Posted June 19, 200519 yr The hospital building boom By 2008, projects will total $700M By Tim Bonfield Enquirer staff writer Good Samaritan and Bethesda North hospitals are building new, high-rise patient towers. Mercy Hospital Fairfield just opened a heart center, and St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood is expanding emergency rooms. In Middletown, a brand-new hospital will be going up soon. Across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, hospitals are undergoing the biggest construction boom in years. Ten major projects worth more than $700 million have recently opened or will be built by 2008. Eight are in the suburbs, adding intensive care, operating rooms, maternity suites, cardiac care, doctor's offices and state-of-the-art equipment to serve hundreds of thousands of patients for decades to come. Construction costs alone are enough to build the $280 million Great American Ball Park 2½ times. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/NEWS01/506190402/1056/rss02
December 26, 200519 yr Commissioners could cut chunk of levy for indigent Proposal would chop $15M from University's funds Jacob Dirr Courier Contributor University Hospital is developing a plan to prepare for a reduction or loss in the $34 million in public money it gets each year to care for the uninsured. An independent Health Care Review Committee, convened by the Hamilton County Commissioners, is reviewing a proposal that would reduce the amount University receives each year to $19.2 million, a 43 percent cut. "We are very concerned," said Lee Ann Liska, University Hospital vice president. "The levy only supports a portion of our total investment and therefore we would have to really look at how we deliver care." The plan, which top managers are not ready to release to the public, includes options that could impact employees and services provided by the hospital, Liska said. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2005/12/19/story6.html
May 31, 200619 yr Hospitals put one foot in suburb, keep one in city BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Cincinnati's big three health-care providers - TriHealth, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Health Alliance - are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in new construction in Butler and Warren counties. The expansion benefits everyone, hospital officials say. Consumers get high-quality health-care close to home, and hospitals get a customer base that keeps growing. Even as they get ready to break ground in the suburbs, hospital officials say, they aren't abandoning Uptown, the area that's home to the city's hospitals. They're investing more to upgrade their home bases in and around Avondale with more patient beds and work space for doctors and researchers. Hospital officials say their building boom lets them expand their patient base in the suburbs while providing care in Cincinnati's urban core. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/NEWS01/605300336/1056/rss02
May 31, 200619 yr This kind of growth is great.....steady and it provides high paying jobs! Not to mention they build towers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 21, 200718 yr A northern version of 'Pill Hill'? By Jessica Brown, Cincinnati Enquirer | February 20, 2007 Within five years, health industry leaders predict that people living in Butler County will be able to get nearly every kind of medical care without driving south of Interstate 275. “In five years, maybe you’ll have to go (to Cincinnati) for a transplant or a specialized service,” said John Gillespie, director of marketing and development for UC Physicians, which operates a $100 million medical campus in West Chester. “But aside from that, everything you’re going to need will be right here.” By 2009, local health systems will have spent more than $500 million to build, relocate or expand hospitals and other medical services in Greater Cincinnati’s northern suburbs. Projects include the relocation of Middletown Regional Hospital, expansions at Mercy Hospital Fairfield, a medical campus for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Liberty Township, and the $207 million West Chester Medical Center being built by the Health Alliance – the first truly new hospital built in Butler County in 30 years. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/NEWS01/302200070
May 24, 200718 yr UC asks to join Alliance-Christ suit May 23, 2007 | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER The University of Cincinnati is asking to become a party in the lawsuit between the Health Alliance and Christ Hospital. If UC's motion, filed Wednesday, is granted, UC will be able to "participate fully in all negotiations and discussions regarding the litigation,"according to a UC press release. "It must be remembered that all participating entities in the Health Alliance, including UC, have charitable missions," UC President Nancy Zimpher said in the release. "UC's intention is to help facilitate an equitable transition for all Health Alliance hospitals, while preserving quality health care for our community. Our interest is in protecting the public interest and that necessitates an official place at the table," Zimpher added. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/05/21/daily36.html
June 21, 200717 yr Hospitals will leave Alliance Judge refuses to delay plans for Christ, St. Luke hospitals By Cliff Peale, Cincinnati Enquirer | June 21, 2007 Christ Hospital can open a long-term acute care unit and recruit more doctors. St. Luke Hospitals can proceed to negotiate a merger with St. Elizabeth Medical Center. And both hospitals can tap the millions of dollars in revenue they produce and start to operate as independent hospitals as they negotiate their withdrawal from the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. Those are the main results after a Hamilton County Common Pleas judge Wednesday rejected an attempt to delay his order that the hospitals could withdraw from the region's largest health system. Judge Fred Nelson denied the Alliance's request to stay his order while it appeals the ruling. He offered to stay the portion ordering the Alliance to pay Christ and St. Luke attorneys' fees if it posted a $4.8 million bond - the amount of the attorneys' fees plus interest. The Alliance did not indicate whether it would do so. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070621/BIZ01/706210363/1076
July 19, 200717 yr This is getting really nasty...I wonder what the source of all this animosity is? Christ wants Alliance to fold, oust CEO By James Ritchie, Cincinnati Business Courier | July 19, 2007 Christ Hospital's board is calling for a complete dissolution of the Health Alliance and, in the meantime, the ouster of the hospital group's CEO. The board accuses CEO Ken Hanover of delay tactics and unnecessary legal wrangling following a judge's April ruling that Christ and the two St. Luke hospitals could withdraw from the Health Alliance. The Health Alliance released a statement in which the system's board chairwoman, Gloria Haffer, was quoted defending Hanover. "No meaningful progress has been made over the past three months, as the alliance leadership seems to prefer to litigate rather than negotiate," according to a July 19 letter from Christ board Chairman Michael Keating to the Health Alliance board and Hanover. Christ seeks to invoke a provision in the health system's joint operating agreement that states that if two or more members seek to get out, the remainder of the alliance is to "promptly take all action necessary to dissolve and wind up" its affairs. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/07/16/daily54.html
October 5, 200717 yr Drake could become military rehabilitation center By James Ritchie, Cincinnati Business Courier | October 5, 2007 The Drake Center is vying to become one of the rehabilitative hospitals for soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. Drake's top executive, Karen Bankston, met with top military leaders in Washington, D.C., about the possibility, which could bolster both the hospital's revenue and its reputation. She's hoping for word in early 2008. Physical and staffing constraints mean the military's rehabilitation programs at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, the National Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., and Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas are stretched thin, Bankston said. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/10/08/story9.html
November 18, 200717 yr Tower doubles research efforts Budget, facilities attract top-drawer scientists By Cliff Peale, Cincinnati Enquirer | November 18, 2007 After several years of continuous construction, big new buildings at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have become rather commonplace. But not this one. When this $136 million research tower opens Monday, it will be the largest capital expenditure in the hospital's history. The tower will help Children's put itself on track to double the size of a research program that already attracts hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and researchers from around the world. And it comes as federal money for research nationally has stagnated. "It's huge," said Arnold Strauss, director of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and chairman of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati. "We're opening new research space at a time when most places are having to scale back." In the last five years, the research unit has increased its total program awards by nearly half to $123.4 million, mostly from the National Institutes of Health. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/NEWS01/711180368
February 21, 200817 yr Christ Hospital leaves alliance Departure from Health Alliance will cost millions, at first BY CLIFF PEALE | [email protected] Christ Hospital will become independent this year, but it will spend tens of millions of dollars on the transition and on renovations. Starting next month, Christ will start paying its own employees. In April, it will start billing for its services and in May it will unveil a new patient-information system. The changes are part of Christ Hospital's acrimonious withdrawal from the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. After 14 years as one of six hospitals in the region's largest health-care system, the withdrawal of Christ and the St. Luke Hospitals in Northern Kentucky sparked a two-year legal battle that still lingers. Both hospitals said the alliance neglected them and didn't invest enough in their facilities. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080221/BIZ01/802210326/1076/BIZ
February 21, 200817 yr This seems like a good move for Christ...and will allow for the Health Alliance to pursue their own goals without conflicting with Christ's aspirations.
February 21, 200817 yr To Christ Hospital and the St. Luke hospitals, which are leaving the Health Alliance after a long legal battle, the hospital represents the crux of what's wrong with the system: too much focus on growth in the suburbs, too little on maintaining existing facilities. The system - which includes University, Jewish and Fort Hamilton hospitals, along with the Drake Center rehabilitation hospital - and its departing members have clashed over how the $220 million hospital should be paid for and who should bear the costs. Sound familiar - this is getting old.
March 1, 200817 yr Web site allows Cincinnati hospital comparisons February 27, 2008 | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER A new Web site allows users to find out how individual Greater Cincinnati hospitals compare on performance measures related to heart attack, congestive heart failure and pneumonia. The data collection effort is part of the Hospital Quality Improvement Project, an initiative of the Greater Cincinnati Health Council and the Ohio Hospital Association. The site is www.gchchospitalquality.org. "The Web site demonstrates the commitment area hospitals have to public transparency and accountability," Colleen O'Toole, president of the Health Council president said in a news release. "For hospitals, the goal is that they use the information on their performance to improve patient outcomes, and we are indeed showing positive results. These trends mean lives are being saved." Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/02/25/daily40.html
March 28, 200817 yr UC could be local health care hub EDITORIAL | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER March 28, 2008 Unless you're a child or a stroke patient, the first place you go if you get sick in Greater Cincinnati is the airport - to get on an airplane to fly to a more renowned hospital. Those aren't our words, but they are the provocative words of David Stern, the head of health affairs for the University of Cincinnati, which holds a distinct advantage and responsibility in stabilizing Cincinnati's splintering health care marketplace. Stern, dean of the UC medical school since 2005, took on larger responsibilities for UC President Nancy Zimpher as of Jan. 1 in trying to put UC at the center of a rebuilt Cincinnati health care delivery system. As he builds a case for developing UC as a national leader in four areas - cancer care, neuroscience, cardiovascular disease and treatment of diabetes and obesity - he uses the airport argument to make a point about Cincinnati health care. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/03/31/editorial1.html
May 2, 200817 yr My sister is a nurse and all of her co-workers have moved here from rural Ohio towns (many from the northern part of the state). Alot of them are in that 24-30 year old range Cincinnati health care jobs get tougher to fill Overall vacancy rates in 32 "hard-to-fill" health care positions increased to 6.3 percent in 2008 from 5.2 percent last year, according to the Greater Cincinnati Health Council. The vacancy rate for registered nurses increased to 7.3 percent from 5.7 percent, the health council reports in its 2008 vacancy report, which contains 2008 vacancy data from area hospitals. But the region has been successful in recruiting new people to the nursing, said Mary Duffey, executive director of the council's Health Care Workforce Center. Approximately 73.8 percent of nurses employed in area hospitals are under age 50. Nearly half are under 40. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/04/28/daily45.html
May 5, 200817 yr How many sick kids are there in Cincinnati? I just spent some time there last week and was amazed at how many different facilities Children's Hospital has. I think I must have seen four or five scattered around.
May 5, 200817 yr They serve an international audience and have been great about getting gov't money. My sense (I could be wrong) is that the strength of Children's has generally meant that the other hospitals in the area simply don't even try to compete thus giving them a monopoly of sorts.
May 5, 200817 yr Yup...Cincinnati Children's Hospital draws from a national and international audience.
May 7, 200817 yr Yes, Children's hospitals (good ones that is) serve a few purposes: 1) Magnet Hospital for Metro (and generally little competition) 2) Easier Name Recognition. Take for example University Hospitals of Cleveland. Its a top tier hospital, generally in the top quartile of whatever ranking you can find. Unfortunately it always will be in the Cleveland Clinic's shadow. But it has Rainbow Babies Hospital and that facility is always top 5 in the nation/midwest/whatever (don't quote me on that) 3) Money. Children's hospitals are magnets for big donor money. Conversely burn centers are not. Typically when it comes to being a Level I trauma center, a burn center is a sticking point for many. Not many hospitals want the investment of being Level I, since it hardly pays off (again, donors). Someone please correct me if I'm out in left field.
June 8, 200817 yr Mercy plans new hospital Western Hills, Mount Airy affected BY CLIFF PEALE | [email protected] Mercy Health Partners is planning a new hospital on the west side of Hamilton County that would replace two of its oldest hospitals, Mercy Western Hills and Mercy Mount Airy. The hospital operator, a unit of downtown-based Catholic Healthcare Partners, said Saturday that its board has endorsed the idea. It has not identified a site but has been scouting potential locations. In a statement, Mercy said the hospital would take three years to build. The final plan still must be approved by the boards of Mercy and CHP. The hospitals along Queen City Avenue in Westwood and on Kipling Avenue in Mount Airy were built more than 30 years ago, making them among the oldest in Mercy's Greater Cincinnati system. Each employs about 850 workers. Combined, they have about 400 beds. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080608/BIZ01/806080341/1076/BIZ
June 10, 200817 yr The Mercy West hospital, in Western Hills, seems to be in good condition. They have also done renovations and expansions somewhat recently. There also seems to be more room to grow at that location. I'm guessing they want to move their operations closer to where the new growth is on the westside (i.e. northern Green Twp).
June 22, 200816 yr Mercy weighs new sites Westwood, Mt. Airy hospitals' fates unknown http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/NEWS01/806220353/1077/COL02
June 22, 200816 yr I am going to forecast that the new Mercy Western Hills site will end up somewhere near the I-74 Harrison/Rybolt interchange. It makes sense given all the continued building that is occuring in the area.
June 22, 200816 yr My marbles are on right behind Bob Evans on North Bend Rd. It's supposed to be a a health care facility of some sort, why can't it be a new hospital?
July 4, 200816 yr Health Alliance could buy Cincinnati's Jewish Hospital, shuffle power http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/07/07/story2.html
July 7, 200816 yr Hospitals become center of boomtowns http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/NEWS01/807060334/1168/NEWS
July 7, 200816 yr ^Yeah, that article was f ing ridiculous. Nationally, the trend is driven by healthy cash flow from suburban hospitals, heavy population growth in surrounding neighborhoods and the search for new revenues that aren't constricted by insurance payments. "It's an opportunity for the hospitals to surround themselves with a lot of amenities and it certainly helps them control their environment," said Gary Scanlon, vice president at Miller-Valentine specializing in health-care properties. Yeah, well that whole "control their environment" statement is a blatantly racist, anti-city one. Recently I heard someone comment that the new suburban hospitals are being built because "people in the suburbs pay their bills". And amenities is the name of the game...I recently visited someone in Good Sam and the whole place looked like a damn trendy hotel on the inside, and people wonder why their medical bills are so high. Give me cinder blocks or give me death.
July 16, 200816 yr Mercy Hospital Consolidation Plan Questioned http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=5689e102-450f-4242-84d9-5608ea22ba08
July 17, 200816 yr New Cincinnati Children's site based on area's need Number of patients was key factor in decision to build campus at corner of I-75 and Ohio 129. http://www.journal-news.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/07/16/hjn071708decision.html
July 23, 200816 yr Fort Hamilton plans cancer center work http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS01/807230313/1168/NEWS
November 3, 200816 yr Hospital brings 550 full-time jobs to West Chester Twp. By Dave Greber, Staff Writer Sunday, November 02, 2008 As the West Chester Medical Center enters its final months of construction, officials are hurriedly scouring the area to fill the facility with quality doctors, nurses and support staff. The $225 million full-service hospital is due to open in May, and construction crews are less than a month away completing all exterior work, which turns the focus inside. "If you look at it, it looks ready to open," said Stephanie Savicki, the hospital's public relations and marketing manager. Still, workers this week were seen putting the finishing touches on the building's entrance, doors and surrounding areas, and planting bushes and trees in nearby landscaping beds. Inside, the activity continued on flooring, walls and ceilings. Up next is the installation of the building's complex information technology systems and medical equipment. Read full article here: http://www.journal-news.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/11/02/HJN110308medupdate.html
November 3, 200816 yr So is this kind of growth merely a redistribution of jobs, or will the majority of these positions actually be new hires. It seems to me that maybe there is a little of both.
November 3, 200816 yr So is this kind of growth merely a redistribution of jobs, or will the majority of these positions actually be new hires. It seems to me that maybe there is a little of both. The West Chester Medical Center is part of what's left of the "Health Alliance". I'd say most of these jobs are new because I haven't heard about them closing any units down in Cincinnati.
December 10, 200816 yr Cincinnati-area hospitals’ economic impact: $14B Greater Cincinnati’s hospitals had a nearly $14 billion impact on the regional economy in 2007, according to a new study. The figure represents an 85 percent increase from an economic impact of just under $8 billion reported in 2002, the last time the study was commissioned. The report, which looked at 31 hospitals and their affiliated facilities, was commissioned by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and the Greater Cincinnati Health Council. “Not only do the residents benefit through highly accessible, high-quality health care services, but area businesses also realize advantages through revenues resulting directly or indirectly from hospital expenditures,” Ellen van der Horst, president of the chamber, said in a press release. “Moreover, nationally recognized hospitals are essential community assets, and as such they serve as a critical component to bringing top people to our region.” Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/12/08/daily38.html
December 10, 200816 yr Hospital jobs healthy 2,500 openings go unfilled because of shortage of nurses, technical workers People looking for jobs might want to try their local hospitals. Hospitals throughout Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati increased total employment 12 percent from 2002 to 2007, to 51,802 workers. As a group, they still have about 2,500 jobs available, more than half of them full time and most in nursing or technical services. Those statistics are all part of an annual economic impact of $13.9 billion a year from the region's 31 hospitals, according to a new study by University of Cincinnati economists. The impact has jumped more than $1 billion a year since 2002, the study said. Besides providing medical care, that makes hospitals one of the region's biggest industries and one of the few still growing. Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081210/NEWS0103/812100373/1055/NEWS
December 11, 200816 yr Hospital jobs healthy 2,500 openings go unfilled because of shortage of nurses, technical workers Unfortunately - it's difficult to transition from an unemployed banker or financial services sector employee to a nurse or radiologist.
December 12, 200816 yr ^Typically are among the highest paid docs. You would be surprised what their job function consists of.
March 20, 200916 yr At Cincinnati's Children’s, growth spurt going strong Even for the few employers that still need more workers, hiring is slowing down. Still, slowing is relative. “Instead of bringing in 100 people every two weeks, we’re seeing more like 60 every two weeks,” said Julia Abell, senior director of employment for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While the nation faces its worst recession in generations, Cincinnati Children’s has continued a hiring spree for more than a dozen years. CEO James Anderson knows that even during hard times, his organization can’t afford to rest if it wants to remain a top-ranked pediatric hospital. The hospital now employs 11,400 people, an increase of 800 since June 2008. That’s also a 40 percent increase since 2005. This, while other hospitals in the Tri-State have been cutting back recently. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/03/23/story3.html
July 14, 200915 yr Jewish purchase gives Mercy options By Cliff Peale, Cincinnati Enquirer | July 14, 2009 Spreading top-dollar oncology and joint-replacement services to the region's Mercy hospitals from their home at Jewish Hospital could be the ultimate indication that Mercy's $180 million purchase of Jewish has worked. Mercy already can absorb many of Jewish's finance and information-technology functions at its Blue Ash offices, perhaps adding more jobs. And adding the Jewish Hospital location just off Interstate 71 in Kenwood fills out its geographic lineup that already includes hospitals in Batavia, Anderson Township, Fairfield, Mount Airy and Westwood. But the real payoff will come if the niche programs that have defined Jewish Hospital filter to Mercy patients, said Jim May, president of Mercy Health Partners, after announcing the acquisition last week. "We're trying to keep people in their communities to get their care," May said in an interview. "Our mission is excellent patient care and Jewish does the same thing." Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090714/BIZ01/907150314/Deal%20gives%20Mercy%20new%20options?GID=FjUbZ68vEaNaWxl2J32jZKBdD/skJonfOusU3YzbpXc%3D
July 14, 200915 yr Medical corridor forming along Interstate 74 http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/0714medicalcorridor.aspx As the population of Cincinnati's west side continues to grow and shift to the north and west, so too does the area's medical services. The previously untapped market in western Hamilton County is now being aggressively pursued by hospitals and medical services looking to establish long-term roots in the developing communities. In recent years outpatient medical buildings have popped up off of the Rybolt Road/Harrison Avenue exit off Interstate 74 in Green Township. Those have been followed by the recent announcement of Mercy Health Partners' plans to consolidate their western Hamilton County operations into one facility off the North Bend Road exit along I-74 also in Green Township. The new $200 million Mercy West Hospital will be located on a 60-acre site and could potentially open within four to five years following a recent zoning approval from the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission. The new hospital would feature 200 to 250 beds and will replace Mercy Health Partner's other west side locations - Mercy Hospital Western Hills and Mercy Hospital Mount Airy. Not far behind is Tri-Health's Good Samaritan Hospital which announced earlier this month that it has its eyes on another Green Township location along the I-74 corridor. The Good Samaritan Medical Center at Western Ridge would include an emergency room and outpatient center operations. Plans for the Good Sam medical center call for a groundbreaking this year with hopes of opening by the fall of 2010 and will be developed by BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate. The completed facility would boast 24-hour emergency services, a helipad and X-ray imaging. Not everyone is viewing the new investment as a positive for the once sleepy area of rolling hills and thick woodland areas. The Mercy West Hospital came under significant criticism by nearby residents fearful of the additional traffic and congestion the hospital would bring to North Bend Road and the surrounding streets. The Good Samaritan Medical Center at Western Ridge will be built on a hillside once covered with dense vegetation that has now been stripped clean - a process that took place just up the road when the Western Commons retail development went in a few short years ago. The Rybolt Road/Harrison Avenue exit is also already plagued by congestion which engineers hope to resolve with the ongoing reconstruction project of the on/off ramps to I-74, the widening of Harrison Avenue and the realignment of the hilly Rybolt Road. Further east at the North Bend exit, drivers are awaiting the completion of the ramp meters that will regulate traffic flow onto the interstate during peak driving times in hopes of reducing further congestion problems along that stretch of I-74 - something that may soon be in the cards for the Rybolt Road/Harrison Avenue exit as well. It is yet to be seen whether these solutions will help reduce the traffic congestion that has come along with the rapid development along the I-74 corridor through western Hamilton County, but it is certain that the development will continue to come as the corridor grows into the business and commercial hub for the west side that has limited transportation connection to the rest of the region.
June 29, 201014 yr Christ Hospital to expand Tells Mount Auburn neighbors it plans major investment Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Dan Monk and James Ritchie Staff Reporter The Christ Hospital plans to invest more than $300 million and create 200 jobs in an expansion of its Mount Auburn campus. The project would include a 1,000-car garage and new centers for women’s oncology and musculoskeletal disorders, according to Pauline Van der Haer, a developer who received a May 7 letter from the hospital outlining terms under which it would be prepared to purchase her property, which sits north of the Auburn Avenue hospital. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/06/28/story3.html?b=1277697600^3550071
June 29, 201014 yr Christ Hospital to expand Tells Mount Auburn neighbors it plans major investment Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Dan Monk and James Ritchie Staff Reporter The Christ Hospital plans to invest more than $300 million and create 200 jobs in an expansion of its Mount Auburn campus. The project would include a 1,000-car garage and new centers for women’s oncology and musculoskeletal disorders, according to Pauline Van der Haer, a developer who received a May 7 letter from the hospital outlining terms under which it would be prepared to purchase her property, which sits north of the Auburn Avenue hospital. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/06/28/story3.html?b=1277697600^3550071 Wow ... how do my fellow UO'ers feel about this? On one hand, development and especially Christ Hospital is great for the area... on the other ... there's no disputing Mt. Auburn has one of the best urban fabrics in the 513. I don't have a single doubt in my mind one day Mt. Auburn will be viewed at with Hyde Park status.
June 29, 201014 yr That may be the case (re: being looked at with Hyde Park status), but it will take a lot work to get there. A lot of the buildings need a lot of love. And Pauline Van der Haer has a hard time cooperating with the City and she owns a lot of property in the neighborhood. And her properties are quite nice.
June 29, 201014 yr I'd like for them to take down some of the cheap properties on the east side of the street, but my guess is the bulk of the project is going to go south and consume the side streets of Fairview-esque row houses. I wouldn't doubt that the people from Christ told city hall that they wanted that Glenco land five years ago and acted to block its redevelopment.
January 6, 20232 yr University Hospital got its new front entrance complete just in time to shine for the Buffalo Bills situation. Also, UC Hospital's official address changed as part of this lobby project, even though the main entrance is in the same spot. The hospital is no longer addressed at 234 Goodman Ave. It is now addressed at 3188 Bellevue Ave.
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