February 13, 200619 yr Wow grasscat that first house is pathetic lol! Talk about a ridiculous place for a door.
February 13, 200619 yr From Today's Enquirer Loveland to choose Great Traditions BY JANE PRENDERGAST | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER LOVELAND -- City officials will vote Tuesday to choose Great Traditions Land & Development Company of Blue Ash to do their downtown redevelopment project. Great Traditions was chosen over a plan by Neyer Properties. Those two were whittled from five proposals. The plan, to cost up to $30 million in private money, transforms about six acres at Broadway and Second into new shops, restaurants, offices and town houses. MORE: http://www.enquirer.com
February 14, 200619 yr Here is an early rendering. They will likely not be this colorful, but the massing and design will be the same. Who doesn't want to be Cincinnati Kid?
February 15, 200619 yr Here is an early rendering. They will likely not be this colorful, but the massing and design will be the same. Who doesn't want to be Cincinnati Kid? Cincinnati Gay Pride to the fullest! ;)
February 15, 200619 yr That East Price Hill location on Grand Avenue doesnt even look like the same house. Amazing.
February 15, 200619 yr Train horns may hurt project BY JANE PRENDERGAST | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER LOVELAND - As the city starts its major downtown redevelopment project, officials have a new wrinkle to consider - train noise. City Council members on Tuesday night voted to hire Great Traditions Land & Development Co. of Blue Ash to transform about 6 acres around Broadway and Second Street into townhomes, offices, retail space and restaurants. The project could bring as much as $30 million in private investment. But a potential issue, City Manager Tom Carroll said, is the trains that blow their horns as they pass through the city four to six times a day. Developers mentioned the noise, he said, as something that could affect the marketability of the new residences to be built near the railroad tracks. So the city is paying $7,500 for a study of what it would cost to upgrade crossing gates so the trains would no longer have to sound their horns. MORE: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/NEWS01/602150390/1056
February 15, 200619 yr Is Dennis Kucinich involved in this? What's the big deal? For two years, I lived 5 houses from an elevated railroad line. There were at least 50 trains a day, including commuter trains, Amtrak, and freight trains (This was CSX's mainline into DC). For most of those, you're either at work or asleep. The neighbors didn't seem to mind, either, as housing values managed to triple in six years. Let me tell ya, though--those VRE engineers sure love to blow their horns at 6 AM. You can't see it, but I'm playing the tiniest little violin in the world for the people of Loveland.
February 15, 200619 yr By the way, Jane isn't a relative! The legal term is called "moving to the nuisance" if you bought a home near the tracks. The only exception is if you moved to the affected area before the trains started running. In most places, that would make you about 150 years old. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 16, 200619 yr I grew up 50 feet from RR tracks in Elsmere. After a while you just get used to it. I now live at the top of the hill off Broadway in Loveland. I was getting my sleeping kids out of the car at 11pm the other night, and the train blew it's horn 6 or 8 times. Long blows. Woke my kids up. So I can't say it's not annoying at times, but I wouldn't put in extra gates or whatever. It's part of where we live.
February 18, 200619 yr I don't know if this has been mentioned or not but there are some very nice looking row houses on Jefferson that are just now nearing completion. Looks like a great development.
February 19, 200619 yr Author Yeah, I think you're talking about Charlton Place. I'm pretty sure they're mentioned in the University Village thread, though that thread hasn't been active in a while.
February 19, 200619 yr there are some very nice looking row houses on Jefferson ... You've got to be kidding. Those are the ugliest things I have ever seen!
February 20, 200619 yr 400s.. people will pay anything to live in Hyde Park. I bet those rowhouses have an interesting floorplan.
February 20, 200619 yr Author Something may be happening in the "triangle" of Gilbert/Nassau/Sinton Gilbert Avenue Development LLC has purchased properties at 2202, 2204, 2208, 2210, 2212 and 2220 Gilbert Ave., as well as the parking lot behind then on Sinton, for $1.275 million. This area is zoned commercial-mixed, meaning both auto-oriented and pedestrian-oriented uses. I do not know if they plan to redevelop the buildings or if they plan on tearing them down. Their address is 4500 Lake Forest Dr., which is in Blue Ash. I haven't been able to nail down who they are just yet. MAP: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=39.121288,-84.493403&spn=0.004678,0.008605&t=h T.J. Houshmandzadeh and wife move to Wyoming T.J. Houshmandzadeh recently closed on a landominium in the Wyoming Glen development, purchasing a 1938-square-foot unit for just over $403,000. Wyoming Glen is located near the intersection of Springfield Pike and Bonham Rd. Surrey Square redevelopment plan on tap Owners of Norwood's Surrey Square Mall will present preliminary plans for redevelopment of the 176,433-square-foot shopping center at tonight's Norwood City Council meeting. The center will be anchored by a new Kroger, expanded from 37,000 square feet to 76,000 square feet and occupy the space that Media Play recently vacated. The plans also call for a new facade for the center, redevelopment of the current Kroger space and construction of two new buildings. New York-based New Plan Excel Realty Trust purchased the center for $10.45 million in September from the Belvedere Corp. The company owns several other centers in the Greater Cincinnati area. © 2006 American City Business Journals Inc. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/02/13/daily26.html Round-up: Cincinnati and inner burbs CITY Cincinnati firefighters can expand their downtown memorial on land controlled by the state, after the Ohio Department of Transportation relinquished an easement along Interstate 75 on Wednesday. The move marked a temporary cease-fire in a five-year battle between the state and the city over the $1.5 million Third Street "ramp to nowhere," which the city built as part of the Fort Washington Way project in 2001. The state never allowed the city to connect the ramp to I-75 north, and made the demolition of the ramp a condition for expansion of the memorial. An ODOT permit manager told firefighters last year they would have to stand in the street for their annual memorial observance rather than congregate on state property. ODOT District 8 Director Michael C. Flynn said that decision was a misunderstanding. Cincinnati Fire Fighters Union Local 48 President Joseph W. Diebold credited U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, with pressuring ODOT. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090382/1056/rss02 CALIFORNIA * 547 Sutton Ave. is looking pretty sharp.... CARTHAGE * The new owner of 221 W. 70th St. has begun the task of making the house livable. The auditor has valued the property at $46,000, but it was purchased for only $12,000 last month. CLIFTON HTS. * 53 Parker St. now looks as good as it did 100 years ago. CORRYVILLE * The renovation of 2635 Bellevue Ave. is complete, and it's on the market for $234K--pretty steep for that neighborhood. EAST END * 260 Corbin St. and 2901 Eastern Ave. will be demolished. Those two lots, plus two adjacent vacant lots, are owned by Mark Kalb (dba Revolution Property LLC). Kalb runs an auto body shop at 2201 Losantiville Ave. God, I hope an auto shop doesn't open here (current zoning is commercial). (As an aside, 260 Corbin was formerly the Phillips Chapel CME Church.) (260 Corbin and 2901 Eastern) EAST WALNUT HILLS * Light Valley Properties has picked up the two-family at 1336 Wm H Taft Rd. They usually do rehab work. EVANSTON * The nuisance property at 3319 Bonaparte Ave. has a new owner and is being cleaned up. FAIRVIEW (Klotter-Conroy) * The three-family at 610 Klotter Ave. is being converted to a single-family. I expect the finished 2000-square-foot+ house to command a high price. HYDE PARK * In place of the teardown at 3804 Aylesboro Ave., Boulder Construction is building a new $448,000 home in its place. The value of the previous house was somewhere around $135,000. MADISONVILLE * Erie Station LLC has purchased the condemned multi-family property at 4553 Erie Ave. They paid $100,000 for the property, probably more than it was worth. Look for this site (Erie and Roe) to be a possible redevelopment site. * Young's Home Remedies (Eric Young) recently bought the vacant lot at 6700 E. Ledge St. and plans to build a $170,000 house on the property. This is one of a few Madisonville infill projects! * 4605 Whetsel Ave. has been converted from a two-family to a single-family. MT. AUBURN * 2140 Loth St. is looking much better. In fact, there's a stretch of Loth there that's in really good shape. This home is estimated to have been built around 1865. PLEASANT RIDGE * A new single-family home is being built on the empty lot at 3142 Parkview Ave. Most of the homes on this street are part of the Parkview subdivision, developed in the mid- to late-1920s. PRICE HILL * Seton H.S. expansion: The Sisters of Charity/Seton are going to demolish 3901 Glenway Ave. to make way for their $12.5 million expansion project. * 4802 Prosperity Pl. is no longer scary. * The owners of 1211 Manss Ave. are converting the three-family into a two-family, and doing an interior rehab. SOUTH CUMMINSVILLE * Work to repair fire damage and to build an addition to 3732 Borden St. will start soon. The condemned house was purchased for $2,000, and it may have been saved from demolition. * Down the street, 3809 Borden St. is getting some attention from its new owners as well. SOUTH FAIRMOUNT * The owner of the condemned home at 1993 State Ave. purchased it a year ago, and has since made the building vacant and secure and as cleaned up the lot. Now he's getting around to rehabbing it as a single-family residence. He's lived next door to this house for 24 years. I guess if you want something done, you have to do it yourself.... UNIVERSITY HTS. * 2966 W. McMicken Ave. has been updated and cleaned up for resale. ("After" photo only) COVINGTON * Gayle Wynn has completed a duplex at 115-117 Martin St. The project was designed to save energy. The Energy Star-rated duplex is being sold with both units together for $286,200. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060211/NEWS0103/602110383/1059/rss13 DAYTON * 928 6th Ave. has been cleaned up for resale. LUDLOW * 540 Church St. has been completely overhauled. * 816 Laurel St. has also been redeveloped. NEWPORT * The city has turned over 1006 Central Ave. to Tim and Thelma Kiser, who plan to spend at least $75,000 rehabbing it into a 3000-square-foot single-family home. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS0103/602090401/1059/rss13 * The homes on Wiedemann Hill are featured in a 60-page spread in American Dream Homes magazine. Photos and blueprints can be found at http://www.eplans.com . http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/NEWS0103/602100449/1059/rss13 NORWOOD * Bush Properties has completed a rehab of 2145 Hannaford Ave. * Wow. Doubled in value. 4734 Woodlawn Ave. Round-up: Outer burbs COLD SPRING * Cold Spring Crossing: The VP of the company that owns Cold Spring Crossing is accusing judge-executive candidate Lloyd Rodgers of financially benefitting from a road that he is lobbying the state to have built. Rogers has had difficulty having land that he owns developed, and now the county schools are involved and it's all just a big mess. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090594/1077/Local COLERAIN TWP. * The township's 126-acre Heritage Park, on East Miami River Rd., will have a formal dedication in June. Township residents are already using the parts that are completed. When finished, the park will include a canoe/kayak ramp, walking trails, river bank fishing spots, four baseball fields, a Frisbee golf course, a National Wetlands overlook outdoor archaeological lab, an interpretive center, a shelter house and landscaping. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/NEWS01/602120357/1056/rss02 DELHI TWP. * Delhi Road business survey: Several amendments have been made to the survey. The vacancy rate between Greenwell and Anderson Ferry is 27.4%. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/NEWS01/602150335/1074/Local ERLANGER * The Fun Center at Pleasure Isle should be ready to host events by May. The 37,000-square-foot, $2.5 million center provides space for indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball, tae kwon do and gymnastics. It will also include concessions, arcade areas and two party rooms. The facility will be located at the former Pleasure Isle site on KY-17, near Hands Pike. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060213/NEWS0103/602130357/1059/rss13 FAIRFIELD * Resident and business owner Nick Dabado is looking into whether or not enough money can be raised privately to fund a new football stadium for Fairfield High School. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/NEWS01/602100418/1056 FT. THOMAS * Villa Grande: Dan Shannon, a representative of Fischer, has asked the city council if there is any way that the company can burn trees on the land off of Chesapeake to facilitate the new housing development. The issue has been sent to the Law-Labor-License committee for further review. Fisher hopes to begin clearing the site in April. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090483/1077/Local FT. WRIGHT * The city announced it will propose a form district plan to streamline future development along KY-17. The 48-page proposal will go to the NKAPC for recommendations. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090528/1079/Local INDIAN HILL * Camden Homes has purchased a $550,000 house at 7440 Demar Rd. for a teardown and a rebuild. * Three $1,000,000 homes are currently being built, all by Kurleman: 7925 Graves Rd. ($2,699,900), 6 Twin Fences ($1,989,900), 18 Twin Fences ($1,849,900...must be where the help sleeps). KENTON COUNTY * The Kenton County Planning Commission recommended approval of a new development called The Village of Mills Creek, which will contain 218 residential units on 93 acres. The development, which will consist of three smaller "villages", will be built on unincorporated land south of Independence off of Marshall Rd., between Petty and Pruett roads. The plan now goes to the county for approval, and the developer plans to break ground within the next year. The next planning commission meeting is March 2. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090677/1079/Local SYCAMORE TWP. (Dillonvale) * One more unit of clean and safe affordable housing out there, this one at 8315 Lake Ave. Though it had better be a small family--this shotgun's only 720 square feet. VILLA HILLS * Villa Hills is getting a 140-foot Cincinnati Bell Wireless cell tower near Villa Madonna Academy, and of course people are complaining. For some reason they're worried about kids getting into it somehow. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090526/1079/Local WYOMING * State environmental workers soon will begin cleaning up the former Jerry's Trackside site in Wyoming. The property, a former gas station, was contaminated by leaking underground gas tanks. The state's plan calls for digging up and removing the contaminated soil, then replacing that with clean dirt. This should happen late this month or early next, according to the city manager's office. After that, any groundwater contaminants will be removed by vacuum extraction, a process expected to take two to three years. The state is paying for the cleanup because the site is part of its Petroleum Storage Tank Removal fund. The city leased the Wyoming Avenue property in December and demolished the building. Once the site is declared clean by the state fire marshal, city officials hope to make it a public parking lot, with the possibility of other redevelopment in the future. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/NEWS01/602090382/1056/rss02 They're building such CRAAAAP!!! I went a little out of control last week with the houses in here. From now on, I'm going to limit myself to three. HAMILTON * CFM Builders. The Arlington plan. Space devoted to the garages appears larger than the living space. INDEPENDENCE * Just bloody awful. MAINEVILLE * Again, garage takes up half of the building mass. I wouldn't pay $319,000 for this house.
February 20, 200619 yr Why are houses these days so basic, and what exactly is so great about siding? I'd rather pay a little more and not ever have to look at it
February 20, 200619 yr Any reason why the sixth one's not attached? Yes, the single house lot is zoned single family, and the others are zoned RM (residential mixed use). As a matter of fact the far left attached house is zoned SF as well, just pushed to the far side of the lot. P.S. the house above in Independence is the most god awful thing I have ever seen!
February 20, 200619 yr Loveland builds on history New 'neighborhood' to be developed BY JANE PRENDERGAST | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER LOVELAND - When word went out last year that Loveland was looking for a developer to re-do a big chunk of downtown, the idea immediately was attractive to Great Traditions Land & Development Co. Loveland already has some key things the builders usually have to work hard to create - the charm of old buildings, recreation, plus a coffee shop and other businesses all within walking distance of their new townhouses. So starting off with buildings dating to the 1800s, the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail nearby and a handful of already successful niche shops, it seemed a perfect fit. "There's a lot to start with there,'' said Doug Hinger, president of the company's home-building division and an architect with a history of rehabbing old houses. "We've just got to build on it.'' MORE: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060220/NEWS01/602200336/1056/rss02
February 20, 200619 yr Hey grasscat, where is that house in Hamilton? Off Millville? Personally, I'd hate to lose any of the buildings RV posted, but someone will throw the breaking eggs thing at me again, so I'll shut up...
February 20, 200619 yr No, Ink, I'd agree with you - well, not 100% - I could give up the second and third blue ones (the first is kind of cool from behind), but the brick ones are cool, and that pink one is fantastic - really gives that corner its character. But then it ain't my decision...
February 21, 200619 yr Author INK...the address of the Hamilton house is 7857 Furrow Ct. I had no idea where that was, so I looked it up on the Butler County GIS. It appears it's part of a CFM Builders subdivision southeast of the intersection of Tylersville and OH-747. So it's listed as Hamilton although it's slightly outside of Hamilton.
February 21, 200619 yr Butler County has GIS? Would you mind to share the link? I think that is part of the area of WCT that will be changed from 45011 to 45069, which will save me a lot of hassel. I'd ask you to change it, but Hamilton is getting plenty of this crap with 3 garage stalls off Millville and in Hamilton West Estates.
February 21, 200619 yr Author Also from the above story: Next steps Loveland City Council last week chose Great Traditions Land & Development Co. of Blue Ash as the preferred partner for its downtown redevelopment project, estimated to bring in as much as $30 million in private investment. Next: Tom Carroll, new city manager, recommended that City Council set up a group of residents, downtown business operators and property owners to advise him as the project progresses. He wants the group to make sure officials understand any concerns those stakeholders have about the development. Carroll and Great Traditions officials will negotiate specific expectations of each other, including what city improvements the developer might think are necessary to support the private investment. The city and Great Traditions will sign a legally binding development agreement, which would include timelines and costs. After this is signed, the city can issue debt for its part of the project. Among the city's pieces could be enhancing gates at railroad crossings so trains won't have to blow their horns. Some changes have happened since Great Traditions developed its plan last year. But to see the company's original ideas, go to www.lovelandoh.com/downtown.asp.
February 21, 200619 yr Author It's the GIS mapping off of their auditor's site: http://maps.butlercountyohio.org/
February 22, 200619 yr Author How do you brand a patchwork of unconnected, placeless parcels of land? I guess we'll find out: Township prepares to find brand image BY LIZ CAREY | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER COLUMBIA TWP. -- Columbia Township Administrator Michael Lemon hopes a $50,000 branding project will bring the nine separate islands of the township together as a community. The project, he said, is essential to the survival of the township. "This project is designed not only as an economic development too, but also to get people to realize they are part of a community," Lemon said. "I have said all along, this branding project is not an expense, it is an investment."... http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/NEWS01/602150350/1074/Local
February 22, 200619 yr I know I say this every time, but this tiny, disconnected township should be subsumed into its neighboring cities.
February 22, 200619 yr I think all townships should be absorbed by their neighboring incorporated cities.
February 22, 200619 yr I know I say this every time, but this tiny, disconnected township should be subsumed into its neighboring cities. I agree with you 100%. I do not have a good impression of Columbia Township based on the Highland/Ridge area. I drive through this area at least twice a day because I live in Pleasant Ridge. It's actually embarrassing to me that some people think this area is part of PR.
February 22, 200619 yr It's actually embarrassing to me that some people think this area is part of PR. Amen to that. I will be glad when they get their own signage so that people don't think of it as Pleasant Ridge. The Ridge-Highland Corridor is a huge eyesore and a traffic nightmare. I want to kill people making left turns everytime I drive thru there. Anything they do to that area will be an improvement.
February 26, 200619 yr PLEASANT RIDGE * A new single-family home is being built on the empty lot at 3142 Parkview Ave. Most of the homes on this street are part of the Parkview subdivision, developed in the mid- to late-1920s. Very interesting. I know exactly where that lot is located. It's a tiny lot, so I have a hard time picturing this house being built here. Grasscat, I always enjoy reading your updates to this thread.
February 27, 200619 yr I have been adding many of the recent renderings to an online gallery where they can all be accessed quickly. I also have separate pages for QCS, Fountain Square & Millworks. Here is the link below: http://www.pbase.com/montecarloss/renderings_developments
February 28, 200619 yr Author From the 2/13/06 Kentucky Post: Fort Thomas selects an architect for center By Denise Wilson Post staff reporter Fort Thomas officials and two private property owners have selected a Wilder architect to complete the design work for the city's Towne Center project off North Fort Thomas Avenue. Fort Thomas Enterprises, which represents tenants that lease space at the location, Citizens Bank of Northern Kentucky, a tenant with a long-term lease there and the city have contracted with Cardinal Engineering Architecture Land Surveying for $84,050 to complete the design work and to bid the Towne Center Revitalization Plan, said City Administrator Jeff Earlywine. http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060213/NEWS02/602130386/1014
February 28, 200619 yr Author Camp Washington apartment building to be demolished Lamar Advertising has owned this apartment building at 1009 Marshall Ave. since 1998. Apparently, Lamar wanted to tear down the building years ago to erect a free-standing advertising sign, but had trouble getting their plan through Zoning. Meanwhile, the building was condemned, and Lamar failed to keep it up to VBML snuff. I have no idea what has happened since then, other than the fact that they did eventually apply for a VBML and did the bare minimum to keep the building standing. Big deal. The eyesore has been there right next to I-75 for everyone to see for years. Expect to see that lot on Marshall become a trashy looking assortment of billboards. Thanks, assholes. Round-up: Cincinnati and inner burbs CLIFTON * The Light Valley Properties rehab of 33 Juergens Ave. is now complete. EAST WALNUT HILLS * 1715 E. McMillan condos: This project should be completed by late summer or early fall. FAIRVIEW * The rehab at 2626 Halstead St. is now complete. HYDE PARK * Construction will begin soon on a teardown/rebuild at 2601 Handasyde Ave. A $1.25 million home will replace a $655,000 one. KENNEDY HTS. * A new single-family home will be built on the vacant lot at 6215 Tyne Ave. MT. LOOKOUT * 752 Delta Ave.: A retaining wall will soon start for the teardown/rebuild project. OAKLEY * Someone dba STK Realty LLC has purchased lots 5 lots at the corner of Madison and Markbreit, which is the half-timbered building. I do not know if they intend to act as landlord, tenant the building, or redevelop the property. PENDLETON * Ohio Check Cashers is moving into 702 Reading Rd., formerly an auto lot. WESTWOOD * Woodcrest Park: Work should begin soon on 2384 Oaktree Pl. CHEVIOT * The Cheviot Memorial Building, commonly known as "The Fieldhouse", will turn 70 this year. The building on Robb Ave. was a project of the WPA. It's now undergoing a $30,000 paint job and brick touch-up in the hope that it will get listed on the National Register. Read the history: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/NEWS01/602230348/-1/back01 COVINGTON * 412 W. 9th St. has been wonderfully restored. * 2217 Howell St. in the Peaselburg neighborhood has been rehabbed. LINCOLN HTS. * A teardown has resulted in a cleaned up lot and new construction of a market-rate home at 867 Byrd Ave. Round-up: Outer burbs BLUE ASH * Kurleman is building a new, $600,000 custom home on land cleared via teardown. The property is at 4980 Myerdale Dr., in a neighborhood of 1950s-era ranches. BRIDGETOWN * May Construction is building a condo development near the 5600 block of Bridgetown Rd., roughly in the area of Bridgetown and Virginia. I believe it will be called Virginia Square, and the prices start at $126,500. COLERAIN TWP. * New $300K+ homes are being built off of Clovercrest Dr. These homes will be in the middle of an area bounded by Clovercrest Dr. on the south, Pippin Rd. on the west, Golf Dr. on the north, and the Clovernook Country Club on the east. * Welsh Excavation out of Cleves has purchased 64.4 acres of agricultral land between Forfeit Run and Althaus roads for $1.5 million. I don't have a good feeling about that. ELSMERE * A developer is kicking around the idea of building single-family or multi-family homes along Shaw Rd., depending on council's willingness to grant a zone change. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/NEWS01/602160407/1079/Local FAIRFIELD * The former Thriftway on OH-4 will become home to Goodwill by this summer. Goodwill will use 30,000 square feet (roughly 3/4) of the building, which has been vacant since 2004. http://www.journal-news.com/hp/content/news/stories/2006/02/20/HJN022106GOODWILL.html FT. THOMAS * Centerline Development condos: A public hearing on the proposed condo development off of Blossom Lane near the Highland Country Club will occur March 15. Tim Reese of Centerline Development wants to buy 14.9 acres of land for the project, most of which is in unincorporated Campbell County. His purchase is contingent upon getting a zoning change and Ft. Thomas' annexing of the unincorporated land. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/NEWS01/602230454/1077/Local * Highlands High School renovation: This project will go out for bid on March 1. $1.8 million has already been pledged to start phase one. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/NEWS01/602230606/1077/Local HEBRON * The Kentucky National Guard may build an armory near the airport. The facility would be on 13 acres off of Bullitsville Rd. Most of this land is owned by the airport, who purchased it from homeowners who were in the airport's noise pattern. For this plan to advance, a judge would have to lift the deed restrictions on the properties, which are deeded residential. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/NEWS01/602230434/1076/Local HIGHLAND HTS. * Cornerstone Montessori School is mulling a move from Dayton to 2048 Alexandria Pike, the former Fares J. Radel Funeral Home. The sale of the building is pending approval from state and local agencies. The building will also have to be inspected and renovated. The school hopes to be able to move in by this fall. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/NEWS01/602160488/1077/Local LOVELAND * Design work has begun on a project to shore up 2,200 square feet of OH-48 from O'Bannon Creek northward to the corporation line. Construction will begin in early 2007, and it's anticipated that the road will remain open during the work. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060221/NEWS01/602210349/1056/rss02 MONTGOMERY * After a teardown at 10629 Weil Dr., Chrisman will be building this new, $799,000 custom home. SHARONVILLE * Summit Wood III, the third of as many as five office buildings planned for a 49-acre site, is due to be completed in the fall. The four-story, 106,000-square-foot building is off of Kemper Rd. and just north of I-275. Multi-Color Corp. will be the building's major tenant. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/BIZ01/602190345/1076/rss01 SPRINGFIELD TWP. (Hartwell near) * This hideous building at 8205 Springfield Pk./Vine St. has been purchased by Cincinnati Renovations and will hopefully be upgraded. (Demolition would be better.) SPRINGDALE * Guardian Savings Bank is planning its eighth Tri-State branch for the empty Cooker Restaurant site near Tri-County, at 11333 Princeton Rd. The office will employ 25 and will open in April. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/BIZ01/602190344/1076/rss01 SYCAMORE TWP. * The township is looking to build a new fire station in the northern part of the township, and it will need to pass a 6.95-mill levy on May 2 to do so. If the levy passes, the fire station would be build on an 18-acre piece of property that the township recently bought from the Jewish Community Center on Deerfield Rd. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/NEWS01/602150403/1074/Local * Bechtold Lodge, which caught fire last September, will be demolished. The 30-year-old community center at 4312 Sycamore Rd. will be demolished this spring, and township officials are already discussing a replacement. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060222/NEWS01/602220335/1056 They're building such CRAAAAP!!! CLEVES * The garage is twice as big as the house, or so it appears. LEBANON * Awful. Just awful. LIBERTY TWP. * Beazer Homes' Englewood design.
February 28, 200619 yr Shouldn't that Fairfield article go in the thread about Fairfield wanting to fill vacant storefronts, namely the Thriftway? Anyway, thanks for the updates as always. That city building looks like some kind of mix between Hamilton's art deco city hall and Mason's city hall, both 1930's era, except this has a more Spanish styling like St. Mary's.
February 28, 200619 yr I really love the "They're building such CRAAAAP!!!" feature! Regarding the Cheviot Memorial Building, it sounded like you had a link to its history, but the link didn't make the post...I can google it if you don't have it handy, though...I love WPA stuff, so it sounded interesting...
February 28, 200619 yr Author INK, feel free to post that in there if you want. RiverViewer, thanks for the catch. Here's the link for that Cheviot story: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/NEWS01/602230348/-1/back01
March 1, 200619 yr Is there a thread that discusses the land clearing south of Union Centre BLVD off I-75? Anyone know anything about that land?
March 1, 200619 yr I guess if we have anything it would be in the West Chester/Liberty Township thread that you started. Is it on the east side, south of The Streets? That might be the urban condo development.
March 1, 200619 yr Author Yeah, probably the residential portion of the Streets of West Chester. Are you talking east of I-75?
March 2, 200619 yr I do know they are extending the street that takes you back to The Streets treets off UC (Civic Center maybe?) down to Allen road, so that may be it also. I just realized, Union Center Blvd is no longer in Union and The Streets is only one street!
March 2, 200619 yr Yeah, Union Center isn't that great at all...their streets of westchester thing is just a little tiny strip. They have a PF Chang though. I love that place.
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