June 25, 200519 yr Author Office buildings on the horizon: * 1205 Western Ave., 7000 square feet proposed (land currently vacant): * The Pointe, on Dana Ave. just west of I-71. Two buildings, 350,000 square feet. Owned by Dana Residential Investment, LTD, and the site has a couple of industrial structures on it: Other: * The city of Wyoming is considering a housing development similar to Greenhills' DeWitt Landing infill project, which will most likely go in somewhere along the east side of the city near its border with Lockland. * The city of Wyoming is looking at a way of "branding" Wyoming Ave., trying to get it to be more well-known outside of the community. There are problems with Lockland's adjoining section of Wyoming Ave. that need to be addressed as well. Some members of the ED Commission believe the focus of fixing Wyoming Ave. should not be on "branding", but should be on making sure the street supports the housing in the city.
July 1, 200519 yr Author Confirmations on teardowns for new structures: MT. ADAMS * 1003 St. Gregory St., new single-family residence. $520K. MT. LOOKOUT * 700 Elsinboro Ln, new single-family residence. $685K. Other demolition: AVONDALE * The city will lose a three units of housing at 344 Erkenbrecher Ave. as the Ronald McDonald House tears it down. I'm not sure why. Rehab: CAMP WASHINGTON * The Camp Washington Community Board development company has purchased 3066 Henshaw Ave. They plan to renovate the single-family house and then sell it. The home was built in 1898.
July 2, 200519 yr As a volunteer at Ron Mac I would think that there may be plans in the future to grow the size of the house. Routinely we are at max so perhaps the lot will extend into where the house stands, freeing up room for an addition to the house.
July 6, 200519 yr Author Old News: OAKLEY/HYDE PARK * Seven Hills Properties is proposing a condo development called Lofts at 4120. This will be in the area of Allendale Dr., near the northern part of the Hyde Park Country Club (not sure quite where). The development would consist of 20 condos, between 2700 and 3000 square feet in size. The preliminary proposal went before the Oakley Community Council on April 5, and was sent to Community Planning & Development to get a zoning variance due to a sewer line running through the property. I haven't heard anything on this since. Nuisance properties: EAST PRICE HILL * In May, the East Price Hill Improvement Accociation moved to declare the following properties blighted and to request that they be torn down. To my knowledge, none of them have. They are: 3309 Price Ave. (1885), 939 Elberon Ave. (1895), 956 Elberon Ave.(1880) and 1129 Purcell Ave. (1905): Downtown property purchased: DOWNTOWN * 835 Main (former Lava Lounge) was purchased by 9 Main LLC for $360,000 on June 15.
July 6, 200519 yr ^ The Secretary of State's webpage has the 835 Main company listed as "DTK Ninth & Main, LLC" but the articles of incorporation do not state a purpose. I wonder what "DTK" stands for.
July 6, 200519 yr Author Are you sure you're not thinking of 830 Main (the Second Natl Bank Bldg)? Because DTK Ninth & Main LLC comes up as the owner of that. I think they hold it as an investment property.
July 8, 200519 yr Author Downtown news: DOWNTOWN * 325 West Fifth Street LLC bought 325 W. Fifth St. in November. They are doing a $300,000 project to add a partial third floor. This building should look much, much better. * Some sort of exterior renovation is supposed to take place at 604 Race St. The cost is $80,000, but no word on what the changes will be. Renovations: CLIFTON HEIGHTS/FAIRVIEW * A two-family at 439 W. McMicken Ave. (1880) is undergoing a major renovation. EAST WALNUT HILLS (WOODBURN) * Work has finally started at 2549 Woodburn Ave. (mentioned earlier in this thread). A windbreak was the first part of the renovation and now drywall repair and other interior work is being done. WINTON PLACE * Cincinnati Waldorf School has bought the historic Samuel Hannaford House at 768 Derby Ave. and will convert it to a 3-day nursery, Parents and Tots and Extended Care, office space and a new playground. The home was bought in April and work is expected to be finished by the upcoming school year. Samuel Hannaford designed and built this house in 1900 and also lived in it. http://www.cincinnatiwaldorfschool.org/files/Inreach%2005-31-2005.pdf Teardown: MT. LOOKOUT * HSC Development is tearing down a large house at 3740 Grandin Rd. to construct a new house. Cost: $640,000. New construction: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS * A two-family dwelling is going to be built over an existing 6-car garage at 396 Probasco St. WESTWOOD * Two more $150,000 homes by M/I are being built on Oaktree Pl in the Woodcrest Park subdivision.
July 8, 200519 yr ^In regards to your question grasscat, I could be wrong. It's been known to happen before.
July 9, 200519 yr Author Here are a couple more: COVINGTON * The fire-damaged building at 954-956 Philadelphia St. is currently being rehabbed. NEWPORT * At the June 13th Newport commissioners meeting, it was announced that the groundbreaking for a new building at Monmouth and 5th was the first new commercial building built on Monmouth St. in a very long time. It's going to be a Bank of Kentucky.
July 15, 200519 yr Author First, some updates: EAST WALNUT HILLS * Work continues on the condo project at 1770 E. McMillan St. Work right now is on a detached garage, interior renovations, and a new porch. MT. LOOKOUT * Teardowns and rebuilds are still being done by Chrisman Homes, now at 1212 and 1214 Halpin Ave. These are replacing turn-of-the-century frame houses and are in the $150K range. They are doing the same at 1019 Kinmont Ave., building a $190K dwelling there. * Apparently the name of the 3-townhouse project next to Mt. Lookout Square is Lookout Commons. New construction: PRICE HILL * Building continues in the Woodcrest Park subdivision, with M/I building a $160,000 home at 2381 Oaktree Pl. Rehabs: DOWNTOWN (Garfield Place) * Aekus Properties, owner of Garfield Towers, will be installing awnings, signage, cafe rails and planters. This should cost about $200K. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS * 345-347 Probasco St. is going to be converted from a Greek house to a 3-family. Presumably, the frat/sorority will move to Stratford Heights. This home was built in 1925. Demolition: SOUTH FAIRMOUNT * A house that has reverted to nature at 1985 Harrison Ave. is being torn down. It was built in 1890.
July 17, 200519 yr Author I won't post the whole article, but there was an article in the 7/17/05 Enquirer about Westwood planning to put a fountain near the Westwood Town Hall, to be the "center point" of the community. They have also been doing work to clean and repair business facades. Here's the link about the fountains: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050717/NEWS01/507170394/1056/rss02
July 18, 200519 yr Author Here are a couple of sketches of the landscaping plan for the Westwood fountain:
July 24, 200519 yr Author What are your thoughts on the proposal to put wrought iron fencing around East Hyde Park Commons (Erie and Marburg)? You can take a look at the plan here (PDF): http://www.hydeparkcincinnati.org/files/Proposals/EastHydeParkCommons.pdf Here's a story about it that ran in last week's Eastern Hills Journal: http://www.communitypress.com/ColumbiaTwpOH/News.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=15797&Section=Main%20News&OnlineSection=Main%20News&SectionPubDate=7/20/2005%203:24:55%20AM&RefDate=7/20/2005%203:24:55%20AM
July 24, 200519 yr Isn't that where they had to tear down a sculpture because they didn't have the money to keep it in good repair?
July 25, 200519 yr Author I haven't been able to track down what happened to it. It was made out of brick, so I don't know what issues would have led to its removal. Maybe they just didn't like it anymore! Apparently the thing was called Double Star: Antares and was built in the 1980s. Athena Tacha was the sculptor: http://www.sculpturecenter.org/oosi/sculpture.asp?SID=598 .... Okay...so I tried a little bit harder and this is what I found: Cincinnati destroys its Double Star! (See also ART IN AMERICA, December 2003, p. 128) At an October 14 [2003] meeting, the City of Cincinnati decided to demolish Athena Tacha's sculpture Double Star Antares, an open-brick maze under Observatory Hill, commissioned through a public art competition for Hyde Park, a neighborhood of Cincinnati, in 1986. It is the second of Tacha's environmental public sculptures being destroyed in three years. The first, Marianthe, commissioned by the University of South Florida in Fort Myers in 1985, was torn down by Edison Community College in 2000 (see Art In America, March 2000, p. 41). Like Double Star, it was a playful "space disorientation" maze. These were the only two such mazes executed by the artist. A structural engineer licensed in over thirty States, John Bowes of Cleveland, OH, designed the steel structural support of both works (even to resist hurricane-force winds). His drawings, in the artist's possession, were approved by engineers and supervising committees in Cincinnati and Ft. Myers alike. Reputable local contractors built both Double Star and Marianthe, contributing a substantial sum in labor to augment the small budgets of about $30,000. In either case no evidence has been produced that the owners spent a penny on maintaining the works over the course of fifteen years. Yet, for Double Star, the Hyde Park community had donated to the City of Cincinnati a $5,000 maintenance fund, which remained untapped, piling up its interest while the sculpture languished uncared for. This modest fund's income could have paid a bricklayer to inspect the walls annually, and repair any cracks in the mortar or replace spalled bricks. Inevitably, both sculptures became "unstable" and "unsafe", but that was caused by the neglect of the owning institutions, not by the artist's or engineer's "faulty design", as the owners assert after the fact. Brick structures indeed are vulnerable to weather, as owners of Frank Lloyd Wright houses, for instance, can testify. True, they are unlikely to last for millennia, but they can endure for many decades if properly maintained. Americans know how to care for cars, but unfortunately have scant tradition for or commitment to preservation of their artistic patrimony. Contracts for Tacha's two condemned public sculptures pre-dated VARA, the federal legislation of 1990 that protects works of art. But even one of her sculptures commissioned in 1991 in Sarasota, FL, Memory Path, was saved only after considerable legal struggle and expense to the artist (saved temporarily, perhaps, because repairs from past damages still have not been made). Fortunately, among the thirty-some public owners of Tacha's work, there are a number of highly responsible institutions. Her large step sculptures in Norfolk, VA, and Cleveland, OH, owned by GSA and Case Reserve University respectively, have been professionally restored recently by McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory. The University of Arizona in Tucson, Miami's Dade Art Council, the University of Minnesota's Weisman Museum and the Connecticut Commission for the Arts, to name more examples, have preserved Tacha's outdoor works in good condition. Unlike Cincinnati, these are exemplary communities that have shown confidence in the democratic selection process of artists and a serious commitment to the conservation of their public art. P.S. On October 20, Mousa Gargari, a construction engineer and faculty member at the University of Cincinnati, went to look at Double Star Antares and concluded as follows: "If the city had made repairs at the onset the work would not have reached this state so quickly. The replacement support bars [stainless steel "external" bars added, without the artist's approval, by the initial contractor in 1989, when vandal kids knocked down two of the walls] contributed to the self-destruction of the piece. They probably were hand-tightened where the bar attaches to a metal plate. In some cases they were over-tightened, preventing expansion and contraction in the bricks. Most major problems occurred at or adjacent to those support bars [see Close-up below]. If rebuilt, as originally planned with the support system inside, hidden in the brick structure (without the pressure plates), there would not be the major problems that we are witnessing now. Though some walls, both high and low, are in fine shape in spite of everything." Close-up of damaged wall http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/atacha/Cincinnati.html
July 26, 200519 yr Author Here's some, umm, stuff.... Updates: WESTWOOD * The aforementioned Brodbeck Park...a look at the homes they're building. I can't say I'm a fan: Buildings sold: AVONDALE * This interesting 1920s apartment building at 542 Prospect Pl. has fallen into complete disrepair. It is being bought for approximately the same price that it was sold for 2 years ago ($189,000). These photos show how poorly it was maintained in the interim (2nd pic is a pic from now). Hopefully the new owner(s) will put a little more effort into it: COVINGTON * The vacant 115 Park Pl., 4 apartments and 3 offices is being purchased for $750,000: Charter school action: EVANSTON * The Alliance Academy (a K-5 charter school) is adding a 4500 square foot addition to their building at 3500 Montgomery Rd. (corner of Montgomery and Duck Creek). This is the old St. Mark Catholic School Building, on this campus: SOUTH FAIRMOUNT * The Orion Academy (a K-5 charter school managed by National Heritage Academies) is renovating the old St. Bonaventure School Building at 1798 Queen City Ave. They are also adding a 17,000 square foot addition. Rehabs: DOWNTOWN * 639 Main St. was bought by 639 Building on Main LLC about a month ago for $235,000. Right now they are getting ready for interior demolition. AVONDALE * 687 Fred Shuttlesworth Cir has been fully rehabbed and is now on the market for 4 times what it went for a year and a half ago. This home was built in 1892: (before and after) CORRYVILLE * It appears that the only thing that was done at 3251 Bishop St. was the addition of parking on the front lawn and some new steps leading to the second unit. The inside was also apparently completely rehabbed. This home was built in 1880: (before and after) EAST WALNUT HILLS * 2603 Moorman Ave. looks a heck of a lot better. This was built in 1880: (before and after) EVANSTON (O'Bryonville) * 3028 Lavinia Ave. has been rehabbed and is going for 3 times what it went for just a few months ago. Its O'Bryonville location certainly has made the property more attarctive to buyers. This home was built in 1912: (before and after) HYDE PARK * 2830 Rosella Ave. has been rehabbed and is now going for twice what it went for a year ago. This home was built in 1885: (before and after) MADISONVILLE * At 5802 Adelphi St., a two-family has been converted into a single-family and is being solf for more than twice what was paid two years ago. This home was built in 1910: (before and after) NORTHSIDE * A boarded up home from 1881 at 4237 Williamson Pl. has been fixed up nicely. It was bought for $28,500 eight months ago and is now on the market for $117,000: (before and after) * Another red brick home from 1893 at 4275 Williamson Pl. has also been cleaned up. Bought a year ago for $25,000, it's now on the market for $124,900: (before and after) PLEASANT RIDGE * This 1924 home at 6265 Cortelyou Ave. has been rehabbed and is now selling for twice what was paid for it a year ago: (before and after) WALNUT HILLS * The mammoth apartment building at 2521 Kemper Ln. has been rehabbed and is selling for $1.375M, or about $1M more than was paid for it two years ago. COVINGTON * 719 Garrard St. has been restored as 5 apartments: * I might have read this wrong, but it looks like 1030 Russell Ave. went from a market value of $65,000 to over $324K. This is on the National Register: NORWOOD * This beautiful 1920s four-unit apartment building at 2135 Hannaford Ave. was rehabbed inside and out: New construction: WALNUT HILLS * A $160,000 infill house will be built at 1106 Chapel St. NEWPORT * Homes are being built "up the hill" on Grandview Ave. Personally, I don't care for the style one bit: PARK HILLS * Another piece of crap will be built soon on Scenic Dr. Developable land/possible future construction: DAYTON, KY * A sale is pending on residential land on the hilltop in Dayton. It looks like machinery is already there clearing it. (EDIT: The land they are clearing is along Dayton Pike. The land referred to above is to the west of that, near the end of Maple Ave.: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.104605,-84.469757&spn=0.009317,0.017225&t=h&hl=en)
July 26, 200519 yr PARK HILLS * Another piece of crap will be built soon on Scenic Dr. hehe, i know what you mean. some good finds in the rest of it though, thanks for the update.
July 26, 200519 yr City's southern entrance to house shops, restaurants By Maggie Downs Enquirer staff writer MONTGOMERY - Less than an acre of land might be worth millions to this city. The southern "triangle property" in Montgomery, called the principal corner of the city, will be developed with restaurants, shops, office space and an underground parking garage, at an estimated cost of $6.5 million. The triangle property on Montgomery's southern end, where Montgomery Road, Cooper Road and Main Street converge, will be redeveloped by 2006. "This is the principal corner of our town," said Frank Davis, the city's community development director. "The longer the property sat, the more the city decided we wanted to make something happen here." MORE: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050726/NEWS01/507260373/1056/news01
July 27, 200519 yr A friend of mine who rents in the Queen's Tower in Price Hill (also the location of Primavista Restaurant), told me today that the whole building is going condo. Should hedge up the homeownership rate a notch, not much, but a notch.
July 27, 200519 yr ^Wow...all the rage now, I guess - the Edgecliff on the east side, Queen's Tower on the west side...but Prima Vista kicks the Coach and Four's ass!
July 27, 200519 yr Author Here's more on the Triangle property in Montgomery. I might split this topic off eventually. From the 7/27/05 Northeast Suburban Life: Triangle development about six weeks from starting By Lindsay Braud Staff Reporter MONTGOMERY - With development plans in place and approval from the landmarks and planning commissions, Gateway Partners LLC are waiting for the green light from city council to begin development of the now vacant triangle property. Council will start taking the necessary legislative steps at the next council meeting to get redevelopment of this property under way. Three ordinances need to be read three times and then voted on before construction can begin. MORE: http://www.communitypress.com/BlueAshOH/News.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=15987&Section=Main%20News&OnlineSection=Main%20News&SectionPubDate=7/27/2005%202:26:13%20AM&RefDate=7/27/2005%202:26:13%20AM
July 29, 200519 yr Art Academy gets grant for moving expenses The Art Academy of Cincinnati has received a $60,000 grant from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) to fund expenses for its move to a new campus in Over-the-Rhine. Of that amount, $24,000 was provided by the Abraham, Katie, Eleanor and Natalie Feld Memorial Fund, a "field of interest" fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. The GCF grant will help the Art Academy relocate to 1212 Jackson St. The move, which began June 15, continues through Aug. 26. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation is a charitable organization that builds and preserves endowment funds, identifies opportunities to enhance community life and provides grants in six areas: arts and culture, community progress, education, the environment, health and human services. GCF provides philanthropic leadership to eight counties in the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana region. Read full article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2005/07/25/daily47.html
August 2, 200519 yr Author Facade improvements: DOWNTOWN * The Westin Hotel is in the process of a facade improvement project. No further details available. NORTHSIDE * 4027-4031 Hamilton Ave. will be getting new windows and signs. 4031 Hamilton will also have some facade work done: (4027 and 4031) Business-related: CAMP WASHINGTON * Meyer Tool Inc. will be completing a buildout at 3055 Colerain Ave. A parking lot will be poured at 3024 Colerain Ave. (across from the intersection of Colerain and Elam), ostensibly to provide more parking for the business.
August 3, 200519 yr Author Kroger has bought buildings on Warsaw Ave. and is going to expand their Enright Ave. (Price Hill) location. I'll see if I can track down which properties those are. Here's a link to the story: http://www.communitypress.com/PriceHillOH/News.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=16213&Section=Main%20News&OnlineSection=Main%20News&SectionPubDate=8/3/2005%202:44:23%20AM&RefDate=8/3/2005%202:44:23%20AM
August 4, 200519 yr Author ^ Here's a map and the buildings that will be removed. There's nothing to remarkable on the block. Most of these buildings are isolated from one another, with empty lots that have been converted to parking in between them. The "street wall" no longer exists. My only hope is that Kroger doesn't build a building that presents a blank wall to the street, like the Kroger in Mt. Washington. These are all in the 3600 block of Warsaw.
August 5, 200519 yr Author New construction: RIVERSIDE * A new $275,000 home will be built at 157 Pedretti Ave. It should have a great view! Rich people: HYDE PARK * A new single-family house is being built at 5 Weebetook Ln. It will cost $1.1 million. It's nice to see that they have decided to built within the city. Rehabs: CLIFTON HTS. * The interior is being gutted at 176 W. McMillan Ave. I have no idea for which tenant this is being done. SOUTH CUMMINSVILLE * Working In Neighborhoods will be doing extensive repairs to its beautiful old church building at 1814 Dreman Ave. that was badly damaged by fire a couple of months ago. Building lost: KENNEDY HTS. * 5854 Wyatt Ave. This home lasted only 34 years.
August 8, 200519 yr Author Cincinnati_Kid, you may know something about this since you're doing work in the area. A couple of weeks ago 201 Klotter LLC bought the two big apartment buildings on the 600 block of Straight St. as well as 4 properties behind it on the 600 block of Tafel St. They paid $1.2M for each one. I wonder why they assembled all of those adjacent parcels. There are houses on a couple of the Tafel St. lots that look to be from about the same period that the house you renovated was.
August 9, 200519 yr Grasscat, I saw that and saw that a land sale occured in April and was tied to the apartment sale on Straight St., I didn't really dig into it too much, but I assume the land on Tafel is tied to the apartment buildings. The Tafel St. land is pretty much unbuildable in that the land slopes straight up off the sidewalk and would require major retention walls similar to the stuff going on in Mt. Adams, but there is no way they could sell the units for a high enough price as to offset the earthwork. I will keep my eyes open though. Very interesting it sold again between April and July.
August 11, 200519 yr Anyone read CityBeat? This is a very good article that I didn't see posted here. The Art Academy of Cincinnati Bets Its Future On An Old Building and On Over-The-Rhine By Steve Ramos A Factory For Art The Vandercook printing press is a hulk of iron and steel that weighs 300 pounds, and it's something you want to move only when absolutely necessary. The press, used for poster and book printing, is 65 years old and has been part of the Art Academy of Cincinnati's design department since 1996. The letter press' previous home was the first floor of the Art Academy's Mount Adams building, its historic classroom facility along with its Eden Park building adjacent to the Cincinnati Art Museum. But it's one of the first items to be moved to the school's new facility at 1212 Jackson St., a gritty side street between Vine and Walnut in Over-the-Rhine. To read more: http://www.citybeat.com/2005-08-03/cover.shtml
August 12, 200519 yr Author New construction: CLIFTON HTS./FAIRVIEW * Thomas E. Walter will be building 3 $130,000 homes at 544-548 Conroy St. Rehabs: MT. LOOKOUT * The building at 1000 Delta Ave. is having $40,000 worth of interior remodeling done. The building's owner is the same as who owns GameDay downtown. Updates: CLIFTON HTS. * The work at 176 W. McMillan St. that I mentioned earlier is for some kind of restaurant. The people behind the remodel are Restaurant Management Inc., and I believe that's Wendy's. EVANSTON * Jonathan Meadows has the land cleared and graded, but no construction work has begun. MADISONVILLE * The Sonoma Hill subdivision now has some retaining walls built and foundations poured. Office: DOWNTOWN * Dunnhumby USA is expanding their space in their U.S. HQ building at 302 W. Third St. (the Neyer building). The work will cost nearly $350K. New (suburban) housing in the county: DELHI TWP. * Victory View will consist of 60 homes in Delhi Twp. It will be a cul-de-sac extending northward from Foley Rd. just opposite of Overhill Ln. Odds and ends: * City council has allocated $225,000 from the Park Board surplus to help pay for a consultant to help develop a new Park Board Master Plan to manage the parks for the next 10 to 20 years. The prior Master Plan was developed in 1992 and was designed to last for a ten year period. The ordinance passed unanimously. * The city has agreed to purchase the Interstate Brands parking lot at Ninth and Cutter in the West End. The lot had been leased by the city from IBC, who has gone into bankruptcy. The city paid $75K less than market value ($170,000 total), and will continue to store city vehicles on the lot. The city is also negotiating with Burke Marketing, a tenant in Centennial Two, to extend their lease. Parking has always been an issue, and additional parking from this lot may give the city leverage.
August 19, 200519 yr Author Rehabs: CAMP WASHINGTON (all projects of the Camp Washington Community Board) * 3068 Henshaw Ave. (1926, two-family). The Board is also working on 3066, which I mentioned in a previous post. Washington United Church of Christ and Christ in Youth volunteered to clean up the properties and to do a little of the demolition work on these Camp Washington properties. (I will try to follow up with "after" photos when possible) * 3059 Sidney Ave. (1889, single-family). Odds and ends: SAYLER PARK * A couple of people from Bridgetown have taken over the old vaudeville haunt the Parkland Theatre (1880s) on Gracely Ave. and have renamed it Parkland Family Theatre and Entertainment Center. They will show movies, sporting events, and will rent the hall out. I used to have a photo of it, but I can't find it. Here's a news story about it if you care: Price Hill Press: Theater making return engagement (8/17/05) WALNUT HILLS * U-Haul from Phoenix, AZ has bought several parcels along Gilbert Ave. at the corner of Gilbert Ave. and Rogers Pl. Most of it is empty commercial lots. My guess is that there will be a U-Haul facility built here, which should do wonders for the neighborhood. :wink:
August 19, 200519 yr The entire back of that yellow building in Mt. Lookout square collapsed last year. Hence the $40k rehab.
August 25, 200519 yr Author Rehabs: CLIFTON HTS./FAIRVIEW * 503 Klotter Ave., a two-family built in 1913. Selling for nearly $200K. (before and after) NORTHSIDE * 4141 Langland Ave., a home built in 1885 that used to have vegetation growing out of the gutters. Blazara Properties bought this property for $15,000 last December. The home is now being sold for $114,900. (before and after) WALNUT HILLS * 429 McGregor Ave., a two-family built in 1906. Sold 15 months ago for $53,000, now going for $149,900 (before and after) * This 1880 three-family at 2537 Hackberry St. has been converted to a 3500 square feet single-family. Bought in January for $95,000, it's now on the market for $239,900. (before and after) CARTHAGE * 7031 Fairpark Ave., a single-family home built in 1895. Rehab by Cincinnati Housing Partners. Sold for $54,000 six months ago, now for sale for $126,000. (before and after) HYDE PARK * 3530 Larkspur Ave. Shotgun-styled house from 1904, selling for nearly twice what it was bought for 18 months ago. (before and after) * 3574 Lilac Ave., built in 1899. Sold for $64,000 two years ago, on the market for $204,000 now. (before and after) OAKLEY * 2809 Robertson Ave., built in 1920. 711 square foot home sold for $75,000 in February, $128,900 now. (before and after) MADISONVILLE * 4316 Watterson St., a double built in 1915. Selling for about 70% more than what it sold for 3 years ago. (before and after) * Rehab is on-going at 5335 Ward St. The rehab on this 1906 home is being done by the Madisonville Revitalization Alliance. Bought in February for $31,000, on the market now for $114,900. This may be a bit optimistic. (before and after) * 6821 Merwin Ave., built in 1926. Sold for $73,000 in March, going for $109,000 now. (before and after) WESTWOOD * 3479 Stathem Ave., built in 1923. Bought for $50,000 last October, selling for $115,000 now. (before and after) WINTON PLACE * 741 McMakin Ave. Built in 1895, totally rehabbed and doubled in value in 8 months. (before and after) NORWOOD * 1739 Courtland Ave., a two-family residence that has been converted to a single-family. Renovation on the 1925 home by HHP Homes. Selling for $40,000 more than it did in March. (before and after) * 3807 Floral Ave., built in 1909 in the most desirable part of Norwood. Sold for $92,000 four months ago, $268,000 now. (before and after) * 3942 Forest Ave., built in 1901. Doubled in value in 6 months. (before and after) COVINGTON * This two-family at 521 E. 16th St. has been totally renovated. (after only) COVINGTON (Latonia) * 209 Rosedale Ct. Previously valued at $89,900...now selling for $119,900. (after only) * 3526 Glenn Ave. Was valued at $70,000...now going for $105,000. I believe it is owned by someone in my brother-in-law's family. NEWPORT * Renovation in progress and building for sale ($399,000) for this ASS-UGLY building at 818 Monmouth St. Update: EAST PRICE HILL * Workers are doing something on the hillside on Warsaw Ave. This is in the general area of the hillside in front of where Matson Manor is supposed to be built. I don't know if it's related--numerous inquiries into the status of Matson Manor have not been answered.
August 25, 200519 yr some great looking rehabs there especially 2537 Hackberry St. i dont remember anything about Matson Manor
August 25, 200519 yr I love this thread. I am so encouraged by the before / after shots. I toured that building at 818 Monmouth a few years ago. It is a 19th century commercial buiding with a bad cover facade, that was last used as a chain drugstore. The owner at the time wanted to put condos in.
August 25, 200519 yr [DELHI TWP. * Victory View will consist of 60 homes in Delhi Twp. It will be a cul-de-sac extending northward from Foley Rd. just opposite of Overhill Ln. Info and site plans: http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/meetings/2005/rpc/08-05/5_Delhi%2005-27%20Victory%20View.pdf BTW the Hamilton County RPC site is a good place to see all kinds of development info http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/default.asp Click on commission agendas/ then agendas and staff reports
August 26, 200519 yr Author New construction: WESTWOOD * More homes in Brodbeck Park. These things look terrible! The fact that nothing is being built atop the garages makes the garages even more prominent. The renderings are pics of what two of the newer houses are supposed to look like--it's a slight improvement (the last one is listed at $168,000): EVANSTON * A new home by Potterhill Homes at 3059 Hackberry St., $119,000: HYDE PARK * New homes being built at 3642 and 3646 Heekin Ave. The old 3642 Heekin was demolished, while the lot at 3646 was vacant. $489,900: (First photo is demolished 3642 Heekin, then new 3642 and 3646 Heekin) MT. LOOKOUT * A new home at 3538 Handman Ave., $429,000: * New townhouse development in the 500 block of Empress Ave., $489,000: * Five new homes being built on Kinmont St. by Chrisman Homes. $479,000, no renderings.
August 27, 200519 yr Author From CityBeat, 8/24/05: PHOTO: Fairfax resident Deborah Scott says a new Wal-Mart supercenter store would destroy safety and property values in her neighborhood. Photo By Graham Lienhart Wary of Wal-Mart Fairfax/Hyde Park residents fear encroaching mega store By Judy George The prospect of a Wal-Mart supercenter has people who live near Murray Avenue in Fairfax and Erie Avenue in Hyde Park worrying about the impact on their community. Wal-Mart supercenters, more than twice the size of conventional Wal-Mart stores, include not only general merchandise but also a full-size supermarket. They're typically open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At stake is the site of the former Ford transmission plant in Fairfax, near the convergence of Erie and Murray avenues and Red Bank Road. http://citybeat.com/current/news2.shtml
August 29, 200519 yr Author The_Cincinnati_Kid...I moved your last post to the RiversEdge thread: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3036.0
August 30, 200519 yr Here is an example of what you can do with a little vision and a lot of money (interestingly, it looks like they joined the two buildings with new construction on the first floor, must be very cool and unique).... This....... Is now this....... Here is a link to the listing.... 1111 Broadway, $436,900 (don't know if they will get it, there are several new developments adjacent, but this is very much in/on the edge of the hood.) http://www.comey.com/displaylist.asw?listnum=952638&mls=cincy
August 30, 200519 yr An update on the building at the corner of McMillan and W Clifton. A sign in the window declares that the remodelling is for an Arby's restaurant. :mrgreen:
August 31, 200519 yr Author This was mentioned in this thread regarding ODOT's decision to scrap the Colerain Connector. It appears that only one developer submitted a plan to build 32 new homes in Northside: Only 1 developer submits home plan Cincinnati's choice of a developer to build 32 homes on what was to be the Colerain Connector highway in Northside was easy - only one developer submitted a proposal for the project. North Point Land Co. will have one year to come up with a development plan to build the homes off Virginia and Kirby avenues, on 10 acres that were deeded back to the city from the Ohio Department of Transportation this year. The state scuttled its 46-year-old plans for the highway after decades of opposition from Northside residents. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050830/NEWS01/508300358/1056
August 31, 200519 yr Author Students embrace new Art Academy Parking, safety only concerns in $13.1 million building By Lori Kurtzman Enquirer staff writer The new art school is huge and breezy, with worn concrete floors, freshly painted walls and 26 student studios already beginning to fill with supplies. It is 120,000 square feet of "industrial-chic" learning space, with seven floors and an atrium running up the middle. In all, the renovation of the Art Academy of Cincinnati's new campus in Over-the-Rhine took five years of planning, 13 months of construction and $13.1 million, and President Gregory Allgire Smith now walks through the halls wondering how the 200-student academy ever did without it. But what do the students - who started at the new building Monday - think? Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050831/NEWS01/508310374/1056
September 1, 200519 yr Author Possible future construction: KENNEDY HTS. * Kennedy Hts. is studying making the Montgomery Rd. corridor more pedestrian-friendly, and they're exploring a business complex at Kennedy and Montgomery. They're also exploring redevelopment of Northdale Pl., a cul-de-sac of half-vacant apartments that's had a lot of drug activity. That site is on this map: COLERAIN TWP. * More housing in the county....Sloneker Reserve, a 72-lot development at the NW corner of Kemper and Pippin, just across Kemper from the cemetery. http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/meetings/2005/rpc/09-05/2%20SLONEKER%20RESERVE%20STAFF%20REPORT.pdf Other news: HYDE PARK * An application has been submitted to the community council to have a horse-drawn carriage in Hyde Park Square on Fridays and Saturdays. The route will include Edwards, Observatory, Erie and Stettinius.
September 1, 200519 yr I plan on going to the Art Academy's open house on September 10. I really want to see how the new building looks. I've taken a few classes through their Community Education program, and I could tell that they really needed a new location. I know they mentioned parking being bad at the new location, but I don't remember it being great at the old one either.
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