September 14, 20177 yr Get a look at Towne Properties’ $17M Evanston apartments Towne Properties is working to complete 116 apartments in Evanston, with plans to welcome its first residents Oct. 1. The project, known as DeSales Flats Phase II, is a $17.3 million project at the corner of Lincoln and Woodburn avenues. Chad Munitz, vice president of development for Mount Adams-based Towne Properties, said this latest phase of apartments are a model of what the developer can do. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/09/13/get-a-look-at-towne-properties-17m-evanston.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 5, 20187 yr Vote paves the way to preserve former King Records complex The city of Cincinnati will soon own the former King Records complex in Evanston, paving the way for the site where James Brown recorded to be preserved as a memorial, recording studio and performance space. The City Council approved a land swap on Wednesday with the current owner, Dynamic Industries, on a 9-0 vote. Dynamic will acquire adjacent parcels owned by the Cincinnati Park Board, while the city will own the former King Records complex at 1532-1536 Brewster Ave. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/04/05/vote-paves-the-way-to-preserve-former-king-records.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 31, 20187 yr Item 8 of the 6/4 Planning packet says there is a proposal to build 24 new single family homes in the 5 points area of Evanston. The site is currently a former school bus depot and vacant land. 11 attached, 10 detached, and 3 carriage houses. 3110-3116 Woodburn. https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/about-city-planning/city-planning-commission/jun-1-2018-packet/ This is great news, and goes to show how important the Port Authority's renovation of close to 30 homes in this neighborhood has been. Now we have comps and banks have confidence in the neighborhood that previously did not exist. Great stuff!
June 4, 20187 yr Item 8 of the 6/4 Planning packet says there is a proposal to build 24 new single family homes in the 5 points area of Evanston. The site is currently a former school bus depot and vacant land. 11 attached, 10 detached, and 3 carriage houses. 3110-3116 Woodburn. https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/about-city-planning/city-planning-commission/jun-1-2018-packet/ This is great news, and goes to show how important the Port Authority's renovation of close to 30 homes in this neighborhood has been. Now we have comps and banks have confidence in the neighborhood that previously did not exist. Great stuff! These homes will be sold in the $300,000 - $400,000 range.
June 4, 20187 yr Forgive me if it's already been posted here (I'm sure it has) but what's the deal with the houses on St. Leger Place? I think these are a part of the Port Authority's redevelopment? But are they market rate housing or income-restricted?
June 4, 20187 yr Forgive me if it's already been posted here (I'm sure it has) but what's the deal with the houses on St. Leger Place? I think these are a part of the Port Authority's redevelopment? But are they market rate housing or income-restricted? I'm pretty sure they are NOT income-restricted. Here's some info on the program, including the homes that are for sale: https://www.cincinnatiport.org/what-we-offer/reach-home-rehab/
June 4, 20187 yr Forgive me if it's already been posted here (I'm sure it has) but what's the deal with the houses on St. Leger Place? I think these are a part of the Port Authority's redevelopment? But are they market rate housing or income-restricted? I'm pretty sure they are NOT income-restricted. Here's some info on the program, including the homes that are for sale: https://www.cincinnatiport.org/what-we-offer/reach-home-rehab/ Thanks! I drove over there this weekend and saw these homes. It looks like it could really be the start of something great for the neighborhood.
June 4, 20187 yr Custom infill homes planned in Evanston D-HAS Architecture Planning & Design and Traditions Building Group plan to build 24 custom homes in Evanston. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/06/04/custom-infill-homes-planned-in-evanston.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 5, 20187 yr Yes, looks like an excellent site plan. Way better than the site plan for the citirama that was proposed for the West End before the FC Cincinnati stadium project. www.cincinnatiideas.com
June 5, 20187 yr It'd be neat if those 10 detached garages could be two-story buildings with mother-in-law apartments above, but that's probably just wishful thinking.
June 5, 20187 yr I'm really curious to see how these end up selling. For a company like this who had great success with the sanctuary court nearby here (sold all 9 and still in active construction), they probably see this as somewhat risky but huge potential. That immediate area is still a little tough and I know someone who was looking at a house almost directly east of there and they viewed it as too risky to put $ in it, as a family home for a few different reasons. That may be the impetus for more $ in there with the new apartments just south of there too on Woodburn all finished now. Also, with all the work the port has done to get market rate homes sold just north of there is impressive. They also have developers working more in E. Walnut Hills going down the hill but I haven't seen the homes sold yet. Places like this. https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1547530/2618-Hackberry-St-Walnut-Hills-OH-45206 https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1518572/2634-Moorman-Ave-Walnut-Hills-OH-45206 Looks like driving past they have done demolition of what was there before to build these homes, but the asking price may be too high yet...
June 5, 20187 yr The benefit in this case is that they're developing the parcel that blights the entire block. There's nowhere to go but up when this is what you have: https://goo.gl/maps/F5Gsf2We1Bt I do wish they didn't kink the new street (Merrimac). They have an opportunity to create a little axis along the street to a monument or fountain or whatever at the end (they even show...something...on the site plan) but with the bend in the street that destroys the alignment in favor of a more suburban cul-de-sac design. I am glad to see that some of the garages are detached at the rear yard rather than having a 40 foot parking pad and no back yard, but there's still a lot of pavement.
June 5, 20187 yr Yeah, it is definitely going to be a really nice development. I just kind of am curious how they will sell at the price points they are wanting. However, they are selling those Port homes for around 250k, with these 300-400k is pretty steep increase compared to very close comps. That said, they sold the sanctuary homes it looks like for most of them above 600k. Even though that is about half a mile away the neighborhood is a bit more stable across Madison Road there. I hope they sell out quick!!!
July 11, 20186 yr Evanston land rezoned for single-family housing development More than 2 acres of land in Evanston will be rezoned to pave the way for a custom-home development in that Cincinnati neighborhood near Xavier University, which is being revitalized by new development. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/07/11/evanston-land-rezoned-for-single-family-housing.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 17, 20186 yr The Hilton at Keystone Parke is pretty much finished. I was hoping it would be a little taller.
July 25, 20186 yr Holy WOW - I own a two-family that I live in at Fairfax and Hackberry (Just out of view) - this is mind-blowing. I bought this place for 42k last year and have walked by that empty lot always wondering when it would have its day. There are a few beautiful homes just across the street and a little north. There are about 6 vacant four-square type homes within the vicinity that should be ripe for fixing up too. I recently saw that all the dilapidated brick homes across from the TownProperty apartments are opened up and appear to be being worked on for single family or multi-family rental - its hard to tell. I'm still not convinced this project will happen - at least quickly. I will keep close tabs on this.
September 29, 20186 yr $18 million hotel opens along I-71 The $18 million Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati Midtown along Interstate 71 in Evanston is now open. The 120-room hotel, located at 2145 Dana Ave., opened on Sept. 18. It is part of Neyer Properties’ Keystone Parke development, which also is home to the American Red Cross headquarters building, a nearly 66,000-square-foot office building, and the $17 million TriHealth Rehabilitation Hospital. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/09/28/18-million-hotel-opens-along-i-71.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 12, 20186 yr Ridiculous. Same story as Mt. Auburn - somebody trying to get huge money for a vacant house. The era of cheap houses in Evanston is over: https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1605042/1607-Dexter-Ave-Evanston-OH-45206
December 12, 20186 yr Actually I would say that’s still a good deal. There’s huge well maintained mansions not far from there going east on Dexter. Now with the MLK exit open and it being along the strong I-71 corridor that area is ready to shoot up in value. There’s no geographical barriers to keep the wealth in East Walnut Hills from expanding north through the intact street grid into Evanston. It’s really nice housing stock too. Edited December 12, 20186 yr by thebillshark www.cincinnatiideas.com
August 28, 20195 yr Landbank wants housing developed in Evanston The Hamilton County Landbank is looking for a developer to buy and redevelop a dozen properties into single-family homes in growing Evanston. The landbank, which is run by the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, has 12 properties it is including in the request for proposals. The landbank’s goal is to turn vacant, abandoned and/or blighted properties into productive assets that meet neighborhood goals. The parcels are on or near Hewitt Avenue have about 1.5 acres and an estimated present-day value of $120,000. The development site is near the Academy of World Languages, Walnut Hills High School and the Evanston Recreation Center. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/08/27/landbank-wants-housing-developed-in-evanston.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 28, 20195 yr I am really interested to see how Evanston will change in the next 5 years. There are some big housing projects on Woodburn it seems. This is one of those areas of Cincy where it really blows your mind how much the neighborhood changes so quickly.
August 28, 20195 yr Those townhouses being built on Woodburn amaze me, cant imagine anything like that being built even 5 years ago
August 28, 20195 yr Wasson Way gets the connection to Uptown/Pill Hill and Evanston becomes a really choice neighborhood.
August 28, 20195 yr 53 minutes ago, Chas Wiederhold said: Wasson Way gets the connection to Uptown/Pill Hill and Evanston becomes a really choice neighborhood. I don't see this at all. Evanston (or the bulk of it) is completely cut off from the Wasson Way right-of-way by I-71, and even if it weren't I think the impact of a bike trail on development fades pretty quickly after you get a couple blocks away from the trail. I think Evanston will continue to see development, as the EWH business district improves (assuming it can keep businesses open; it seems like the shakiest NBD in the city) and people are increasingly priced out of using Oakley as their Hyde Park alternative. Note: I'm not trying to be a downer on EWH, but there seems to be an issue right now of people opening businesses there that can't be sustained. Like a lot of people want to get in early before the neighborhood catches fire, only to find that there's not enough fire yet to keep all these new businesses open.
August 28, 20195 yr Just now, Robuu said: Note: I'm not trying to be a downer on EWH, but there seems to be an issue right now of people opening businesses there that can't be sustained. Like a lot of people want to get in early before the neighborhood catches fire, only to find that there's not enough fire yet to keep all these new businesses open. The WHRF has kicked up so much hype over the last 7-8 years that the place became a Potemkin Village.
August 29, 20195 yr 17 hours ago, Robuu said: I don't see this at all. Evanston (or the bulk of it) is completely cut off from the Wasson Way right-of-way by I-71, and even if it weren't I think the impact of a bike trail on development fades pretty quickly after you get a couple blocks away from the trail. I think Evanston will continue to see development, as the EWH business district improves (assuming it can keep businesses open; it seems like the shakiest NBD in the city) and people are increasingly priced out of using Oakley as their Hyde Park alternative. Note: I'm not trying to be a downer on EWH, but there seems to be an issue right now of people opening businesses there that can't be sustained. Like a lot of people want to get in early before the neighborhood catches fire, only to find that there's not enough fire yet to keep all these new businesses open. I know this is off-topic for the Evanston thread, but at least three of the shops in the EWH business district closed because their owners moved out of the city. Myrtles wouldn't have closed if the landlord didn't kick them out though we expect it to reopen as a bar sometime. The hat/clothing shop on the corner was never going to make it. On the other hand Urbana is thriving, Argos has built a soild clientele, the game store is busy most evenings, Branch is a hit, and there will be a new bar in one of the commercial spaces in the newly renovated Henry building (that includes 19 new apartments). A large apartment building currently being rehabbed at the corner of Burdette and Woodburn will add more vibrancy. Not to mention the eventual addition of 150+ apts at the old Anthem site. EWH BD will be fine.
August 29, 20195 yr It might just be a bunch of unfortunate coincidences, but I do think it's the NBD that has had the highest ratio of closures to openings over the past few years. (At least for neighborhoods that have seen a significant number of new businesses.) Maybe it's off topic, but I think the health of EWH's NBD will have a huge effect on development in Evanston.
August 29, 20195 yr Evanston is such a weird neighborhood. It's an almost exclusively residential neighborhood that is surrounded by business districts: O'Bryonville (technically a part of Evanston) to the southeast, East Walnut Hills to the south/west, and Norwood (and Xavier) to the north. The southwest corner of Evanston may as well be part of East Walnut Hills since it's so closely tied to the business district.
August 29, 20195 yr The northern third of the neighborhood (north of I-71) stands to benefit from Wasson Way, IMO.
August 29, 20195 yr 5 hours ago, ryanlammi said: Evanston is such a weird neighborhood. It's an almost exclusively residential neighborhood that is surrounded by business districts: O'Bryonville (technically a part of Evanston) to the southeast, East Walnut Hills to the south/west, and Norwood (and Xavier) to the north. The southwest corner of Evanston may as well be part of East Walnut Hills since it's so closely tied to the business district. There used to be a nearly continuous business district stretching from the 5-points intersection all the way into Norwood. Unfortunately Jewish Cemetery and St. Mark's kind of sucked the life out of those blocks in between (streets with building frontage on one side don't do well for businesses), and the construction of I-71 leveled a solid block and a half of the northern business district, with plenty of collateral damage as well. I-71 also marooned that north end of the neighborhood and business district, so it feels more like part of Norwood. No Evanston wasn't as nodal as Hyde Park, Mt. Lookout, Pleasant Ridge, or Clifton, it was more linear like Glenway/Warsaw, Reading Road in Avondale, or Vine Street through Carthage and Elmwood Place. Evanston and those other neighborhoods actually have more common streetcar suburb layouts than the nodal neighborhoods. People would walk from the side streets to the main street to catch a streetcar, and with stops every block or two it encouraged a more continuous strip of denser development along that main street. It takes more density than these neighborhoods ever achieved for it to be a continuous strip of commercial development, so there's apartments and random older houses scattered along there as well. Even McMillan never achieved 100% commercial despite being the major crosstown route. So I don't think Evanston is weird, it's just unfortunate that its somewhat skewed business strip was made even more so by cemeteries smack in the middle of it, and then worsened by I-71.
August 29, 20195 yr Its probably disrespectful, but honestly cemetaries in the middle of neighborhoods annoy me (dont worry I understand they exist for a reason), like theres so much valuable space taken up by dead people. On that same note, golf courses are the absolute worst.
August 29, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, seaswan said: Its probably disrespectful, but honestly cemetaries in the middle of neighborhoods annoy me (dont worry I understand they exist for a reason), like theres so much valuable space taken up by dead people. On that same note, golf courses are the absolute worst. The cemeteries in Brooklyn are gigantic. Meanwhile, LA grew so fast that there are almost no cemeteries in the LA Basin.
August 30, 20195 yr Quote Its probably disrespectful, but honestly cemetaries in the middle of neighborhoods annoy me (dont worry I understand they exist for a reason), like theres so much valuable space taken up by dead people. On that same note, golf courses are the absolute worst. Rodney Dangerfield agrees with you! "I tell ya, Country Clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wastes of prime real estate..."
August 6, 20204 yr Hamilton County landbank seeks redevelopment of major buildings in Evanston's business district The Hamilton County Landbank is looking for developers to buy and redevelop up to four properties for mixed use in the northern part of Evanston’s business district, just south of Xavier University. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/08/06/landbank-seeks-redevelopment-of-this-neighborhood.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 8, 20204 yr These are photos of St. Mark's Church from Saturday. Completed in 1916, the building was designed by architect Henry J. Schlacks and patterned after St. Marie in Trastevere and St. Marie in Cosmedio, Italy. It features a mild brown brick and terracotta exterior, colored to match Roman Travertine stone, a Verona facade, a roof adorned with imported orange Roman tiles, and a 130-foot-tall campanile. St. Mark closed in 2010 and the property has languished ever since. More photos can be found at https://abandonedonline.net/location/st-mark-church/
May 18, 20214 yr The lots are currently owned by the Landbank and all the homes are being built without buyers already lined up. Quote The homes will have three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The first floor will include 9-foot ceilings, hardwood, quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances. The two-story homes will be a little more than 1,450 square feet and are priced at $300,000.
October 13, 20213 yr Cincinnati neighborhood rallies to save historic church A Cincinnati neighborhood won a victory this week in its efforts to save a former Catholic church from demolition, Courier media partner Local 12 reports. The Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board voted unanimously Monday to grant the application by a group in Evanston to have the property that was St. Mark Catholic Church declared a historic landmark. The decision came after 30 minutes of discussion. “This is an amazing building, and until we are shown that there is no way it can be used, this is the ground on which I think we need to choose to fight,” Tim Voss, board chairman, told WXIX. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/10/12/evanston-rallies-to-save-church.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 13, 20213 yr 10 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Cincinnati neighborhood rallies to save historic church A Cincinnati neighborhood won a victory this week in its efforts to save a former Catholic church from demolition, Courier media partner Local 12 reports. The Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board voted unanimously Monday to grant the application by a group in Evanston to have the property that was St. Mark Catholic Church declared a historic landmark. The decision came after 30 minutes of discussion. “This is an amazing building, and until we are shown that there is no way it can be used, this is the ground on which I think we need to choose to fight,” Tim Voss, board chairman, told WXIX. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/10/12/evanston-rallies-to-save-church.html Such a massive and impressive building to be abandoned. I do think it's difficult to figure what to do with it though. I haven't heard any proposals that gained any traction.
October 13, 20213 yr 17 minutes ago, RealAdamP said: I do think it's difficult to figure what to do with it though. I haven't heard any proposals that gained any traction. Tom Fernandez, the CEO of Elevar, testified to the HCB on Monday that his team had made an offer at list price to purchase the property and that they believed it to be financially viable to be repurposed into a community/event center. Strangely, the owners of the property didn't appear at the HCB hearing to explain why they a) haven't accepted the purchase offer from Fernandez or b) are opposed to the Historic Landmark designation. I'll be curious to see if the owners try to appeal the HCB decision.
October 13, 20213 yr According to the auditor the current ownership is Archbishop of Cincinnati. You would think they have a vested interest that the building survives. I am not sure if the Catholic Church has a stance on repurposing churches for other uses? But if the alternative is either sell it or it will eventually fall apart I would hope they would see the big picture.
October 13, 20213 yr You'd think they'd be more open to it becoming a community center/event space rather than it getting bought by a direct competitor like Crossroads did at St. George. I
October 13, 20213 yr I think it depends on the diocese. In New Orleans, they sold a former church property which was converted into an event space/opera house.
June 29, 20222 yr $26 million Cincinnati Public Radio studio planned for Evanston Cincinnati Public Radio is planning to build a new studio in Evanston. Cincinnati Public Radio's WVXU and WGUC made the announcement in an article published Monday after the news was made public at Cincinnati City Council's Budget and Finance Committee. The radio stations want to construct a two-story, 30,000-square-foot headquarters at 2117 Dana Ave. The total investment for the project is expected to be $26 million. The committee passed Monday a request from Neyer Properties Inc. to remove the property from a tax increment financing, or TIF, district created in 2008 for its Keystone Parke development. According to the ordinance, Cincinnati Public Radio wants a real property tax exemption for the property, with the intent of exclusive use of the site for charitable purposes. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2022/06/28/cincinnati-public-radio-wvxu-evanston.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 29, 20222 yr Proposed zone change on Woodburn. Some of the houses on those lots are beautiful. It's a shame they'll be demolished. It's set to go before the Planning Commission August 5th.
August 11, 20222 yr Onyx + East plans new subdivision in Evanston A Columbus developer is planning a 29-home project in redeveloping Evanston at Woodburn Avenue and DeSales Lane called Everly, with prices starting in the high $400,000 to $600,000 range. The Cincinnati Planning Commission approved a zoning change on Friday that would allow Columbus-based developer Onyx + East to build homes at 3002 through 3026 Woodburn Ave. The zoning was changed from residential mixed to residential multifamily, which will allow for a denser development — 29 separate lots instead of nine parcels on about 2 acres. The rezoning will need Cincinnati City Council approval, which could take up the measure when it starts meeting again later this month. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2022/08/11/onyz-east-plans-new-subdivision-in-evanston.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 11, 20222 yr Quote In the Evanston Community Council’s letter of support, it said it believed renovating the existing houses on the site would result in homes that cost $1 million or more. It also indicated the buyer was prepared to sign a community benefits agreement valued at $16,500. Of that, $12,100 would be a donation to the community council, while the other $4,400 would provide a lifetime membership to the council for the new homeowners and a three-year membership for the developer. Is this...legal???
August 11, 20222 yr Community councils in Cincinnati get to decide their own membership rules, so I don't think there's anything illegal about allowing a developer to be a part of the council or allowing members to pay lifetime dues instead of, say, annual dues. However I think the option of lifetime dues should be offered to all eligible members, not just these select few.
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