Posted January 5, 200817 yr Outlet mall moves ahead Construction of $100M, 120-store center set for spring BY MIKE BOYER | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER January 5, 2008 MONROE - Growth along the Interstate 75 commercial corridor between Cincinnati and Dayton gained new momentum Friday with the announcement of a planned spring groundbreaking for the $100 million-plus Cincinnati Premium Outlet. Chelsea Property Group, a unit of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, said it will begin construction in the spring on the 400,000-square-foot outlet mall at the southeast corner of I-75 and Ohio 63, following final approval of its site plan by the Monroe Planning Commission. • Check out Premium Outlet brands ...
January 6, 200817 yr It's outlets. It isn't like Jesus is building a PoMo classic 820 footer at Fifth and Race. And not just outlets...Premium Outlet. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 7, 200817 yr Don't be dissing my Ikea. Stay away if you like, but Ikea is one of the best things to happen to this region retail wise for quite some time. I will be one to rarely visit the outlets because I don't see the perceived value they are supposed to offer.
January 7, 200817 yr It just a shame they decide to construct a new outlet center instead of just turning the Mills mall into one. Same company.
January 7, 200817 yr Cincinnati Premium Outlet No wonder Butter Jesus is putting his arms to the sky!
January 8, 200817 yr I never have understood these outlet malls. I DON'T travel to any around here but have been to some down south and there is no real appeal to me. In most cases, prices were the same as what you would find in an urban area mall or strip center. I wonder if someone could please justify for me why I (or people in general) need to travel 40-50 miles to places like Monroe or Dry Ridge to get something at the same price as they could at Kenwood, Florence, Northgate, Etc.
January 8, 200817 yr Ikea, makes sense why sweden is second That chart is just obscene. Americans are to much into their retail and building new retail and vacating the old.
January 8, 200817 yr ^^Even if they aren't any cheaper, they are percieved as such. There are also some company's that have factory stores at outlets while there merchandise is ususally sold by other retailers or catalog otherwise. But, yeah, who wants to drive out in the middle of nowhere and waste their Saturday with a bunch of cheap people.
January 8, 200817 yr Most of the items sold at the outlet malls have defects. Some too small to even see. And you usually get deals like buy 2 get one free or something like that.
January 8, 200817 yr Williamsburg, VA (where I currently am) has one of the biggest in the country. Prices are slightly better than in the department stores. The benefit for the companies is that they allow for brands to have their own stores and sell off some of the stuff that didn't sell in the big stores. It is basically like going to Macy's but you pay each brand rather than one store.
January 10, 200817 yr I may be wrong, but don't the outlet malls basically carry overstocks and old/outdated merchandise that is being discontinued? Oh wow....I had other posts, and this is showing as the first one I've made here. Hmmmmm.
January 10, 200817 yr Oh wow....I had other posts, and this is showing as the first one I've made here. Hmmmmm. The site did just recently lose a weeks worth of posts...it hurt us all. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=14823.0
January 10, 200817 yr Since I wear small and medium shirts it is sometimes very difficult to find those sizes in the regular department stores. Some stores don't even carry small. However, there are usually tons of smalls and mediums at these outlets. So, it will be nice to have another option than Jeffersonville.
June 7, 200817 yr Someone whose mom works at Off 5th at Cincy Mills said they plan to move here if it gets built. I imagine others will do the same (Guess, Tommy, etc). I think this will be the straw that broke Cincy Mills back. Developer to break ground on outlets June 25 http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/06/06/mj060608outlet.html By Denise Wilson Staff Writer Friday, June 06, 2008 MONROE — After much anticipation, a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cincinnati Premium Outlets has been scheduled for 9 a.m. on June 25. The developer Roseland, N.J.-based Chelsea Property Group recently closed on the 117-acre site off Ohio 63 just east of Interstate 75 in Warren County, said Monroe City Manager William Brock. ...
June 7, 200817 yr For all the horrible sprawl-iness of this, this is in a better location for an outlet like Off 5th than where Cincy Mills is. It draws from two markets and has a fair amount of available labor.
June 7, 200817 yr Yeah I unfortunately agree with dmerkow, outlet malls work best as massive eye sores situated between two cities. Mostly I miss Time-Out...
June 9, 200817 yr Monroe = the armpit of Cincinnati Isn't Monroe considered a step up from Middletown these days? Not sure of its standing relative to Franklin.
June 9, 200817 yr Crate and Barrel? That was the first question I asked my landlord for the place I'm moving to in Cinci. "Is there a Crate and Barrel in the metro?" Dammit. I have to go all the way to Columbus :( :( :( :(
June 9, 200817 yr Monroe = the armpit of Cincinnati I thought that was the West side :laugh: Haha, Hey, we don't have anything that rivals the UPSCALENESS of Big Butter Jesus, Hustlers stores, and multiple flea markets all within spitting distance from each other. Closest thing we got to that would be a church on every corner, a 20 foot Rooster, and Chevelle's Lingerie show on Thurs. nights :wink:
June 9, 200817 yr ^lol. I'd say the armpit of Cincinnati is Lower Price Hill/Queensgate. It always smells like shit over there because of the sewer plant!
June 9, 200817 yr FYI - The old village of Monroe lies about 5 miles west of I-75. It's not much of a village, and most of the housing in the area is newer builds (1980s+). The city annaxed all the land between itself and I-75, then started annaxing the east side of the interstate. Yes, the part around the interstate is all commercial, and not exactly high-end stuff. All the people live 5 miles away near the village center. In a way, there are 2 Monroes - Residential Monroe and Commercial Monroe. They are miles apart. A very unfortunate development that leaves the city residented issolated from much of the activity along the interstate, but the residents of neighboring townships exposed to it.
June 9, 200817 yr ^ That is unfortunate. The one thing that bothers me about this development is the fact that their are to be 9 separate buildings (unless revised since Feb.) and ALL of them are going to be Tilt-up or Precast, (similar to Dell) which is nothing aesthetically to look at. Most industrial/warehouses are built using this method, but alot of newer construction within the 75 corridor through Butler/Warren are turning to this for commercial. (due to it's cost and speed of construction.)
June 11, 200817 yr ^are to be 9 separate buildings (unless revised since Feb.) and ALL of them are going to be Tilt-up or Precast That got me to thinking... They are building this outlet mall in the middle of a large warehouse district currently under construction. Does this mean that if the outlet mall fails, the buildings could be converted to warehouse usage overnight? I guess this is flexible construction.
June 25, 200816 yr Union Terminal??? Hall of Justice???? Nope it's a freaking outlet mall in Monroe next to Butter jesus. ]http://www.wcpo.com/media/news/c/c/a/cca69074-5c3a-47fd-9ff4-3405b084e96b/Original.jpg Groundbreaking Today For New High End Outlet Mall Last Update: 11:43 am Web produced by: Ian Preuth Ground will be broken Wednesday on Cincinnati Premium Outlets, a $100 million project that is supposed to bring high end outlet stores to the Tri-State. The new outlet mall will be located southeast of I-75 and Ohio 63 on a 117-acre site in Monroe. ... http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Groundbreaking-Today-For-New-High-End-Outlet-Mall/OgiZv4Ngk02nuCpgYJk_zg.cspx
June 26, 200816 yr The design has to be the biggest downtown rip off ever! Is is flattery or just a lazy architect? Work starts on outlet mall By Mike Boyer • [email protected] • June 25, 2008 PHOTO: http://cmsimg.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=AB&Dato=20080625&Kategori=BIZ01&Lopenr=306250048&Ref=TS&NewTbl=1&MaxW=390&Border=0 MONROE – Chelsea Property Group this morning formally launched construction on its $100 million Cincinnati Premium Outlets just east of Interstate 75. The 400,000-square-foot center spread over nine buildings will include about 120 outlet stores with upscale brands such as Polo, Ralph Lauren, Crate & Barrel and Calvin Klein, although no leases were announced at this morning’s ground breaking, which included community officials. ... http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/BIZ01/306250048/1076/BIZ
June 26, 200816 yr This should be popular. I agree, it probably will! I know some girls who drive to Jeffersonville every other week! (I don't know why.) But, I will still stand by what I said a page or two back. This will be nothing special to look at. Tilt up construction, except maybe the main entrance. There is nothing wrong with this method of construction. It serves it's purpose, but they are talking this up as "Upscale" or "Premium"????????????? LoL!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_slab http://www.tiltup.com/construction-project-photos/
June 27, 200816 yr ^yeah, I agree with you there. The brands will be premium but the buildings will probably look just like what you posted above...empty warehouses for cheap "premium" brands.
June 27, 200816 yr The 117-acre site, southeast of I-75 and Ohio 63, has long been mentioned as a site for everything from an auto plant to a casino. how can you be south(east) of I-75?
June 27, 200816 yr The 117-acre site, southeast of I-75 and Ohio 63, has long been mentioned as a site for everything from an auto plant to a casino. how can you be south(east) of I-75? It's southeast of I-75 and 63.
July 15, 200816 yr Saks to open Off 5th in Monroe http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/07/14/daily22.html
July 15, 200816 yr Does anyone really think the Cincinnati Mills Saks off 5th location will still be open once the Monroe location opens?
July 15, 200816 yr nah. We will just be required to build a stop to Monroe in the regional light rail transit system.
July 16, 200816 yr I drove by the are the other day.. I'm amazing that they took so many trees away. It(monroe) does not even look the same.
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