to Hyde Park Plaza. Many of the streets have cut throughs (Glenhurst, De Forest, Maple Crest, Ameliamont), but it's a shame that the other side streets (Sterling, Alicemont, Everson) don't all have easy pedestrian cut throughs.
June 23, 2024Jun 23 Plans for Oakley luxury car condos nixed for now Neyer Properties, which wants to put condos for luxury and rare automobiles at a major Oakley housing development, withdrew that proposal after the Cincinnati Planning Commission appeared poised to vote it down Friday, June 21. The developer planned to put 31 two-story car condos on part of its Three Oaks project at 4477 34th Ave. The Torque Car Condos would be located south of a set of railroad tracks and Enyart Avenue, which runs parallel to them, and north of Iron Oak Avenue. They would provide a buffer from single-family homes being built nearby, according to the developer. The climate-controlled, fully customizable, 1,200-square-foot condominium suites are billed as a second home for cars and valuables. Neyer Properties envisions they could also be used as a place to connect with other car lovers, work remotely or entertain friends. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/06/21/neyer-car-condos-oakley-planning-commission-vote.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 23, 2024Jun 23 Even better, a covered climatized 1 and 1/2 mile oval track with personalized viewing seats and private entrances straight onto the track would really set the condo in a league of its own. why settle for some when you can have it all. sunday! sunday! sunday!
June 25, 2024Jun 25 On 6/23/2024 at 2:38 PM, ColDayMan said: Plans for Oakley luxury car condos nixed for now Neyer Properties, which wants to put condos for luxury and rare automobiles at a major Oakley housing development, withdrew that proposal after the Cincinnati Planning Commission appeared poised to vote it down Friday, June 21. The developer planned to put 31 two-story car condos on part of its Three Oaks project at 4477 34th Ave. The Torque Car Condos would be located south of a set of railroad tracks and Enyart Avenue, which runs parallel to them, and north of Iron Oak Avenue. They would provide a buffer from single-family homes being built nearby, according to the developer. The climate-controlled, fully customizable, 1,200-square-foot condominium suites are billed as a second home for cars and valuables. Neyer Properties envisions they could also be used as a place to connect with other car lovers, work remotely or entertain friends. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/06/21/neyer-car-condos-oakley-planning-commission-vote.html Glad these got nixed for now. I’m not opposed to these but the current rendering looks to be cheap even though they are starting in the $300,000 range. I’d much prefer a nice brick exterior.
June 25, 2024Jun 25 Gorilla Cinema, Curo team up to open Oakley Greens, with mini golf, a food hall and bar By Christian LeDuc – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jun 25, 2024 An indoor and outdoor entertainment venue, bar and food hall is officially opening at full capacity this Saturday following more than two-and-a-half years of construction. Oakley Greens is situated on about 3 acres of land in the southwest corner of the Oakley Station development at 3065 Vandercar Way. The more than 20,000-square-foot facility has two bars, a stage, two cabanas that can be rented out for private parties, two 18-hole miniature golf courses, a kids play area, a restaurant, an ice cream parlor and a merch shop. It’s another collaboration between the development group Curo Brkg, which is led by Josh Niederhelman, and bar operator Gorilla Cinema, which operates the Lonely Pine Steakhouse, Tokyo Kitty and Cosmic Gorilla, among other concepts. The two previously collaborated on Covington Yard, which was opened by Curo and is operated and programmed by Gorilla Cinema. MORE
June 25, 2024Jun 25 1 hour ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: Gorilla Cinema, Curo team up to open Oakley Greens, with mini golf, a food hall and bar By Christian LeDuc – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jun 25, 2024 An indoor and outdoor entertainment venue, bar and food hall is officially opening at full capacity this Saturday following more than two-and-a-half years of construction. Oakley Greens is situated on about 3 acres of land in the southwest corner of the Oakley Station development at 3065 Vandercar Way. The more than 20,000-square-foot facility has two bars, a stage, two cabanas that can be rented out for private parties, two 18-hole miniature golf courses, a kids play area, a restaurant, an ice cream parlor and a merch shop. It’s another collaboration between the development group Curo Brkg, which is led by Josh Niederhelman, and bar operator Gorilla Cinema, which operates the Lonely Pine Steakhouse, Tokyo Kitty and Cosmic Gorilla, among other concepts. The two previously collaborated on Covington Yard, which was opened by Curo and is operated and programmed by Gorilla Cinema. MORE Went there the second week they were open. The mini golf was not yet open, but I loved the space. TVs all around and some were large.
June 30, 2024Jun 30 On 5/17/2024 at 11:06 AM, ucgrady said: The city, and most of the country, has a shortage of housing but please instead of building out the site with condos and apartments for humans lets focus on building fully climate controlled spaces for some rich asshole's car. I hate this on every level. 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. Edited June 30, 2024Jun 30 by jag
July 1, 2024Jul 1 15 hours ago, jag said: 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. To be clear, I never said the city shouldn't allow them to build the car garage things, the market can figure out if this is something that would even be successful and to your point its right next to the train tracks so the lots aren't very desirable for homes/condos. I just said I hated it on every level, and I will always hate the fetishizing and obsession that people have with cars/motorcycles and this proposal just seemed like the ultimate version of that.
July 1, 2024Jul 1 "I love it when new users join a forum and immediately start mixing it up. Like, do you go into a bar and tell random women they're fat?" - buildingcincinnati
July 2, 2024Jul 2 On 7/1/2024 at 9:53 AM, ucgrady said: To be clear, I never said the city shouldn't allow them to build the car garage things, the market can figure out if this is something that would even be successful and to your point its right next to the train tracks so the lots aren't very desirable for homes/condos. I just said I hated it on every level, and I will always hate the fetishizing and obsession that people have with cars/motorcycles and this proposal just seemed like the ultimate version of that. 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.
July 2, 2024Jul 2 On 7/1/2024 at 2:56 PM, GCrites said: "I love it when new users join a forum and immediately start mixing it up. Like, do you go into a bar and tell random women they're fat?" - buildingcincinnati Not really new, just very infrequent/sporadic user.🤷♂️
August 21, 2024Aug 21 Hills Properties completes first building at $59M Graphite Oakley site By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Aug 21, 2024 Interior construction is complete on the first building at Graphite Oakley, located on the site of the former Milacron foundry at Oakley Station. The development, which carried a $59 million price tag as of 2022, will deliver 316 upscale apartments across five buildings when work wraps up early next year. Blue-Ash based Hills Properties, the developer, declined to disclose an updated project cost. MORE
September 3, 2024Sep 3 Aglamesis Oakley Wins 2024 Cincinnati Preservation Excellence Award https://cincinnatipreservation.org/aglamesis-brothers-rwa-architects/ In 2024 RWA Architects won their sixth Preservation Excellence Award from Cincinnati Preservation. This time in the Commercial Project category for their work on the façade improvements to the Oakley location of Aglamesis Brothers candy and ice cream store.
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Car condos are back. Looking a lot better this time around, but still would prefer more housing.
September 21, 2024Sep 21 On 9/13/2024 at 12:17 PM, Ucgrad2015 said: Car condos are back. Looking a lot better this time around, but still would prefer more housing. It passed, unanimously.
September 23, 2024Sep 23 Car condos in Oakley? City acts on latest plans for proposed Neyer development The Cincinnati Planning Commission unanimously approved a proposal by Neyer Properties for car condos at a major Oakley housing development, allowing people to store their luxury and rare automobiles in individual spaces. Neyer plans to build 31 two-story car condos in front a rail yard bordering the Three Oaks project at 4477 34th Ave. The Torque Car Condos would be located south of a set of railroad tracks and Enyart Avenue, which runs parallel to them, and north of Iron Oak Avenue. The planning commission held the proposal at a June meeting, with the city requesting that Neyer consider whether housing could be built at the site instead. But Neyer views the car condos as a necessary buffer from single-family homes being built nearby, said the company’s executive vice president for development, Chris Dobrozsi. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/09/23/neyer-car-condos-oakley-planning-commission-vote.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 13, 2024Dec 13 Eastside Rec Center Grand Opening Ceremony & Open House The grand opening will be Monday January 6th, 2025, starting at 3:00pm with all the appropriate speakers, and then a 3:30pm ribbon cutting. The Open House/programs will run from 4-6pm. The Oakley Community Council will host it's first meeting in the new facility Tuesday, January 7th, 7pm. This be a great opportunity to: Tour new facility: see the new facility if not able to get the open house 2025 Major Project Announcements: learn about & discuss our 2025 major projects Free pizza!
December 15, 2024Dec 15 On 9/23/2024 at 10:25 AM, ColDayMan said: The planning commission held the proposal at a June meeting, with the city requesting that Neyer consider whether housing could be built at the site instead. But Neyer views the car condos as a necessary buffer from single-family homes being built nearby, said the company’s executive vice president for development, Chris Dobrozsi. I'm quite confused as to how something that amounts to finished out small warehouses is a "buffer" to single family housing? Feels like the financial backing for the project pushed for this when they saw how much a car collection facility charged them to store their vehicles. What's next, A heliport and hangers to buffer from the rail yard?
December 15, 2024Dec 15 On 6/23/2024 at 2:38 PM, ColDayMan said: Neyer Properties envisions they could also be used as a place to connect with other car lovers, work remotely or entertain friends. "Hey guys, come on over to the car condo and watch the big game." We live in hell.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 12 hours ago, RealAdamP said: I'm quite confused as to how something that amounts to finished out small warehouses is a "buffer" to single family housing? Feels like the financial backing for the project pushed for this when they saw how much a car collection facility charged them to store their vehicles. What's next, A heliport and hangers to buffer from the rail yard? They were getting virtually no interest from buyers for the lots adjacent to the railroad tracks. I don't really care much either way about these, but they are better than nothing being there. There are car condos in Blue Ash and they are pretty popular nationally. I'm more concerned about the lack of interest from those in the senior care facility world for the space in the overall development that such a facility was planned for. Had a company lined up pre-covid, has since backed out and not much movement there recently. Edited December 15, 2024Dec 15 by jag
January 13Jan 13 Eastside Rec Center Ribbon Cutting & Open House CRC has rescheduled this event for Tuesday, 14 January 3-6 PM Oakley residents can get an early look at the facility by attending the Oakley Community Council January meeting, tonight at 7 PM, in the new facility. Meeting Agenda.
February 13Feb 13 Former Cast-Fab site project gets new developer A 7.6-acre townhome development in Oakley at the former Cast-Fab manufacturing site will have a new developer after the Cincinnati Planning Commission approved a modification to the plan. The planning commission approved proposed development and subdivision improvement plans for the second phase of the project Feb. 7. The townhomes will be for sale. Cristo Homes originally was the developer slated for the project at 3033 Jared Ellis Drive, but now, Indianapolis-based Onyx + East has a purchase contract with the owner, Local Oakley LLC. Onyx + East declined further comment other than to confirm its involvement. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/02/13/oakley-townhome-cast-fab-new-developer-onyx-east.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 13Feb 13 awww. choo-choo train themed. looks like it's no longer in danger of being derailed.
February 13Feb 13 5 minutes ago, zsnyder said: awww. choo-choo train themed. looks like it's no longer in danger of being derailed. Actually genius, if anyone complains about train noises the HOA can just say it's part of the theme/charm.
February 13Feb 13 3 hours ago, zsnyder said: awww. choo-choo train themed. looks like it's no longer in danger of being derailed. f'd up some visualizations with the street name changes...something about a hard days night...🤪 Edited February 14Feb 14 by jag
February 14Feb 14 I'll be interested to see how owners maintain and use the common green spaces. I hope those green spaces become attractive, inviting spaces that residents actually use. Just for comparison's sake, the density of this project in Oakley is 15.7 units per acre (119 units on 7.58 acres). The recently completed townhouse project in Madisonville is roughly 18.9 units per acre (20 units on 1.06 acres).
February 14Feb 14 1 hour ago, jwulsin said: I'll be interested to see how owners maintain and use the common green spaces. I hope those green spaces become attractive, inviting spaces that residents actually use. Just for comparison's sake, the density of this project in Oakley is 15.7 units per acre (119 units on 7.58 acres). The recently completed townhouse project in Madisonville is roughly 18.9 units per acre (20 units on 1.06 acres). There will be a HOA that takes care of the common areas. Attached are the landscaping plans. Edited February 14Feb 14 by jag
April 9Apr 9 Developer breaks ground on luxury car condos at $100M East Side development A Cincinnati developer has broken ground on car condos in on of Cincinnati’s most popular neighborhoods. Neyer Properties April 8 announced it had begun construction on its Torque Motor Suites product beside Oakley’s Three Oaks development, a $100 million residential community on 31 acres along Robertson Avenue. Torque Motor Suites Oakley is designed to be integrated into the residential neighborhood according to the developer. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/04/09/neyer-properties-car-condos-torque-suites-oakley.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 12Apr 12 HEADS UP: 4 Way Stop on Robertson! 31st & Robertson. The city of Cincinnati will be installing a 4 way stop at: 31st & Robertson, as a way to start slowing down traffic on Robertson. We had asked for 2 sets to be installed, but they want to see how effective before adding a second set (at 34th & Robertson). So be on the watch for these signs to be installed (within next 2 weeks).
May 30May 30 Townhome development to break ground on former Cast-Fab site at Oakley StationexpandA rendering of Onyx + East's townhome community slated for the former Cast-Fab Technologies site at Oakley Station.Onyx + EastBy Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business CourierMay 30, 2025An Indianapolis developer will begin work in a matter of months on a large new townhome community on Cincinnati’s East Side following a land transaction that closed in recent days.Onyx + East, with Charleston, S.C-based Maymont Homes as its financing partner, closed May 20 on 5 acres at the former Cast-Fab Technologies site in Oakley Station.The land is located at 3033 Jared Ellis Drive between the CSX-owned railroad to the south and Hills Properties’ Graphite apartments to the north.MORE
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