1 hour ago, Ucgrad2015 said:

If I remember correctly was this building getting demolished? Guess the winds are just helping move that along.

What a shame. That's a handsome looking structure.

The block between Vine and Auburn ave looks so bare right now after they demolished the next building. There are maybe two structures remaining and the ATM. Have to think they are waiting to scoop up whatever is left before they move forward.

8 minutes ago, tonyt3524 said:

The block between Vine and Auburn ave looks so bare right now after they demolished the next building. There are maybe two structures remaining and the ATM. Have to think they are waiting to scoop up whatever is left before they move forward.

 

 

With the economy slowing, we could be looking at this pit into the 2030s, in a reprise of the USquare fiasco.  

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Lazarus said:

 

 

With the economy slowing, we could be looking at this pit into the 2030s, in a reprise of the USquare fiasco.  

 

 

 

 

I highly doubt it just due to locatation.This area is booming with UC's enrollment push towards and past 50k at the main campus.Add in the MLK district and it's recession proof.

Indeed, people don't want anything to do with the small town schools anymore.

5 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Indeed, people don't want anything to do with the small town schools anymore.

 

OSU has the huge advantage of being not more than 150~ miles from any point in the state, whereas schools in Cincinnati and Cleveland and Toledo + OU are in excess of 150~ miles from the state's other corners.  

 

Why would a Cincinnatian go to Kent State when they have to drive past OSU to get to it?  Why would a Clevelander go to Wright State when they have to drive past OSU to get there?  Why would Toledo people go to OU when they have to drive past OSU to get there?  

 

Students today are far more pragmatic about that kind of stuff as compared to our generation who was far more likely to pick schools that sounded cool, had "good vibes", cutting-edge marketing departments, were far enough from home to keep their folks off of them and their blue-collar high school friends from pulling them away to ride their jet-skis every weekend.

 

Unfortunately OU has gone in the opposite direction enrollment-wise from OSU and UC due to this.

7 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Unfortunately OU has gone in the opposite direction enrollment-wise from OSU and UC due to this.

 

The state spent a lot of money building and improving US 32 and US 33.  They meet at Athens and have made it much easier to reach it.  However, OU was well-known around the United States for its top journalism and photojournalism schools and those professions collapsed in the 2010s.  The School of Visual Communications was started by a former National Geographic editor...I don't think today's high schoolers have heard of National Geographic.   

I remember being able to watch the OU TV station when I lived in Lancaster which is very different than OSU's. OSU may have students working behind the scenes in editing and whatnot but the OU station had fully student-made content.

3 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

I remember being able to watch the OU TV station when I lived in Lancaster which is very different than OSU's. OSU may have students working behind the scenes in editing and whatnot but the OU station had fully student-made content.

 

OU's TV channel was completely out-of-control.  It aired stuff like this:

 

 

Meanwhile, UC's radio station, WGUC, became a classical station and XU's station, WVXU, became NPR, and UC never had a TV station.  Cincinnati public access TV sucked.  Mostly just preachers.  

 

 

 

Anyways... back to Mt Auburn news....

1 hour ago, Lazarus said:

 

 

Why would a Cincinnatian go to Kent State when they have to drive past OSU to get to it?  Why would a Clevelander go to Wright State when they have to drive past OSU to get there?  Why would Toledo people go to OU when they have to drive past OSU to get there?  

 

Why would you base where you go to school on what you have to drive past to get to it? 

1 hour ago, zsnyder said:

Why would you base where you go to school on what you have to drive past to get to it? 

 

I'm sure that access to the market research these universities do would be depressing.  People put less thought into major purchases (college, cars, houses) than they do minor ones (airline flights, interior furniture, extra crispy or The Colonel's Original Recipe).  

 

I am fully prepared for more mediocre housing with a disjointed site plan. 

 

The brooding entrance to the new complex on Begelow St. reminds me of Castle Grayskull.  

 

 

See inside the Alto, Mount Auburn apartments with one-of-a-kind downtown Cincinnati views

By Abby Miller – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Feb 12, 2024

 

The Alto, a $40 million apartment community by Uptown Rental Properties, is now open in Mount Auburn, offering one-of-a-kind views of downtown Cincinnati and Over-the-Rhine.

 

The community, located at 1901 Bigelow St., has two roof decks overlooking the Queen City, among other resident amenities.

 

The first residents moved in early December of last year, and the property is already 6% leased.

 

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1 hour ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

See inside the Alto, Mount Auburn apartments with one-of-a-kind downtown Cincinnati views

By Abby Miller – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Feb 12, 2024

 

The Alto, a $40 million apartment community by Uptown Rental Properties, is now open in Mount Auburn, offering one-of-a-kind views of downtown Cincinnati and Over-the-Rhine.

 

The community, located at 1901 Bigelow St., has two roof decks overlooking the Queen City, among other resident amenities.

 

The first residents moved in early December of last year, and the property is already 6% leased.

 

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Only 6%. Oooffff

I wonder if "already 6% leased" is a typo. I feel like the developer wouldn't comment if it was 6%, not to mention that is an oddly specific percentage. "The property is already 60% leased" would make a lot more sense. 

2001 Auburn Ave was torn down over the weekend. Photo from Feb 17th:

 

 

I think that site is pretty polluted from a former laundromat as well. Hopefully it can be redeveloped somewhat quickly, but I don't think I've heard of any plan for the site yet.

4 hours ago, ryanlammi said:

I think that site is pretty polluted from a former laundromat as well. Hopefully it can be redeveloped somewhat quickly, but I don't think I've heard of any plan for the site yet.

The approved permit doesn't have many clues but it does mention back fill, indicating that you might be on to something:

 

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Import of dirt (fill) will be required at this site (approximately 254 cu. yd. of fill). The sewer drain is to be plugged prior to placement of the fill and schedule inspection with bldg. inspector for location.

 

2421 Auburn Ave is owned by Uptown Rents and will be going before the Historic Conservation Board on March 24th:

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The applicant requests a Certificate of Appropriateness to rehabilitate an existing structure, including window replacement, a new surface parking lot, the installation of an accessible ramp to the front door, and a ground sign in the Auburn Avenue Historic District.

 

On 9/16/2021 at 10:53 AM, jwulsin said:

Since I posted this in March, Uptown Rents has acquired several additional parcels shown in red on this map:

• 2436 Vine (back half with c. 1956 commercial building)
• 2440 Vine (back half empty lot)
• 2442 Vine (empty lot... had a building until 2018 when it was demolished while under different ownership)
• 2444 Vine (2.5 story, brick, Italianate c. 1890 building)
• 23 E McMillan (used to have a c. 1900 house, which was torn down in the past month)
• 25 E McMillan (used to have an old house, which was torn down around early 2017 after being acquired by Uptown Rents in 2015)
• 33/35 E McMillan (1904 apartments building with at least 8 units)... I'd be very sad if this gets torn down
• 26 E Hollister (1885 wood clapboard Italianate)
• 58 E Hollister (1900 brick office or 2-family) 

 

Since 2021, looks like Uptown has acquired the following additional parcels:

• 1 E McMillan
• 13-19 E McMillan
• 27-31 E McMillan
• 36 E Hollister
• 48 E Hollister

Here is the map showing everything that Uptown now owns in that block, in blue:

 

Those last two buildings on McMillan look so out of place when driving by. Curious how close they are to acquiring them.

2 hours ago, jwulsin said:

 

Since 2021, looks like Uptown has acquired the following additional parcels:

• 1 E McMillan
• 13-19 E McMillan
• 27-31 E McMillan
• 36 E Hollister
• 48 E Hollister

Here is the map showing everything that Uptown now owns in that block, in blue:

 

Any thoughts as to what they are planning? I know the Hollister court project was supposed to go on some of these parcels, but I am assuming that them acquiring more parcels has changed that projects outlook.  

21 hours ago, jwulsin said:

2421 Auburn Ave is owned by Uptown Rents and will be going before the Historic Conservation Board on March 24th:

 

Whew, i saw the map below and was worried when i saw 2421 auburn in blue.

Yeah that house at 2421 is gorgeous and I was concerned that it would get wrapped up into this whole development, glad they are (apparently) rehabbing it instead of trying to knock it down. 

Can anyone link to the actual project for this or is it not even up yet?

32 minutes ago, IAGuy39 said:

Can anyone link to the actual project for this or is it not even up yet?

I would guess it won't be uploaded until the 18th. They just uploaded the documents today for the March 11th meeting

20 hours ago, Dev said:

I would guess it won't be uploaded until the 18th. They just uploaded the documents today for the March 11th meeting

Oh ok thanks, so does anyone have any idea on the scope or size of the project yet? Sorry, I am being lazy and not looking back too far on this thread...

2 hours ago, IAGuy39 said:

Oh ok thanks, so does anyone have any idea on the scope or size of the project yet? Sorry, I am being lazy and not looking back too far on this thread...

If you're asking about 2421 Auburn Ave, this is the description of the scope of work: "The applicant requests a Certificate of Appropriateness to rehabilitate an existing structure, including window replacement, a new surface parking lot, the installation of an accessible ramp to the front door, and a ground sign in the Auburn Avenue Historic District."

On 2/29/2024 at 1:21 PM, jwulsin said:

 

Since 2021, looks like Uptown has acquired the following additional parcels:

• 1 E McMillan
• 13-19 E McMillan
• 27-31 E McMillan
• 36 E Hollister
• 48 E Hollister

Here is the map showing everything that Uptown now owns in that block, in blue:

 

@jwulsin - sorry, I meant the whole area of the blue here you created before. Was there a plan for this large area? Or nothing yet? Thanks for the help!

41 minutes ago, IAGuy39 said:

@jwulsin - sorry, I meant the whole area of the blue here you created before. Was there a plan for this large area? Or nothing yet? Thanks for the help!

Gotcha - I don't know the latest plans for the big site. Not sure what has changed since the 2021 version. 

12 minutes ago, jwulsin said:

Gotcha - I don't know the latest plans for the big site. Not sure what has changed since the 2021 version. 

Awesome, thank you, just what I was looking for!

 

That could hold a ton of apartments, for sure, and will change the feel of that bock big time.

Is on the Historic conservation board agenda for a new 5 story apartment building at 2443 Auburn Ave. 

12 hours ago, Ucgrad2015 said:

Is on the Historic conservation board agenda for a new 5 story apartment building at 2443 Auburn Ave. 

 

 

This mansion was fenced off this past weekend...hopefully it is being renovated and not demolished:

8 hours ago, Lazarus said:

This mansion was fenced off this past weekend...hopefully it is being renovated and not demolished:

You're quoting the wrong address. The old mansion on 2421 Auburn is being renovated by New Republic for the Women's Care Center. It was previously mentioned upthread:

  

On 2/29/2024 at 12:08 PM, jwulsin said:

2421 Auburn Ave is owned by Uptown Rents and will be going before the Historic Conservation Board on March 24th:

 

1 hour ago, Dev said:

The old mansion on 2421 Auburn is being renovated by New Republic for the Women's Care Center. It was previously mentioned upthread:

Detail in this packet starting on page 105: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/historic-conservation/historic-conservation-board/march-25-2024-case-materials-and-staff-reports/

Somebody wrecked into the Clifton Mini Mart @McMillan & Highland:

 

 

^ Karma for naming their business on the border of Corryville and Mt. Auburn after Clifton.

10 minutes ago, taestell said:

^ Karma for naming their business on the border of Corryville and Mt. Auburn after Clifton.

Eventually, everything above the basin will be called Clifton.

On 6/17/2024 at 12:37 PM, Ucgrad2015 said:

Is on the Historic conservation board agenda for a new 5 story apartment building at 2443 Auburn Ave.

Circling back to this, here is a rendering that was in the packet for yesterday:

that sure is a rendering.

...or a prison?

28 minutes ago, Dev said:

Circling back to this, here is a rendering that was in the packet for yesterday:

Low quality material but top dollar rental prices. Makes no sense how other cities can build good looking units for basically the same monthly prices as these will be. 

The Auburndale on the next corner did it better.  
 

Seriously, though. They had a chance to make two great intersections at Taft and McMillan, and neither of the buildings going up there give a damn about that or each-other.

Edited July 23, 2024Jul 23 by zsnyder

Funny, when I saw the rendering, my first thought I had was "how are they going to value-engineer it down from here?" Rendering is usually better than the finished product.

The application was tabled to August 19th. It sounds like the windows were the majority of the conversation.

Edited July 23, 2024Jul 23 by Dev

So they're only building on the very northeast corner for now? Leads me to believe that they anticipate acquiring those two remaining properties on McMillan then..

Foreclosure lawsuits threaten former county commissioner Tom Neyer's big plans for Mt. Auburn

Three lenders seek $2.5M in unpaid debt

 

 

When Mt. Auburn’s historic Flatiron building re-opened after a $1.3 million renovation in 2022, neighborhood leaders hoped it would lead to a new business district at the five-way intersection where Sycamore Street meets Auburn and Dorchester avenues.

 

But that dream might now be in doubt because a bank that helped to finance the project is suing to foreclose on the property.

 

It’s one of three active lawsuits against companies affiliated with Neyer Holdings Corp., a development and advisory firm established in 2003 by former Hamilton County Commissioner Tom Neyer Jr. All three lawsuits were filed within days of each other in February and claim Neyer owes a combined $2.5 million from loans extended to his companies between 2016 and 2022.

 

Cont

Interesting article. Unfortunate that they aren't able to financially go full steam ahead right now. It's not surprising that the Flatiron Cafe is struggling just because the location is very isolated at the moment. Would love to see the rest of these parcels on the north side of Dorchester developed.