November 6, 20186 yr They just do it anyway. One of my stores has 380V service and has a transformer humming away at all times.
November 7, 20186 yr Higher voltage service makes running large banks of lights, refrigerators, and air conditioning compressors/fans more efficient, and 3-phase is better for anything that moves. 3-phase motors are mechanically/electrically simpler and less expensive, and especially under stop/start and modulating loads they can have a significant efficiency gain over their single-phase equivalents. That can make a big difference in your HVAC install and operating cost when you have two dozen rooftop units, on top of the chillers for refrigerated and freezer display cases.
November 7, 20186 yr 6 hours ago, jjakucyk said: Higher voltage service makes running large banks of lights, refrigerators, and air conditioning compressors/fans more efficient, and 3-phase is better for anything that moves. 3-phase motors are mechanically/electrically simpler and less expensive, and especially under stop/start and modulating loads they can have a significant efficiency gain over their single-phase equivalents. That can make a big difference in your HVAC install and operating cost when you have two dozen rooftop units, on top of the chillers for refrigerated and freezer display cases. Yeah, but what about 50,000 volts?
November 7, 20186 yr The only other Tesla supercharger in Greater Cincinnati is at a Meijer on the west side. Glad to see them building out their network.
November 8, 20186 yr There is also one at their Blue Ash sales/service center. If they stick to Meijer parking lots, they could cover a lot of the tri-state with locations in Eastgate, Florence, and West Chester. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
November 9, 20186 yr 3 hours ago, Cygnus said: There is also one at their Blue Ash sales/service center. If they stick to Meijer parking lots, they could cover a lot of the tri-state with locations in Eastgate, Florence, and West Chester. What a time to be alive.
November 19, 20186 yr Free replacement pedestrian bridge for notorious Cranley donor: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/11/19/oakley-identified-name-bridge-over-madison-road/2024949002/ Approved by EMERGENCY ordinance. Where is the talk radio outrage?
November 20, 20186 yr 16 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: Free replacement pedestrian bridge for notorious Cranley donor: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/11/19/oakley-identified-name-bridge-over-madison-road/2024949002/ Approved by EMERGENCY ordinance. Where is the talk radio outrage? Which sets up the joke.....How does a Cranley Donor cross the road?
November 20, 20186 yr Could have replaced several miles of sidewalks for the cost of this one $1.9 million pedestrian overpass.
November 30, 20186 yr https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cincinnati.com/amp/2150515002 The spot they are saying I’m guessing is the spot behind the houses on the corner of Madison Rd. And Kennedy. That spot is interesting due to its topography.
November 30, 20186 yr ^Here's a map from the Planning Commission packet showing where the proposed building would go. I don't understand why journalists take the time to write up an article like that, but then leave the location description as just vaguely "near the corner of Madison Road and Kennedy Avenue". It's not that hard to look at the Planning Commission packet and figure out exactly where the proposed building will be. You're right that the topography there is tricky. From the renderings in the packet, it appears the entrance to the site will be at the Ibsen/Kennedy stoplight. The new building will be just north of that entrance with parking to the south. Tricky topography for sure.
November 30, 20186 yr 55 minutes ago, jwulsin said: I don't understand why journalists take the time to write up an article like that, but then leave the location description as just vaguely "near the corner of Madison Road and Kennedy Avenue". It's not that hard to look at the Planning Commission packet and figure out exactly where the proposed building will be. That's why I don't bother reading any Enquirer articles about planning or urban development issues. You can tell when reading those articles that the author either lacks the curiosity to dig into the details or is trying to dumb it down for a general audience that doesn't really understand or care about the details.
December 2, 20186 yr Regarding the Nov 6-8 posts about Tesla charging stations at Meijers in Blue Ash and Oakley,....10 months ago (Feb 10, 2018), I saw two Tesla charging stations in the parking lot of MadTree Brewing in Oakley. They are still there, last I noticed.
December 2, 20186 yr Regarding the proposed office building “near” the intersection of Madison and Kennedy in Oakley, at the Nov 6 First Tues mtg of the OCC (Oakley Community Council), at least 3 persons spoke regarding this proposed development. Yes, its frontage will be along Kennedy just as jwulsin described above. Looking NNW from a vantage point on the south side of Madison east of Camberwell, this new building will be “behind” (to the north of) the ~7 homes on the north side of Madison east of Kennedy. Two of the speakers were higher-ups in the company Hubbard Radio who hopes to occupy the new bldg. They said Hubbard will be supportive of the Oakley neighborhood. One person from the City, Bob Bird (I think) also spoke positively about Hubbard. An Oakley resident asked pointed questions about tax abatements being sought as being contrary to Hubbard’s (and the developer’s) contention of being friendly to Oakley, saying if they were friendly, they would pay their fair share of taxes instead of seeking/getting tax abatements. He also said the proposed sale price was based on a not-recent appraisal of the property, implying the sale price was lower than current market value and thus, Cincy residents are getting shafted on the income from sale of the property. I also spoke personally (on the side) to Chris Hildebrandt, the principal of the Morelia Group who may be involved somehow (maybe is the developer)? He said he has options (my word) on multiple homes in the 7-home strip along Madison. So, those home may get replaced by commercial development at some point. It’ll be “interesting” to see what happens at the Dec 7 mtg of the City Planning Commission.
December 23, 20186 yr On 12/1/2018 at 11:05 PM, 7generations said: Regarding the Nov 6-8 posts about Tesla charging stations at Meijers in Blue Ash and Oakley,....10 months ago (Feb 10, 2018), I saw two Tesla charging stations in the parking lot of MadTree Brewing in Oakley. They are still there, last I noticed. The ones at MadTree are "Tesla destination chargers" not Superchargers. I assume that just means it doesn't have the ability to recharge your car as fast. According to Tesla's map, they currently have 11 destination chargers in the Cincinnati area. Although their map strangely does not show the Supercharger at the Center of Cincinnati Meijer, which I saw with my own eyes today. So maybe it's not operational yet.
January 3, 20196 yr Former Cast-Fab site sells; mixed-use redevelopment planned The former Cast-Fab Technologies property in Oakley has been purchased by a real estate development group with plans to redevelop the 28 acres. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/01/03/exclusive-former-cast-fab-site-sells-mixed-use.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 3, 20196 yr Plenty of Space for a Menard's, Planet Fitness, and Pet Co. to add to the flavor of the community.
January 3, 20196 yr 59 minutes ago, Yves Behar said: Plenty of Space for a Menard's, Planet Fitness, and Pet Co. to add to the flavor of the community. Funny thing is, a Planet Fitness just opened next to the Oakley Station apartments.
January 4, 20196 yr Hopefully they do something better with this land then they've already done in Oakley Station. But I've got low hopes.
January 4, 20196 yr 35 minutes ago, Cincy513 said: Hopefully they do something better with this land then they've already done in Oakley Station. But I've got low hopes. I would would say prolly more apartments like the Boulevard at Oakley Station (I don’t actually mind the style of the older apartments, not so much of the newer ones though) would be nice if they could add some taller apartment buildings, say 7-10 floors, but that not likely.
January 25, 20196 yr Homearama builder developing townhomes in Oakley A Homearama homebuilder is developing a townhome development in Oakley. Liberty Township-based Justin Doyle Homes purchased two properties totaling about a third of an acre on Isabella Avenue for $425,000. There, the custom homebuilder plans to build Isabella Townhomes of Oakley, a total of eight luxury townhomes starting in the $500,000s. Justin Doyle, owner and president of Justin Doyle Homes, said the properties at 3723 and 3725 Isabella Ave. are in a walkable area that customers desire. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/01/24/exclusive-homearama-builder-developing-townhomes.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 25, 20196 yr Crossroads sells Oakley Annex building for retail development A retail development on former Crossroads Church property in Oakley is expected to be even larger. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/01/25/exclusive-crossroads-sells-oakley-annex-building.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 25, 20196 yr 22 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Homearama builder developing townhomes in Oakley A Homearama homebuilder is developing a townhome development in Oakley. Liberty Township-based Justin Doyle Homes purchased two properties totaling about a third of an acre on Isabella Avenue for $425,000. There, the custom homebuilder plans to build Isabella Townhomes of Oakley, a total of eight luxury townhomes starting in the $500,000s. Justin Doyle, owner and president of Justin Doyle Homes, said the properties at 3723 and 3725 Isabella Ave. are in a walkable area that customers desire. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/01/24/exclusive-homearama-builder-developing-townhomes.html 8 townhomes in this lot is pretty good density. The project sort of looks like one of LA's small lot subdivisions. Would love to see more of this, especially in the highly desirable but nearly built out east side neighborhoods.
January 26, 20196 yr I really hope that I live to see the disaster that is called Hyde Park Plaza demolished and redeveloped with something urban and mixed-use. Developers are catching on with project like Liberty Center but somehow we still have tons of these awful, car-oriented strip mall plazas in the heart of our dense urban neighborhoods.
January 26, 20196 yr ^i doubt it. It's no doubt a cash cow as-is, and residents will fight "density".
January 26, 20196 yr Not to get off topic but the new owners of Rookwood commons are looking at feasbility of higher density in the Commons and exchange. Parking garages, offices, residential, on the exisiting parking lots. Doing away with a lot of the surface lots.
January 27, 20196 yr ^^is that whatsoever connected to Reztark's Rookwood redesign? http://reztark.com/en/portfolio-item/rookwood/ Or perhaps firms like that just put out work of that nature to show what their style is. (Reztark are the folks behind the Fountain Square high rise rendering. Found this rendering while I was poking around their website in consequence of that.)
January 27, 20196 yr Reztark worked with Anderson Real Estate when selling the property. Reztark does alot of grand ideas for developers, they hire as quickly as they lay off because of speculative work. But I can say the new owners have desires to do more with the properties because of the location. Plus that design they have on there site is nothing like the new owners want to do with the site. We are talking about replacing existing surface lots with new buildings and parking garages Edited January 27, 20196 yr by savadams13
January 27, 20196 yr If whatever they put in doesn’t face the streets, (or if new public streets aren’t carved out of the interior,) it’s not going to do anything for the urbanism of the area. The way that this structure turns its back on the little business district along Edwards Road is a high crime against urbanism. https://goo.gl/maps/yfcbsuVfSRw Edited January 27, 20196 yr by thebillshark www.cincinnatiideas.com
January 27, 20196 yr I went to Mad Tree yesterday (Saturday) for a 1 year-old's birthday party. There were like 1,900 people in that place at 3pm.
January 27, 20196 yr 45 minutes ago, jmecklenborg said: I went to Mad Tree yesterday (Saturday) for a 1 year-old's birthday party. There were like 1,900 people in that place at 3pm. Place prints money. I heard after they opened the new location they had all the loans paid off for the new facility in 3 to 6 months.
January 27, 20196 yr On 7/5/2018 at 1:35 PM, jwulsin said: Speaking of an abundance of gyms in Oakley, the latest Planning Commission packet talks about the land just north of the railroad tracks and east of Ridge, being sold by CSX to Climb Time to build a climbing gym. I suspect Climb Time will do well here, since the other climbing gyms in the area are much further north. I wonder if Climb Time will incorporate the existing, open-air structure. If it's structurally stable, it could make for a neat space for outdoor climbing. Pic attached shows status of construction on Jan 24, 2019. The open-air structure on the site was removed before the new construction commenced. The construction supervisor (in the pic) said construction is "behind schedule", due in part to the subcontractor for preparing the grounds around the new bldg progressing slower than expected. When I asked him, he did not offer a completion date.
January 28, 20196 yr 20 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: I went to Mad Tree yesterday (Saturday) for a 1 year-old's birthday party. There were like 1,900 people in that place at 3pm. And even with the City gifting MadTree a parking lot, it's still impossible to find a place to park there.
January 28, 20196 yr 28 minutes ago, taestell said: And even with the City gifting MadTree a parking lot, it's still impossible to find a place to park there. And there is not really any space to put more parking.
January 28, 20196 yr Yeah I never drive to Madtree because of the parking issue. If I go there I'm paying for an uber so I don't have to deal with that mess.
February 21, 20196 yr They have started construction on something that is going to go north of the cinfed credit union. Does anyone know what it might be?
February 22, 20196 yr I was told a few weeks ago that it will be a retail lighting company, the kind with tons of chandeliers in a big showroom setting.
April 17, 20196 yr Radio company plans new headquarters in Oakley The parent company of 101.9 WKRQ-FM and 105.1 WUBE-FM is planning a new Cincinnati headquarters in Oakley, with City Council approval of a needed land sale expected on Wednesday. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/04/16/radio-company-plans-new-headquarters-in-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 24, 20196 yr Looks like Habits in Oakley is moving across the street into the old Oakley Laundromat space. https://www.wlwt.com/article/today-in-history-for-april-24-mission-to-free-american-hostages-in-iran-ends-in-disaster/27254724 Edited April 24, 20196 yr by tonyt3524
June 19, 20195 yr Question: With the new additions to Oakley Station, how did this entire project get turned into the suburban garbage that it now is? It legitimately baffles me that this happened in one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city.
June 20, 20195 yr On 1/27/2019 at 2:27 PM, 7generations said: Pic attached shows status of construction on Jan 24, 2019. The open-air structure on the site was removed before the new construction commenced. The construction supervisor (in the pic) said construction is "behind schedule", due in part to the subcontractor for preparing the grounds around the new bldg progressing slower than expected. When I asked him, he did not offer a completion date. Update: I called the owner of this development - Climb Time - at their existing branch in Blue Ash. Currently, they plan to open the Oakley Branch in 3 months (Sept 2019). Edited June 20, 20195 yr by 7generations Typo.
June 20, 20195 yr 20 hours ago, seaswan said: Question: With the new additions to Oakley Station, how did this entire project get turned into the suburban garbage that it now is? It legitimately baffles me that this happened in one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city. With Center of Cincinnati there was a major "beggars can't be choosers" attitude from City Hall, i.e. it was better to allow a big box shopping plaza to be built so we would at least have some development in the city. The Planning Department was actually eliminated in 2002 by Mayor Luken, supposedly as a way to "balance the budget" but really so that garbage developments like this could be crammed through. The department came back into existence in 2007 under Mayor Mallory. Then with Oakley Station, there was originally a plan for a walkable mixed-use development called Millworks, which ultimately got scrapped in favor of the strip malls that actually got built there. What was originally proposed for "Millworks": What was actually built after it was renamed Oakley Station: Basically, until we have a City Administration that decides walkability, urbanity, transit access, etc. are important things that need to be incorporated into all developments within the city limits, developers are going to get away with building garbage like this.
June 20, 20195 yr It's funny/sad to see all those trees in the development plan. Those would do wonders for making the place feel at least somewhat human. As it stands, there is so much asphalt and wasted space that, if you're going to walk between multiple stores, you'll look like a loser and feel like you're walking in a desert. At least they are looking at filling in some parking spots with out-lot strip malls. But it doesn't solve the problem that this is designed for you to drive to At-Home, then make a quick drive over to the Kroger, then drive-thru the Raising Cane's on your way out. Edited June 20, 20195 yr by 10albersa
June 20, 20195 yr Right... it doesn't have the density to support walking between stores. Even if you live at the apartment building right there, and want to go to Kroger or the theater, you're probably driving across the parking lot. No attempt was made to make any of this walkable in any way.
June 20, 20195 yr This is the project that the mayor annoyingly said "Beggers cant be choosers" when it became apparent that the original plan with preservations and walkability was changing to this. Maybe that describes the position HE was in being beholding to donors but the city had the power to force much better. We got this because the Mayor let it happen.
June 20, 20195 yr I can't help but chuckle when you have all these parking lots but then the Olive Garden is situated facing the road. Looks so stupid when compared to everything else back there..
June 20, 20195 yr It just baffles me. Almost every new urban development nowadays focuses on live-ability & walkability, and this pile of garbage is what we get.
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