May 18, 200718 yr From the 5/17/07 Springfield News-Sun: Construction site beginning to look more like school every day By Gail Cetnar Staff Writer Thursday, May 17, 2007 The gymnasium under construction at Springfield High School looked more like a swimming pool Wednesday. But construction workers didn't mind pulling on galoshes and working around giant mud puddles after Tuesday night's torrential downpour, said Steve Midgley, project superintendent for the construction manager. The rain hasn't slowed construction at 701 E. Home Rd., where North and South high schools are scheduled to consolidate into the new Springfield High School in September 2008. Individual classrooms now are visible in areas of the classroom wing where workers have installed steel to form the walls. By this time next month, outside walls will be erected around the wing, Midgley said. The approximately $60 million high school is the last school to be built under Springfield City Schools' $194 million construction project through the Ohio School Facilities Commission. All 16 of the district's schools will be new when it's complete. Several old buildings have been demolished or sold at auction as part of the project. Last week, the school board voted to advertise for bids for the demolition of the old Simon Kenton Elementary School and the old Roosevelt Middle School. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/16/sns051707construction.html From the 5/17/07 Dayton Business Journal: Nearly $600K in state funds given to two area organizations Dayton Business Journal - 10:14 AM EDT Thursday, May 17, 2007 Two local organizations have landed state funding to help develop affordable housing in Montgomery and Greene counties. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency approved the grants as part of $4.2 million in funding for affordable housing development projects. The American Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter was granted $428,500 from The Ohio Housing Trust Fund to develop a seven-unit project that will serve homeless families with dependent children. The transitional housing, to be developed in Xenia, is expected to cost $790,000. Residents will receive help in developing skills and finding jobs from the Greene County Department of Job and Family Services. They will meet with caseworkers weekly to monitor their progress. http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/05/14/daily17.html?from_rss=1 Facing obstacles, YS Home, Inc. heads in a new direction Yellow Springs News, 5/17/07 Several years ago, Jason and Margaret Morgan, newly married and each with a child from a former marriage, tried to start a new life together in Jason’s hometown in southeastern Texas. But, for many reasons, the town was not a good fit. A professional portrait artist, Jason didn’t fit in with peers who prized guns and shopping at Walmart, and he longed to find a community that valued the arts as he did. He and Margaret also wanted a place with a lively downtown and a sense of community, a place where their kids could roam free and feel they belonged. On a visit over spring break, 2005, the family found such a place in Yellow Springs, near Margaret’s hometown of Wilmington, and they fell in love with the village. Excited, the couple went online to check real estate. But their excitement dimmed when they couldn’t find anything they could afford. Finally, a local realtor suggested the couple try Home, Inc. Now, two years later, the Morgans will soon move into newly built Home, Inc. house in Thistle Creek, the development by local builder Jonathan Brown. The Morgans will occupy one of six new Home, Inc. homes to be built in the next several months as part of the Thistle Creek development. When the homes are finished, Home, Inc. will have provided Yellow Springs with 12 new or rehabbed affordable homes since its inception.
May 19, 200718 yr From the 5/19/07 DDN: Work on bridges will slow down motorists Reconstruction project on Ohio 4 beginning Monday could be 'a big pain in the neck,' city engineer says. By Lynn Hulsey Staff Writer Saturday, May 19, 2007 DAYTON — Tired of orange barrels yet? Brace yourself. On Monday, the city of Dayton begins a $6.3 million bridge reconstruction project on Ohio 4 that won't be completed until December 2008. "It will be a big pain in the neck," said Cory Kinnison, chief engineer for the city's construction bureau. Two side-by-side bridges will be reconstructed, starting with the southbound one. Lanes in-bound to Dayton will shift to the right and outbound ones will cross the median, go over the north bridge and back onto the southbound roadway, Kinnison said. Ohio 4 will remain open throughout the project but periodic lane closures coinciding with nonpeak traffic hours will occur over the next few weeks. Keowee Street also will close at various times as existing bridges are demolished and new bridge beams are installed. The ramp from northbound Ohio 4 to southbound Keowee Street will close Monday for two days. The detour will be on Troy and Valley streets. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/19/ddn051907route4bridge.html Cedar Bog to break ground on center Springfield News-Sun, 5/18/07 For 20 years Cedar Bog enthusiasts have talked about building an indoor education center. At 1 p.m. Sunday, a shovel full of dirt will make their dreams come true. After a year of rallying state and local support, the Cedar Bog Association and the Ohio Historical Society will have a groundbreaking ceremony to start the center's 18-month long construction process with a tentative opening set for spring 2008. The Bog, a 427-acre fen, is the southernmost example of a subarctic ecosystem that was formed 20,000 years ago after the glaciers drifted into central Ohio and melted. The Bog is at 980 Woodburn Road in Urbana Twp. The state legislature earmarked $800,000 in 1999 for the education center, an accomplishment by former Bog manager Terry Jaworski, who died in 2005 from natural causes. Plan aims to poise city for prosperous future Dayton Daily News, 5/10/07 In 2027, this Great Miami River city could be a bustling hub of high-tech jobs, verdant open spaces and well-maintained homes. Or it could be just another rusted-out former industrial river town. The goals of a proposed city Comprehensive Plan — unanimously endorsed last week by the City Commission and Planning Commission — is to ensure the former rather than the latter. Such a plan looks 20 years into the future to help shape the growth and priorities of the city. The Plan It Piqua group — citizens appointed by the City Commission — will unveil strategies for making the goals a reality at a 7 p.m. Community Choices Public Meeting on May 22 in City Commission chambers.
May 20, 200718 yr From the 5/20/07 DDN: Work begins on Southview expansion By Anthony Gottschlich Staff Writer Sunday, May 20, 2007 WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County — Grandview Medical Center broke ground last week on an $18 million expansion of its Southview Hospital campus at Ohio 725 and Yankee Street. Hospital leaders said the 80,000-square-foot Yankee Medical Arts Center will house doctors offices, a cardiac rehabilitation center and a medical imaging area. "This new building, along with the new access from Yankee Street, will give Southview Hospital a more noticeable presence and easier access," said Roy Chew, president of Grandview Medical Center, which includes Grandview and Southview hospitals. "We will have a large, attractive new building that will expand our services to meet the needs of the citizens in the surrounding communities we serve," Chew said. Completion of the two-story building, Southview's first major expansion in a decade, is projected for this fall, the same time a similar expansion should be completed for Sycamore Hospital in Miamisburg. Sycamore, Grandview and Southview are all part of the Kettering Medical Center Network. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/20/ddn052007southview.html
May 21, 200718 yr From the 2/22/07 Springfield News-Sun: Douglas Inn case dismissed, building to be renovated By LaToya Thompson Staff Writer Wednesday, February 21, 2007 URBANA — Prospective buyers credit community supporters for saving the Douglas Inn from the wrecking ball. Jon Umstead, of Miami-Scioto Development, said he hopes residents will remain actively involved now that the 18-month long court case was dismissed Thursday. "While the 'Save the Douglas' campaign appears to have been won, we have a lot of work ahead of us," Umstead said. "We all want to see progress and can't wait to get started. It will take the entire community to make that dream a reality." Miami-Scioto, which also includes Urbana businessmen John Doss and Pat Thackery, plans to start renovations once the cold weather breaks. Stabilization costs were an estimated $300,000 and the building sale for was $80,000. Stabilization has to be completed by Dec. 2008. The 19th-century structure will feature an upscale hotel on the third through fifth floors that will have conference facilities and office suites. The first and second floors will be used for retail shops. The Douglas So Far Former Urbana administrators — Roberta Moore and Pat Richards — took the Community Improvement Corporation of Champaign County, Douglas owners, to court in July 2005 after the non-profit organization failed to meet deadlines set by the county Building Regulations Department. Champaign County Common Pleas Court Judge Roger Wilson ordered the Douglas be demolished in December 2005. The CIC with Miami-Scioto, who hoped to buy the structure, presented the case to the state appeals court. With a new city administration in place after the April 2006 mayor recall election, negotiations to keep the building from being torn down began in June 2006. More at http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/02/21/sns022207douglas.html
May 22, 200718 yr From the 5/22/07 DDN: Dye building sold, renovations planned By Staff reports Tuesday, May 22, 2007 TROY — — The sale of the historic Dye building on the Public Square was completed Monday. Medallion Investments paid $440,000 for the three-story property. The city funded $380,000 of that with a 30-year, 2-percent loan. As part of the loan agreement, Medallion committed to renovating the second and third floors of the building — including installing an elevator within two years — and leasing the first floor for restaurant or retail. Medallion will make only interest payments the first year. The loan is secured by the Dye building and other Medallion properties. At the closing, the city received $166,418.50 for a 2002 loan it made to the building's former owner, Moreland Properties, to reroof and renovate the building's exterior. That 30-year loan had no interest or payments until 2032. Money for the loans came from the city's Downtown Building Repair Loan Fund, which has been used to renovate a number of downtown buildings. The money from repayments of the loans goes back into the fund for future projects. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/21/ddn052207dyebuilding.html From same: Board halts zoning process Sugarcreek Twp. development put on hold while trustees revise plan. By Katherine Ullmer Staff Writer Tuesday, May 22, 2007 SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County — The Sugarcreek Twp. Trustees voted unanimously Monday night to put a 210-day moratorium on residential rezoning and/or the platting of residential property in the township. The moratorium is to allow the zoning commission time to complete revisions on the Sugarcreek Twp. zoning resolution and comprehensive land use plan. It would not effect "vested" property owners, which include persons or firms with an approved residentially zoned and platted development or those who filed prior to the effective date of the resolution, June 22. The resolution states that the trustees desire "to promote smart growth and sensible controlled development in the township and to eliminate sprawl development." MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/21/ddn052207moratorium.html Apartment renovation funding OK'd Middletown Journal, 5/22/07 A proposed renovation of the Franklin Woods Apartments has cleared a financial hurdle. Franklin City Council unanimously approved an emergency ordinance for the $4.5 million renovation of the 114-unit complex through the sale of multifamily housing revenue bonds. Mike Robinette, interim finance director, said the city would be acting as a conduit for the developer who will be purchasing federal tax credits from the state of Ohio. The city would not be responsible for the developer's debt, he said. Kevin Ruf of Security Properties Inc. of Seattle, told the council the 31-year-old complex needs new windows, siding, doors, kitchen appliances, bathrooms and floors. Developers want to get another 30 years out of the complex, he said. City to discuss future for former Groby's site Dayton Business Journal, 5/21/07 More plans for the Groby's Garden Center property in Kettering will be discussed Monday night at the Kettering Planning Commission meeting. The conversations will help to move a redevelopment project forward, as public hearings will be held in June, said Ron Hundt, city planner. Plans call for the 8-acre property to become a commercial area with five or six buildings. The new project is called Charlotte Gardens. The commission likely will review final plans by July. The planning commission tonight will talk about access easements, the location of plantings and the type of pavement that will be used. Groby's is a long-time Kettering garden center that closed in 2005. Crowd helps break ground for education center Urbana Daily Citizen, 5/21/07 A standing-room only crowd showed up at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve on Sunday for the Ohio Historical Society's ground-breaking ceremony for the bog's new Education Center. "It's a day we have dreamed of and anticipated for a very long time," Ohio Historical Society Executive Director and CEO Dr. William Laidlaw Jr. said. His sentiment was repeated throughout the ceremony. Melanie Pratt, president of the Cedar Bog Association, said the long-awaited ceremony was the culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of people, and it marks the start of a lot more new work. Pratt acknowledged the work of one individual in particular, former Cedar Bog Manager Terry Jaworski, who passed away in March of 2005.
May 24, 200718 yr From the 5/23/07 Springfield News-Sun: Forums to focus on small schools within Springfield High Superintendent, foundation director will explain the concept for the consolidated high school. By Gail Cetnar Staff Writer Wednesday, May 23, 2007 The concept of small schools within Springfield High School will be the focus of three community meetings in early June. At meetings June 4, 5 and 6, Springfield City Schools Superintendent Jean Harper and EdWorks Executive Director Harold Brown will explain the small schools concept to members of the public and answer questions about it. Harper and Brown will explain why the district is adopting the small schools model and what it means for students, staff and the community, district spokeswoman Mattie White said. "We want the community to be aware of where we are with small schools, what the concept is all about," she said. North and South high schools will consolidate in September 2008 with the opening of Springfield High School at 701 E. Home Road. School leaders are planning to create four small schools within the 2,400-student school to provide a more personalized environment for students. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/22/sns052307smallschools.html Link contains a photo. From the 5/22/07 Celina Daily Standard: Potential neighbors question plans for Mercer County Jail By Pat Royse Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey and proposed jail architect Rick Axline promised Silver Lake residents that a high berm, trees and landscaping would be put in place to hide their view of a new jail complex that may be built along state Route 29. A meeting was held at Celina High School on Monday night with a couple dozen neighbors who live close to the proposed 6-acre jail and law enforcement site on the Mercer County Home grounds. Nearby residents expressed fears that property values in the neighborhood would decrease and that the traffic from unsavory folks would increase. Axline, who has been the architect for more than 140 jails in various states, and occasionally in another country, told the group that values of homes next to jails he has helped build have never gone down. The sheriff and the three county commissioners who attended the meeting also were asked if they had explored other sites before settling on part of the county home's 160 acres. Commissioner Laffin said they had looked least nine possible sites before choosing the county home property, which they already own. He explained the problems with several of the viewed properties. MORE: http://www.dailystandard.com/archive/story_single.php?rec_id=3003 County approves tax abatement for Bob Evans Springfield News-Sun, 5/23/07 The Clark County Commission on Tuesday approved a property tax abatement that will save Bob Evans Farms $231,000 over seven years. In return, Bob Evans plans to increase its number of employees from 43 to 63 and invest about $8 million at its food service warehousing facility at 1985 Airpark Drive. The investment includes $4.4 million for constructing a new facility, $3.2 million for machinery and equipment, and $450,000 in inventory. Green Township, where Bob Evans is located, also approved the abatement, and the Greenon Local School District backs it, too. Contract awarded to bring down former Mersman building Celina Daily Standard, 5/22/07 One of Celina's oldest industrial sites finally will be cleared for redevelopment. Celina City Council members meeting in special session Monday awarded a demolition contract to CRS Demolition, Louisville, Ky., to raze most of the 12-acre former Mersman Furniture Co. complex. Only the northwestern-most section of the building will be salvaged for future renovation and redevelopment. The entire property is owned by Brickyard Investments Ltd. Even though the sprawling buildings, smokestack and other structures on the site will be torn down in the coming months, it might be two years or so before the site is completely cleared. City officials compromised their original desire for a quick and tidy clearing of the site so the project could be done with the state grant money earmarked for the project. The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) awarded the city $750,000 for the project. About $725,000 of that money remains available after engineering and bidding costs. Three rounds of bidding were necessary to bring the project within the available money.
May 24, 200718 yr From the 5/23/07 DDN: Rezoning fight back on the ballot By Doug Page Staff Writer Wednesday, May 23, 2007 TROY — A referendum on the rezoning for the Honey Creek planned residential development is headed for a second consecutive November ballot. Last November, an identical referendum overturned the City Council's rezoning by a near 2-to-1 margin. The city received notification Tuesday from the Miami County Board of Elections that sufficient signatures were gathered to put the matter to a vote. The proposed Honey Creek development would build 298 homes and 98 condominiums on 201 acres at the city's northeast edge over a 12- to 18-year period, as a planned development. Seven days after last November's referendum, the developer, PTK Properties Inc., submitted an identical rezoning request to the city. That request was approved by the Planning Commission because it fit with the city's comprehensive plan. In March, the council approved the rezoning from agricultural to residential on a 4-3 vote. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/23/ddn052307honeyweb.html From the 5/24/07 Yellow Springs News: Birch III plat changes hands By Lauren Heaton Questions remain unanswered about the new ownership and the funding source of Birch III, the residential housing development on the south edge of town. According to original owners Mark Bertke and Doug Eastham, the development changed hands last fall, although it’s not clear who currently comprises Purple Sage LLC, the limited liability company that owns the land. But 36 lots in Birch III are still for sale and, after a hiatus, construction of the plat is moving ahead, according to Bertke. Birch III is a 21-acre property zoned Residence A located between Glen View Road and Stewart Drive. In 2005, Dayton developer Eastham and mortgage company owner Bertke purchased the parcel from Antioch College under their firm Purple Sage, LLC. The company received Village approval to build 40 housing units, each expected to be from 1,800 to 2,200 square feet. Eastham was to market the properties, and Bertke was involved as the home loan officer through his company, Mark 1 Mortgage, located at 159 West Franklin Street in Bellbrook. MORE: http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2007/05/052407_birchIII.html Hospital partners on Greene County complex Dayton Business Journal, 5/24/07 Kettering Health Network, the Greene County YMCA and Xenia City Schools have signed an agreement to work on a multi-purpose community complex, the organizations said Wednesday. The three groups have signed an agreement to pursue the project, with Kettering having first rights of refusal to put physician offices and other medical services in the building. The cost of the project is unknown. It would potentially replace the aging facility of the Xenia YMCA, as well as offer senior activities, athletic training and injury rehabilitation
May 26, 200718 yr From the 5/26/07 Urbana Daily Citizen: Commission OKs review of complex KATHLEEN FOX Assistant Editor The Urbana Planning Commission on Monday approved the site review of a 48-unit apartment complex to be located off Dellinger Road and east of Julia Street. Several future neighbors from the Dugan Run Condo Association attended the meeting to restate concerns about a new road to be built off Julia Street as a part of the complex and the potential accidents this may cause, according to Zoning Inspector Ken Watkins. Developers have said a fence and landscaping between the two developments will provide a visual barrier, although that is not part of the submitted plan, Watkins said. The new complex will include 16 apartments, a club house and a pool. MORE: http://www.urbanacitizen.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=143965&TM=39981.34 A&A Safety plans to build $1.2 million facility in Dayton Dayton Daily News, 5/26/07 A provider of highway safety equipment plans to invest $1.2 million in a new building, equipment and additional inventory in Dayton. The 28-year-old Ohio firm, which aside from Dayton has locations in the Cincinnati and Cleveland areas, will build a 14,000-square-foot facility in Dayton's Northwest Industrial Park, according to city of Dayton documents. Within four years, the company plans to add eight full-time employees to its current staff of 10 full-time and nine seasonal employees. Dayton is supporting the move and expansion with a $15,000 grant and a 10-year Enterprise Zone agreement providing property tax savings. A&A Safety offers products for traffic control and direction, including cones, barricades, barrels, signs and more. The company is headquartered in Amelia. Celina planning commission OKs warehouse site plan Celina Daily Standard, 5/25/07 Celina Planning Commission members authorized a site plan Thursday that will pave the way for a private warehouse in the city's Grand Lake Industrial Park. Approval of the plan came despite objections from resident Paul Arnold, the city's former mayor. Arnold, who worked to create the industrial park, criticized city officials for allowing the move, which will bring minimal jobs to what was supposed to be the city's future job base. "It does not meet the intention of an industrial park," Arnold said, noting the city has nearly $25,000 per acre invested in the land, which is fully developed with utilities and storm drainage. "My only objection is that it brings in no money." Planning Commission members said applicant Toni Slusser had fulfilled the necessary requirements and that they had no legal standing to block her plans. Some also noted it would be difficult to site a job-intensive building on such a small tract of land, which is zoned for heavy manufacturing (M-1). "You're not going to get heavy manufacturing on small lots," city development consultant Kent Bryan said.
May 27, 200718 yr From the 5/26/07 Tipp City Herald: Group withdraws request to rezone Eidemiller property By MIKE KELLY Managing Editor It's back to the drawing board, more precisely the planning board, for the developers of 78 acres of land west of the Meijer Distribution plant known as the Eidemiller property. David Burig, HD Living, was asking council to rezone the Industrial site into a 25 acre tract zoned Planned Commercial and the remaining 53 acres Planned Residential District. The intention, or so Tipp City Council felt, was for the PRD to be for senior living. At Monday night's council meeting Burig's firm instead offered a change in their plan removing the age restrictions. In exchange they would agree not to build on the 25 acres for 36 months. "I have a lot of concerns on the way this has been handled," said Mayor George Lovett. "At the planning board and at our workshop you sold this as a development for "active seniors", those ages 55 and older, to meet federal guidelines. I see the need for that kind of development and wanted it to proceed ASAP. "Now you're saying you don't want to do that. I'm confused as to what you want to do." Burig added that if they couldn't get council to remove the age requirement, they wanted to withdraw the rezoning request. Council refused to remove the restriction and Burig removed the rezoning request. MORE: http://www.tcnewsnet.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=144177&TM=51449.44
May 31, 200718 yr From the 5/30/07 DDN: Judge limits developer's claims against residents By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer Wednesday, May 30, 2007 TROY — A Miami County judge Tuesday denied a Troy developer's request to amend a lawsuit against eight Troy area residents who organized a successful 2005 referendum drive. Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Welbaum said Troy Land Development will not be allowed to add claims of fraud, breach of contract and destruction of evidence to its suit against Richard and Lori Usserman, Roger Argabright, Glenn and Patricia Honeyman, Brad Adams and John and Laura Scott. Welbaum said the request was not filed in a timely manner. He also said there was no evidence that the claims were based on newly discovered evidence. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/30/ddn053007rulingweb.html Group plans to develop city lot on Lagonda Avenue Springfield News-Sun, 5/30/07 Redevelopment of the former International Truck and Engine site on Lagonda Avenue could pump millions into the economy. Springfield city commissioners held a public meeting Tuesday on a $2.2 million Clean Ohio application to clean up the 65-acre site. The Community Improvement Corporation has committed to develop one of the 10 lots, said Shannon Meadows, executive assistant to the city manager. It will construct a $1.5 million light industrial building there and lease the space. That could generate 28 new jobs and more than $142,000 in property taxes and $27,000 in income taxes annually. Other lots could be developed for an office or light industrial park, creating 650 jobs, more than $963,000 in property taxes and $594,000 in income taxes annually. West Liberty town hall renovation tops $1.7 million Bellefontaine Examiner, 5/30/07 A price tag of $1,710,000 was put on the possible restoration of the West Liberty town hall, it was announced Tuesday by the West Liberty Historical Society and the Town Hall Restoration Feasibility Study Committee. Schooley Caldwell, a Columbus firm that specializes in historic restorations and was involved in the renovations of Ohio’s Statehouse, completed the restoration report. Consultants believe the village hall has enough activity and historical and cultural significance that it is worth saving, said Grayson Atha, who is part of the feasibility committee. Built in 1868, the hall is one of a few remaining first-generation town halls in Ohio. It is used by West Liberty’s village council, Board of Public Affairs and Liberty Township Trustees, as well as the fire department and the cemetery board. A 180-seat opera house comprises the top floor. Defense firm to build new local offices Dayton Business Journal, 5/28/07 A local government contractor will quadruple its space and dive into the commercial market with the opening of a new headquarters this fall. Wright Materials Research Co. recently purchased two acres in the Apple Valley Business Park in Beavercreek and plans to break ground in June to build a 12,000-square-foot facility. The company, which develops light-weight composite materials, will keep its current 4,000-square-foot building less than a mile away. President Seng Tan expects Wright Materials to more than double its staff of nine by the end of 2008. He wouldn't disclose construction costs for the new facility. The lot sold for $130,000 April 27, according to Greene County property records. Wright Materials makes items such as aerospace products and material used in body armor and blast protection gear for the military and other government agencies. Bob Evans getting tax break for distribution center expansion Business First of Columbus, 5/28/07 Bob Evans Farms Inc. will save $231,000 in property taxes as the company expands its Springfield-area distribution center. The Columbus-based restaurant operator and foods producer received a seven-year, 60-percent tax abatement from Clark County on May 22. The company is spending nearly $8 million on a 65,000-square-foot expansion of the center, which opened in 2002. The 55,000-square-foot facility sits on 25 acres in Green Township, six miles from the company's Springfield production plant and 15 miles from another plant in Xenia. Clark County Administrator Darrell Howard said the company employs 43 workers at the center and has agreed to add 20 jobs in the next five years.
June 1, 200718 yr From the 5/31/07 DDN: Troy developer can't amend lawsuit involving referendum Dayton Daily News Thursday, May 31, 2007 TROY — A Miami County judge Tuesday denied a Troy developer's request to amend a lawsuit against eight Troy area residents who organized a successful 2005 referendum drive. Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Welbaum said Troy Land Development will not be allowed to add claims of fraud, breach of contract and destruction of evidence to its suit. Welbaum said the request was not filed in a timely manner and there was no proof the claims were based on new evidence. Troy Land Development filed the complaint last year accusing the residents of defamation, abuse of process, interference with a business relationship and civil conspiracy. The residents worked on a referendum that overturned the Troy City Council's rezoning of 57 acres near Concord Elementary School for the proposed Summerfield housing development. Welbaum earlier dismissed the developer's claims of abuse and interference. The residents counter sued, claiming retaliation. Trial in the suit and counterclaim is to start June 14. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/31/ddn053107developer.html Downtown business honored for building rehab project Xenia Daily Gazette, 5/31/07 Downtown visitors can easily recognize Xenia Shoe and Leather as one of the city's most appealing storefronts, so it's no big surprise that a statewide neighborhood improvement group recently recognized it as Ohio's best small building rehab project. Heritage Ohio named Xenia Shoe and Leather's historic facade renovation of 21-25 E. Main St. as the "Best Small Rehabilitation" at its Annual Preservation and Revitalization Awards Ceremony, May 17 in Cincinnati. Xenia City Council recognized the honor at last week's meeting, with Council President Patricia Felton thanking the store's owners for helping spruce up downtown. Timothy Sontag, who along with wife Lynn, moved their business into the century-old building in 1982, gave much of the credit to the Xenia Community Development Department, which provided his business with a deferred loan with funding from a federal community development block grant in 2006. Bringing a little country to the city Dayton Daily News, 5/31/07 Starting next week, people won't have to leave the city limits to get a taste of nature. Instead, they can drive down Dorset Road to the Miami County Park District's new Hobart Urban Nature Preserve. The 80-acre preserve is a work in progress, but is far enough along to open to visitors, said Jerry Eldred, park district executive director. "We are bringing a little of the country to the city, a bit of what people who live in rural areas experience every day," Eldred said. The nature preserve started taking shape a decade ago when members of Troy's Hobart, Howell and Bravo families donated 80 acres of undeveloped land that lies behind properties that front Dorset Road, Ridge Avenue, Main Street and McKaig Avenue.
June 3, 200718 yr From the 6/1/07 Lima News: Mercer officials pursuing new jail Bob Blake | [email protected] - 06.01.2007 CELINA — Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey has been on the speaker’s circuit of late. He hasn’t been asking for votes. The sessions are meant to get as much information as possible to voters who will be asked to support a tax increase to build a new jail. Grey and other Mercer County officials met this week to discuss the wording for ballot language. The approach settled on by Grey and county commissioners is a half-percent sales tax for 15 years. The actual language has yet to be agreed upon. “We’re looking at 15 years. That way it covers the cost of constructing a new jail as well as the increased cost to run it,” Grey said. “At the end of the 15 years, there would need to be a decision whether to renew it, ask for a quarter-percent income tax or for no tax at all.” Grey said discussions have been ongoing for four years on the prospect of building a new jail. The sheriff wants simple language so as not to confuse voters about the issue. MORE: http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=39082
June 6, 200718 yr From the 6/4/07 Dayton Business Journal: Hospital plots expansion in Beavercreek Dayton Business Journal - June 1, 2007 by Tracy Kershaw-Staley DBJ Staff Reporter The Beavercreek Health Center has run out of space for new doctors, Lavoie said. The network always has planned to expand there, and the need has come quickly with physician demand, he said. Greene County is becoming another battleground for local hospital expansion. Cities such as Beavercreek are among the region's fastest growing in both population and commercial development, and the county stands to gain even more residents as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base gains new operations in coming years. No plans have been filed with the city for the second phase of the Beavercreek Health Center, said Jeff McGrath, city planning director. Kettering Health has other designs on Greene County, joining with Xenia City Schools and the Greene County YMCA to plan a community center in Xenia. The community center, likely to be attached to a new Xenia high school, would include medical offices staffed by Kettering. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/06/04/story6.html From same: Railway fix aids local businesses Dayton Business Journal - June 1, 2007 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter A railway expansion project in Greenville will open 175 acres of farmland for the future widening of an industrial park. The more-than $1 million railway project is being used as a tool to boost economic development in Greenville, said Nancy Myers, city auditor and clerk of council. The project will extend the R.J. Corman Railroad Greenville to Ansonia branchline through the Greenville Industrial Park to service new tenants. The 4,600-foot rail line project has helped recruit Andersons Marathon Ethanol and incent Spartech Technologies Corp. to expand in the Greenville Industrial Park. It also will help build out the remaining 25 percent of the 275-acre park and open an opportunity for the city's economic development arm to develop the additional 175 acres of farmland south of the park, Myers said. Construction on the project should start in the coming weeks and be finished by late August or early September, Myers said. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/06/04/story3.html Residents concerned about rentals in St. Paris Urbana Daily Citizen, 6/5/07 Village council held a second reading on and public hearing for a proposed ordinance to rezone land along Walnut Street on Monday evening. Prior to the regular council session, a public hearing was held on an ordinance to rezone two parcels of land located across from the intersection of Walnut Street and Bowersock Avenue from an R-2 residential designation to an R-3 designation. The property is owned by Estel Ray Shore. Ron Riley is interested in constructing multi-family rental units on the property, which is proposed to include 10 buildings with three units in each building. During the hearing, Walnut Street resident Ed Conley questioned whether the units are designated as low-income. Riley was not present for the public hearing but did answer questions during council's regular session. He said they are not low-income units. Hospital to double size of medical office Dayton Business Journal, 6/4/07 Wilson Memorial Hospital is in the midst of an expansion of its medical office near Fort Laramie. The 1,500-square-foot addition will double the size of the building, which houses the family practice of Dr. Michael Ballas. The project will cost $300,000 and Wilson Memorial expects to complete the construction in July. The office opened in 2000 when Wilson Memorial, a Sidney hospital, decided it needed a family practice in the Fort Laramie area. "It's to better accommodate our patients and allow more room for employees and staff," said Wilson Memorial spokeswoman Margo O'Leary. The project includes an expanded lobby and waiting room area, three new patient exam rooms, a larger laboratory and additional nursing and staff work areas. Hobart nature preserve opens today Dayton Daily News, 6/4/07 The first official look at the Hobart Urban Nature Preserve will come today with a grand opening program and guided tours of the preserve being developed on 80 acres surrounded by residential streets. Development of the preserve on former farm land donated to the Miami County Park District a decade ago by the William and Peter Hobart, William Howell and Robert Bravo families of the Hobart Brothers Co. will take years, but it is far enough along that it's being opened to visitors. Walking tours will follow an 11 a.m. opening ceremony, with a second tour planned for 7 p.m. for those unable to attend the morning events. The park is behind houses along Dorset Road, Ridge Avenue, McKaig Avenue and West Main Street. Jerry Eldred, county park district executive director, said the preserve is a work in progress, with more than $1.3 million spent so far on elements such as a lake, wetlands, prairies and a walking trail. "You won't find benches, playground equipment. You will find birds, wildlife," Eldred said.
June 7, 200718 yr From the 6/5/07 DDN: Good Samaritan Hospital to build new heart center By Kevin Lamb Staff Writer Tuesday, June 05, 2007 DAYTON — Good Samaritan Hospital will build a dedicated heart center within its walls, similar to but larger than the unit Kettering Medical Center announced a year ago today. The $18 million facility, called Good Samaritan Heart and Vascular Hospital, will occupy 75,000 square feet on the bottom three floors of Seton Tower, spokeswoman Michelle Zendah said. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with part of it opening next summer. The new unit will have 84 beds in private rooms and a separate Benson Drive entrance with adjacent parking. Like Kettering's, it will be connected to the emergency department and include all cardiac diagnostic and treatment services. The two new heart units will compete with 47-bed Dayton Heart Hospital, which opened in 1999 with Good Samaritan doctors as leaders. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/05/ddn060507heartweb.html Buddhist temple coming to Kettering Dayton Daily News, 6/6/07 A building permit has been issued to members of Shinnyo-en to build a Buddhist temple at 5727 Bigger Road, the city's chief building official said. Shinnyo-en is a lay Buddhist organization serving the needs of Shinnyo-en followers and their communities throughout the U.S. When the $300,000 project is completed, it will be the first Buddhist temple in Kettering and one of two in the greater Dayton area. "Kettering is a diverse community that welcomes new ideas and customs," said the city official, Terry Welker. "The space was previously a multitenant unit. I'm not sure when construction will begin, but they've got the green light to go forward."
June 8, 200718 yr From the 6/7/07 DDN: Condo plans again tabled By Katherine Ullmer Staff Writer Thursday, June 07, 2007 CENTERVILLE — The Springfield developer planning to put a 60-unit condominium complex at the southwest corner of Alex-Bell Road and Wilmington Pike will have to wait a bit longer. In May 2006, the Centerville Planning Commission tabled its decision on the special approval request to give developer Craig Crossley time to answer the commission's concerns regarding 19 conditions for approval, especially those regarding how emergency equipment will access the development and the need for completing James Karras Drive, a proposed road extension for added access. The commission took the case off the table at its May 29 meeting but, after lengthy discussion, tabled it again in a 5-1 vote. "We're looking exactly at the same plan that got tabled last year," said commission member James Durham. "This should have been a final plan, taking into consideration the recommendations of staff." MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/neighbors/2007/06/07/ddn060707z2plan.html Plan in place for CareFlight Field Dayton Daily News, 6/7/07 Once school's out, officials expect to get back to work on the $11 million partnership to build a medical and school office building and refurbish newly renamed CareFlight Field. "One thing at a time," Superintendent David Baker said last week during a brief break from tending to final details leading up to graduation. First on the agenda: installation of artificial turf in time for the start of football season in the fall. Once the turf is in place, school and Premier Health Partners' officials said they planned to refocus on the $9 million, 40,000-square-foot office building intended to house school and medical offices, on school grounds behind the stadium as well the rest of $1.9 million in improvements planned to the stadium. June 2009 is the target date for opening the building expected to house coaches, locker rooms, exercise rooms and other school facilities, as well doctors and specialists from Miami Valley Hospital, SureCare Medical Center, Fair Oaks Orthopedists and the Atrium Medical Center, the new Middletown Regional Hospital, two exits south on Interstate 75.
June 12, 200718 yr From the 6/11/07 Dayton Business Journal: New home projects on deck for Greene County Dayton Business Journal - June 8, 2007 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter Greene County is popping with plans for more housing with two new developments on tap in Beavercreek and Cedarville townships. Officials expect home construction to start this year on both projects, totaling 168 homes. Those projects are part of six new developments that will plant more than 1,000 homes in Greene County in the coming years. In spite of the downturn in the housing market, the area continues to bud with new developments. "Beavercreek has been a hotbed for residential housing," said Joe Harkleroad, president of Cedarville-based Brentwood Builders. "(And) the county is expanding to the east. There's no question about it." Greene County is attractive to builders because of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, new jobs expected to come there and due to the growth along the Interstate 675 corridor, said Walt Hibner, executive director of the Home Builders Association of Dayton and the Miami Valley. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/06/11/story5.html
June 15, 200717 yr From the 6/14/07 DDN: Bethany Village expansion project gets started By Katherine Ullmer Staff Writer Thursday, June 14, 2007 CENTERVILLE — The $35 million Bethany Village expansion project has begun. Those traveling down Far Hills Avenue can't miss seeing the tall chain link fence recently erected around an area at the northeast end of the complex. But that's a staging area for construction trailers and construction parking. Six of the 30 new villas will be constructed west of that area, with most of the rest along the new lake road in the middle of the complex. Construction of the villas is slated to begin in late summer, with completion of the first 22 in late summer 2008, said Bill Serr, president and CEO of Graceworks Lutheran Services. The master plan expansion, approved by Centerville City Council at the beginning of the year, will include a Village Center, 30 independent-living apartments with a two-story parking garage and a new 56-unit memory support center for people with Alzheimer's and other memory loss. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/neighbors/2007/06/14/ddn061407z2bethany.html From same: Residents, Troy developers settle court battle By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer Thursday, June 14, 2007 TROY — After months of heated court filings followed by negotiations in the past week, Troy developers and eight area residents who targeted the Summerfield housing project with a successful 2005 referendum signed a settlement Wednesday. Judge Jeffrey Welbaum of Miami County Common Pleas Court confirmed the agreement by asking representatives of Troy Land Development and the residents to say in court that they understood the agreement and would follow its provisions. As part of the agreement, a plan for the 57 acres south of Ohio 718 will be filed with the city soon. The residents have had input on that plan and agreed not to oppose it as it moves through the zoning process, said Jose Lopez, lawyer for the residents, and Jessica Minesinger, developer representing Troy Land Development. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/14/ddn061407refersuit.html Architect's plans for Groby's site questioned Dayton Daily News, 6/14/07 A public hearing June 4 on plans for Charlotte Gardens, the former Groby's site on Far Hills Avenue, left the commissioners with more questions than answers. James Alt, an architect representing the owner, shared renderings of "softer, friendlier" street furnishings, such as lamp poles and benches. He showed photos of streets in Ann Arbor, Mich., which have sidewalk cafes and said that Charlotte Gardens would have similar seating along Far Hills among the seven buildings planned for the site. He showed a drawing of a building of a planned headquarters for First Financial Bank. Commissioner Dale Kress indicated that he was not pleased with the presentation. Elder-Beerman coming down in Kettering Dayton Daily News, 6/13/07 Demolition of the former Elder-Beerman department store in Kettering is expected to begin today as the site's owner moves forward with plans to redevelop the property. Beerman Realty Co. is planning to replace the two-story vacant building with a retail development. The local firm has signed as its first tenant O'Reilly Automotive — a Springfield, Mo.-based retailer of auto parts and tools. O'Reilly also plans to open its first local store on Needmore Road in mid-July, said David Turney, a spokesman for the company. Since recently opening a distribution center in Indianapolis, O'Reilly has been making a steady push into surrounding markets, Turney said. "I would expect more stores to open in the Dayton area, once we get ourselves established," he said. "It all depends on the competition and the market demand."
June 16, 200717 yr From the 6/16/07 Springfield News-Sun: Energy-effecient ammenities to help new high school By Rick Rouan Staff Writer Friday, June 15, 2007 Who turned out the lights? Students at the new Springfield High School might ask themselves that same question when the building opens in 2008 with a new motion sensor lighting system. Each classroom will feature motion sensor lighting set on a timer to turn out lights when movement is not detected for an allotted amount of time, said Steve Midgley, project superintendent for the construction manager. The school also will feature a boiler system that is only less efficient than a geothermal heating system, Midgley said, adding that the one-time startup costs of the geothermal system are just too high. Four boilers will heat the 2,400 students in the new building, which is almost a quarter mile from end to end, Midgley said. In the next month, Midgley said the company could set some permanent stairways and should receive fabricated exterior wall panels to enclose the classroom section of the divided building. The last step in the buildings construction will begin as soon as school lets out next year when the company will demolish the old high school, clear out the demolition area and pave a new parking lot, Midgley said. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/15/sns061607construction.html
June 20, 200717 yr Link contains a photo. From the 6/18/07 Dayton Business Journal: Farm site to become senior housing 332 units set for Bonnybrook Farm Dayton Business Journal - June 15, 2007 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter Developers are moving forward on a 332-unit senior housing community set to sprout on the former Bonnybrook Farm site in Washington Township. Township trustees in early June reviewed plans and held a public hearing on the project, White Oak, geared toward folks age 62 and up. Brentwood Builders in Cedarville is the builder for the project, and David O'Neil of QI Exchange Corp. is the developer. Following approval, developers are slated to begin construction on the first phase of the project -- a 185,000-square-foot lodge containing housing and amenities including a cafeteria, bank and barber shop -- and finish that phase within a year of the start date, said Jo Postle, development services director for the township. The senior community, on 85 acres on Clyo Road across from the upscale Saddle Creek single-family home project to be developed, has several housing components, including: * 49, 2,000-square-foot single-family detached homes; * 168, 1,500-square-foot cottage homes attached in two, three or four units per building; and * 115, 1,000-square-foot apartments attached to the large lodge complex. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/06/18/story4.html Site plan approved Beavercreek News-Current, 6/14/07 A specific site plan for an office building on the northeast corner of New Germany Trebein Road and Royal Gateway was recently approved by Beavercreek City Council. Plans call for the three-story, 83,294-square-foot building to include a one-story, 10,760-square-foot auditorium for Advance Technical Intelligence Center-Human Capital Development (ATIC-HCD). "The proposed development is a continuation of the ongoing office development in this corridor, developed by Mills-Morgan, which has become known as Pentagon Park," according to the staff report.
June 21, 200717 yr From the 6/19/07 Eaton Register-Herald: Funds possible for Preble Leslie Collins Editor Last week, Ohio Sen. Keith Faber announced an amendment providing Preble County with $50,000 from the Department of Development was included as part of House Bill 119, the state budget bill, which the Senate approved earlier in the week. According to information provided by Faber's office, the funds were earmarked "for the development of a commerce center." The "commerce center" at the center of the amendment is the area county economic development officials have marketed as "Goose Creek Crossing." Under this amendment, the Department of Development will allocate $50,000 for the construction of a commerce center which will be located at the U.S. 127-Interstate 70 interchange, according to Faber. The center will serve as an economic development tool for the region by providing space for offices and retail close to a major roadway, officials said. MORE: http://www.registerherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=125042&TM=78211.67
June 23, 200717 yr From the 6/22/07 DDN: Beavercreek city schools board wants $89.3M for new schools Bond issue for three facilities to ease overcrowding may wind up on November ballot. By Christopher Magan Staff Writer Friday, June 22, 2007 BEAVERCREEK — School overcrowding forces students to attend classes in hallways and sometimes eat lunch on the cafeteria floor, board member Richard Eckhardt said. Situations such as those prompted the Beavercreek City School District to take the first step in its desire to build three schools to solve the overcrowding problem. The board decided Thursday night to ask voters to approve an $89.3 million bond request in November. "If the bond request is approved, district officials plan to build a preschool, elementary and middle schools. The high school also will be expanded and existing buildings will be renovated. The new middle school will be built on 89 acres near Indian Ripple and Alpha-Bellbrook roads. The exact millage and cost per $100,000 of property valuation needs to be determined by the state auditor, but district Treasurer Stephen Maag estimated it will be about 3.7 mills. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/22/ddn062207bcreek.html New Senior Housing: Lyons Place Dayton Extra, 6/21/07 The Dayton City Commission has approved an agreement with the St. Mary Development Corporation that will allow development of Lyons Place, a 67-unit senior housing building planned for a now-vacant area of the Dayton VA Medical Center campus. The agreement will direct $440,000 in federal HOME funds to the project, which will bring a total investment of $9.6 million to the Southwest Priority Board area. Huffman Prairie Bikeway to open Monday with fanfare Xenia Daily Gazette, 6/21/07 The Huffman Prairie Bikeway will have its grand opening ceremony on Monday at 10 a.m. The bike path has been several years in the making. Many people helped secure funding, including Senator Mike DeWine and Congressman David Hobson. The value of this project was estimated at $1.7 million. The grand opening will have several elements. There will be a ribbon cutting, a plaque unveiling and an appearance by Hobson. The bikeway was conceptualized in 1991 and received Veteran's Administration/Housing and Urban Development funding. The original trail started at Central Avenue and ended at Skyline Drive at the Wright Brothers' Memorial. This new segment runs from the west end of the Fairborn Wright Brothers' Huffman Prairie Bikeway and ends at Huffman Reserve at Marl Road. The trail also features a bridge with a polycarbonate composite deck and a tunnel leading under State Route 444.
June 23, 200717 yr From the 6/22/07 Urbana Daily Citizen: Douglas Inn will soon have new owners KATHLEEN FOX Assistant Editor The Douglas Inn on Monument Square is slated to be transferred from the Community Improvement Corporation to Miami Scioto Holdings, a for-profit arm of the Miami Scioto Development Company on Monday, according to representatives of CIC and MSD. The sale price is $80,000. John Doss, an MSD officer, said a for-profit arm of MSD had to be formed to take advantage of state tax credits that recently became available to redevelop historic properties. The window for applying for these credits is small. An Ohio Department of Development Web site states applications for this refundable Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit can be made July 2. Only 100 certifications will be granted this year to owners of historic buildings. Doss said he and partners Jon Umstead and Pat Thackery want to be among the first to apply for the tax credits. He said they should know by the end of July whether they have been successful. More at http://www.urbanacitizen.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=144269&TM=57404.91
June 25, 200717 yr From the 6/23/07 Tipp City Herald: Council approves plans for senior living campus By MIKE KELLY Managing Editor Tipp City Council approved the preliminary plan for the Fieldstone Place Senior Living Campus Planned Residential Subdivision during Monday night's meeting. The 44.5 acre development will be located near the intersection of County Road 25A and Evanston which is known by many local residents as the Old Coppock Farm property. The Planning Board reviewed the proposal at their June 12 meeting and the plan received their recommendation. In 2004 City Council approved the rezoning of the site from Conservation District to Planned Residential with the agreement that owners of the land, Rick Mosier and David Dodd, wouldn't develop the land for the first 26 months. On February 15, the terms of the provision expired allowing the property owners to proceed with the development process. It will be developed in six phases over the next six to 10 years. The first phase will include a memory center and assisted living units. There will also be congregate living apartments and independent cottages. MORE: http://www.tcnewsnet.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=144426&TM=47551.59 From the 6/18/07 Centerville-Bellbrook Times: District buys 28 acres from township Centerville City Schools has purchased 28 acres of land from Washington Township along Social Row Road that will be set aside for a future elementary and middle school, according to school officials. The land, located west of Watch Hill Lane, will help the school district meet its long-term planning needs while protecting the parcel from more intensive types of development. The acreage will remain undeveloped for at least 10 to 15 years. The land is part of a 71-acre parcel purchased by Washington Township in 2001 at the northeast corner of Sheehan and Social Row roads. About half farmland and half woods, the property is bounded by the Centerville City Schools transportation center to the north. With the sale of property to Centerville schools, Washington Township will retain 119 acres along Social Row Road, an area that will be preserved as open space or used for parks and recreation. The parcel extends from Dayton-Lebanon pike past the northwest side of Watch Hill Lane to Sheehan Road. MORE: http://www.tcnewsnet.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=260&ArticleID=144373&TM=46840.22
June 25, 200717 yr From the 4/24/07 DDN: Oakwood council approves 125 luxury home development By Helen Bebbington Contributing Writer Tuesday, April 24, 2007 OAKWOOD — The proposal to develop Sugar Camp was approved Monday by the City Council. Sugar Camp is being developed jointly by the Oakwood Investment Group and the Versant Group. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/04/23/ddn042407oakwood.html
June 26, 200717 yr From the 6/25/07 Dayton Business Journal: Rare $38M project planned for Miami County Dayton Business Journal - June 22, 2007 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter A landowner is rolling out plans for a $38 million housing development, the first new home project to emerge in rural Miami County in a decade. John Updike is working on rezoning 106 acres of land in Concord Township, three miles south of Troy, to residential housing. Updike, a computer programmer by trade, is unsure whether he will sell the land or develop it himself. He is planning for 108 homes ranging in size from 2,000 square feet to 2,500 square feet and priced from $300,000 and $400,000. Construction could start as early as next year. The plans come at a contentious time for residential housing in Miami County. On one side of the issue are Troy citizens, who oppose some developments because they say there is enough housing stock in the area. On the other side are developers and industry experts, who say the housing stock is not overflowing and is lacking in variety. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/06/25/story5.html
June 28, 200717 yr From the 6/27/07 DDN: Troy administrator asks for halt to new housing Voters have rejected rezonings for new housing three times since 2003 and city officials have taken note. By Doug Page Staff Writer Wednesday, June 27, 2007 TROY — The Planning Commission today could recommend to the City Council a 3-year moratorium on new housing developments. Patrick Titterington, the city's top administrator, is asking for the halt because "there lingers in the community and amongst certain members of council concerns regarding the pace, diversity and concentration of new housing." Since 2003, city voters have overturned council rezonings for new housing three times. "I believe that the community arguments may have some merit," the director of public service and safety wrote fellow planning commissioners. "I definitely believe we need to do more in the community to find out why people are voting against it," said Marty Baker, 2nd Ward councilwoman and council president-elect. Baker twice voted against the planned development rezoning of 291 acres on the city's northeast edge for Honey Creek, which was soundly defeated in November. In March, the council approved an identical rezoning for the property. That rezoning could face a challenge in another November referendum. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/27/ddn062707troy.html Huffman Prairie Bikeway opens Fairborn Daily Herald, 6/26/07 Rain threatened to fall during the dedication ceremony for the T-Connector section of Fairborn's Wright Brothers' Huffman Prairie Bikeway and the re-dedication of the North Country National Scenic Trail on Monday morning, but thankfully the rain stayed away until the close of the ceremony. "We need the rain," said Congressman Hobson, "but if it could just hold out..." The hour long event included Congressman David Hobson of US House of Representatives; Ken Howell of the a National Park Service representing the North Country Scenic Trail; Colonel James Strickler, Vice Commander 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Colonel Strickler, in his speech, mentioned the teamwork involved in the building of the T-Connector. "This is a fine example of the fine relationship Wright Patterson has with Dayton and the surrounding communities." He went on to say this bridge is connecting "places that speak to the history of the United States and all of its citizens." In Congressman Hobson's opening remarks, he said, "One of the greatest things about being a congressman is days like today -- you get to get out and see things getting done."
July 4, 200717 yr From the 7/3/07 DDN: School board member sues board over Roosevelt Joe Lacey claims laws requiring open meetings were violated when board decided high school's fate. By Scott Elliot Staff Writer Tuesday, July 03, 2007 DAYTON — — Dayton Public Schools board member Joe Lacey filed a lawsuit Friday against the board claiming it violated Ohio laws requiring open meetings while deciding the fate of Roosevelt High School last year. Lacey's complaint in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court asks for an injunction blocking the district from demolishing Roosevelt, ordering the board deliberate and vote in public and $500 plus court costs and attorney's fees. Board President Yvonne Isaacs said the board did nothing wrong. "I feel confident that we did take a vote in a public meeting and did everything in compliance with the law," she said. The future of Roosevelt High School was considered over three years beginning in 2003 when the board emptied the building and named a task force to examine options for its use. A merged proposal from two groups of developers ultimately was rejected, with board members saying they were not convinced the plan had enough financing. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/02/ddn070307lacey.html Old Edison Elementary to be leveled by winter, replaced in 2009 Dayton Daily News, 7/1/07 Edison Elementary School will be demolished by winter leaving a vacant lot on a Broadway Street site that has held a school at least since the 1930s. But the lot won't stay vacant for long. A new Edison Elementary will rise on the site by 2009, and the replacement school will be designed to connect more tightly with the community around the school. During the last school year, Edison was one of three Dayton schools participating in the Neighborhood School Center pilot project, an initiative to make school buildings hubs of activity and community service. Most of Edison's approximately 400 students have arrived at the school by bus over the last few decades because Dayton Public Schools have been busing students to improve racial balance since the 1970s. When the new Edison opens it will be part of a return to neighborhood schools in Dayton, and principal Antoinette Adkins hopes that most of her students will come from the area surrounding the school. School district officials mentioned that Edison and Allen schools would close during a May meeting when the school board outlined cost cuts associated with the failure of a school levy in May. Deputy superintendent Debra Braithwaite, however, said the Edison closing was already planned and was not directly related to the levy failure. Wright Materials to break ground Dayton Daily News, 6/30/07 Wright Materials Research Co. will break ground for its new home in Beavercreek's Apple Valley Business Park on July 3, the company building the facility said Friday. Wright Materials — which handles industry- and government-sponsored research projects on composite materials and more — will be based on Executive Drive in the business park. Today, the company is found at 1187 Richfield Center, also in Beavercreek. The new office will have 12,000 square feet with room on the lot for an additional 12,000 square feet within three to five years, said Vandalia builder Bon Builders, which contracted with Wright Materials to design and build the facility. In 2001, Wright Materials won the Tibbetts Award, issued by the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Technology for accomplishments in "innovation research," the company said.
July 9, 200717 yr From the 7/8/07 DDN: New bids sought for school project The scaled-down Dayton program means a lower fee, which may bring in a new management company By Scott Elliott Staff Writer Sunday, July 08, 2007 DAYTON — — John Danis wants his company to finish the job of managing the city's 10-year, $627 million school construction program. But Danis, chief executive officer of Dayton-based Danis Construction, said a partnership that includes his company soon will be off the project. The state is taking bids for new management for the remaining two-thirds of the program to rebuild all of Dayton's schools. Danis, in partnership with two other companies, has managed school construction in the city since the program began in 2002. But negotiations with the state to keep that team together for the next building phase broke down over money. State officials say Dayton's program is now smaller after seven schools were dropped from the plan last year because declining enrollment. Danis said a corresponding 25 percent reduction in the management fee made sticking with the project a bad business move for his company. The overall management fee on the roughly $100 million first phase of the program was $8.9 million. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/07/ddn070807skulbuild.html From same: Board searching for local firms for school plan Three schools are to open in 2007; minority-owned company participation is below goal of 35 percent. By Scott Elliott Staff Writer Sunday, July 08, 2007 DAYTON — — For Dayton Public Schools, changing construction managers for the next phase of its school building project could further complicate efforts to include more local and minority-owned companies on its jobs. Since the $627 million, 10-year program began in 2002, schools have largely been built on schedule and on budget. The one big area where the district has missed its targets has been on including minority-owned companies. The program, which will build 27 new or completely rehabilitated schools by 2012, is a partnership between the state and the city school district. Because Dayton is a high poverty district, the state is funding about two-thirds of the cost of the total building program. Dayton's share is paid for by a $245 million voter-approved 2002 bond issue. By law those funds are separate from the district's operating money and can only be used for school construction. That's why work on new schools continues even after the district laid off more than 400 people in June. Three schools are scheduled to open in 2007 — the rebuilt Stivers School for the Arts on Fifth Street, a new school called Rosa Parks Elementary School on Kings Highway and Thurgood Marshall High School on Hoover Avenue, which replaces Colonel White High School. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/07/ddn070807skulbuildinside.html Centerville Mall facade to get face-lift Dayton Daily News, 7/5/07 The old 8½-acre Kmart site at the northeast corner of South Main Street and East Spring Valley Road soon will be getting a face-lift, adding a bit of a Southwest flair in an eye-catching central entrance. The Centerville Planning Commission approved the new facade for the shopping center, currently called the Centerville Mall, at its June 26 meeting. It also approved additional parking on the north end of the site. The facade will consist of EIFS (exterior finish insulation system) made to look like brick. The commission and applicant, James Alt, of ALT Architecture of Beavercreek, is doing the design work for the Unified Developers Group of Miamisburg, a group of developers that bought the property about a year and a half ago. Aldi to expand current facility Springfield News-Sun, 7/5/07 Aldi, the German-owned grocery chain best known for its limited selection of ultra low-priced items, is in the process of adding 122,700 square feet to its distribution center in the Prime-Ohio Industrial Park, at 4400 South Charleston Pike, according to Divisional Vice President Dan Gavin. Ground breaking for the $5 million dollar project took place just over a month ago, and according to Gavin, construction is expected to be completed in about nine months. The expansion, which will double the current refrigerated and frozen storage capacity, came about in great part due to the "changing demands of the customer who now looks for more refrigerated and frozen goods," he said. The finished facility will include upgrades benefiting employees including new office space, break rooms and a conference room. This expansion will bring the Springfield facility up to the capacity of most of Aldi's other 17 U.S. distributorships, he said.
July 9, 200717 yr $7M retail center on tap for Brookville near I-70 http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/07/09/story5.html?b=1183953600^1486350 Brookville is getting what it's been awaiting for the past decade: Development north of Interstate 70. Developers are planning a $7 million retail center on four acres north of the highway. For more information, click above link. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 9, 200717 yr It might be nice to add the 'M' after the '$7' in the title for this thread...I thought it was some sort of joke [a $7 retail center].
July 9, 200717 yr It might be nice to add the 'M' after the '$7' in the title for this thread...I thought it was some sort of joke [a $7 retail center]. Yeah, I thought maybe it was an "upscale" version of the dollar store. ;)
July 9, 200717 yr It might be nice to add the 'M' after the '$7' in the title for this thread...I thought it was some sort of joke [a $7 retail center]. Seeing how it's related to PAYLESS SHOES... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 10, 200717 yr Is there another Brookville other than the Lake Brookville town. This is kinda got me confused because the Brookville I am thinking of is closer to I-74 than I-70.
July 10, 200717 yr Oh Brookville Ohio, Been a long day and I am responding without googleatizing it! Sorry for the wasted thread!
July 14, 200717 yr From the 7/12/07 DDN: Moss Creek developers regroup Trotwood Council hears plans for the Highlands, a new phase of golf-course housing. By Toni Coleman Contributing Writer Thursday, July 12, 2007 TROTWOOD — After nearly six years without new construction at the Moss Creek subdivision, the Trotwood City Council heard a public hearing on opening a new planned unit development — the Highlands of Moss Creek. The project would be along the north portion at Westbrook Road and west of sections 1 and 2 of the Moss Creek subdivision. Carl Daugherty, planning and zoning administrator, along with Tom Cassady, former golf professional and key developer for Signature Sites Development Group, briefed the council at its July 2 meeting. Cassady cited his 35-year involvement in developing single- and multifamily homes and golf course communities. Builders will be Hills Community Homes for nongolf lots and Ashford Homes for golf lots. Homes will range from $250,000 to $400,000. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/neighbors/2007/07/12/ddn071207z6trotwood.html From the 7/12/07 Yellow Springs News: Part of Birch III development stalled By Lauren Heaton The Birch III residential development off of Glen View Road has taken longer than expected to sell its 40 lots, Village Planning Commission members said during their meeting Monday, July 9. They and several neighbors who live adjacent to the plat expressed concern and disappointment during the meeting that in the past year, the vacant properties have not been maintained to the standard its developers agreed to when they won approval for their project two years ago. Section 2 of the Birch III development came before plan board for reapproval on Monday because the Village’s approval in December 2005 had expired before the performance bond for section 2 could be secured. Though construction bonds for section 2 are now in place, plan board had concerns that, before they reapprove the final plan for section 2, the developers of the property need to complete the construction of the plat as indicated in their original plan. Specifically, plan board reapproved the final plan for section 2 at Monday’s meeting on the condition that Purple Sage LLC, the developer of the plat, complete six items on a list of about 40 improvements still to be completed before Village Council considers final approval of that section at its meetings on July 16 and Aug. 6. The six items were to reconstruct the plat’s silt dikes and fencing, maintain vegetation along the bicycle path, mow, grade and seed the plat, complete some sidewalks, repair damage to Glen View Road, and clear the streets of rubble and debris. Council will also consider extending the $500,000 performance bond for the entire plat, which expires this month, for another six months to give the developers time to complete all 40 construction items, including paving the roads, constructing sidewalks, regrading swales and plugging a water valve on Hyde Road. MORE: http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2007/07/071207_birchIII.html Group faithfully fixes up houses Dayton Daily News, 7/12/07 Renew Brookville, a group consisting of Brookville-area church members, has all the tools, and has begun to put a fresh coat of paint on their community. With financial support from THRIVENT, a national Lutheran non-profit organization that assists outreach programs through Brookville Community Church, Renew Brookville helps homeowners maintain city property code when they are physically and/or financially unable to. Renew Brookville is made up of people ages 16 to 70 years old who share nothing but a common faith, but come together during the week to work on a house in need. "We love our neighbors as we love ourselves. We're willing to do whatever we can to help those who need it," said Renew team leader Todd Newhart. The city of Brookville benefits from the program, because Renew helps to maintain city property code. "This group, taking a house and bringing it up to code-enhances property value of the house and the neighborhood," said Jim Snedeker, who is in charge of zoning, permits and inspections for the city of Brookville. The merchants in the area also benefit, as all supplies for the repairs come from area retailers. "The merchants of Brookville have really stepped up," Newhart said. "They're giving us discount prices for this project, which helps our budget." Center to add units, specialized care Dayton Daily News, 7/12/07 The Summit at Park Hills assisted living center in Fairborn is adding 24 units that will offer personalized care for residents with Alzheimer's, dementia and memory loss. The $3.5 million construction project will begin in August and should be finished by the end of 2008. The new facility will be called the Samara Memory Care facility. "The numbers are staggering as far as dealing with Alzheimer's and related dementia," said Todd Spittal, president of Provision Living, LLC, which operates The Summit at Park Hills. "There's a huge unmet need. We have approaches and programs that can meet these needs in a cost-effective way." Spittal said the Samara Memory Care facility will have a unique intake process for its residents. Local developer purchases downtown building Bellefontaine Examiner, 7/11/07 Local developer Jason Duff hopes to turn a former downtown Bellefontaine department store into a drawing card for the community. Mr. Duff, president and chief executive officer of Comstor, recently purchased the former Stage building for $218,000 at a sheriff’s auction. “I bought it with my heart,” he said. “I was concerned about what would happen to it if it was purchased by someone from outside the community.” His heart aside, Mr. Duff realizes the building with its 13,000 square feet of commercial space has to make money. He is asking members of the Downtown Bellefontaine Partnership and others in the community if they think a restaurant and banquet center will make it at the 104 S. Main St. location. German firm to build headquarters in Springfield Springfield News-Sun, 7/11/07 A German concrete form manufacturer will build its U.S. headquarters at AirparkOhio. MEVA Framework Systems will build a 40,000-square-foot warehouse and office space. Springfield commissioners agreed to sell the company six acres at the park for $162,000 at their meeting Tuesday night. They also approved a $90,000 employment incentive grant based on the company employing 25 people, including 10 new positions, within 36 months. The average salary will be about $12.50 an hour.
July 16, 200717 yr From the 7/11/07 Tipp City Herald: Planning board approves Eidemiller rezoning request By MIKE KELLY Managing Editor The Tipp City Planning Board gave their approval Tuesday night to rezone a 75 acre tract of land into a 68 acre tract Planned Residential and the remainder Planned Commercial. The entire site located along W. Kessler-Cowlesvill Road, know as the Eidemiller property, is now zoned Industrial. The developer of the site, David Burig, of H.D. Living intends to build "active adult" or luxury condos. Initial plans call for 20 pods consisting of four condos each. "We are targeting the units for empty nesters and baby boomers," Burig said. Burig presented a similar plan before council, in May, which received a lukewarm reception by city council. In a special meeting last month with council and planning board members, Burig presented the new version of the plan. Planning Board member Mark Springer said he was against the plan in the beginning because of what might be built in the commercial part of the site. Burig stated they will not be building anything that would be included in a Highway Service zoning including drive through, car washes, bars, auto repair, etc., which are now allowed. Instead he said the tenants would be more along the lines of professional office buildings, medical facilities, light research and development firms, churches, etc. MORE: http://www.tcnewsnet.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=144547&TM=52096 Red Cross to expand Xenia emergency housing facility Xenia Daily Gazette, 7/13/07 The Greene County Emergency Housing Program will break ground later this year on a new transitional housing wing thanks to two grants -- one public, one private -- totaling more than $750,000. The program, a part of the Dayton-area chapter of the American Red Cross, moved into its current building in 1990 and has been short on space from day one, said Marlene Elliott, advisory board chair. The combined grants will pay for a new seven-unit transitional housing wing built next to the current six-unit emergency housing wing at 1080 E. Main St., which also houses the program's office. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency approved $428,500 for the project -- about $90,000 more than was requested -- from its Housing Development Assistance Program. The private grant of $334,125 came from an affordable housing program of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati.
July 17, 200717 yr Also posted in the Dayton restaurants thread. From the 7/16/07 Dayton Business Journal: Miller Lane development lands tenants Dayton Business Journal - July 13, 2007 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter There's no slowdown in sight for new development on Miller Lane in Butler Township. Singer Properties -- the Dayton-based developer of much of the area -- has built a 20,000-square-foot retail center that will house a half dozen new tenants, potentially including the second location for The Dublin Pub, a popular Irish bar in the Oregon District. The retail center is part of Singer's York Commons, a 100-acre commercial district home to Wal-Mart Super Center, Office Depot, and Olive Garden, among many others, set right off Interstate 75, near Interstate 70. Most recently, a New Orleans Bistro opened there mid-July. The new building on York Commons Boulevard has several tenants committed to the space, said Alex Kolodesh of Singer Properties and Kolodesh Development: * Cork-N-Vine, a locally owned wine retail shop and wine bar, will open its second location in a 4,000-square-foot space in about two months; * Petland, a national pet store retail chain, will open in a 6,800-square-foot space in about two months; * Cincinnati Bell plans to open a shop in a 1,500-square-foot space; and * GameStop, a national video game retail chain, opened in a 1,600-square-foot space in July. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/07/16/story3.html From the 7/16/07 Springfield News-Sun: Springfield High coming into focus Construction is on schedule. About 8 to 10 precast concrete walls are going up each day, project leader says. By Lucas Sullivan Staff Writer Monday, July 16, 2007 There's now a face to put with the name. Workers started putting the outside walls on the new Springfield High School this week as the skeleton structure is showing what its completed appearance will look like. At least on the outside. Construction is progressing on schedule, said Steve Midgley, the project's superintendent for Ruscilli/Kapp Construction. The precast concrete outside walls have been going up in the back of the school since July 9, providing the backdrop for the classrooms. "We are getting about 8 to 10 done a day," he said. "It's something we've been waiting to see for awhile. It's one of those things that shows we are starting to make very good progress." The fabricated walls — complete with layers of insulation over concrete — come as one solid piece from a concrete pourer near Cleveland and take about an hour to anchor, Midgley said. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/15/sns071607skulupdate.html
July 19, 200717 yr Center to add units, specialized care BY JOANNE CLODFELTER | DAYTON DAILY NEWS July 12, 2007 FAIRBORN — The Summit at Park Hills assisted living center in Fairborn is adding 24 units that will offer personalized care for residents with Alzheimer's, dementia and memory loss. The $3.5 million construction project will begin in August and should be finished by the end of 2008. The new facility will be called the Samara Memory Care facility. "The numbers are staggering as far as dealing with Alzheimer's and related dementia," said Todd Spittal, president of Provision Living, LLC, which operates The Summit at Park Hills. "There's a huge unmet need. We have approaches and programs that can meet these needs in a cost-effective way." Spittal said the Samara Memory Care facility will have a unique intake process for its residents. The staff will evaluate each resident using a combination of observation, life history and talking with family members to find out who the person is, including personality, hobbies and interests, along with what makes the person happy.
July 19, 200717 yr Lakeside marina plans for Caesar Creek hit choppy waters Some boaters oppose the idea — others look forward to a place to gas up and eat BY LAWRENCE BUDD | DAYTON DAILY NEWS July 15, 2007 IMAGE: Maps of proposed marina locations STAFF GRAPHIC/JOHN HANCOCK WAYNE TWP. - State officials are ready to move forward with plans to build a 125-boat marina on the shore of Caesar Creek Lake — provided a private developer can come up with $3 million to $6 million in project costs. On Tuesday, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will hold an open house laying out preliminary plans to develop the marina in one of four locations — all but one on the 2,830-acre lake's northwest shore, south of the state park's beach. Steve and Debbie Schell of Miami Twp. in Montgomery County want a marina and a place to eat and a place to rent boats, too. While boaters like the Schells agree with state officials who are convinced the lake can manage any influx triggered by the marina and possibly a restaurant, others worry the marina would wreak havoc on already crowded conditions during peak hours. Consultants and state officials favor the sites along the shore identified in the original U.S. Army Corps of Engineers master plan, but leaders across the lake in Harveysburg want a marina and lodge to be built on the edge of the village — where Old Ohio 73 has dead-ended since the lake was impounded in 1975.
July 23, 200717 yr Colleges prep for back to school Local colleges and universities are working hard this summer to prepare for the upcoming school year. Many of the area schools have a slew of new offerings for students returning to campus this fall. Among the improvements are new programs and classes, as well as upgraded technology, buildings and dorms, all designed to boost enrollment and enhance the campus experience. The changes students may notice right away are the many building renovations, including upgraded student housing facilities. University of Dayton The University of Dayton has added more retail, housing and community learning as part of its efforts to create a more convenient campus. UD has teamed with the Miller-Valentine Group to build University Place, a two-story mixed-use development on the corner of Brown and Stewart streets, that will include apartments for graduate and law students as well as retail outlets, said Richard Perales, UD's campus planning director. The first floor will have a variety of retail businesses ranging from Fifth Third Bank, Arby's, UD spirit shop, Pot Belly Sandwich Works and a Cincinnati Bell Wireless store. The 60,000-square-foot building also will include graduate housing with 48 single-bedroom apartments. The project has leased 75 percent of the apartments and are scheduled to open as early as Aug. 1. MORE: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/othercities/dayton/stories/2007/07/23/focus1.html?b=1185163200^1492728 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 26, 200717 yr Springfield gets $2.2 million grant to clean up former International site Soil at the property will be cleared of contamination so it can be developed. By Samantha Sommer Thursday, July 26, 2007 The city of Springfield has received a $2.2 million grant to clean up the former International Truck and Engine Corp. plant on Lagonda Avenue. The Clean Ohio Council approved the grant Wednesday. The grant will be used to remediate contamination in the soil and crush concrete, said Shannon Meadows, executive assistant to the city manager. A lot of new development goes on around the city periphery, she said. But this project will be in the urban core. "It is the largest tract of land we will be able to make available for development in the city school district," Meadows said. The 65-acre site will be redeveloped for light-industrial uses. International closed the former body plant at the site in 2002. International spent about $3 million to demolish buildings on the site. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com
July 27, 200717 yr $65 million development coming to Montgomery County BY LISA A. BERNARD | DAYTON DAILY NEWS July 26, 2007 WASHINGTON TWP. — Work on a $65 million "resort-style" development on the former Bonnybrook Farm will begin later this summer, developers confirmed Thursday. Dubbed White Oak, the development will be tailored for seniors 62 and older and located at Clyo Road and Spring Valley Pike. The 85-acre undertaking, which is being developed by White Oak Development Group, LLC, will include 115 one and two bedroom suites, 168 two and three bedroom cottages and 49 villas, according to plans. Pre-construction membership reservations are open immediately, with construction beginning Summer 2007. Anticipated move-in for first residents is slated for summer of 2008.
July 30, 200717 yr Montgomery County may build new downtown parking garage Montgomery County may build a new parking garage or add onto its existing one to respond to a parking need for county employees and customers. County commissioners Tuesday night will consider a resolution to hire engineering firm Desman Inc. for $240,000 to study whether the county needs to build additional parking facilities, said David Ricks, director of public works. The parking study comes as the county consolidates some divisions into the downtown county headquarters. Construction almost is complete on the Juvenile Justice Center, slated to open in October. The 210,000-square-foot building will consolidate operations out of three separate areas. Two years out, the Adult Probation operations -- which are out of three locations now -- are expected to be consolidated into the existing Family Court Building, Ricks said. The county has several options at its disposal. It may build a new parking garage on one of the existing parking lots near the county administration building on Third Street. It also can add floors to the existing parking garage adjacent to the administration building. The county also may choose to do nothing. Ricks said he hopes to have the study complete and up for commissioner review by late fall or early winter. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/07/30/daily3.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 6, 200717 yr New hotel, retailers head to Troy development A Comfort Suites hotel is coming to a booming development in Troy, and plans are pending for a second, adjacent hotel down the pike. Developers will break ground this fall on the 65- to 80-suite Comfort Suites hotel, located in the Troy Towne Park development that hugs the northern side of the Wal-Mart Super Center along Interstate 75. The $5 million hotel is slated to open in April, said hotel owner Utendra Patel. The hotel is one of several new projects in the 67-acre Troy Towne Park, a Singer Properties' development that houses Towne Park Apartments, The Learning Place and Jay & Mary's Book Center. The retail, restaurant and apartment project is getting a Coldstone Creamery, a New Orleans Bistro and a dentist's office in the coming months, said Alex Kolodesh with Singer. Patel may invest in more property in Troy Towne Park in the future. Depending on the performance of the Comfort Suites, he may build a higher-end, Cambria hotel adjacent to the first in the coming years. That hotel would contain between 80 rooms to 85 rooms, he said. He has no timetable for its construction. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/08/06/story5.html?b=1186372800^1499979 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 23, 200717 yr Not really construction news, but I didn't know where else to place this. City to historic building owner: Time to act BY DOUG PAGE | DAYTON DAILY NEWS August 22, 2007 TROY — The city has given the owner of a roofless historic downtown building until the close of business Friday to come up with plans for it. The circa 1880 Wasserman Building at East Main and Walnut Street lost a portion of its roof in a storm on Valentine's Day. The three-story building has been stabilized and the city has been prodding the owner, Harbor Trust, to do something with it. Titterington said the city was prepared to go forward Monday with "whatever we need to do, whether that's taking them to court or calling a planning commission meeting to consider a demolition permit." Because the building is in the city's Historic District, the owners would have to present an acceptable reuse plan for the property before a demolition permit could be approved. Mark Cundiff, head of the city's planning and development department, said he doubted the planning commission would consider either a green space or parking lot an acceptable reuse.
August 27, 200717 yr Oakwood to land new 'micro mall' A new micro mall is coming to Oakwood. In September, Irene Dalichau will open "On the Avenue" at 2515 Far Hills Ave., the site of a former bridal and gift shop. Dalichau signed a five-year lease on the 3,200-square-foot building and hopes to create an upscale, but affordable, shopping destination. The micro mall will feature two floors of retail space that blend together - like a department store -- with shops geared mostly toward women with items such as clothing, accessories, home décor, baby wear and a jeweler. Store owners pay rent plus 10 percent of sales. In return the mall will take care of duties such as opening and closing, hiring full-time workers to run the registers and advertising. Owners can put as much or as little time into working at the store as they want. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/08/27/story4.html?page=2&b=1188187200^1510589 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 28, 200717 yr County offices on the move to Springview By Diane Erwin, Staff Writer Monday, August 27, 2007 The Clark County Board of Elections will finish moving to the Springview Government Center this week, kicking off a wave of offices relocating to the renovated facility in the coming weeks. The board now will have 18,000 square feet instead of the 5,000 it occupied on West Pleasant Street. The board needed extra space, in part because of large new voting machines. They have been stored since 2005 at Springview, 3130 E. Main Street. The state announced in 2003 that Springview Developmental Center would close because of budget deficits. Two years later, Clark County leased and bought from the state the 91,000 square feet of building space and 17 acres for $2. "Every bit of it's been in transformation," said Jackie Ashworth, the county's facilities director. For example, the center's pool was filled in and now holds the voting equipment. Renovations cost $6.3 million, county Administrator Darrell Howard said. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/26/sns082707springview.html
August 28, 200717 yr Valco Industries rises from ashes A fire on Feb. 9 destroyed much of the previous location at 6901 Urbana Road. By Elaine Morris Roberts, Staff Writer Sunday, August 12, 2007 Valco Industries has risen from the ashes, and it found plenty of help along the way. The metal fabrication business, operating out of its new facility at 625 Burt St., was forced to re-establish itself after a fire on Feb. 9 destroyed much of the previous location at 6901 Urbana Road. The fire, with damage totaling nearly $1.7 million, consumed enough of the building and damaged enough equipment that rebuilding was not an option, said owner Ed Leventhal. While the company had been looking for a new site for some time, he said, the fire forced them to relocate sooner. Valco had been working with the city and county, initially hoping to build, but plans had to change. "The new equipment came in too quickly, and we realized we couldn't build," Valco General Manager Dave Montgomery said. With little time to make a decision, Valco initially set up shop at the available Burt Street location, soon discovering they had made an "intelligent choice that is turning out to be a great long-term solution," Montgomery said. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/08/12/sns081207valco.html
August 30, 200717 yr I was wondering how all these new homes have impacted the cities? Better, worse, no noticable change? I remember Germantown as a nice, quiet little town.
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