Posted September 21, 200420 yr Word has it that UD may be interested in puchasing the Sugar Camp property, which is not included in the "initial purchase agreement" for 49-acres that UD is already looking into buying from NCR. OAKWOOD | After getting comments from consultants on how Sugar Camp could be redeveloped into condominiums, city leaders have decided Oakwood cannot afford to buy the 36-acre property that had been an NCR training center. "The numbers kind of speak for themselves," City Manager Norb Klopsch said Monday. ...
October 18, 200420 yr From the 10/15/04 Dayton Business Journal: Village to get first biz park http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2004/10/18/story1.html?jst=cn_cn_lk John Wilfong DBJ Staff Reporter A Germantown developer is building the village's first business park, which officials hope will provide some much needed growth for the small Montgomery County community. While the village has a handful of industrial sites, it has never had the benefit of a designated, planned industrial park to attract businesses. Village Manager Scott Pickup said the park could go a long way to bolster Germantown's tax base. "Because we're basically isolated, this is really our prime economic development driver," he said. "If we're really going to get a diversified tax base and start growing that base, this has to be one of our main drivers." MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2004/10/18/story1.html
October 18, 200420 yr Germantown is a really attractive small town...pitcure perfect and well-kept. Alot nice old 19th & early 20th century architecture, and they are developing a bikeway along the creek south of town to the Germantown Reserve. Its a a real nice place. If I where to consider small town living in some big old victorian or antebellum house thats where I'd look. This industrial park is actually somewhat away from the town, so it wont really destroy the small town character of the place.
March 7, 200520 yr I heard about this on channel 7 a few weeks back. I hope they can save it, but I don't see how viable condos would be in Urbana. I wonder if they could make it into office space?
March 9, 200520 yr Author Here's some more discussion about it from some locals: http://www.gochampaign.com/discussions.html?topic/13 I like Summit Street's idea :-D
March 9, 200520 yr Author Here is a picture of it from Summit Street's Urbana thread And one from PigBoy's Urbana thread
April 30, 200520 yr A possible deal is pending...from the 4/30/05 Dayton Daily News: Offer made to buy former hotel By the Dayton Daily News URBANA | A $160,000 offer to buy the former Douglas Inn on Monument Square was accepted Friday, but officials with the Community Improvement Corporation of Champaign County declined to identify the buyer. Executive Director Dave Faulkner said a check for $1,000 and an offer was received Thursday, earnest money required to initiate purchase. The buyer has 60 days to finalize financing. CIC sought $160,000 for the vacant Douglas to cover what CIC paid for it, plus a loan the city forgave to get the property out of court receivership. The buyer must contend with an order from Champaign County Building Regulations declaring the Douglas unsafe that requires CIC or the buyer to submit plans by May 13 to stabilize the building or demolish it. In January, CIC petitioned the Downtown Design and Review Board to approve razing the former hotel. Protests from people wanting to renovate the Douglas helped get the petition denied in March. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0430hotel.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6
May 6, 200520 yr From the 5/6/05 Dayton Daily News: Children's reveals planned outpatient project $16.7 million center part of hospital expansion plan By Jim Bebbington Dayton Daily News DAYTON | — Children's Medical Center on Thursday unveiled the latest step in the expansion and renovation of its Old North Dayton complex, work that will cost at least $61 million. Hospital officials want to build a 52,000 square-foot, $16.7 million outpatient care center as part of a campus renovation that has been under way since last year... [Read the rest of the article here: http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0506childrens.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6
May 6, 200520 yr Horrendous. Perfect for that hospital. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 2, 200520 yr In close proximity to the upcoming Austin Road interchange, (little over a mile away) Marketplace @ Settlers to Expand ...double in size: "Phase II will feature 11 tenants ranging from 1,600 square feet to 13,000 square feet, according to initial site plans. Space will lease for $20 per square foot. That would place the center among the higher-rent shopping centers in the Dayton area. Settlers Walk, a 700-acre master-planned community in Springboro, began in 1997 and has blossomed alongside the city. The residential sector, which includes more than 2,000 houses, fans the retail complex."
June 29, 200519 yr Miller-Valentine has bought it. From the 6/29/05 Dayton Daily News: PHOTO: Miller-Valentine Group purchased NCR Corp.'s 24-acre, wooded property in Oakwood on Tuesday. Miller-Valentine is exploring several potential redevelopment plans for the site. DDN CHANGES IN STORE Miller-Valentine to buy NCR site 24-acre tract would be redeveloped, company says By Jaclyn Giovis Dayton Daily News DAYTON | Miller-Valentine Group announced Tuesday it has signed a contract to purchase NCR Corp.'s 24-acre, wooded Sugar Camp property in Oakwood. The contract grants Miller-Valentine rights to buy and redevelop the property. But a final decision to move forward with the purchase will be made after Miller-Valentine completes its research on the property, the company said Tuesday. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0629sugarcamp.html
July 7, 200519 yr Author Historic hotel in Urbana may be demolished By Latoya Thompson Cox News Service URBANA | Champaign County's building regulations director has rejected a proposal for the historic Douglas Inn submitted by its owners, which means the building could be headed for demolition. "A contract was not signed as requested," Jene Gaver said. "I have to follow procedure. It's not my choice." Gaver asked the owners, the Community Improvement Corporation, to submit signed contracts to stabilize the hotel or raze it by July 1 after the CIC failed to present a feasibility study June 20 to preserve the Douglas Instead, the CIC sent a proposal outlining steps to sell the property to Heritage Ohio and the Ohio Preservation Alliance by July 28. The two organizations had been gathering investors while awaiting a feasibility study from Frank Conaway & Associates, a Chillicothe-based consultant. Gaver said he did not receive the study, which was due Tuesday. More at http://www.coxnews.com
August 1, 200519 yr From the 7/25/05 Dayton Business Journal: Hospital planning expansion Tracy Kershaw-Staley DBJ Staff Reporter Sycamore Hospital plans to make about $20 million worth of changes to boost its profile in an increasingly competitive market south of Dayton. The Miamisburg hospital is expanding its physician office building, emergency department, surgery center and medical records area. The hospital also will add a physicians lounge. View the rest of the article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/07/25/story3.html?from_rss=1
August 8, 200519 yr From the 8/7/05 Dayton Daily News: Schools' building boom not on target Few contracts have gone to local, minority or small companies By Scott Elliott and Margo Rutledge Kissell Dayton Daily News DAYTON | During the 2002 bond issue campaign, the Dayton school board touted its school construction program as an economic boon that would pump $627 million into the ailing local economy. Read the rest of the article here: http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0807buildcash.html
August 27, 200519 yr From the 8/26/05 Dayton Business Journal: Development proposed for downtown Xenia Xenia may see a new 20,000-square-foot building downtown if its planning and zoning commission approves demolition of another building in the historic area. R&B Investment Co., owner of Xenia Towne Square, applied to construct the two-story facility on West Main Street and North Detroit Street downtown, the city announced Friday. Read the rest of the article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/08/22/daily26.html?from_rss=1
August 27, 200519 yr Wow, I think this is the first time I've heard of anything at all being planned for downtown Xenia! This article doesn't seem to say what the building would be used for. Curious... It'd be good to have something new, but it's a little sad to have to destroy a historic building when it's right next door to all the crap in place of what nature already destroyed in 1974. I suppose if they feel bad about demolishing the old building they could just wait for the next tornado to do it for them.
August 28, 200519 yr LOL...the main reason I posted this was not because I thought the project was all that special, but that I was feeling a little sorry for Xenia! This may be only the first or the second non-photo Xenia thread.
August 29, 200519 yr arrrgg!! half of their downtown is a parking lot, they ought to use that instead of demolition
September 1, 200519 yr From the 8/25/05 Dayton Daily News: Sugar Camp feedback sought Oakwood residents may play part in buyer's decision By Helen Bebbington For the Dayton Daily News OAKWOOD | The company researching the possible purchase of NCR's Sugar Camp will hold focus group sessions and at least one town hall meeting in the coming months. Todd Duplain, a developer with Miller-Valentine Group, spoke at the Oakwood Rotary Club meeting Aug. 12. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/community/content/localnews/neighbors/kettering_oakwood/0825sugarcamp.html
September 5, 200519 yr From the 8/31/05 Dayton Business Journal: Springboro development names leasing agent Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter Gem Real Estate Group is taking over the leasing of phase II of the Marketplace at Settlers Walk in Springboro, and tenants signed so far include an arts studio, optometrist and a breakfast and lunch cafe. Alan Cohen, senior vice president of The Gem Real Estate Group, said Wednesday that those three tenants are definites, but he would not release their names. ... http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/08/29/daily22.html?from_rss=1
September 6, 200519 yr I actually don't mind the Settler's Walk development. I like the design standards in place. If it's gonna be a shopping center, it might as well look like a nice one.
September 10, 200519 yr From the 9/8/05 Dayton Daily News: Home Federal building to be razed Developer pledges to preserve art deco facade for new construction By Amelia Robinson Dayton Daily News XENIA | — In the 1930s, folks flocked into Greene County's then "big city" on Saturdays to buy dry goods, clothing, fabric and household items from stores like Hutchison and Gibrey at the corners of West Main and North Detroit streets. Read the rest of the article here: http://www.daytondailynews.com/community/content/localnews/neighbors/greene/0908xenia.html
October 2, 200519 yr From the 10/1/05 Springfield News-Sun: Douglas neighbors unhappy URBANA — Business owners near the historic Douglas Inn fear they will continue to see orange and yellow this holiday season. For almost a year the historic structure has been a hazardous zone marked off by pointy orange cones and yellow caution tape, done so by the Champaign County Building Regulations Department for public health and safety reasons. The blockade extends into the street, restricting sidewalks and parking spaces in the southwest corner of Monument Square and along Miami Street. According to store owners, the tape and cones financially cripple their businesses. Brian Waller, owner of the Family Table Restaurant, said since the barricade went up he has lost $1,200 to $1,400 weekly. “I’ve lost the older people who come up for supper,” he said. “With nowhere to park, they quit coming because they can’t a walk a block or two.” With major holiday shopping days ahead, he and others fear they will lose business because they can’t offer convenient, accessible parking. Full story at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/10/01/sns1001douglasinn.html
October 12, 200519 yr From the 10/10/05 Dayton Business Journal: Hospital undergoes $55M expansion Kettering Medical Center-Sycamore broke ground Tuesday on a $55 million project that will begin with a new medical office building and additions to cardiac and women's services. The 125,000-square-foot, four-story medical office building at 2150 Leiter Road will house physician offices, a retail pharmacy and sleep lab. The new space will allow between 60 and 70 new physicians to relocate to the hospital, said Fred Manchur, president of Kettering Medical Center, at a ceremony for the project. Read the rest of the article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/10/10/daily11.html?from_rss=1
October 14, 200519 yr This appeared in the 10/6/05 Dayton Daily News. I haven't heard anything since. Camp talk slated Developer, Oakwood officials, residents to discuss Sugar Camp By Helen Bebbington For the Dayton Daily News OAKWOOD | The company in contract to buy Sugar Camp will hold a Town Hall meeting to give residents a glimpse of what could be in store for the property. "It's going to be more of an informative meeting; it's not intended to be an unveiling," said Todd Duplain, a developer with the Miller-Valentine Group. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/community/content/localnews/neighbors/kettering_oakwood/1006camp.html
October 19, 200519 yr From the 10/17/05 Dayton Business Journal: Small towns getting influx of new homes John Wilfong DBJ Staff Reporter Nearly 250 new single-family homes are on tap for two small communities along the burgeoning border of Montgomery and Warren counties. Germantown-based Weidle Corp. is developing both the 130-home The Woods of Pine Ridge in Germantown and the 106-home Waterbury Village in Carlisle. The homes in The Woods of Pine Ridge will range in price from $160,000 to $350,000, while prices in Waterbury Village will range from $150,000 to $250,000. The two developments could be worth up to $60 million. Read the rest of the article here: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/10/17/story6.html
October 22, 200519 yr From the 10/20/05 Dayton Daily News: Sugar Camp meeting draws a crowd Miller-Valentine hears concerns about development By Helen Bebbington For the Dayton Daily News OAKWOOD | More than 100 people turned out to ask questions and learn more about the potential development of NCR's Sugar Camp. The town hall meeting, hosted by the Miller-Valentine Group, was held Oct. 11 in one of the Sugar Camp buildings at 101 W. Schantz Ave. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/community/content/localnews/neighbors/kettering_oakwood/1020campfolo.html
November 4, 200519 yr From the 11/2/05 Springfield News-Sun: Deadline set for Douglas Inn The Douglas Inn’s fate remains unknown. Champaign County Common Pleas Court Judge Roger Wilson said a stabilization plan must accompany the proposed $80,000 purchase contract from a local buyer to the Champaign County Community Improvement Corporation. The potential buyer’s name has not been disclosed. Wilson set the submission deadline for Nov. 7 in a conference meeting with representing attorneys Gil Weithman, Urbana Director of Law, and Kevin Talebi, CIC lawyer and board member, Monday, Weithman said. The stabilization requirements were set by the county Building Regulations Department in April. Wilson scheduled a hearing for 4 p.m. Nov. 10 in Common Pleas Court to assess the proposed stabilization plan and possibly demolishing the Monument Square hotel before Jan. 2. More at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/02/sns1102douglascourtbrief.html
November 10, 200519 yr From the 11/8/05 Springfield News-Sun: Group takes steps to save inn URBANA — An Urbana nonprofit group took another step toward saving the Douglas Inn on Monday. Miami Scioto Development Company, a nonprofit organization, submitted a judge-ordered stabilization plan to the Champaign County Building Regulations Department. Jon Umstead, company president and chief executive officer, said the engineer’s report found the building stable and in no danger of imminent collapse. “... certainly some issues need to be addressed immediately that do cause a public safety hazard, notably, the falling exterior stucco,” he said. The organization has planned a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, 116 W. Court St., Urbana, to discuss the company mission and specific plans for the historic hotel. Other members include John Doss, vice president of Dye & Doss, Inc., and Pat Thackery, member of RenOvations LLC. Umstead is area vice president for Covansys Corp., an information technology consulting company. The trio proposed to purchase the Douglas from the Champaign County Community Improvement Corporation for $80,000 in October. More at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/08/sns1108douglasinnupdate.html
November 12, 200519 yr From the 11/10/05 Dayton Daily News: City asks for specifics on facility Details needed before Sugar Camp plans can move forward By Helen Bebbington For the Dayton Daily News OAKWOOD | The Oakwood Planning Commission voiced support for the plans to develop Sugar Camp, but it did not recommend a zoning request be approved by City Council. The city wanted more specifics on the proposed use of the building. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/community/content/localnews/neighbors/kettering_oakwood/1110oakplan.html
November 14, 200519 yr From the 11/11/05 Springfield News-Sun: Judge outlines Douglas Inn options URBANA — Demolition of the Douglas Inn is in the hands of the city of Urbana and the Champaign County Building Regulations Department, said Common Pleas Judge Roger Wilson. Wilson said he was giving all parties the weekend to think about their options, which he outlined as: City of Urbana and Building Regulations will decide if they want to enforce the demolition contract submitted by the CIC in August; Miami Scioto Development Company will decide if it wants to comply with stabilization plan requirements set by the Building Regulations Department; CIC will decide if it wants to enter into a purchasing contract with Miami Scioto Development and pay a possible penalty fee for canceling the demolition contract. Dispute about proper stabilization of the historic hotel led to Wilson’s decision. Building Regulations’ stabilization requirements are “paramount,” he said. Gil Weithman, city of Urbana law director, said Jene Gaver, chief building inspector, did not accept the $250,0000 stabilization plan submitted by Miami Scioto Development Company, a nonprofit group wanting to buy the Douglas Inn, because it was not sufficient. The submitted plan did not contain construction drawings or signed development contracts as was stated in the original order given to CIC by Building Regulations in April, Weithman told the judge. More at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/11/sns1111douglashearing.html
November 15, 200519 yr It will come down. From the 11/15/05 Springfield News-Sun: Wrecking ball next for inn By GAIL CETNAR News-Sun Staff Writer URBANA — The Douglas Inn likely will meet the wrecking ball after the new year. The Miami Scioto Development Company could not meet an agreement with the City of Urbana on Monday to stabilize the building in time to avoid demolition. Champaign County Common Pleas Judge Roger Wilson ruled that the city can enforce a demolition contract beginning Jan. 2. The Miami Scioto Development Company had sought to buy the Douglas Inn from the Champaign County Community Improvement Corporation. The development company wanted to renovate the building. Before it would buy the building, however, the Miami Scioto Development Company had to determine if it could meet the stabilization guidelines set forth by the city. It didn’t want to purchase the building only to tear it down because the requirements couldn’t be met. More at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/15/sns1115douglasinn.html
November 17, 200519 yr Author Sugar Camp deal canceled Economy, costs scrap Miller-Valentine plan for NCR tract in Oakwood By Helen Bebbington For the Dayton Daily News OAKWOOD — The Miller-Valentine Group has ended a contract to purchase and develop NCR Corp.'s Sugar Camp property. Miller-Valentine spent the summer and early fall researching how to use the 24-acre site, one of Oakwood's last parcels of property available for development. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1116sugarcampweb.html
November 20, 200519 yr From the 11/17/05 Springfield News-Sun: Douglas Inn backers dismayed URBANA — Preservationists said the future outlook of downtown Urbana looks bleak knowing the Douglas Inn can be razed beginning Jan. 2. “(Demolition) is a blow to the downtown as far as a revitalization standpoint,” said Karen Heskett, Urbana business owner and Douglas supporter. “Who in their right mind would want to invest in this downtown with this kind of tear-down mentality?” Heskett and Ardell Price, a local preservationist, raised $30,000 in pledges for building stabilization in hopes of saving the landmark. “They are devastated. They don’t understand the injustice,” she said. Downtown Urbana was officially named one of Ohio Preservation Alliance’s Most Endangered Historic Sites in September, stating Monument Square is anchored by the Douglas Inn. More at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/17/sns1117douglasreax.html
November 25, 200519 yr From the 11/21/05 Dayton Business Journal: Program may help Mound lure business John Wilfong DBJ Staff Reporter A new business development program could help bolster growth at the Mound Advanced Technology Center as local officials prepare to take control of the entire park next year. The Miamisburg Mound Community Improvement Corp., the group developing the high-tech business park, is starting a program called Science Central to boost the park's profile and lure more businesses. The project aims to help Mound businesses close the gap between developing specialized technologies and commercializing them, while attracting more companies and more work by leveraging the success of current businesses and the park's high-tech capabilities. Read the rest of the article here: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/11/21/story6.html
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