Jump to content

Featured Replies

Queen City Hills project unlikely to start in 2023 — but it's still alive, principal says

 

A much-anticipated, major biotech project that was slated to be built at a key Uptown parcel is not expected to start this year, but a principal in the development said its partners are continuing to press forward on it.

 

The 5.85-acre Queen City Hills project, which was to include residential and commercial development as well as research labs, is in flux as it talks with potential biotech partners, said developer Eddie Rigaud. The developers planned to build the Biotech Cincinnati Life Science Research Park for Innovation in the southwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Reading Road.

 

“That’s probably the case,” Rigaud told the Business Courier on Aug. 3 when asked if the project is not going to start in 2023. “There could be a scenario where things go faster. We just have to make sure that what we’re building meets the market need.”

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2023/08/03/queen-city-hills-project-pause.html

 

queen-city-hills-rendering-2.png

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

  • 3 weeks later...
  • Replies 697
  • Views 71.6k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

  • I am not defending the design, but these are Federal Government requirements for safety reasons, the city really has no control of it. 

  • Rendering of the site.

  • I'll also add some anecdotal evidence. My wife's nephew is a cop in District 4, right on Reading. When the first set were installed he rolled his eyes thinking they wouldn't do anything. It didn't tak

Posted Images

Uptown Consortium buys four properties near Innovation Corridor for $2.5 million

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Aug 23, 2023

 

Uptown Consortium has acquired several properties in a key part of the Innovation Corridor it has been developing.

 

MORE

 

queen-city-hills.png

  • 2 months later...

Cincinnati's major NIOSH facility could begin construction next year

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Oct 31, 2023

 

Construction on the massive and long-awaited National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) campus in Uptown is expected to begin next year.

 

The $110 million NIOSH campus, which falls under the Centers for Disease Control, will be developed between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Reading Road, Ridgeway and Harvey avenues.

 

The CDC is currently finalizing agreements with a local utility company to support the Justice Department’s preliminary title review, according to a NIOSH spokeswoman. That will enable the CDC to execute the land purchases from the University of Cincinnati Foundation and the city of Cincinnati.

 

MORE

 

nioshrendering.png

2 hours ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

Cincinnati's major NIOSH facility could begin construction next year

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Oct 31, 2023

 

Construction on the massive and long-awaited National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) campus in Uptown is expected to begin next year.

 

The $110 million NIOSH campus, which falls under the Centers for Disease Control, will be developed between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Reading Road, Ridgeway and Harvey avenues.

 

The CDC is currently finalizing agreements with a local utility company to support the Justice Department’s preliminary title review, according to a NIOSH spokeswoman. That will enable the CDC to execute the land purchases from the University of Cincinnati Foundation and the city of Cincinnati.

 

MORE

 

nioshrendering.png

 

disappointing, in my opinion. looks like something that belongs in blue ash. really works against those renderings of a busy, retail injected, no setbacks MLK that we saw years ago to drum up interest in the innovation corridor/i71 exchange.

14 minutes ago, zsnyder said:

disappointing, in my opinion. looks like something that belongs in blue ash. really works against those renderings of a busy, retail injected, no setbacks MLK that we saw years ago to drum up interest in the innovation corridor/i71 exchange.


Is this the final design? It looks kinda preliminary. But I get your point. Although this is about right for a federal research facility lol.

I thought Federal security regulations dictate the ridiculous setbacks

2 hours ago, 646empire said:


Is this the final design? It looks kinda preliminary.

 

It's definitely an old graphic, since the Duel Manor is still visible at top left.  That building was torn down last year. 

 

  • 2 months later...

Is there even a single office in the new Innovation District office buildings?  The things have been done for over a year and there doesn't appear to be anything at all going on in them. 

UC has leased 100% of the first digitals futures building so yes.

  • 3 months later...

Agency plans $47 million overhaul of Avondale apartments

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

May 14, 2024

 

 

The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority is planning a $47 million renovation of a 13-story apartment tower in Avondale, a part of the public housing agency’s plan to invest $1 billion.

 

The Beechwood, located at 330 Forest Ave., received $1 million in federal funds from U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman’s requests through Congress’ community project funding initiative, a process that replaced congressional earmarks.

 

The project also has received city of Cincinnati funding and will include capital funds from CMHA’s budget.

 

MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/05/14/metro-housing-renovate-avondale-apartment-tower.html

 

  • 3 weeks later...
42 minutes ago, Ucgrad2015 said:

https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-kickstarts-avondale-major-uptown-redevelopment-project-transform-upgrades-city-project-construction-planners-begin-new-hot-spots-hotels-living-spaces-apartments-parks-offices-buisnesses#
 

Not sure if they are talking about all the land surrounding MLK and Reading or a specific quadrant. Good news though as it’s looking pretty sad right now. 

This story got all sorts of things wrong. 

1. Van Buren was spelled wrong, and they made no mention of the development going in at that spot that includes a bike trail.

2. They mentioned the parking lot at the "Northeast Corner" will be NIOSH, and they're wrong, it's the NW corner.

That's a lot of words to only state that the city got a remediation grant for one problematic parcel. Weird to not even include an estimated ground breaking date.

1 hour ago, Dev said:

That's a lot of words to only state that the city got a remediation grant for one problematic parcel. Weird to not even include an estimated ground breaking date.


It’s definitely a very lazy article. Unfortunately these are becoming common these days. 

17 hours ago, Ucgrad2015 said:

https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-kickstarts-avondale-major-uptown-redevelopment-project-transform-upgrades-city-project-construction-planners-begin-new-hot-spots-hotels-living-spaces-apartments-parks-offices-buisnesses#
 

Not sure if they are talking about all the land surrounding MLK and Reading or a specific quadrant. Good news though as it’s looking pretty sad right now. 

 

The "innovation" buildings still seemingly have zero tenants.  Completely empty.  They've been ready for more than a year. 

 

 

56 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

 

The "innovation" buildings still seemingly have zero tenants.  Completely empty.  They've been ready for more than a year. 

 

 


You keep saying the same thing over and over and over and over again. It doesn’t make it true. I just rode past there a few weeks ago, there are people working in the buildings.

 

Also keep in mind UC started construction on labs inside the buildings last summer they aren’t slated for completion until later this year (at which point you will see ALOT more daily activity). When they cut the ribbons on the buildings last year many floors where shells and not built out yet for tenants.

Edited by 646empire

  • 1 month later...

Cincinnati Port Authority signs services agreement with Uptown Consortium

By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Jul 18, 2024

Updated Jul 18, 2024 3:28pm EDT

 

The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority is taking on a new, expanded role in the city’s Uptown neighborhoods, including the Cincinnati Innovation District, where lackluster progress has fueled frustration and criticism.

 

The frustration is magnified by the perceived importance of the innovation district, centered around the Uptown intersection of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Drive. Uptown is the region’s second-largest jobs center and home to its most important educational and medical institutions.

 

A district harnessing those ingredients in a cohesive urban environment could unlock exponential value creation for the city in areas of information technology and the biosciences.

 

MORE

WHERE’S THE REST?

The sky's the limit for the Cincinnati Innovation District. So why has it stalled?

By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Jul 18, 2024

 

The loftiest terms in Cincinnati development are reserved for the area surrounding Reading Road and Martin Luther King Drive Uptown, the epicenter of the Cincinnati Innovation District, where the very future of the city is said to be at stake, and the potential for growth is supposedly limitless.

 

Innovation districts began sprouting up a few decades ago in cities across the world. Almost always anchored by top-tier research universities, they put talent, technology, research and investment in dense, urban settings until a self-sustaining critical mass forms and all manner of creations result. 

 

The Cincinnati Innovation District aims to do just that, and it has all the right ingredients. Uptown Consortium Inc. took on the mammoth role of master developer, with three quadrants of the intersection set aside for private developers and one destined for a $110 million facility to be occupied by the National Institutes of Occupational Health and Safety. The district has support from each of UCI’s constituent members – most notably the University of Cincinnati, UC Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital – as well as the state of Ohio and JobsOhio. Everyone involved wants to see it succeed.

 

MORE

4 hours ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

WHERE’S THE REST?

The sky's the limit for the Cincinnati Innovation District. So why has it stalled?

By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Jul 18, 2024

 

The loftiest terms in Cincinnati development are reserved for the area surrounding Reading Road and Martin Luther King Drive Uptown, the epicenter of the Cincinnati Innovation District, where the very future of the city is said to be at stake, and the potential for growth is supposedly limitless.

 

Innovation districts began sprouting up a few decades ago in cities across the world. Almost always anchored by top-tier research universities, they put talent, technology, research and investment in dense, urban settings until a self-sustaining critical mass forms and all manner of creations result. 

 

The Cincinnati Innovation District aims to do just that, and it has all the right ingredients. Uptown Consortium Inc. took on the mammoth role of master developer, with three quadrants of the intersection set aside for private developers and one destined for a $110 million facility to be occupied by the National Institutes of Occupational Health and Safety. The district has support from each of UCI’s constituent members – most notably the University of Cincinnati, UC Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital – as well as the state of Ohio and JobsOhio. Everyone involved wants to see it succeed.

 

MORE


Momentum is very important and the new NIOSH facility can add to it in a big way. What’s going on with this project?? It’s been a long road and I haven’t heard a peep recently . Also VERY Bizarre this article completely skipped over it?? 
 

Below was the last I heard..

 

https://local12.com/amp/news/local/cincinnati-major-niosh-facility-could-begin-construction-next-year-cdc-national-institute-occupational-safety-health

1 hour ago, 646empire said:


Momentum is very important and the new NIOSH facility can add to it in a big way. What’s going on with this project?? It’s been a long road and I haven’t heard a peep recently . Also VERY Bizarre this article completely skipped over it?? 
 

Below was the last I heard..

 

https://local12.com/amp/news/local/cincinnati-major-niosh-facility-could-begin-construction-next-year-cdc-national-institute-occupational-safety-health

I honestly wouldn’t be mad if NIOSH pulled the plug on the site. Would much rather something more dense than one building surrounded by a wall. 

i hear that in an election year, big corps and bankers etc. don't start big projects.. conservatism rules the day. maybe everyone wants to know what is the country gonna look like next year.. hell four years and not a catfish holler have we heard on the new ohio river bridge, not to mention the harrison viaduct. 

19 hours ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

WHERE’S THE REST?

The sky's the limit for the Cincinnati Innovation District. So why has it stalled?

 

 

 

Thanks for posting.  If I had posted, it would have been flagged as Fake News. 

 

 

14 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

 

 

Thanks for posting.  If I had posted, it would have been flagged as Fake News. 

 

 


Did you read the article? Your premise has been the current buildings are sitting totally empty. The article gives us the scoop on some neighboring projects and confirms what I’ve said all along:

 

” Knopp and his team are mid-transition into UC’s Digital Futures building, where he expects the lab to double in headcount after interior construction is complete next year. More than 150 UC researchers work in the building right now, a figure primed to explode in the coming years as more departments move”

Here's the official update we received last week from the CDC. Full steam ahead it seems.

 

CDC’s official response is:

 

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) preliminary title review, which will enable CDC to move forward with the purchases, is currently underway. Upon U.S. DOJ’s completion of the preliminary title review, CDC will complete the purchase of the University of Cincinnati Foundation (UCF) parcels and shortly after, the purchase of the City of Cincinnati parcels. CDC anticipates completing both purchases by the end of 2024.  Soon after the purchases of all the new campus properties, the solicitation and bidding effort for the construction of the NIOSH consolidated facilities can begin. The award to a General Contractor for construction will take several months following the announcement of the public solicitation.

 

10~ sets of speed humps are now in place on Reading Rd. in Avondale. 

 

But they aren't succeeding in slowing many people down.  I have now been tailgated and honked at by people for slowing down while driving over them.  Meanwhile, you see the people more or less ignore their presence and nearly hit the roofs of their cars while passing over them at 45+mph. 

 

Don't they care about blowing their suspensions?  No silly, they're driving stolen cars. 

I'll match your anecdotal evidence with some of my own.

I've driven this route a dozen times and traffic is noticeably slower. I see it as a quick win on a way-too-wide road that will lose some lanes in a few years to BRT anyway.

13 minutes ago, 10albersa said:

I'll match your anecdotal evidence with some of my own.

I've driven this route a dozen times and traffic is noticeably slower. I see it as a quick win on a way-too-wide road that will lose some lanes in a few years to BRT anyway.


I'll also add some anecdotal evidence. My wife's nephew is a cop in District 4, right on Reading. When the first set were installed he rolled his eyes thinking they wouldn't do anything. It didn't take 2 months for him to change his mind and become a big supporter of them. Additionally, I stopped at the CPD booth at the Neighborhood Summit, and all 4 of them were big supporters of the work DOTE has been doing for traffic calming.

 

Traffic calming is going to be a game of whack-a-mole for a long time and no single thing will work 100% of the time. It took us a century to get to how bad things are today, so it's going to take several decades to unwind all those choices that prioritized throughput and speed over all other considerations.

On 7/22/2024 at 10:46 AM, Dev said:


. It took us a century to get to how bad things are today,

 

No, it only took one summer of the Covid shutdown + anti-policing demonstrations to allow hell to break loose.  There was no such thing as dirt bike and quad wheelie gangs in Cincinnati prior to 2020.  When Chief Craig took over about 10 years ago, he had patrol officers making their presence known constantly by flashing their lights.  Now one can go many months without seeing a CPD officer with someone pulled over.  University of Cincinnati police no longer patrol the area around UC. 

 

As someone who has been ticketed several times for bicycling infractions (riding the wrong-way on a one-way, riding on the sidewalk, riding without a light at night), it burns me up that people today are able to ride street-illegal motorcycles (actual motor vehicles, unlike bicycles, which until recently never had actual motors) on the sidewalk with impunity.  The bikes and quads don't have plates, they don't have turn signals, they don't have headlights.  People driving stolen cars get away with it over and over again because the law cannot convict if the person claims that they don't know the car is stolen (and in fact, they often *don't* know that the car is stolen, because they "rent" it from the person who stole it).  

 

We used to have all of this stuff under control.  Now people act like they don't know how to stop it. 

32 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

 

No, it only took one summer of the Covid shutdown + anti-policing demonstrations to allow hell to break loose.  There was no such thing as dirt bike and quad wheelie gangs in Cincinnati prior to 2020.  When Chief Craig took over about 10 years ago, he had patrol officers making their presence known constantly by flashing their lights.  Now one can go many months without seeing a CPD officer with someone pulled over.  University of Cincinnati police no longer patrol the area around UC. 

 

As someone who has been ticketed several times for bicycling infractions (riding the wrong-way on a one-way, riding on the sidewalk, riding without a light at night), it burns me up that people today are able to ride street-illegal motorcycles (actual motor vehicles, unlike bicycles, which until recently never had actual motors) on the sidewalk with impunity.  The bikes and quads don't have plates, they don't have turn signals, they don't have headlights.  People driving stolen cars get away with it over and over again because the law cannot convict if the person claims that they don't know the car is stolen (and in fact, they often *don't* know that the car is stolen, because they "rent" it from the person who stole it).  

 

We used to have all of this stuff under control.  Now people act like they don't know how to stop it. 

A thought I had too was that the really wide roads we see throughout different areas of the city probably used to have a lot more pedestrian traffic (I am talking about in the 60's, 70's, 80's, etc.) Then widened roads, then flight out of the city into the suburbs, then generations of people growing up and driving without much pedestrian traffic and not being careful driving.

 

I myself sometimes catch myself when I am driving in Cincinnati vs out in the suburbs as there is a lot more pedestrian traffic, where as once I get on the interstate to Loveland Madeira and to my house there is basically zero pedestrian traffic. There are no sidewalks or pedestrian crossings from the MLK exit, up 71 to 275, to Loveland Madeira Road until I turn up South Lebanon and go up the hill, then there are sidewalks and one pedestrian crossing (Loveland Middle School).

 

It does feel like more and more is getting put in and going to the pediatrician in Hyde Park a couple weeks ago it looks like they put more in place (or just noticing now) on Wasson Road and the intersection with Paxton, etc. So it is slowly getting better as Cincinnati the city is gaining more population but obviously it isn't ideal.

  • 1 month later...

Children's to open research hub in the Cincinnati Innovation District

By Lara Schwartz – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Sep 23, 2024

 

Cincinnati Children’s is taking on the Cincinnati Innovation District with a major acquisition.

 

The health system announced Monday, Sept. 23, it has purchased the 180,000-square-foot building located at 3090 Exploration Ave., which will also be the facility’s name. The building, which sits near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Reading Road in Avondale, next to University of Cincinnati's Digital Futures, will serve as a non-laboratory research center and home to more than 200 current employees.

 

The purchase price was not disclosed.

 

MORE

dji202409161519300009d_900x506x5280-2970-0-493.jpg

24 minutes ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

Children's to open research hub in the Cincinnati Innovation District

By Lara Schwartz – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Sep 23, 2024

 

Cincinnati Children’s is taking on the Cincinnati Innovation District with a major acquisition.

 

The health system announced Monday, Sept. 23, it has purchased the 180,000-square-foot building located at 3090 Exploration Ave., which will also be the facility’s name. The building, which sits near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Reading Road in Avondale, next to University of Cincinnati's Digital Futures, will serve as a non-laboratory research center and home to more than 200 current employees.

 

The purchase price was not disclosed.

 

MORE

dji202409161519300009d_900x506x5280-2970-0-493.jpg

Good now its time for Lexington Management group to build the Homewood Suites proposed for this development...

Uptown Consortium, Steiner sign new developer agreement for Burnet Quarter

 

A long-planned project aimed at transforming an Avondale thoroughfare into a vibrant mixed-use business district is back on track after years of dormancy from the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The Burnet Quarter development first surfaced in 2015 when Uptown Consortium Inc., the nonprofit community development group for Avondale, Clifton, Corryville, CUF and Mount Auburn, signed a preferred developer agreement with Columbus-based Steiner + Associates, the original developer behind Liberty Center in Butler County.

 

The idea then, as now, was to develop 5 acres along Burnet Avenue between Forest and North avenues. The projects would include multifamily residences, condominiums, affordable housing, a hotel, short-term rentals, office spaces and retail options, according to Gavin Thomas, executive vice president of development at Steiner.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/09/23/avondale-burnet-quarter-childrens-uptown-restarts.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_6&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

 

a.jpg

 

h.jpg

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

That article refers to the area along Burnet Ave, but it looks like CCHMC is also close to controlling all of the properties between Dury and Burnet, south of Northern Ave. I'm curious to see what their plans are for this area:

 

Here are the properties not owned by CCHMC (or the Zoo), as far as I can tell:

spacer.png

 

 

  • 1 month later...

8K Co. selected to develop historic church site

By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Nov 25, 2024

 

A growing Cincinnati real estate firm has been chosen to redevelop a historic landmark in Avondale.

 

The Avondale Development Corp. announced Nov. 15 the selection Over-the-Rhine-based 8K Co. to redevelop the former Grace Church property on Reading Road, known recently as Gabriel’s Place Church.

 

8K will transform the church and its annex into commercial spaces and up to 20 affordable residential apartment units on property along Glenwood Avenue, according to a media release.

 

MORE

  • 2 weeks later...

Delayed Avondale single-family subdivision gets final approval, but residents question ‘unity’

 

A rare new single-family subdivision set to be built in Avondale got its final approval Dec. 6, years after a contentious battle over what should go on nearly 4 acres of formerly city-owned property.

 

But there appears to be one more skirmish in the works – what the name of a new street bisecting the 18-home subdivision will be. Right now, it’s slated to be called “Unity Street,” but some residents called for more community engagement on the name.

 

Years ago, National Church Residences proposed a housing development for homeless people and the disabled called the Commons at Alaska. It had the support of some Avondale community leaders, but a group of residents immediately in its vicinity were staunch opponents. That project, ultimately, died.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/12/09/avondale-alaska-avenue-homes.html

 

alaska-avenue-rembrandt-model.png

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

  • 2 months later...
On 7/18/2024 at 10:20 PM, 646empire said:


Momentum is very important and the new NIOSH facility can add to it in a big way. What’s going on with this project?? It’s been a long road and I haven’t heard a peep recently . Also VERY Bizarre this article completely skipped over it?? 
 

Below was the last I heard..

 

https://local12.com/amp/news/local/cincinnati-major-niosh-facility-could-begin-construction-next-year-cdc-national-institute-occupational-safety-health


I’m assuming this project is dead under Trump.

The entire area was getting remediation  from a EPA grant and utilities relocated last summer prior to construction starting The monies for the new building was awarded years ago.

This is a consolidation of 2 facilities into 1 new building.With Trump though who knows.

 

https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-kickstarts-avondale-major-uptown-redevelopment-project-transform-upgrades-city-project-construction-planners-begin-new-hot-spots-hotels-living-spaces-apartments-parks-offices-buisnesses?_gl=1*o8ycbq*_ga*bW54U2tEcXdCX0cyY0tTSmNOVG4xakpUSnZaQnNvLXZIb3J3dnJkN1NrRTFCVVREem1lRmd0algycW1mdUx5RA..

  • 3 weeks later...

Long-awaited grocery store opens in Cincinnati neighborhood

 

A new grocery store featuring family recipes and prepared foods, as well as packaged staples, coffee and a deli, is now open in Avondale.

 

After much delay, the Country Meat Co. Marketplace opened Feb. 28 in the Avondale Town Center at 3539 Reading Road, a redevelopment that includes new apartments and businesses.

 

“We know Avondale has had a food desert for the past 16 years,” said Tennel Bryant, who co-owns the store with his wife, Chanel. They also own the Country Meat Co. butcher shop at Findlay Market and another in Louisville. “We look forward to building a community hub.”

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/05/avondale-grocery-store-country-meat-market-opens.html

 

the-country-meat-co-marketplace-1*900x50

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

  • 2 weeks later...

Uptown's Reboot

 

h.jpg

 

In any other city, Cincinnati’s Uptown area – five neighborhoods anchored by the region’s largest university and five hospitals – might be downtown, or at least adjacent, delivering a one-two economic punch. Walking down High Street in Columbus, it’s a straight shot between downtown and Ohio State University and its hospital. People can walk through vibrant neighborhoods with new, mixed-use buildings and activity on the sidewalks.

 

In Cincinnati, the hilly terrain separates downtown and Uptown. Drivers exit Interstate 71 at Martin Luther King Drive, head west toward the University of Cincinnati and the hospitals and are immediately greeted by three, massive vacant lots at MLK’s intersection with Reading Road.

 

For nearly two decades, Cincinnati has been banking on Uptown being a major source of growth, a rare place close to the region’s core where there is plenty of vacant or underutilized land prime for redevelopment. City leaders, as well as those at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the University of Cincinnati and UC Health – the region’s first-, third- and sixth-largest employers – believed that with the help of a community development corporation, Uptown Consortium Inc., they could leverage those institutions’ growth and transform the surrounding neighborhoods into economic powerhouses.

 

The new I-71/MLK interchange that opened in 2017 was supposed to add rocket fuel to the idea.

 

So far, it has not.

 

The district is supposed to be a brothy stew of highly talented and motivated people and new technology where research and private sector investment would spur new companies, high-paying jobs and repeatable, sustainable growth, not empty lots. Leaders believed smart growth there would create a positive feedback loop, boosting other parts of Avondale, Clifton, Corryville, CUF and Mount Auburn.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/13/port-brunner-uptown-future-innovation-district.html

 

78466416_1741893552759.jpg

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

  • 1 month later...

Port debuts 11 homes in Children's-backed project in a Cincinnati neighborhood

 

Nearly a dozen new single-family homes are now on the market in Avondale.

 

The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, in partnership with architect Jose Garcia and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, developed the 11 modern-living homes on Eden Avenue. They are priced at $499,999 and above.

 

“We were all looking at Hamilton County and Cincinnati as a whole and noticing different neighborhoods that have higher levels of homeownership,” Liz Eddy, vice president for development at the Port, told me. “Avondale was on the lower end.”

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/04/18/port-childrens-jose-garcia-eden-ave-homes-avondale.html

 

67-dji202503031540310143d*900x506x1200-6

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

That is a terrible use of space. If they were built as rowhouses, they could double the number of units without building any higher. 

8 hours ago, RustyBFall said:

That is a terrible use of space. If they were built as rowhouses, they could double the number of units without building any higher. 

That and if you have any visitors they are going to have to park in your driveway and walk around your house to the front door or park along the street and walk down the sidewalk to your front door. 

  • 3 weeks later...

long time coming. good news.

The article sez that they're planning 300 units in this development, which is roughly the number of SFH's and apartment units that Children's, the VA and the Zoo have torn down in the area in the past 25 years.

Create an account or sign in to comment

Recently Browsing 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.