Posted August 9, 200618 yr Forest Park getting hotel? AutoNation site plans unveiled http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060809/BIZ01/608090329/1076 FOREST PARK - A nearly $60 million full-service hotel-conference center and, possibly, an indoor water park are planned for the vacant AutoNation site just west of the Winton Road exit off Interstate 275. Click on link for article.
August 10, 200618 yr It's about time they do something there. My dad used to work at AutoNation. All I could think of while he worked there is, "When this place inevitably closes, this place sure is going to be a blight." I question the wisdom of this move, though. Sharonville already has meeting space at its convention center, is building a water park, has tons of hotels, and enjoys better freeway access and visibility.
August 21, 200618 yr From Business First of Columbus, 8/18/06: Fort Rapids waterpark developer mulls similar project outside Cincy Focus Lodging group has a two-part project on the drawing to put a hotel, waterpark and shops into Forest Park for $60 million. Business First of Columbus - August 18, 2006 by Lisa Biank Fasig For Business First Planning officials in a Cincinnati suburb have approved a Central Ohio company's proposed $60 million hotel project that could include as many as 400 rooms and an indoor waterpark. Click on link for article. http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/08/21/story15.html?b=1156132800^1333312
October 8, 200618 yr From the 10/4/06 Hilltop Press: Forest Park council ready to OK hotel plan BY ROB DOWDY | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER FOREST PARK -- A proposal to build a hotel and conference center in the city is inching closer to becoming reality, and a vote by city council is the last big obstacle. Click on link for article. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061004/NEWS01/610040446/1002/RSS01
November 9, 200717 yr CarMax could fill AutoNation site Building Cincinnati, 11/6/07 The vacant AutoNation lot in Forest Park could become the new site of a CarMax sales center. More than $10 million in acquisition and renovation costs would add an extra 36,000 square feet to the main showroom which would house a state-of-the-art service center. The 28-acre site near Cincinnati Mills currently has 60,000 square feet of building space and room for 1,000 cars. They plan on opening in early 2009 and could bring 100 full-time and 20 part-time jobs. The sales center would maintain an inventory of 500 cars. This site is one of two local AutoNation sites that CarMax plans to redevelop. The other site is on Waterstone Boulevard in Deerfield Township. A $60 million hotel, conference center and water park had been proposed for the site last August. While the water park idea has been dropped, the a business hotel is still on the table--likely for another site along the Winton Road corridor. Forest Park City Council could vote on the proposal November 19. The CarMax proposal has already been approved by city staff and the City Planning Commission. CarMax, which is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is the largest retailer of used vehicles in the United States with 85 superstores in 38 markets. WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/11/carmax-could-fill-autonation-site.html
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