Norwood requests cleanup grant

Clean Ohio Fund may clear brownfield for building

By Steve Kemme Enquirer staff writer

 

City officials are trying to arrange financing to clean up a 17-acre abandoned industrial site just west of Montgomery Road north of the Norwood Lateral.  At Norwood's request, the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority has applied for a $750,000 grant from the Clean Ohio Fund for the site formerly occupied by an office furniture manufacturer named Globe-Warnicke.

 

The site's easy access to Interstates 75 and 71 make it a prime industrial or commercial site and a potential big tax revenue producer for financially struggling Norwood.  "It's not going to improve our immediate problems in the next year or so," Mayor Tom Williams said. "But it's important in the long range."

 

Read full article here:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041127/NEWS01/411270381/1056

Grant boosts Norwood cleanup

By Greg Paeth  Post staff reporter

 

The state's Clean Ohio Assistance Fund plans to spend $750,000 to clean up a polluted brownfield in Norwood, a grant that could clear the way for a $60 million development proposed by Al Neyer Inc.  The state said the money will be used to eliminate soil and groundwater contamination on a 15-acre site that was once a parking lot for GM employees until the automaker closed its manufacturing plant in 1987.

 

The property is located at Carthage and Montgomery roads and has extensive frontage along the Norwood Lateral.  The state money is being channeled through the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority.  Al Neyer Inc. plans to use the property for an office and retail project called Linden Pointe on the Lateral, the company said.

 

Read full article here:

http://www.cincypost.com/2005/03/19/cleanup031905.html

Plans shown for project in Norwood

By Steve Kemme Enquirer staff writer

 

Chris Dobrozsi outlined his development company's vision to Norwood officials Tuesday night for a 22-acre site that is the city's prime piece of large vacant commercial development land.  In the project's $16 million first phase, Al Neyer Inc. would construct a building with 65,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail apace, two free-standing restaurants and a single-story replica of a nearby triangular-shaped building dating from the early 1900s that would be demolished.

 

The development would contain a 60-foot-wide grassy strip with benches and other greenspace to encourage office workers, shoppers and Norwood residents to eat lunch and congregate there.  "In the first phase, we want to create a sense of place," said Dobrozsi, director of real estate development for Al Neyer Inc. "We don't want it just to be used by office workers in the day. We want it to be used by residents at night.

 

Read full article here:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050810/NEWS01/508100378/1056/

There may be some action on this.

 

Just the other day, I noticed that Neyer had set up a trailer on the Globe-Warneke site.

 

Also, Neyer has begun picking up some of the properties on that "triangle" between Carthage and Montgomery avenues.  These include 4921, and 4937-4943 Montgomery Rd.  These appear to be vacant already.

 

Part of the project involves reconstruction of that terrible intersection, so these buildings are probably going to have to be sacrificed:

 

 

 

Here is a rendering/site plan I ran across.  This just looks bloody awful:

 

 

Fly high, Duluth.

Major office campus to rise on brownfield

BY MIKE BOYER | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

 

What was once a parking lot for new Camaros and Firebirds is being transformed into a sleek $107 million office-retail development that could one day employ more than 2,000.  The 23-acre brownfield redevelopment site, northwest of Montgomery Road and Ohio 562 (the Norwood Lateral) is being transformed by Al Neyer Inc. into a planned nine-building, 600,000-square-foot office campus called Linden Pointe at the Lateral. It will include retail space and restaurants.

 

No tenants have been announced, but the $25 million first phase including a four-story, 108,000-square-foot office building and four smaller restaurant-retail spaces is slated for completion next summer.  It is the largest single project in terms of price for Al Neyer, an investor and designer-builder of Cornerstone I and II off Smith Road and numerous other area projects.

 

Read full article here:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060924/BIZ01/609240362/1076/BIZ

Some new renderings...

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite... "lush landscaping"... whatever.

too bad the vision is not a "mirage" instead. Allow me to second your opinion tck ....whatever.

Long-empty Globe-Warneke site poised for business development

BY STEVE KEMME | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

 

After almost 20 years of disuse, the 22-acre site north of the Norwood Lateral and west of Montgomery Road finally shows visible signs of entering a new era.  Three buildings now under construction will be part of a commercial development called Linden Pointe on the Lateral.

 

It's the kind of major commercial development Norwood has been trying to lure to the former Globe-Warneke site for years.  "It's a very important project to Norwood," Mayor Tom Williams said.

 

Read full article here:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061211/NEWS01/612110391/1056/COL02

I don't think anyone has posted this, but here's the project website:

http://www.lindenpointe.net/indexflash.html

 

There is an interactive site plan on there where you can click on each ugly building and find out what it is and how much space it will have.

 

As you've seen, Phase I is coming along nicely.  Still, no tenants have been announced for either the retail or the office components.  (One anonymous blogger speculated that Jungle Jim's might want to move there after announcing that the Millworks deal was off.  Take it for what it's worth.)

 

Al Neyer plans $30M more in Norwood development

BY LAURA BAVERMAN | July 13, 2007

 

Al Neyer Inc. is banking on the success of its new Linden Pointe office campus, planning more than $30 million in future projects within the city of Norwood.  The developer of the $105 million, 530,000-square-foot project recently put under contract the vacant MAB Paint building on Montgomery Road with plans to redevelop it into medical offices.

 

Al Neyer also started talks with LandBank Properties LLC, owner of the recently renovated American Laundry building just north of Linden Pointe on Section Road, hoping to collaborate on the development of six acres between the properties.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/07/16/story6.html

the road improvements are going to do wonders for that intersection....and the roads in general.  they are absolutely terrible right there.  certain spots on montgomery are worn down to the old pavers...usually you dont get to see that kind of stuff untill the are tearing it up for resurfacing. 

"We're elated. It's finally our time," said Norwood Mayor Tom Williams. City officials predict the Montgomery Road redevelopments could become comparable to the Rookwood properties over time.

 

Be careful what you say; wasn't it "your time" with the Rookwood Development that sits as nothing to this day?

I'm still amazed that they want to add MORE commercial space and they haven't yet sold any in their current development.

^ at least none that they have told anybody about yet.  and whats wrong with looking to the future isnt that what real estate investment is all about?  i dont recall them saying they were going to start on new projects tomorrow.  this location has all of the benefits of each of the previous norwood developments (except for perhaps being a little further away from rookwood commons, but its still a 5 minute car ride) so i dont think there is any reason to doubt that this will be successfull as well. 

and whats wrong with looking to the future isnt that what real estate investment is all about?

 

Real estate investment in this sense is about pulling all of the money out of a piece of property as quickly as possible and then cashing out.  Wildly speculative building isn't good business for anyone else involved, and the corridor is quickly becoming oversaturated with office space.

 

And you wouldn't think they would want to withhold the name of office tenants this long into the construction if they wanted to sell this to companies as a good development. 

 

Time will tell...if they land a major company then I'll eat my words and admit that I'm wrong.

 

I can't imagine that this has the same sort of demographics as eastern Norwood stuff, since it sits closer to the heart of Norwood and is nearer to Bond Hill than Hyde Park, but it does have fantastic access to the Lateral. Any retail there will have bring its own people, it can't rely on the locals. There just isn't the numbers like in the Hyde Park area. Now if they would just fix Highland from Lester to Montgomery that would fantastic.

Certainly there are not the same demographics that exist in Eastern Norwood but there is some relatively decent housing stock to the immediate north and northeast of the site that could stand to benefit from the economic investment and improved image through that corridor.  P Ridge isnt too far down the road either.  Im not saying that this is going to be a rookwood commons...and thats certainly not the intent of the developers.  But i think businesses will jump all over this office space similarly to how they did at cornerstone etc.  Well just have to site back and see....its really not a bad looking building either.

I can't imagine that this has the same sort of demographics as eastern Norwood stuff, since it sits closer to the heart of Norwood and is nearer to Bond Hill than Hyde Park, but it does have fantastic access to the Lateral. Any retail there will have bring its own people, it can't rely on the locals. There just isn't the numbers like in the Hyde Park area. Now if they would just fix Highland from Lester to Montgomery that would fantastic.

 

Agree

"We're elated. It's finally our time," said Norwood Mayor Tom Williams. City officials predict the Montgomery Road redevelopments could become comparable to the Rookwood properties over time.

 

Be careful what you say; wasn't it "your time" with the Rookwood Development that sits as nothing to this day?

 

This one broke ground -- and was actually a blighted parcel(s)  :wink:

Green certification took time, faith but was 'right thing to do'

American Laundry project was learning curve for architect, engineer

BY LAURA BAVERMAN | August 10, 2007

 

When the developers of Norwood's American Laundry building told architectural engineer Pedco and architect BHDP in 2003 to design the brownfield site according to U.S. Green Building Council guidelines, they weren't sure where to begin.

 

Although both firms were familiar with the green building movement, neither had completed a true Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) project, a certification program that measures a building's ability to preserve energy, carbon dioxide and water and to recycle waste associated with its construction.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/08/13/newscolumn2.html

Architects have green in mind for Linden Pointe

BY LAURA BAVERMAN | October 19, 2007

 

Steed Hammond Paul signed the first lease at Norwood's Linden Pointe office building and will launch an interior design project to make its office space green.

 

The architecture firm will consolidate its 50 downtown employees and 40 Hamilton employees into the top floor of the new building, located just off the Norwood Lateral and Montgomery Road. It chose the site after examining about 400 other options, said Lauren Della Bella, the firm's executive vice president.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/10/22/story12.html

Linden Pointe photo update, 10/20/07

Building Cincinnati, 10/25/07

 

The first phase of Linden Pointe on the Lateral is largely complete.

 

Al Neyer Inc. is building the $105 million office and retail project at Montgomery Road and the Norwood Lateral, which will include 600,000 square feet of office space, 30,000 square feet of retail and two free-standing restaurants. Buildout of the ten buildings is expected in 2011.

 

Pictured here is a 100,000-square-foot office building and the retail portion of the project.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/linden-pointe-photo-update-102007.html

 

Linden Pointe ready for more tenants

Neyer seeks to sign 50,000 square feet of offices

BY LISA BERNARD-KUHN | [email protected]

 

With construction complete on the first phase of Linden Pointe on the Lateral, Al. Neyer Properties is ramping up its leasing efforts for the $105 million development.  Earlier this month Al. Neyer announced that architecture firm Steed Hammond Paul would be the first tenant for the first building at the site, a four-story structure costing $17.7 million.

 

The firm has leased about 25,000 square feet - or the entire fourth floor - where it plans to relocate more than 100 employees.  Still available is about 50,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor, said Gail Paul, Al. Neyer spokeswoman.

 

Read full article here:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071130/BIZ01/711300365/1076/BIZ

Potential Tenants for Linden Pointe- A Question for the Forum

 

So the firm Steed Hammond Paul (www.shp.com) has signed for the top floor of the now built office building, and Huntington Bank has a lease for the North end cap of the shorter retail building, so the question for the forum is:

 

What other retail tenants would be great for the neighborhood and the development?  Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.

i think they should sign another United Dairy Farmers...the one near tennessee and the one north of fenwick are simply too far away.  but honestly this topic interests me as i live quite near....

I think there was talk of UDF rebuilding the store b/w Montgomery and Carthage, but I haven't heard anything lately.

^ it certainly seems a little lost now thats its no longer flanked on both sides by major roads.  i think a rebuild would be a nice improvement and clean up that intersection quite a bit.

As soon as Governor Strickland signs the legislation there will be a requirement that a Starbucks is located no more than 500 feet from any new office building constructed.  My thought is that the "Flatiron" building would make an excellent location for a perky retailer.

It's been tried with the nationals.  Any suggestions for local coffee players?

Or better yet, what would the forum suggest for the base of the current office building and single-story retail building?

The hard part is that a coffee shop is taking a risk by heading into alien territory as they see it. Too Norwood, not enough Hyde Park. I know it doesn't fit the target demographics, but Dunkin Donuts wouldn't be a bad idea especially with their new push on the coffee side.

Al Neyer Inc. of Cincinnati signs Brown Mackie for Norwood

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/06/09/story20.html

The hard part is that a coffee shop is taking a risk by heading into alien territory as they see it. Too Norwood, not enough Hyde Park. I know it doesn't fit the target demographics, but Dunkin Donuts wouldn't be a bad idea especially with their new push on the coffee side.

 

I realize this post is from several months ago but...I disagree that this would be a bad location for a place like that.  There are hundreds of people from P-Ridge that drive right past that location every day to and from work.  If starbucks can be successful in a place like Evendale Commons, it can be successful anywhere.

I agree that Starbucks would probably work, but I didn't think an independent place could hack it.

The hard part is that a coffee shop is taking a risk by heading into alien territory as they see it. Too Norwood, not enough Hyde Park. I know it doesn't fit the target demographics, but Dunkin Donuts wouldn't be a bad idea especially with their new push on the coffee side.

 

Please explain why the Evendale Commons location isn't apparently a good market for starbucks.  Is it demographics, or that it's surrounded by a dirt pit at the moment?

 

 

I realize this post is from several months ago but...I disagree that this would be a bad location for a place like that. There are hundreds of people from P-Ridge that drive right past that location every day to and from work. If starbucks can be successful in a place like Evendale Commons, it can be successful anywhere.

^ Sort of confused whats going on with that post.  Dont know if you were asking me a question or what.

 

According to the prestigious Norwood Times, phase two at Linden point is about to get underway.  They indicate it will be a 5 story 130,000 sf building.  The article states tenants will be Brown Mackie (as previously announced) and "a new hotel".  Not really sure how a hotel fits into a spec office building but im sure those details will become clear at some point. 

 

I would post a link but there is no online version of the 12 page community newspaper. 

We hear all the time about how there is a lack of good hotel choices near Xavier University. The dump along Montgomery near the WalGreen's doesn't cut it. More hotels, such as what is proposed at Xavier Square, will be long overdue.

 

But the suburban development? Crap.

Radio station group tunes in to new Norwood space

Cumulus will move 100 out of downtown next spring

Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Laura Baverman

 

Cumulus Cincinnati, home to radio stations Warm 98, 103.5 WGRR and 96 Rock will move its 100 staffers from downtown to Norwood next spring.  The 16,000-square-foot lease will bring Al Neyer Inc.’s first Linden Pointe building to 90 percent occupancy.

 

Space had gotten tight at Cumulus’s offices in Centennial Plaza, said Vice President and Market Manager Karrie Sudbrack.  The company needed more workspace for its employees, meeting space for advertisers and parking for its many visitors.

 

Read full article here:

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/12/08/story10.html

Linden Pointe wins Ohio award

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090515/BIZ01/905160319/1055/NEWS/Linden+Pointe+wins+Ohio+award

 

The Ohio Department of Development has named Linden Pointe on the Lateral, a Clean Ohio impact award winner.

 

The Norwood project developed by downtown-based Al Neyer Inc. was a vacant warehousing and industrial site. In 2004, the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority received a $750,000 Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grant to clean up the contaminated portions of the site.

 

This week, the state gave the project an award for the best site redevelopment in a small city or town award for 2009.

 

The site has been redeveloped into an office campus with a planned total of 600,000 square feet of office space, retail space and two free-standing restaurants.