May 26, 200520 yr I went downtown today and made sure that i was right about what i said. They have that one part boarded up where the stairway is at, I really think they are going to buit it.
May 28, 200520 yr I went to the Reds game last night and finally got to see this beauty first hand. It might not be the tallest building around, but it sure does look nice. When I was sitting up in the Riverfront Club I could see the mini-rotunda of QCS peeking through a break in the stands. Speaking of the Riverfront club.....how about the view you get of the Ohio River, Covington, and the Roebling Bridge!!! This was my first game at Great American and I really liked it....just wish I'd had time to explore the area after the game!
May 28, 200520 yr ^ yeah. i got to walk through there one time and i almost couldnt afford that. they really do seem to be giving that west side of phase one the temporary treatment
May 28, 200520 yr I was at the Reds game today. I sat in the SUN-DECK ( in right field ). It directly faces QCS. Anyway, I kept looking up, trying to imagine that Phase 2 was already build. I could almost see it towering over the stadium like it was really there. I don't care what anybody says, I saw it in my mind and I think it's going to be AWESOME. :clap:
May 28, 200520 yr haha. if its as tall as they had planned from the beginning it will look huge there compared with the hieght of the stadium and the other towers in the area. and you'll get to see it from top to bottom as its not tucked in the mass of dowtown but right on the edge
May 29, 200520 yr Anyway, I kept looking up, trying to imagine that Phase 2 was already build. I could almost see it towering over the stadium like it was really there. I was at the Reds game last night, and I was doing the same thing. Considering what was visible of Phase 1 over the top of the stadium, I could just imagine Phase 2 looming over the field. Here's a photo from last evening (5/28/05). There's more glass than in The_Cincinnati_Kid's photos from last weekend! I sure hope someone's keeping count of the panes...
May 29, 200520 yr I sure hope someone's keeping count of the panes... Thanks a lot. You just broke my concentration! One, two, three, four....
May 29, 200520 yr Well, I've never gotten to be in the Riverfront Club. Too much $$$. Yeah, I wouldn't be able to afford the Riverfront Club either, but I was given the tickets by a subcontractor we use for pre-cast concrete culverts. The guy we went with paid for everything.....alll I could eat and drink for free!!!!! Our tickets were two rows up from the Reds dugout....best tickets I've ever had to a sports game (except for secound row seats at a Blue Jackets game)
June 12, 200520 yr Do I win the award for "Shot of the QCS Crane From The Furthest Distance"? This is from the St. Rose Church parking lot - I figure it's a bit over 3 miles away...
June 13, 200520 yr Can't wait for the entire project to be finished. I wish the building was closer to Carew, but many cities now don't have their tall buildings grouped together in a particular order. Look at Columbus and Atlanta for examples, really spread out.
June 20, 200519 yr its wierd that a lot of buildings in cincinnati look short and squatty because their first 3 floors are hidden by some sort of super highway. i have just always noticed that about phase one especially driving fww which is the vantage point from which 90 percent of people witness downtown. does glazing a building of this size usually take so long?
June 21, 200519 yr Here is a pic taken from GABP, standing on the 400 level at "the notch" or whatever the open slice is called. (taken with my camera phone).
June 21, 200519 yr does glazing a building of this size usually take so long? Everything takes so long in Cincinnati!
June 21, 200519 yr Yep, it is called the "Notch" It appears to be a good spot to take photos. I must get to the notch with my tripod when it is getting dusk.
June 22, 200519 yr Don't worry, I was only referring to the speed with which the major projects seem to be progressing. No Cincinnati bashing intended. :-)
June 23, 200519 yr You guys missed this article: City gains 230 insurance jobs Western & Southern bringing unit from Ky. By James McNair Enquirer staff writer ADVERTISEMENT Western & Southern Financial Group, one of the bastions of Cincinnati's downtown business scene, said Wednesday it is bringing 230 jobs from Louisville. Unlike other corporations that have held out for financial aid in exchange for adding jobs or remaining in Cincinnati, Western & Southern is supplementing its 1,600-person local payroll without public assistance. "We have not applied for any," company spokesman Herb Brown. "We didn't feel we needed it at this time." The additions were prompted by the parent company's decision to relocate its Integrity Life Insurance subsidiary from Louisville Chief executive John Barrett said the parent company will save an undisclosed amount by consolidating back-office and sales-support functions with other business units in Cincinnati. E-mail [email protected]
June 25, 200519 yr http://www.queencitysquare.com/default.htm Their website has been updated. Check it out.
June 25, 200519 yr Sounds like they've downsized their plans a bit for Phase II, only 35 stories. But, I'll happy with the first floor retail they're adding.
June 27, 200519 yr No, they mention Phase II under building specs, location, and floor plans. Check it out!
June 27, 200519 yr I find it hard to believe that Western & Southern won't be moving their offices there when it's all said and done. Regarding the actual construction, are the glass panels also the interior walls of the building? I might not be saying it right, but what separates the panels from the interior space, if any.
June 28, 200519 yr I dont find it hard to believe W&S will move their offices once the building is finished. They are building Class A office space. The 300 jobs they are moving from Louisiville are back office functions. You do not put back office workers in class A office space, it is uneconomical. W&S can make a lot more money renting out their building to various outside tenants who are willing to pay top dollar and using cheaper office space for themselves. if you want a prime example of this look at the big banks in town. Both 5/3 and USBank own their buildings yet they have the majority of their operations staff scattered throughout various sites around the city because they make more money leasing the building than using it themselves. In fact, the floors that both banks occupy are the lower floors which usually rent cheaper than the higher floors with a view.
July 12, 200519 yr I still find it a bit surreal that the Queen City Club isn't parting with any of their land. It appears as though another whole 303 Broadway could fit between itself and the old building. In New York City you see newer buildings with L or T or more complicated footprints filling spaces like that, so maybe there is some long-term plan for that parking lot.
August 2, 200519 yr From the 8/2/05 Cincinnati Post: New downtown office tower lands first tenant By Greg Paeth Post staff reporter Downtown Cincinnati's first new office tower to be built in nearly 14 years has its first tenant. IFS Financial Service and three of its subsidiaries will move out of about 55,000 square feet in the Atrium II at 221 E. Fourth St. and moving about two blocks to Queen City Square at 303 Broadway, a 16-story office tower still under construction. The new building - and the four companies - are all owned by Western & Southern Financial Group, the Cincinnati-based financial services firm. IFS Financial, Touchstone Investments, W&S Financial Group Distributors and Integrated Fund Distributors will begin moving in later this year as soon as the building is completed, said Herb Brown, a Western & Southern vice president. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050802/BIZ/508020340/1001/RSS04
August 2, 200519 yr very cool...i wish it said how much space they will be leasing. unless i just missed it
August 2, 200519 yr Sweet, great to hear "they are leasing more space than they are vacating". Here is a pic from the other day....
August 2, 200519 yr so i forget...is western and southern planning on moving into the new space whether it be phase one or phase two? i understand that these companies are owned by them, but i guess i never understood if moving themself was in the plan or not.
August 2, 200519 yr I dont think W&S plans to make either phase its corporate HQ. Who knows though. If they do, I dont think it will take up a huge amount of space maybe a couple of floors similar to the way Ashland leases space in Rivercenter. It really would not make too much sense nowadays to consolidate everyone in a brand new class A office building when they can fetch more on the open market in rent
September 7, 200519 yr Bump... Queen City Square thread, I fear that you might now be dead. Anything new on this? Someone said at one point they were moving people out of the W&S garage for Phase II?
September 11, 200519 yr Wow! That looks so much better than the existing office skyscrapers downtown.
September 12, 200519 yr Yeah it looks great now. Hopefully stage two gets built to go along with it. That would look really nice.
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