October 17, 200816 yr Cincinnati projects score Ohio historic tax credits Eleven of the 15 Cincinnati projects are buildings being redeveloped in Over-the-Rhine by the Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., or 3CDC. The 3CDC allocation totals $2.7 million in credits, and CEO Steve Leeper said they couldn’t have come at a better time. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/10/13/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
October 17, 200816 yr ^^Very nice. More importantly, did they stiff Cleveland on this round of funding since they got all the funds the first go-round.
October 17, 200816 yr Any idea what the Arrow Apartments are? Looks like it's at 2200 Vine St. Google Maps shows it as being on the corner of St. Joe St and Vine, which is the temporary home of Rothenburg Elementary Preparatory Academy. I guess that old school site is where they're planning an apartment development.
October 17, 200816 yr ^^Ohh...yes. I'm pretty sure that is an affordable unit project by Model Group. You can see that they've already done quite a bit of work there. Nothing all that special, but it will clean up the look/feel of that building considerably.
October 17, 200816 yr Any idea what the Arrow Apartments are? Looks like it's at 2200 Vine St. Google Maps shows it as being on the corner of St. Joe St and Vine, which is the temporary home of Rothenburg Elementary Preparatory Academy. I guess that old school site is where they're planning an apartment development. I think it is the building right next to the school that used to be a laundromat. They gutted the insides and out of that building. It could easily hold 12 units.
October 17, 200816 yr Google Maps shows it as being on the corner of St. Joe St and Vine, which is the temporary home of Rothenburg Elementary Preparatory Academy. It is directly north of the school on Vine. It isn't Vine St Elementary.
October 20, 200816 yr More New Markets money headed to Cincinnati http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/10/20/daily5.html The Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. has won its second allotment of federal New Markets Tax Credits, providing $35 million that can be used to offer low-interest financing for real estate projects in Over-the-Rhine and downtown.
October 21, 200816 yr Going Green in the Gateway Quarter http://www.pulsedt.com/blogs/default.asp?Display=2896 There is already a certain cache to having an address in the Gateway Quarter in Over-the-Rhine living in New York-style lofts, being at the center of an urban lifestyle in an evolving neighborhood. Soon, an address in the Quarter may have another distinction: Living ecologically sensitive.
October 22, 200816 yr Just to get people excited...there are new rumors flying around about future commercial tenants in the area (including Main Street). Sorry, but that's all I'm at liberty of saying right now.
October 22, 200816 yr Just to get people excited...there are new rumors flying around about future commercial tenants in the area (including Main Street). Sorry, but that's all I'm at liberty of saying right now. :evil: That is what you are sir. evil! :-)
October 22, 200816 yr New liquor licenses have been applied for at 1207 Main and 1345 Main I am actually hoping these are more restaurants with bars, than just regular bars or clubs.
October 22, 200816 yr OTR is already great but in 10 years, Easily a top 10 or 20 destination by tourists nationwide (or worldwide for that matter). Not a long shot by any means. The potential of OTR is borderline ridiculous and almost not fair for other cities lol.
October 22, 200816 yr Sorry Brad, wrong name. You looked up Main Street Ventures, it is actually Main City Ventures. Close, but no cigar my friend.
October 22, 200816 yr OTR is already great but in 10 years, Easily a top 10 or 20 destination by tourists nationwide (or worldwide for that matter). Not a long shot by any means. The potential of OTR is borderline ridiculous and almost not fair for other cities lol. I love that type of thinking! But let me ask, what is the main draw, or is it several draws? (and Brad if you even say streetcar, I swear I'll....)
October 22, 200816 yr To be honest, we still have a LONG ways to go to get to that status. Although I do like your optimism. OTR's attraction will be comperable to what Old City, Philadelphia is. Old City is immediately adjacent to downtown and is part of Center City Philadelphia. It has nightlife, unique shopping, boutique hotels, lots of history, very walkable, human scale buildings, etc. All of this seems to jive with what is going on in OTR. So while people won't necessarily come to Cincy just for OTR, it will add another element as to why to come to Cincinnati and become a must see while here. More on Old City Philadelphia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
October 22, 200816 yr It is worth noting that it took a better part of 20 years to secure Old City's future. It also happens to be right next to one of the largest tourists spots in the US - Constitution Hall. They also pissed off the African-American community something serious in the process also they had to remove most of the 19th C from the 'hood to make it work. It had lots of post-Civil War industrial buildings that were removed as part of the Constitutional Hall work and the reconstruction of the area. OTR needs to make Music Hall our Constitution Hall.
October 23, 200816 yr 1345 Is Martinos and 1207 is registered to MAIN CITY VENTURES LLC the Martino's in the former Moose on Main has been a longstanding rumor....suprised if it is coming to fruition. now, but good news nonetheless The other one is the former Harry's Bar, right?
October 23, 200816 yr Harry's Bar, right? Correct and local 1207 before that. The thing that surprised me originally about Martinos was that they were going to reopen a bar under the condos, which I thought was a big reason for Moose going out.
October 27, 200816 yr Harry's Bar, right? Correct and local 1207 before that. The thing that surprised me originally about Martinos was that they were going to reopen a bar under the condos, which I thought was a big reason for Moose going out. In the sense that it was too loud to have below condos?
October 27, 200816 yr That was my understanding however when business go out like that it is almost never because of the simple failure of the business itself so who knows. Tom and Helen (at Comey) had that building and that was the understanding that I got from them and this was a year or so ago when I was selling the space adjacent to Moose. At the time, the two condos directly above were vacant, and probably still are. The other issue was the use of the courtyard if I remember correctly. On a gateway related note, I noticed the rooftop deck accesses are now installed on Falling Wall, Urban Sites building at Ball North.
October 28, 200816 yr http://www.3cdc.org/uploaded/Microsoft_PowerPoint_-_OTR_Work_Group_-_Oct_21_2008.pdf
October 30, 200816 yr Just a few blocks north of the Gateway Quarter where the Empire theatre used to be. Downtown Dedicates 1st 'Green' Parking Lot Last Update: 10/28 9:10 pm The push to "Go Green" is hitting the pavement. This morning city officials dedicated Cincinnati's first eco-friendly parking lot, which uses "permeable" pavement instead of asphalt. The lot on Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine, absorbs water instead of allowing runoff from rain drain into storm water systems. Cincinnati Artworks also created a mural to beautify the space. http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/localshows/living_green_two/story.aspx?content_id=67988e00-da28-4483-b80c-67f867ba99e2
October 30, 200816 yr ^These should be standard for all surface lots. There is tons of defensible evidence to support these that I think you could mandate it according to its positive environmental impacts.
October 30, 200816 yr ^I agree. It would be a good addendum to the green mission that the city has been touting.
October 30, 200816 yr As long as we are going to build parking lots (probably a long, long, time into the future) we should make them as good as we possible can. It would be nice to see some vegetation as well.
October 30, 200816 yr How about this for a green parking area? While not suited for heavy use, I'm hopeful it will serve well as parking for my office and home. I looked at permeable paving, but I didn't want more blank hardscape. The system consists of a gravel bed, GrassPave2 reinforcing, sand, and topsoil. Once the grass root system is established, it should hold up well to vehicular traffic.
October 30, 200816 yr A similar system was constructed for the shoulders of the Paris Pike in Kentucky, which are rubber reinforced shoulders, layered with clay and dirt layers. They hold up well for vehicles but tractor trailers and other heavy vehicles will leave ruts that must be corrected.
October 30, 200816 yr A Green Parking Lot seems like a Hybrid Hummer Cars serve a niche that will never go away. We have used carriages and small trucks for thousands of years, when we were a 100% sustainable civilization. Permeable pavement is like magic. Here's a video: I don't think it has the same endurance as normal pavement (they claim it does), and it's more expensive (they claim its not). But its cool to watch and has a ridiculously cool impact on the amount of stormwater you have to "manage" (ie build a pond for or dump into a river.)
October 30, 200816 yr So I'm a little confused on where the water goes. Does it drain through the pavement and then to the water table? Or does the pavement hold it until it evaporates. In either case, that's pretty sweet.
October 30, 200816 yr ^ It all drains through back to the water table. The big thing with permeable pavement is the maintenance. About once a year it has to be vacuumed out to remove dirt, etc that will clog it up.
October 30, 200816 yr ^ They have actually developed products that look just like brick pavers. That type of element would be great in OTR.
October 31, 200816 yr The simulated brick is what they paved the Empire Theater lot with. I have pics of the theater the day they tore it down in summer 2003.
October 31, 200816 yr They have actually developed products that look just like brick pavers Say...Ive been looking for a roof tarp that looks like shingles...
November 2, 200816 yr Gateway Quarter to expand By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn • [email protected] • November 2, 2008 A fourth massive phase of redevelopment in the works in Over-the-Rhine would more than double the footprint of its growing Gateway Quarter and continue to help stabilize the neighborhood. Preliminary plans call for up to 180 new residential units, office space and additional street-level storefronts to be built and renovated starting in 2009 along the 1300 and 1400 blocks of Vine and Walnut streets. At the core of the effort: the former Mercer Commons site. Long targeted for redevelopment, the eroding 3-acre site contains more than two dozen vacant lots and 20 boarded-up buildings scattered between Vine and Walnut. To read more: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081102/BIZ01/811020352/1001/biz
November 2, 200816 yr A good overview Gateway Quarter PHASE ONE Gateway Condos 21 condominiums; 11 sold or under contract Average price: $193,511 Four retail stores City Roots urban gardening store, 1133 Vine Gateway Quarter Sales Center, 1135 Vine Segway, 1150 Vine PHASE TWO Gateway Arts Building 12 units, leased to house Art Academy students Duncanson Lofts 25 condominiums; 17 sold or under contract Average price: $112,042 Five retail stores Metronation clothing and home décor retailer, 1213 Vine Lavomatic Café restaurant by Jean-Robert, 1211 Vine Incredible Creations hair salon and barbershop, 1209 Vine Mahatma jewelry and accessory shop, 1205 Vine Switch lighting store, 1207 Vine Duveneck Flats 15 condominiums; 11 sold Average price: $148,971 One retail store A Lucky Step furniture store, 1220 Vine Bremen Lofts/Centennial Row 65 condominiums; 46 sold or under contract Revised: Bremen has 17 and is fully sold out, Centenial has 8 and 1 sold - via the all knowing Mr. Redmond. ;-) Average price: $152,952 PHASE THREE (under construction) 106 condominiums 14 sold Retail 15,000 square feet planned 3,230 square feet leased to home furnishings retailer Joseph Williams Home, 1232 Vine http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081102/BIZ01/811020352/1001/biz
November 2, 200816 yr I thought Munitz moved to the wonderful CityLink? That was Darrick Dansby. Ahh, thanks. A lot of good info in the article. Good to see Mercer Commons on deck.
November 2, 200816 yr This is key... Also paying off are strategic marketing efforts that have lured first time home buyers and edgy retailers into the Quarter's first two phases: More than 90 percent of the retail space has been leased and nearly 70 percent of the condos have been sold. And this was not including, or at least didn't mention, Joseph Williams Home or the other rumored places to be opening up in the near future.
November 2, 200816 yr Bremen Lofts/Centennial Row 65 condominiums; 46 sold or under contract Correction for above... Bremen has 17 and is fully sold out, Centenial has 8 and 1 sold.
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