July 16, 20186 yr ^ Here it is. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/06/21/kenton-county-selects-team-for-huge-nky-project.html
July 30, 20186 yr Construction begins on multimillion-dollar center with focus on jobs Construction began Wednesday on a $2 million education center in Covington that will focus on employment services, pre-vocational skills and career exploration classes for people served by the Point/Arc of Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati. The three-story Dr. Anthony and Geraldine Zembrodt Education Center will encompass 9,000 square feet behind the Point/Arc office at 104 W. Pike St. Expected to open in spring 2019, the center will increase the number of people served and enable the organization to hold educational and social activities as well as employment services under one roof, said Judi Gerding, founder and president of the Point/Arc. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/07/27/construction-begins-on-multimillion-dollar-center.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 4, 20186 yr The building with condominiums on top in Covington is being converted entirely to residential (I didn't realize there was office below the condos, I always assumed that was part of the hotel). This will add a lot of apartments to that area of downtown Covington, next Covington needs to continue working on their Riverfront Commons project because Smale is making their side look bad. http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2018/10/03/riverfront-office-tower-become-residential
October 5, 20186 yr Corporex looking to convert riverfront office tower to apartments Corporex Cos. LLC is looking at converting Madison Place in Covington into 179 apartments. CPX Madison Place Office LLC, an affiliate of Covington-based Corporex, received approval from the city’s board of adjustments to convert 290,000 square feet of class A office space into residential units. Officials with Corporex did not return multiple calls for comment. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/10/05/corporex-looking-to-convert-riverfront-office.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 5, 20186 yr Though I'm happy to hear that as that entire complex needs much more life, I really do wish changes were being made to the exterior. The entire complex is...ugly. Not in a garish, in-your-face kind of way, but it's just not a flattering series of forms, textures, details, colors, etc. This building being one of the weirdest. The way the penthouses sit on top has always looked really uncomfortable to me. But that's enough negativity, more people right across the Roebling is good for both cities. Hopefully they can bring more people into future developments and whatever happens with the IRS building site.
October 5, 20186 yr Everything from the 90s built on Covington's riverfront has the same color scheme and materials. None of it has aged well. The reconfiguration of FWW shut off the spigot for the Covington riverfront. Previously, an off-ramp from I-71 and Columbia parkway led directly to the suspension bridge, which put commuters right in those buildings. Like zero traffic signals, maybe two stop signs. Now someone existing from I-71 or Columbia Parkway has 4-5 traffic signals before getting to the bridge.
October 5, 20186 yr I remember it was really easy to accidentally wind up on it and over in KY straight off of 71.
October 5, 20186 yr I remember it was really easy to accidentally wind up on it and over in KY straight off of 71. Yeah, the elevated Central Artery in Boston was like that -- lose concentration for a moment and you ended up in East Boston. Either the tunnel or the damn Tobin Bridge. The whole challenge with I-93N was staying...on this side of the harbor.
November 17, 20186 yr They are a few years old now, but I found these power points regarding the riverfront on the City of Covington's website: http://www.covingtonky.gov/forms-documents/view/covington-riverfront-opportunities-plan www.cincinnatiideas.com
November 21, 20186 yr MainStrasse parking garage opens as construction continues About 100 new parking spots are now available to the public in Covington’s MainStrasse neighborhood as construction on a major development continues. The parking garage at Fifth and Main streets will be part of the $40 million River Haus development that’s expected to include 187 luxury apartments along with commercial space. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/11/21/mainstrasse-parking-garage-opens-as-construction.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 27, 20186 yr Mainstrasse declares bankruptcy: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/kenton-county/covington/mainstrasse-village-association-files-for-chapter-7-bankruptcy This would be HUGE news in Cincinnati.
April 5, 20196 yr $38 million Mainstrasse project to start in 2019 After more than four years of work, a planned $38 million mixed-use development in the heart of Covington’s Mainstrasse is scheduled to start demolition in May. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/04/05/exclusive-38-million-mainstrasse-project-to-start.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 1, 20196 yr Corporex invests more than $50M to create luxury riverfront apartments Corporex Cos. LLC has started work on converting 290,000 square feet of office space in Covington into a luxury, boutique apartment community. Thirteen floors of Madison Place are being converted from class A office to 187 luxury apartments by Corporex. The Covington building is topped by Domaine de la Rive condominiums. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/05/01/exclusive-corporex-invests-more-than-50m-to-create.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 1, 20196 yr 49 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Corporex invests more than $50M to create luxury riverfront apartments Corporex Cos. LLC has started work on converting 290,000 square feet of office space in Covington into a luxury, boutique apartment community. Thirteen floors of Madison Place are being converted from class A office to 187 luxury apartments by Corporex. The Covington building is topped by Domaine de la Rive condominiums. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/05/01/exclusive-corporex-invests-more-than-50m-to-create.html This is awesome, hopefully this moves the needle on ovation since Kentucky did invest all that money on infrastructure.
May 22, 20196 yr Shots fired... Covington considers outdoor alcohol consumption on city streets Visitors to downtown Covington may soon be able to drink openly on city streets during festivals and special events. An ordinance will go before the Covington City Commission on May 28 for a vote that would establish a new zone called an “entertainment destination center,” or EDC zone, in parts of downtown. While the ordinance would take effect once approved by the commission, the freedom to drink alcohol in public areas would only occur during approved events. Event organizers must seek and receive a special event permit, and the regulation would only apply to certain locations within the zone. The permit requires applicants to address safety and security issues as well as create “barriers” around the designated event area. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/05/22/covington-considers-outdoor-alcohol-consumption-on.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 11, 20195 yr Proposals for the IRS site: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cincinnati.com/amp/1672480001 Edited July 11, 20195 yr by lobanio0
July 12, 20195 yr The massing is nice overall, but some additional height would be great at the front porch of Covington. What good is it if you are in this new development and cant see over the levee walls?
July 12, 20195 yr That's what I was thinking. I appreciate the amount of green space and the designs, but why do these look they they are only 2-4 stories tall? At least go up to 6-8 on most of these buildings, it's riverfront property... I'm rooting for Green on the Levee, a little more compact allowing for tons of park space. Edited July 12, 20195 yr by 10albersa
July 12, 20195 yr I also was surprised to not see a single high-rise in the various proposals. It would be great to get another tower or two on the riverfront, I think. It'd create even better views from the Ohio side.
July 15, 20195 yr Without a fine grained look at these, I would prefer to see #2 move forward. Pushing all the green space to the river is a smart move, IMO. Also, this proposal places a new Covington City Hall in the center of that park. It would be a pretty great foreground for a (hopefully) important civic building. Height would be nice, but I think an 8-story district is appropriate. And given that under standard circumstances, this thing will take 20 years to materialize, maybe it will see some more height when it is finally constructed.
July 15, 20195 yr I like #2 as well, but really they all do a good job of re-connecting the street grid and providing much needed green space. I was out of town so I couldn't go to the meetings, but it seems like the input from the earlier sessions was actually listened too which is a pleasant surprise. At first I kind of hated the one that shifts everything 45 degrees (Green on the Levee), but after thinking about downtown Covington and Mainstrasse being the two main hubs of activity and how that new angled street grid would align the two it does make some sense assuming that the giant Smith muffler would go away eventually. Whatever goes here shouldn't have the word Levee included, that would just cause unnecessary confusion.
July 15, 20195 yr I don't see how any of the schemes that have these huge elevated lawns with Rivercenter Blvd in a tunnel are going to fly, they're going to be budget busters. Plus elevated plazas/lawns need tons of density to activate them, and even then it's very difficult. William Whyte dedicated a lot of analysis as to why elevated (and to a somewhat lesser extent sunken) plazas don't work without very specific characteristics, even in New York.
July 16, 20195 yr Yeah I'm ignoring the Rivercenter Drive tunnels in the two proposals, and even the elevated walks in the third proposal. I would expect Riverside drive to end up like Mehring way across the river with big cross walks and grand stairs. In Cincinnati the stairs lead down to the river, and in this case the stairs will lead up the levee, but otherwise I imagine it will be the same idea. Maybe Covington can even line up the crosswalks with their stairs unlike Smale!
July 16, 20195 yr 44 minutes ago, ucgrady said: Yeah I'm ignoring the Rivercenter Drive tunnels in the two proposals, and even the elevated walks in the third proposal. I would expect Riverside drive to end up like Mehring way across the river with big cross walks and grand stairs. In Cincinnati the stairs lead down to the river, and in this case the stairs will lead up the levee, but otherwise I imagine it will be the same idea. Maybe Covington can even line up the crosswalks with their stairs unlike Smale! It would almost be better to do what the Banks did and elevate the whole thing over a parking garage and demolish the flood levee. It would better integrate the site but is probably much more costly than the land bridge idea. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
July 16, 20195 yr Or demolish a section of the levee and replace it with a plaza at ground level. They can do an arcade wall or something like an old aqueduct to support removable flood wall panels for when the river is high. Or do something like the entrance to Sawyer Point/Yeatman's Cove that can be closed off.
July 16, 20195 yr 15 minutes ago, jjakucyk said: Or demolish a section of the levee and replace it with a plaza at ground level. They can do an arcade wall or something like an old aqueduct to support removable flood wall panels for when the river is high. Or do something like the entrance to Sawyer Point/Yeatman's Cove that can be closed off. Agree. So many way so address flood protection with better placemaking than a levee. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
July 16, 20195 yr Well Manhattan Harbor just plain feels weird outside the levee, and I suspect that residents are not permitted to plant trees, since there aren't any. It is definitely not permissible to plant trees on the levee itself because a large object could knock over a mature tree, and the dislodged root ball will undermine the structure of the levee.
July 18, 20195 yr I filled out the survey. Again, I love Green on the Levee. If they change the retail street to the one with a terminating view into the city hall, I think this wins by a greater margin. If they select a top notch landscape designer to design the green, this will create one of the best civic spaces in the region, another jewel in the crown. I imagine it being developed like Navy Yard in Philadelphia.
July 18, 20195 yr Hopefully they will have buildings of different heights or else I feel like it’ll look like a suburban business park. Central green looks like the only one that does even though I’d prefer them to be a little bit taller.
September 10, 20195 yr Covington redevelopment project will incorporate shipping containers A local commercial real estate development partnership has acquired more than a dozen properties in the heart of Covington and plans to invest millions redeveloping a portion of them. Covington Yard, a entertainment spot with a bar and shipping containers holding food operators, is one of many redevelopment projects in the works in the heart of Covington. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/09/10/exclusive-covington-redevelopment-project-will.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 11, 20195 yr 3 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Covington redevelopment project will incorporate shipping containers A local commercial real estate development partnership has acquired more than a dozen properties in the heart of Covington and plans to invest millions redeveloping a portion of them. Covington Yard, a entertainment spot with a bar and shipping containers holding food operators, is one of many redevelopment projects in the works in the heart of Covington. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/09/10/exclusive-covington-redevelopment-project-will.html This idea makes me think of this place in Portland me and my wife went to a few weeks ago called cartopia. Should be pretty cool. Edited September 11, 20195 yr by climberguy714
September 11, 20195 yr I love Cartopia, and you are so right. This spot is perfect for it too. One day, if development pressure comes, it is easy to move. Added bonus. A more upscale version of this is 'Proxy' in Hayes Valley, San Francisco. Good to see this type of development in the Cov.
October 1, 20195 yr Get a sneak peek at million-dollar condos in NKY Verandas @ the Views, a $15 million luxury condominium development in Covington, has already sold three of its 18 units. JoshuaOne, the developer of the Views in Covington, is wrapping up work on the 18-unit building. Paul Zeltwanger, managing member of JoshuaOne, said it closed on the first two sales this week. “The momentum is cranking up,” Zeltwanger told me. “It’s special. It’s something we’ve been excited about for a year and a half.” More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/10/01/get-a-sneak-peek-at-million-dollar-condos-in-nky.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 2, 20195 yr NKY groups craft plan to bring regional growth organizations under one roof The Northern Kentucky Regional Alliance, along with Corporex Cos. and the Catalytic Fund, are working to build a signature facility to house Northern Kentucky’s regional growth organizations. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/10/02/nky-groups-craft-plan-to-bring-regional-growth.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 2, 20195 yr I love the idea of combining forces for NKY as a region and getting everyone under one roof. Considering the northern three counties are larger than Lexington/Fayette we should get way more on the state level than we currently do. That being said, the building as depicted is basically the Ascent turned on it's side so hopefully this is just an early place filler design.
November 12, 20195 yr https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/kenton-county/covington/meetnky-finance-director-pleads-guilty-to-sending-4-million-in-taxpayer-funds-to-match-com-catfish NKY official sends $4,049,241 to scammer.
November 13, 20195 yr how on earth are people dumb enough to not only spend $250,000(!!!!) of their own money, but tack on a couple extra million after that?
December 4, 20195 yr Hotel Covington to expand as part of $22.5 million mixed-use project By Tom Demeropolis – Senior Staff Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Salyers Group and vR Group plan to redevelop the former YMCA building and Gateway Bookstore in Covington into a mixed-use property. The project would revitalize a visible corner of downtown Covington, transforming the 72,000-square-foot building at 19 E. Pike St. into a bourbon distillery experience, 10,000 square feet of office space and an expansion of Hotel Covington. The upper floors of the Covington YMCA will be converted into 60 VIP and presidential suites to complement Hotel Covington’s 114 existing rooms just to the south. MORE
December 4, 20195 yr That's awesome news. After the Gateway proposal shrunk I was afraid this would sit vacant. Removing the brick on the Madison facade and bringing black a glass storefront will do wonders for the streetscape as well. I'm curious if they are going to connect the two buildings in any way or if the alley with the walk-up window will remain and they will act as two separate buildings.
December 14, 20195 yr https://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/covington-yard-food-hall-announces-restaurant-tenants-spring-opening This is pretty awesome for Covington and the tri state area in general. It just gives Cincinnati as a whole and extra layer of entertainment depth and things to do.
December 15, 20195 yr 17 hours ago, troeros said: https://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/covington-yard-food-hall-announces-restaurant-tenants-spring-opening This is pretty awesome for Covington and the tri state area in general. It just gives Cincinnati as a whole and extra layer of entertainment depth and things to do. Great to see privately funded community spaces.
December 26, 20195 yr 12/26. Construction of the mixed use building at the old school site on Monmouth. Don't remember the name of this project.
February 26, 20205 yr One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest law firms moving HQ to Covington One of the largest law firms in Greater Cincinnati is moving its headquarters to downtown Covington. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/02/26/one-of-greater-cincinnati-s-largest-law-firms.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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