It looks just like "The Heights" around Cleveland, haha.

a lot of trees in those lots, too.  An asphalt savanna.

 

 

Crowell Collier building in Springfield sold to Mosler Industrial Service. Carting out stuff to the tune of 10 truckloads a day.

“There has been more activity there in the last 30 days than there has been in months, if not years,” Meadows said.

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/crowell-collier-building-sold-for-1-5m-1276458.html

"The construction of the National Trail Parks and Recreation District’s family ice arena could start in the early part of this year."

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/construction-of-delayed-ice-rink-could-start-soon-1309377.html

Not sure where to post this as it's kinda road related, air related & business  & military related.

anyway, Blee Road, north of the Springfield airport, needs to be moved to keep the airport viable for military operations. In maintaining this capability hundreds of jobs are promised but kinda dubious.

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/450450-new-jobs-could-come-to-springfield-airport-1325816.html

The road is immediately north of he end of a runway and, as a kid, it was fun to park there & watch fighter jets take off maybe 20 ft above you. Now that anybody with a camera is a suspected terrorist, tho, I guess that's a no-no nowadays.

What? It will be a base for unmanned aerial vehicles? Awful.

Liquidation Sale for Springfield Community Hospital

4/17 - 4/20

"Formerly Community Hospital – 2615 East High Street, Springfield, Ohio 45505"

http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/1399585.html

City of Springfield bought a parking lot. Hopes to build a garage someday.

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/more-parking-in-downtown-springfield-part-of-plan-to-boost-profile-1379978.html

The city, which planned for the purchase, intends to complete buying the lot near PNC Bank, make improvements and opening it for free public parking later this year, Franzen said. The long-term goal is to secure funding for a parking garage.

 

Downtown competes with business developments and shopping centers that have large areas of free parking, said Maureen Fagans, executive director of Center City Association, which focuses on downtown revitalization.

 

Therefore, downtown also must provide a convenient, safe experience, including parking, she said.

 

They will never compete with the burbs if their strategy is to become more suburban. A city can't win that game. This article reads like it's straight out of the 1960s.

Project to make Dayton more walkable city

 

 

A project is underway to make downtown Dayton a more walkable city, according to WDTN-TV 2.

 

The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission recently approved $2 million dollars for the Patterson Boulevard Canal Parkway project, WDTN reported.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/blog/morning_call/2012/06/project-to-make-dayton-more-walkable.html

Springfield hopes $2.3M hangar will help lure jobs

 

"The city of Springfield wants to build a new $2.3 million hangar complex at its airport to attract drone developers.

The city plans to seek $2 million from the state later this year and will pay for the rest with city dollars, said Tom Franzen, the city’s economic development administrator.

“To have something ready and available when someone has an interest is going to give us an edge,” Franzen said."

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/springfield-hopes-2-3m-hangar-will-help-lure-jobs-1387369.html

Springfield seems to have a lot of weird and/or outdated ideas. Unless it's just those ones you post, because I don't really follow the city otherwise.

Springfield seems to have a lot of weird and/or outdated ideas. Unless it's just those ones you post, because I don't really follow the city otherwise.

Not knowing the specs for what the done guys want, I don't know why they would do this. Maybe they do.

But, yeah, the Champion city does some weird shit.

Springfield hopes $2.3M hangar will help lure jobs

 

"The city of Springfield wants to build a new $2.3 million hangar complex at its airport to attract drone developers.

 

Sounds very strategic. The drones can buzz the bikeway along Rt. 68 and practice on cyclists and runners. And there's the environment of John Bryant Park to test drone performance in a forest setting.

Springfield aims to be demolition capitol of the midwest

 

City plans to raze 250 blighted homes

Funds come from settlement with mortgage firms.

"Hundreds of blighted homes will be demolished in the city and county as part of a $1.3 million project stemming from the largest consumer finance protection settlement in U.S. history."

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/city-plans-to-raze-250-blighted-homes-1405806.html

Maybe they will have room now for all that parking they want.

^ There ya go

CareSource is adding over 200 new jobs in Downtown Dayton - They are moving into the old Elder Beerman building at 40 W. 2nd Street:

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/caresource-to-move-into-second-downtown-building/nRBFW/

That's great news.

CareSource is adding over 200 new jobs in Downtown Dayton - They are moving into the old Elder Beerman building at 40 W. 2nd Street:

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/caresource-to-move-into-second-downtown-building/nRBFW/

 

That is great news.  Now the other corporations in the Dayton area need to follow suit.  The corporations in the greater Dayton area need to have more pride in their community and help the downtown Dayton market.  A healthy downtown market says a lot about an area and visitors notice this.  Also, employees like things to do during and after work and have close access to these things and a downtown area covers this.  If more corporations were in downtown Dayton, then more business would be there to support them.  I'm actually shocked that businesses don't choose to be in their downtown market rather than the burbs.  It's a place for the community to come together and people like to be a part of this energy.     

CareSource is adding over 200 new jobs in Downtown Dayton - They are moving into the old Elder Beerman building at 40 W. 2nd Street:

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/caresource-to-move-into-second-downtown-building/nRBFW/

 

That is great news.  Now the other corporations in the Dayton area need to follow suit.  The corporations in the greater Dayton area need to have more pride in their community and help the downtown Dayton market.  A healthy downtown market says a lot about an area and visitors notice this.  Also, employees like things to do during and after work and have close access to these things and a downtown area covers this.  If more corporations were in downtown Dayton, then more business would be there to support them.  I'm actually shocked that businesses don't choose to be in there downtown market rather than the burbs.  It's a place for the community to come together and people like to be a part of this energy.     

 

Amen - wouldn't it be great if Lexus Nexus left Miami Township and moved downtown?

Developments moving forward at former Roosevelt location

The first two tenants of a series of planned developments at the former Roosevelt Middle School site on North Limestone Street have moved onto the property and developers expect more businesses to come.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s local Child Lab and Pediatric Associates of Springfield moved to 1640 N. Limestone St. at the end of July.

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/business/real-estate/developments-moving-forward-at-former-roosevelt-lo/nRCWd/

SoDown.org launched

http://www.sodown.org/

 

 

SoDown CDC was formed and incorporated in 2011 and has applied for its 501©(3) nonprofit status with the Internal Revenue Service. We are dedicated to the revitalization of the neighborhoods that are situated across the street from the former South High School to old Keifer Junior High to new Fulton Elementary School neighborhoods . The area and its member streets are some of the oldest in Springfield, nevertheless many dilapidated homes in the area are in need of major repair and business growth has been hampered.

Yellow Springs theater to raise fund for renovation

 

 

Yellow Springs’s independent theater The Little Art Theatre is launching a campaign to renovate the theater called “Lights, Camera, Action!”

 

The nonprofit theater opened in 1929, and now faces the need to upgrade its projectors to an all-digital format to stay in business. Planned renovations also include new seats to replace the 36-year-old current models, increasing the floor incline and replacing the screen.

 

Full article below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2012/08/31/yellow-springs-theater-to-raise-fund.html

Springfield's industrial albatross.....

Looking for modern uses for this building

Does converting it into a parking garage sound feasible/practical?

"The construction of the National Trail Parks and Recreation District’s family ice arena could start in the early part of this year."

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/construction-of-delayed-ice-rink-could-start-soon-1309377.html

and now it's moved

'The National Trail Parks and Recreation District’s future $7.5 million ice arena will be moved to a new site downtown, its third proposed location.'

can you say boondoggle?

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/ice-rink-moves-to-new-downtown-site/nR5xX/

Somebody explain to me how a shopping plaza that was built in 2010(maybe earlier) is sitting on the main drag, still unoccupied 2 years later? Huber Heights has several "empty" plazas.

 

Wait! The city wants to develop "The Heights" on the other side of town. This is interesting! Shouldn't we be trying to fill the cubby holes first before putting up potentially more unoccupied business/retail space?

 

This city is trying to be dumb like Dayton, and I have no idea why the residents aren't speaking up.

 

 

Clark County Fairgrounds set to expand

"The Clark County Fairgrounds — the county’s largest tourism generator that produces about $105 million annually — will expand after a donation of land by the city.

The Clark County Agricultural Society will purchase an adjacent 186-acre property from the city of Springfield for $1, possibly allowing it to provide more parking, campgrounds or both for visitors. The Clark County Auditor’s Office has appraised the property at more than $1.29 million."

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/fairgrounds-set-to-expand/nR8Sk/

Historic house may stop Dewey's Pizza in Centerville:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/blog/morning_call/2012/09/historical-house-may-hinder.html

Historic house may stop Dewey's Pizza in Centerville:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/blog/morning_call/2012/09/historical-house-may-hinder.html

 

How's the situation out there on the Belbrook line near the Home Depot? Are they still having annex wars?

Former hospital to be demolished

Community hospital building could begin coming down late this year

Another grassy field for Springfield.

Maybe they should change the name to Cloverfield.

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/former-hospital-to-be-demolished/nR94Z/

Springfield hosts bio science school meeting

The city schools will host an informational meeting about the proposed agricultural science, technology, engineering and mathematics school Wednesday night.

The school — a proposal from Sen. Chris Widener, R-Springfield, called the Global Impact STEM Academy — has been in the works since last year. Officials hope to open it for the 2013-14 school year, and one possible location is South High School, which has been closed as a school since 2008.

 

Seems like an odd idea for a use for SHS

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/springfield-hosts-bio-science-school-meeting/nSDGK/

not a new vid but...

Construction to begin on 60-unit apartment complex

 

 

Construction started this week on a new 60-family apartment community in a key downtown Dayton gateway corridor.

 

On Tuesday, officials broke ground on Germantown Village, the first phase of a neighborhood revitalization initiative that will bring new housing and other improvements to the Germantown-Broadway area.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/print-edition/2012/11/16/dan-sack-left-owner-of.html

Dayton set to decide future of former Delphi plant

 

 

The Dayton City Commission is expected to take a step toward determining a new use for the former Delphi site at 2701 Home Avenue, according to WDTN-TV Channel 2.

 

Commissioners are expected to decide what to do with $3 million in Clean Ohio Funds grant money it received earlier this year.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/blog/morning_call/2012/11/dayton-set-to-decide-future-of-former.html

Crowell-Collier back on market for $5M

 

After buying the 1 block building for $1.5M about a year ago & carting out some garbage, Mosier Industrial Services has put the building bck on the market for $5M. Mosler claims, "they’d love to see it renovated".

 

I have hauled trash out of buildings before but I never saw a building magically increase in value like that after I was done.

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/crowell-collier-back-on-market-for-5m/nTJc7/

WHIO building and tower to be taken down

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/whio-building-and-tower-to-be-taken-down/nTL5R/

 

   

Posted: 5:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

 

The Cox Media Group announced Monday that the former WHIO television and radio building on Wilmington Avenue will be demolished by the end of the year.

 

The historic broadcast tower dedicated in 1949 by Gov. James Cox will then be removed, with a portion of the tower going to Dayton History for future display at Carillon Park.

 

CMG Ohio in 2010 relocated its headquarters and local broadcast media holdings to its Media Center on South Main Street in Dayton.

 

Demolishing the former broadcast building at 1414 Wilmington Ave. will allow CMG Ohio to begin the process of selling the property so that it can be used for redevelopment, said Rob Rohr, the company’s senior vice president and general manager.

 

Miller-Valentine Group will start demolition next week and should complete the project before the end of the year, officials said.

 

Let's strip Dayton of anything unique!  :cry:

 

This tower absolutely loomed over Belmont when I was growing up.

 

I read some place that when the tower was first constructed, it was briefly the tallest man made tower on earth. (I have no citation for that.)

 

IMO the space will wind up being some big box shopping development. The city could use a decent grocery right about there.

 

I read some place that when the tower was first constructed, it was briefly the tallest man made tower on earth. (I have no citation for that.)

 

IMO the space will wind up being some big box shopping development. The city could use a decent grocery right about there.

 

I don't you will find a citation because I don't think it can be true! The WLW tower in Cincinnati is significantly taller and was built pre-WWII. Granted, the WLW tower isn't free standing, but the Washington Monument and Eiffel Tower are also taller and built long before.

 

New development is possible. There's been a slow but steady renewal that's been moving up Wilmington north of Dorothy Lane. Not sure what the parcel size is. Sure seems like there's been plenty of room next door at the old federal facility if a big box store wanted to move in though. Truthfully, I have no idea what goes on over there. I helped build a float for the Holiday at Home parade years ago inside one of the buildings. It was just a big empty warehouse.

Yellow Springs - Little Art Theatre to get $475K upgrade

 

The scrappy but cherished art house — will undergo a $475,000 renovation this spring to equip the theater with the digital projection and sound needed to show movies once 35mm film is phased out.

 

No date has been set for when work will begin and or how long it will last. Cowperthwaite hopes to be closed for only about two months.

 

One of the few things set to survive the renovation will be the theater’s six houselights, which were designed, painted and installed in 1947 by an Antioch College student.

 

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/theatre-to-get-475k-upgrade/nWCG3/

 

I read some place that when the tower was first constructed, it was briefly the tallest man made tower on earth. (I have no citation for that.)

 

I don't you will find a citation because I don't think it can be true! The WLW tower in Cincinnati is significantly taller and was built pre-WWII.

 

... BUT I read on some web site several years ago that the WHIO tower had some world wide status for its particular style of construction for a few months after construction. I do not recall what the specific distinction was, though.

Projects planned for downtown Dayton, but may take time

 

Downtown Dayton is poised for an infusion of new housing options being created out of its historic buildings. But most of these large-scale projects are still months or even years out from construction starting.

 

Nevertheless, as these buildings eventually get renovated and transformed, they likely will inject new life into their respected areas and enhance the overall selling point of downtown Dayton.

 

Several projects that have long been in the works include:

 

• The Merc, short for the Mercantile Lofts;

 

• the David Building;

 

• the HD Supply building; and

 

• the 329 E. First St. building.

 

Full article below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/print-edition/2013/02/15/downtown-projects-planned-but-may.html

Delphi demolition

 

https://www.facebook.com/visitNAHA/photos_stream

weatherphotographer,

 

Any chance you know which specific structures are being demolished at the site? I'm assuming not everything is being demolished (or at least I hope).

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&authuser=0&q=delphi+home+ave+dayton+ohio&ie=UTF-8&ei=h8v6UaaSBrSCyAHJxIHICw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

^My understanding is that everything is coming down, except the original Wright-associated buildings towards the back of the parcel (facing Inland Avenue).

^That makes sense. Thanks Ink!

"The 12-story Schwind building will be blasted in a way that it will collapse onto itself and the vacant former Dayton Daily News building downtown at 7:15 a.m. Saturday, the contractor managing the demolition said Monday."

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/events/century-old-downtown-dayton-building-will-be-implo/nZMWP/

Apologies in advance for the poor picture quality. Three factors going against these pictures:

 

1.  I am very far from being a pro photographer

2.  They were shot using an iPhone

3.  It was a cloudy day.

 

 

Regardless, they show the Schwind building before they took it down a couple of weeks ago. Although the building (and the adjacent DDN building) were in ok shape physically and were not nuisance properties, the buildings were taken down so a $22 million Student Suites project could be build for Sinclair students. The historic bank building, built as directed by James M. Cox back in 1908, will remain on the site.

 

Here is a rendering of the new project:

 

Well this thread would be a lot better if it actually contained the pictures haha. I will re-post them sometime tomorrow, probably using Flickr.

Fairly detailed site plan and some promotional graphics are up for Cornerstone , the big new development going up @ Wilmington & Feedwire/Whipp, near the I-675/Wilmington Interchange

 

Oberer Development Cornerstone Page

 

...looks like this will be power center, with a sort of shopping village attached, plus the usual outlot pads....

It's a travesty that a historic 100 year old 12 story building got demolished. SMH.