February 23, 20223 yr Three developers planning new housing in Northside By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Three developers, including two with a history of building affordable housing in the urban core, plan to redevelop a key piece of real estate in Northside. PLK, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing and Urban Sites are planning to develop what is known as the Vandalia triangle bordered by Blue Rock Street, Apple Street and Vandalia Avenue. The companies estimate 52 affordable units will be built there, according to a news release. OTR Community Housing and Urban Sites planned to submit an application to the Ohio Housing Finance Authority for an allocation of low-income housing tax credits for the site. PLK shelved an earlier project in the spot after it hit turbulence amid a community benefits agreement negotiation with Northside stakeholders, and PLK said it was pausing the project. MORE
March 22, 20223 yr Historic Northside building to undergo redevelopment A historic Northside building that traces its roots back to Cincinnati's days as "Porkopolis" is getting a new life. Rock Island Realty plans to redevelop the former Farmers Hotel, located at 4000 Colerain Ave., into six one-bedroom apartments and street-level restaurant space, according to a news release. The project, including buying the building, is estimated to cost $900,000. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2022/03/22/farmers-hotel-redevelopment.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 25, 20222 yr Anyone know what's happening with the Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone company building on Hamilton? Driven by a couple times the past few weeks and they have scaffolding up, but I can't tell what work is being done.
October 27, 20222 yr On 10/25/2022 at 3:45 PM, dnymck said: Anyone know what's happening with the Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone company building on Hamilton? Driven by a couple times the past few weeks and they have scaffolding up, but I can't tell what work is being done. I think its been an ongoing restoration project. They spent a while tuck pointing brick. Now they are replacing the terracotta tile roof.
October 28, 20222 yr On 10/25/2022 at 3:45 PM, dnymck said: Anyone know what's happening with the Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone company building on Hamilton? Driven by a couple times the past few weeks and they have scaffolding up, but I can't tell what work is being done. Doesn't look like it has changed ownership since... it was built in the '20s? https://wedge.hcauditor.org/view/re/1960026015100/2021/summary
November 29, 20222 yr Does anyone have any updates on the large lots on Cherry Street and Hoffner ? At one point they were supposed to be developed by PLK. These spots seemed to be left out of the conversation when all focus turned to the triangle lot on Vandalia. These seems like great spots for some infill.
November 29, 20222 yr 3 hours ago, NsideProp said: Does anyone have any updates on the large lots on Cherry Street and Hoffner ? At one point they were supposed to be developed by PLK. These spots seemed to be left out of the conversation when all focus turned to the triangle lot on Vandalia. These seems like great spots for some infill. I think that's still moving forward. They might be stuck with the grants for the remediation. I know they [presented an update to Northside CC earlier this year but can't remember when that was exactly. I think they are also leaning into sustainability by having EV chargers and solar panels.
January 27, 20232 yr Vandal spray paints doors of St. Boniface Church; newscaster can't pronounce Boniface: https://www.fox19.com/2023/01/24/vandals-cause-irreparable-damage-100-year-old-northside-church/
April 25, 20232 yr Northside divided over developer PLK Communities' big apartment project By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Apr 25, 2023 A developer has won a key zoning approval for a major apartment project in Northside, but community members are divided over the development, which has been years in the making and will include more than 100 new apartments and parking spaces. The Cincinnati Planning Commission unanimously voted April 21 to rezone 1670 Cooper St. in Northside from manufacturing to commercial neighborhood-pedestrian at the request of PLK Communities. The Northside Community Council wrote a letter of support for the rezoning. The project will include a 3-story structure, 105 market-rate studio apartments and a swimming pool. Cincinnati City Council also will have to approve the rezoning for it to go into effect. But more than a dozen neighbors objected to the 1.5-acre project, opposing the size of the apartments, their potential cost, the swimming pool, potential designs and the amount of parking proposed. The community council voted 26-13 in favor of the rezoning on March 20. MORE
April 25, 20232 yr Heavens to Betsy, not a swimming pool! Women may show their ankles in public! “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
June 23, 20231 yr PLK Communities' major Northside apartment project gets key zoning change Cincinnati City Council is expected to approve a needed zoning change that will allow developer PLK Communities to build more than 100 new apartments at 1670 Cooper St. in Northside. Council’s housing committee unanimously approved changing the zoning at the site from manufacturing to commercial neighborhood-pedestrian. Council will cast a final vote on June 26, its last meeting before it goes on recess for the summer. The Northside Community Council backed the zoning change but has not yet voted to support the actual project, which a vocal contingent of residents opposes. The project calls for a three-story structure with 105 market-rate studio apartments and a swimming pool. The Cincinnati Planning Commission and its staff support the rezoning. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2023/06/23/plk-communities-northside-zoning-change.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 5, 20231 yr The pedestrian bridge over I-74 is being rebuilt. The central pier from the old bridge is still out there in the lonely middle:
January 14, 20241 yr New planned development in Northside. Dubbed Northside Gateway. https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/planning-projects-and-studies/active-ongoing/proposed-planned-development-and-property-sale-northside-gateway-at-3950-spring-grove-avenue-in-northside/
January 18, 20241 yr The Knowlton Tavern is for sale. This place was shut down in 2018 or 2019. It was rough as hell in there: https://www.sibcycline.com/listing/2609118/1326-Knowlton-St-Northside-OH-45223?modal=true
January 22, 20241 yr NEST, Urban Sites, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing plan major mixed-use project at Northside’s entrance By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Jan 22, 2024 Three developers are planning a major $21 million mixed-use apartment project near the entrance to Northside’s business district. The Northside Gateway project by Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation (NEST), Urban Sites and Over-the-Rhine Community Housing will rehabilitate the Stagecraft building and construct a new building at 3919-3927 Old Ludlow Ave. The development includes 50-70 apartments. MORE
May 8, 20241 yr The building at the corner of Cherry and Cooper was being demolished this morning to make way for PLK's project. On a walk to Growing Trade yesterday, my wife commented about home much this stretch of Northside (straddling some old rail line I am too lazy to look up) is awful. Wide open lots surrounded by fences, or worse... not surrounded by fences and filled with old foundations and uneven surfaces. Looking forward to more development in this area.
May 8, 20241 yr Yeah I feel like this area was prime for a trail conversion with nice developments around it, and if not for the Gantry apartment building the trail could've lead from Mitchell Ave through the cemetery all the way to lower price hill. Even just this section here in Northside could be a really nice linear park space that tied the area together but instead is just a mess.
May 10, 20241 yr I'm not sure where it stands now, but there has been organizing around pedestrianizing Vandalia between Gulow and Hamilton. I'm all for it. I think Vandalia could be pedestrianized between Apple and Cherry as well and spur development connecting the southwestern part of Northside to the center a little more directly with more projects akin to the OTR Adopt project under construction now. Here's my latest photo of that. They started brickwork on the far side of the building. I think it's going to look sharp!
May 14, 20241 yr The same former rail line runs through Spring Grove Cemetery (you can still see it fairly clearly on aerial maps) and over to Spring Grove Village (formerly Winton Place) to the northeast, and South Cumminsville to the south. Would have been cool to have this corridor as a bike/ped trail linking these neighborhoods, but it was probably decommissioned before "rails to trails" was a popular idea, and multiple buildings (mostly warehouse/self storage type of stuff) has been built in that right-of-way.
July 16, 2024Jul 16 On 6/23/2023 at 11:49 AM, ColDayMan said: PLK Communities' major Northside apartment project gets key zoning change Cincinnati City Council is expected to approve a needed zoning change that will allow developer PLK Communities to build more than 100 new apartments at 1670 Cooper St. in Northside. Council’s housing committee unanimously approved changing the zoning at the site from manufacturing to commercial neighborhood-pedestrian. Council will cast a final vote on June 26, its last meeting before it goes on recess for the summer. The Northside Community Council backed the zoning change but has not yet voted to support the actual project, which a vocal contingent of residents opposes. The project calls for a three-story structure with 105 market-rate studio apartments and a swimming pool. The Cincinnati Planning Commission and its staff support the rezoning. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2023/06/23/plk-communities-northside-zoning-change.html Apparently, this project is dead. PLK wants out and NEST is willing to buy it, although they will use the balance of the Northside TIF to fund the purchase, at $1.6 million.
July 16, 2024Jul 16 On 5/14/2024 at 5:15 PM, taestell said: but it was probably decommissioned before "rails to trails" was a popular idea, and multiple buildings (mostly warehouse/self storage type of stuff) has been built in that right-of-way. There is a city vehicle fueling station on part of the right-of-way: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.168398,-84.5158399,3a,75y,285.48h,88.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0RFdpsxTipaz7RRkuO6CqQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D0RFdpsxTipaz7RRkuO6CqQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D285.48139751729906%26pitch%3D1.2583960708687272%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu Obviously, the loss of this right-of-way was a disaster. But more egregious was the loss of the C&O ROW on the west side, which occurred after the first phases of the Loveland Bike Trail had been built. I suspect that people wanted it gone because they wanted the famous Bridgetown Bridge gone, which had pillars in the middle of the Glenway/Bridgetown intersection. It was...awesome. Like a piece of NYC. Predictably, everything around that intersection (i.e. The Wagon Wheel - home to a wheel allegedly confiscated from Morgan's Raid) has been bulldozed and replaced by lame crap.
July 16, 2024Jul 16 1 hour ago, Lazarus said: But more egregious was the loss of the C&O ROW on the west side, which occurred after the first phases of the Loveland Bike Trail had been built. I suspect that people wanted it gone because they wanted the famous Bridgetown Bridge gone, which had pillars in the middle of the Glenway/Bridgetown intersection. It was...awesome. Like a piece of NYC. Any old pics of this?
February 26Feb 26 Developers open new Northside apartment project with dozens of units By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 26, 2025 Updated Feb 26, 2025 7:06am EST Vandalia Point, a new $14.6 million, 52-unit affordable housing apartment development, has opened alongside Northside’s Hamilton Avenue business district and speakers, including Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, used the occasion to praise the neighborhood’s inclusive approach to housing. Over-the-Rhine Community Housing and Urban Sites developed the project along with a slew of partners, forming a complex capital stack that is necessary to fund housing that will lease at rents below the market. MORE
March 19Mar 19 Historic rehabilitation completed at former Kroger store, gateway to Northside By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier Mar 19, 2025 A family-owned development company has completed a new apartment project after 10 years of struggles, including a car hitting the building. Grey Rock Property Development, owned by Sarah Thomas and her husband, Chris Pohlar, completed a three-story, seven-unit rehab at 1865 Chase Ave. that has two unusual attributes for such projects: It contains three-bedroom apartments, and it is restricted to those making 60% or less of the area median income without the developers securing low-income housing tax credits. The apartments are at the western entrance to the neighborhood at the intersection of Chase and Virginia avenues, with good walkability, transit and highway access. MORE
March 22Mar 22 4 hours ago, zsnyder said: Nice project. That is a weird intersection. Yeah, right where Chase... meets Virginia, I can't wait to...
March 22Mar 22 6 minutes ago, anusthemenace said: Yeah, right where Chase... meets Virginia, I can't wait to... pull into your attached garage?
March 24Mar 24 Developer, teams to launch roller derby venue in former brewery site A Northside developer and several roller derby teams are opening a new roller derby venue in a former brewery in the neighborhood. Grey Rock Property Development, the Cincinnati Rollergirls, Black-n-Bluegrass Roller Derby and the Cincinnati Junior Roller Derby expect to hold matches later this year at the Apex, at 1641 Blue Rock St. The building most recently was the home of Humble Monk Brewery. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/24/rollergirls-derby-venue-apex-northside-blue-rock.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 25Mar 25 4 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Developer, teams to launch roller derby venue in former brewery site A Northside developer and several roller derby teams are opening a new roller derby venue in a former brewery in the neighborhood. Grey Rock Property Development, the Cincinnati Rollergirls, Black-n-Bluegrass Roller Derby and the Cincinnati Junior Roller Derby expect to hold matches later this year at the Apex, at 1641 Blue Rock St. The building most recently was the home of Humble Monk Brewery. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/24/rollergirls-derby-venue-apex-northside-blue-rock.html That's crazy. I used to assemble industrial doors in that space when it was occupied by Custom Quality Products and many times thought it would be an awesome music venue. I rolled(!) into work one morning on two hours of sleep and fell asleep while using the drill press. We had a dubbed copy of Kung Pow! in the break room that we watched over and over again. The company went out-of-business due to conflicts between the majority and minority owners. https://www.linkedin.com/company/custom-quality-products
March 25Mar 25 Still sad that Humble Monk got bumped from their space and the cool new spot didn't work out, but a home roller derby track in Northside is the most perfect thing ever.
March 25Mar 25 12 hours ago, Lazarus said: The company went out-of-business due to conflicts between the majority and minority owners. Sounds like their workforce was, literally, asleep on the job as well.
March 25Mar 25 1 hour ago, jwulsin said: Sounds like their workforce was, literally, asleep on the job as well. I was working two jobs at the time totaling about 80 hours per week. I got out of the night job as late as 2:30am and then had to be at CQP at 7am. So do that math and then throw in the fact that I often gave rides home from the night job and picked people up for the morning job and that's how you get down to two hours of sleep. You can do it 1 or 2 days in a row but I remember doing it 3 days in a row a few times and that's when it really started hitting.
March 25Mar 25 19 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Developer, teams to launch roller derby venue in former brewery site A Northside developer and several roller derby teams are opening a new roller derby venue in a former brewery in the neighborhood. Grey Rock Property Development, the Cincinnati Rollergirls, Black-n-Bluegrass Roller Derby and the Cincinnati Junior Roller Derby expect to hold matches later this year at the Apex, at 1641 Blue Rock St. The building most recently was the home of Humble Monk Brewery. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/03/24/rollergirls-derby-venue-apex-northside-blue-rock.html Interesting...local roller hockey league got kicked out of Sports Plus (or whatever it called now...thanks cyclones)..they looking for similar space to call home (bought the walls/floor/glass from cyclones)...
March 28Mar 28 Northside's NEST acquires Park Theatre building in heart of business district By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Mar 28, 2025 Northside’s community development corporation has acquired a prominent building in the heart of its business district with the help of a city grant that came through at warp speed to match the urgency of the purchase. Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation, or NEST, closed March 13 on the purchase of the Park Theatre building at 4157 Hamilton Ave. MORE
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