November 26, 2024Nov 26 Two random observations similar to this one from Pendleton over the past weekend (sorry for the bad photos, it's hard to walk the dog and get decent compositions). Of the two former "Sports Page" restaurant locations downtown, I always liked the one on Main Street more than Vine. It was my go-to lunch spot and the staff were just the best + decent prices for decent food. Both locations closed several years ago, but the former Main St. spot location had its dining room split into two things: a cuban sandwich place and what looked like the early construction of a convenience store (counter and beer coolers installed). The sandwich spot didn't last long and the convenience store never seemed to progress. Then this past weekend a sign popped up saying the "Main Mini Market" is "Opening Soon." Hoping it's a convenient spot to grab quick items or a six pack because all of the other "bodegas" down here close at like 5:00 p.m. and sometimes dealing with Kroger is a nightmare. Similar to this thought from Pendleton, I'm really intrigued by the idea of more "normal" businesses popping up. The "Cha Bar" place advertising "street food" has looked like that for several months. No idea if it'll actually ever really open.
November 26, 2024Nov 26 6 minutes ago, GCrites said: ^Few things suck more than having to go to Kroger for everything. Haha, I’m grateful there’s a downtown grocery, but man sometimes I just quickly need batteries or some beer and I don’t want the headache of Kroger karaoke night.
December 5, 2024Dec 5 Not sure if this has been reported yet but it appears the downtown Holiday Inn is transitioning to a new IHG concept called voco. Appears to be a bit more higher-end then a Holiday Inn https://www.ihg.com/voco/hotels/us/en/cincinnati/cvghs/hoteldetail?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&qDest=Cincinnati, OH, United States&qErm=false&qRms=1&qAdlt=1&qChld=0&qCiD=04&qCiMy=112024&qCoD=05&qCoMy=112024&qAAR=6CBARC&qRtP=6CBARC&setPMCookies=true&qpMbw=0&qpMn=0&srb_u=1&qChAge=&qRad=30&qRdU=mi
December 11, 2024Dec 11 Developer plans $33.5M conversion of historic Hannaford-designed downtown office building One of the country’s largest real estate development firms is returning to downtown Cincinnati with its second office-to-apartment conversion project in a historic building. Washington, D.C.-based Bernstein Cos. purchased the Hooper Building at 151 W. Fourth St. in May. It expects to begin work in a matter of months on the $33.6 million redevelopment of the building into 102 market-rate apartments, from studios to two-bedroom units. Officials from the Ohio Department of Development gathered at the building Dec. 11 to announce the latest round of awards from the Ohio Historic Tax Credit Program. Bernstein Cos. won $3.35 million for the Hooper Building conversion, the full amount it requested. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/12/11/bernstein-co-hooper-building-fourth-st-conversion.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 11, 2024Dec 11 City waives streetcar funding requirement for major downtown office conversion One of Cincinnati’s most active developers likely will not have to pay into a fund developed to fuel the operations of the Cincinnati Connector streetcar when it embarks on a $67 million office-to-residential conversion project. CIG Communities plans to convert the former office tower at 36 E. Seventh St. to 162 apartments, plus a small amount of office and retail space. CIG is calling the project Avant and will receive a property tax abatement valued at $8.9 million over 15 years. Cincinnati City Council is expected to approve the abatement at its Dec. 11 meeting. But, in a notable shift, the city administration sent the incentive package to council without requiring CIG to pay into the streetcar operations fund, a policy that has been in place for the past decade to fund a project that was built in part to spur real estate development and investment in the urban core. The building is located directly on a streetcar stop. While giving developers a pass on the streetcar operations contribution is not unprecedented, nearly every project built in downtown and Over-the-Rhine in the past 10 years has had to pay into the fund. The rationale? Developers and people who either lived in new residential projects or operated businesses benefit the most from the streetcar. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/12/11/cig-seventh-st-apartment-conversion-streetcar-fund.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 11, 2024Dec 11 Hard to believe that all the floors above the ground level up to the first setback is a parking garage. I wonder if that much parking space is needed after the conversion.
December 12, 2024Dec 12 Potential downtown Cincinnati boutique hotel lands historic tax credits By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 12, 2024 A historic vacant downtown building slated to become a boutique hotel has landed $1.35 million in Ohio historic tax credits. The project at the George F. Otte Carpet Co. Building, at 33 W. Fourth St., by Blue Suede Hospitality Group is estimated to cost $13.3 million, according to documents filed with the state. It’s the first time that number has been publicly available. MORE
December 12, 2024Dec 12 4 hours ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: Potential downtown Cincinnati boutique hotel lands historic tax credits By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 12, 2024 A historic vacant downtown building slated to become a boutique hotel has landed $1.35 million in Ohio historic tax credits. The project at the George F. Otte Carpet Co. Building, at 33 W. Fourth St., by Blue Suede Hospitality Group is estimated to cost $13.3 million, according to documents filed with the state. It’s the first time that number has been publicly available. MORE Are they adding any floors to it?
December 12, 2024Dec 12 1 hour ago, Ucgrad2015 said: Are they adding any floors to it? I couldn’t imagine that being possible. Also the building is much bigger in person than the pic
December 13, 2024Dec 13 Construction begins on residential conversion of Garfield Place building in downtown Cincinnati By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 13, 2024 Work has commenced on the latest office-to-residential conversion in downtown Cincinnati, which remains a hotspot for conversion projects nationally. Ashley Construction began work Dec. 1 on the conversion of 19 Garfield Place into 52 apartments. The apartments will comprise 30 one-bedroom units and 22 two-bedroom units, with monthly rents ranging from $900 up to $3,105. The median one-bedroom rent will be affordable to someone making $37,320 annually, according to documents furnished to the city. MORE
December 24, 2024Dec 24 Did anyone see on the HCB Packet the building on main getting converted to 70+ apartments? Sorry if already posted, don’t think I saw it or an article on Biz Courier yet. 630 Main Street, 71 Units, looks like a great project. Page 80 on the packet.
December 24, 2024Dec 24 Cincinnati developer plans $5.5M rehab of former grocery building downtown A growing developer plans to revive a prominent Main Street building, the former site of a specialty foods store, in the heart of downtown Cincinnati. Yolo Investments is serving as the developer and general contractor on the residential reuse of 607 Main St., having purchased the building through a limited liability company in 2018 for $725,000. Downtown Cincinnati-based Wichman+Gunther is the project architect. Completed in 1860, the six-story, 18,405-square-foot Italianate building was most recently occupied by Adolph Spatz, who opened Spatz Natural Life Health Food in 1931 and operated it for decades. The store closed sometime after his death in 1983, and the building has sat vacant for decades, notwithstanding recent plans for it to become a brewery. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/12/24/yolo-investments-main-street-renovation-spatz-food.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 26, 2024Dec 26 First-time developer to transform historic downtown Cincinnati church into event center By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 26, 2024 A first-time developer is at work reviving and transforming a vacant former church building in downtown Cincinnati. Sheri Scott, founder and principal architect at Springboro-based Springhouse Architects, plans to create a 14,000-square-foot event center in the former Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, more recently known as the Royce Cathedral, at 118 W. Ninth St. Scott, who lives in Over-the-Rhine and whose firm is designing a significant townhome project in the West End, acquired the 155-year-old building at auction in January 2023 for $350,000 in cash. MORE
January 3Jan 3 Receiver appointed for former Garfield Suites Hotel downtown By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jan 3, 2025 A receiver has been appointed to oversee the former Garfield Suites Hotel building as its current owner faces a newly consolidated lawsuit that could wrest it from his control. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Michael Collier owns the building through Phoenix Acquisition LLC. Collier has been trying unsuccessfully to convert the vacant, barricaded 16-story building into market-rate apartments since 2015. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Branch granted the motion for a receiver in the case in the middle of last October. Jeff Lane, CEO of Columbia Township-based Prodigy Partners, signed on the receiver Oct. 31, 2024. MORE
January 6Jan 6 Paycor in talks to be acquired by larger rival PayChex. Will be interesting to see how this effects Paycors new downtown HQ under construction. Could PayChex be moving its headquarters here? Will have to see. John Barrett mentioned Cincy would be picking up another Fortune 500 company soon, maybe this combination could be it? Need to run the rev numbers of a combined company. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/01/06/paycor-in-talks-with-paychex-to-be-acquired-report.html Paychex: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paychex “We have one Fortune 500 company which has agreed to come here, but they will not let me announce it,” Western & Southern Financial Group CEO John Barrett said Thursday as the speaker at ULI Cincinnati’s Legends in Real Estate event. “Until they say it, it ain’t here. But it’s coming.” Edited January 6Jan 6 by 646empire
January 6Jan 6 Well, it isn't Paychex as it isn't a F500 company, though it's in the 500s. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 6Jan 6 10 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Well, it isn't Paychex as it isn't a F500 company, though it's in the 500s. True but as I mentioned it could be the combined* PayChex-Paycor he was speaking about. I don’t have any inside info, but seemed very possible if not probable as I’m skeptical of a brand new company coming in outside of a transaction such as this. Edited January 6Jan 6 by 646empire
January 6Jan 6 On 12/24/2024 at 10:16 AM, IAGuy39 said: Did anyone see on the HCB Packet the building on main getting converted to 70+ apartments? Sorry if already posted, don’t think I saw it or an article on Biz Courier yet. 630 Main Street, 71 Units, looks like a great project. Page 80 on the packet. Here are a few images of the proposed layouts at 630 Main (taken from the Dec 16 packet). It's a challenging building with very deep floorplates. The addition of the lightwell allows for 3 "courtyard" apartments per floor. I'll be curious how they configure the floorplans in the one-bedroom units. Will the bedrooms be near the interior with "shared light," or will the bedrooms be placed adjacent to the exterior windows?
January 7Jan 7 On 1/6/2025 at 10:44 AM, 646empire said: Paycor in talks to be acquired by larger rival PayChex. Will be interesting to see how this effects Paycors new downtown HQ under construction. Could PayChex be moving its headquarters here? I wonder if this deal (which I'm sure has been in the works for some time) was actually the primary reason that Paycor wanted to get out of its 10 year deal with Norwood and move to a smaller space.
January 7Jan 7 2 minutes ago, taestell said: I wonder if this deal (which I'm sure has been in the works for some time) was actually the primary reason that Paycor wanted to get out of its 10 year deal with Norwood and move to a smaller space. I doubt it. They have been committed to WFH for years at this point and also explored how to better reutilize the Norwood building before they decided to move out.
January 7Jan 7 32 minutes ago, Dev said: I doubt it. They have been committed to WFH for years at this point and also explored how to better reutilize the Norwood building before they decided to move out. A very interesting situation this is, most of its workforce now works from home, pretty strange they would lease new space at all with a sell in the works if they didn’t plan to make Cincy the new base. PayChex doesn’t seem to need any new sq footage at all although its HQ looks very dated in Rochester. 3CDC I’m sure would be able to find a new tenant if need be tho. The building is going to be very nice with a stellar location.
January 8Jan 8 Paycor sale injects uncertainty into former Saks building rehab By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Jan 8, 2025 With Paycor’s proposed $4.1 billion sale to New York-based Paychex, it’s unclear what will happen to the company’s new future headquarters at the former Saks Fifth Avenue building downtown. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., which is in the midst of a $30 million overhaul of 101 W. Fifth St., declined comment on the sale and what it could mean for the building. But the site remains under construction. MORE
January 9Jan 9 On 1/8/2025 at 10:26 AM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: Paycor sale injects uncertainty into former Saks building rehab By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Jan 8, 2025 With Paycor’s proposed $4.1 billion sale to New York-based Paychex, it’s unclear what will happen to the company’s new future headquarters at the former Saks Fifth Avenue building downtown. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., which is in the midst of a $30 million overhaul of 101 W. Fifth St., declined comment on the sale and what it could mean for the building. But the site remains under construction. MORE No Paychex HQ move but Paycor says it’s committed to new downtown office along with Bengals Stadium naming rights. Edited January 9Jan 9 by 646empire
January 9Jan 9 Paycor CEO weighs in on Bengals stadium naming rights, downtown HQ By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jan 9, 2025 Updated Jan 9, 2025 2:04pm EST Paycor HCM’s agreement to be acquired by larger rival Paychex Inc. won’t change two key pieces of its Cincinnati presence, Paycor's CEO said Thursday. Norwood-based Paycor plans to continue with its headquarters move to downtown Cincinnati and is still committed to keeping its 16-year naming rights sponsorship agreement with the Cincinnati Bengals for Paycor Stadium, Paycor CEO Raul Villar Jr. told the Courier in a written statement. MORE
January 10Jan 10 Some people seem to think "committed to honor the agreement" means "we won't be changing the name on the stadium" Edited January 10Jan 10 by tonyt3524
January 10Jan 10 41 minutes ago, tonyt3524 said: Some people seem to think "committed to honor the agreement" means "we won't be changing the name on the stadium" Really? I can’t imagine PayChex not putting its name on the bengals stadium its way too valuable. I hate the name PayChex for the stadium tho.
January 10Jan 10 16 minutes ago, 646empire said: Really? I can’t imagine PayChex not putting its name on the bengals stadium its way too valuable. I hate the name PayChex for the stadium tho. Yeah it seems to be a no-brainer imo
January 10Jan 10 Sometimes when companies are bought out the old company's name still exists in markets where their name is well known. I'm thinking of Kroger in particular. Other markets have Kroger stores, but they keep the old branding. Even my company has two other "companies" that all do the same work in different metro areas. Never changed the names because relationships already exist with customers. It's possible the name Paycor continues on in name only. (Unless people have already said the name will go away)
January 10Jan 10 If you guys had read the linked article, you'd notice that it states that Paycor will still exist as a subsidiary: Quote “As Paychex shared, Paycor will operate as a standalone business unit and will leverage the strong brand we have built,” Villar said. It makes total sense that not only would they still keep the naming right for the stadium, but also continue their HQ move to downtown.
January 12Jan 12 Downtown’s new Moxy Hotel is scheduled to open in March/April. https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cvgdx-moxy-cincinnati-downtown/overview/
January 13Jan 13 Marriott Moxy Downtown Cincinnati to open in spring 2025 The Moxy Downtown Cincinnati will open in spring 2025, offering 111 rooms and a rooftop bar steps away from Great American Ball Park. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/01/13/moxy-marriott-downtown-hotel-opening-date-main-st.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 21Jan 21 Downtown Cincinnati hotel changes brand, undergoes full renovation: PHOTOS By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jan 21, 2025 A recently built downtown Cincinnati hotel has changed brands and undergone a wholesale facelift, complete with a new ground-floor restaurant. The 117-room boutique hotel on Broadway Street, formerly a Holiday Inn & Suites, is now Voco the Clair Cincinnati Downtown. Voco is a premium, upscale boutique brand from InterContinental Hotels Group, similar to Marriott’s Tribute brand or Hilton’s Tapestry brand. MORE
January 21Jan 21 Glad to see the renovated all of the guest rooms and didn't just renovate the lobby and slap a new brand on it. The rooms look nice.
January 21Jan 21 1 hour ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: The 117-room boutique hotel on Broadway Street, formerly a Holiday Inn & Suites, is now Voco the Clair Cincinnati Downtown. Voco is a premium, upscale boutique brand from InterContinental Hotels Group, similar to Marriott’s Tribute brand or Hilton’s Tapestry brand. I'm not in the industry... but hotel branding perplexes me. Like, if you want it called "Voco the Clair", then why isn't "Voco" visible on the signage of the hotel? If you want it just called "The Clair", then why does your press team tell journalists to call it "Voco the Clair"? And if you want it all lowercase "voco" (bad idea in my opinion), then you're going to fight an uphill battle and need your press team to be bulldogs to get journalists to write "voco The Clair". Or you could, I dunno, pick a simpler naming/branding syntax like "The Clair by Voco".
January 24Jan 24 On 1/21/2025 at 11:24 AM, jwulsin said: I'm not in the industry... but hotel branding perplexes me. Like, if you want it called "Voco the Clair", then why isn't "Voco" visible on the signage of the hotel? If you want it just called "The Clair", then why does your press team tell journalists to call it "Voco the Clair"? And if you want it all lowercase "voco" (bad idea in my opinion), then you're going to fight an uphill battle and need your press team to be bulldogs to get journalists to write "voco The Clair". Or you could, I dunno, pick a simpler naming/branding syntax like "The Clair by Voco". It's why IHG continues to struggle amongst the hospitality giants. Everyone of their brands is struggling badly. This is just am example of dumb decision making all the way around. This Holiday Inn when it opened was whew ugly on the inside, glad the building received a better interior package...
February 5Feb 5 Pure Romance shifts planned downtown HQ to exclusive club Social House: Look inside By Christian LeDuc – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 5, 2025 When Pure Romance CEO Chris Cicchinelli announced he was moving the company's downtown Cincinnati headquarters from Plum Street to a combined-building development at Third and Main streets, he envisioned a place that was going to be the Ritz Carlton of office spaces. The Covid-19 pandemic and the seismic shift it created for the workplace changed that. In November 2019, CLC 300 Main Street LLC, the developmental entity behind the project, purchased 300 and 304 Main St., as well as 302 E. Third St. for $1.4 million, according to property records. The project combined all three buildings to create office and retail space. The plan was to move the adult intimacy, wellness, body and beauty product retailer's headquarters into roughly 40,000 square feet of space. MORE
February 7Feb 7 Foreclosure ruling paves way for sale of downtown Cincinnati office tower By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 7, 2025 The lender in a foreclosure case surrounding one of downtown Cincinnati’s largest office towers has asked to begin the sale process after a judge issued a final ruling against the building’s owner last month. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Lisa Allen Jan. 7 granted a motion for default judgement against the owner of the 30-story Center at 600 Vine. MORE
February 10Feb 10 Developer sets opening date for apartments in Macy's former global HQ building By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 10, 2025 Five years after Macy's Inc. announced it would close its longtime global headquarters in downtown Cincinnati, the building is set to debut as a new residential community that will add hundreds of apartments and residents to the urban core. Victrix Investments, the New York City-based developer behind the adaptive-reuse project, expects to open the 341-unit apartment project, called the 7 West 7th Apartments, by the middle of March. Pre-leasing is already underway. MORE
February 10Feb 10 It should be pretty impactful to have these open up, along with the upcoming conversions of Central Trust tower, Carew and Terrace Plaza. Combined with the City Club these four blocks of Vine Street will add 1,486 residential units in the center of Downtown in the coming years which should be great at helping the CBD to not feel so dead on nights and weekends.
February 10Feb 10 Terrace Plaza especially, the first floor of that has been such an eyesore to walk past for so long now. Once renovated and back in use, that will make a big impact on the feel of that block.
February 10Feb 10 So curious to see a floor plan of this place. DEEP floorplates so... dark, buried "dens" that some may used as windowless bedrooms.
February 10Feb 10 51 minutes ago, Chas Wiederhold said: So curious to see a floor plan of this place. DEEP floorplates so... dark, buried "dens" that some may used as windowless bedrooms. Here you go. Lot's of windowless bedrooms.
February 10Feb 10 11 minutes ago, Chas Wiederhold said: What did they do on the atrium levels? Is that a common area now or what? You mean on the top floors? Shown here as a Winter Garden
February 10Feb 10 45 minutes ago, jack.c.amos said: thats a lot of 1 bedroom units with the bathrooms only accessible from bedrooms... I have been to many apartments like this, but it is not ideal and not something I would want to pay as must as these rents for, and definitely something I try to avoid as a designer.
February 10Feb 10 Yeah I don't really see that as a big issue. Been to many one bedroom apartments and houses with the bathroom inside the bedroom.
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