October 2, 2024Oct 2 I tried digging around for the plans for this but was only able to find the two YouTube recordings of the public presentations.
March 27Mar 27 Merus, Urban Sites unveil $26M Kenton County apartment project An agreement is in place with the development team tapped to build an apartment building above a state-funded parking garage next to the Kenton County Government Center. The Kenton County Fiscal Court at its March 25 meeting approved the development agreement giving Merus, formerly known as Al Neyer, and Urban Sites development rights to the air lot above the future garage. The developers were named in December 2023. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/27/merus-urban-sites-kenton-county-bavarian-develop.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28Mar 28 20 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Merus, Urban Sites unveil $26M Kenton County apartment project An agreement is in place with the development team tapped to build an apartment building above a state-funded parking garage next to the Kenton County Government Center. The Kenton County Fiscal Court at its March 25 meeting approved the development agreement giving Merus, formerly known as Al Neyer, and Urban Sites development rights to the air lot above the future garage. The developers were named in December 2023. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/27/merus-urban-sites-kenton-county-bavarian-develop.html The shared window sill detail just looks bizarre to me like someone was trying a new design look. Wish Covington would have forced more brick or additional elevated materials, because we all know that white and black section is going to be EIFS or some painted corrugated metal.
May 6May 6 Fischer Group, region's largest homebuilder, moving HQGreater Cincinnati's largest homebuilder, Fischer Group, which includes Fischer Homes and four other companies, is moving its headquarters from Erlanger to downtown Covington.The $10 million project will add on to the First District Building downtown at 525 Scott St.Fischer and the building's developer, vR Hospitality, will add one story over the former school's gymnasium and three stories over its northern-most portion, adding 30,000 square feet so it can fit all of Fischer's 350 employees.More below:https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/05/06/fischer-group-moving-erlanger-downtown-covington.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 8May 8 Whenever we can add floors to existing buildings, that's a huge win! And in particular, adding three floors to a three-story building (doubling its height) is very noteworthy. Not very common to see that kind of overbuild. Happy to see this!
Wednesday at 06:20 PM3 days Developer sought for 76-acre former City Heights site in CovingtonBy Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business CourierJun 18, 2025Updated Jun 18, 2025 1:58pm EDTThe Housing Authority of Covington is looking for a developer to carry out its vision of transforming City Heights, a former public housing complex, into a mixed-use neighborhood.The tantalizing hilltop property is both centrally located and geographically isolated, occupying 76.5 acres off Benton Road in southern Covington.The 72-year-old barracks-style public housing complex and its 366 low-income apartments closed in early 2024 following years of deterioration, drug activity and concentrated violence. The Housing Authority provided relocation assistance during a move-out process that took three years to complete.MORE
Wednesday at 07:32 PM2 days Huge opportunity with this spot on top of a hill overlooking the downtowns. It's begging for some mid/high rises to showcase that. But I am sure there is some sort of "hillside trust" that will demand it be three story crapitecture that can't see over the trees similar to Elevation 800. Edited Wednesday at 07:33 PM2 days by Rabbit Hash
Wednesday at 08:15 PM2 days Wow - that is an incredibly cool piece of property. Would love to see a design that really takes advantage of that site!
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