September 27, 200816 yr Seems to partially be a chicken-and-egg thing. To keep getting big conventions (and to get bigger conventions), the city will need more hotel space. But I can understand the concern of the current hoteliers. (It's very reminiscent of the comments from downtown office landlords when QCSII was announced. But these predictions of calamity don't quite seem to come to fruition.)
September 30, 200816 yr City approves rezoning for Downtown hotel http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2008/09/city-approves-rezoning-for-downtown.html Cincinnati City Council has approved unanimously a rezoning ordinance that would allow a hotel to be built at 720 Sycamore Street Downtown. The approval rezones the current Red Cross property from DD-C Downtown Development District to PD Planned Development District (PD-55). DD-C districts do not allow for hotels or commercial lodging. Developer Rolling Hills Properties, LLC has announced its intent to develop a 13-story, upscale hotel containing around 200 guest rooms and 150 enclosed parking spaces, with a street-level lobby fronting on Eighth Street. No hotel operator has been named. Approval of the rezoning also means that Rolling Hills Properties can exercise its option to purchase the building from the American Red Cross, which will move to a new facility at Keystone Parke in Evanston. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2010, with completion by the end of 2011.
September 30, 200816 yr Perhaps the Red Cross still has a lease on the land. As far it I've heard, the zoning has only been changed. The land hasn't been purchased, has it?
October 2, 200816 yr The Red Cross won't be moved out of their building on Sycamore until the end of 2009 probably.
October 2, 200816 yr Yea it takes forever for a company to relocate. Usually. I'm crossing my fingers that this hotel will spark some kind of development in those two gigantic lots across the street. There's so much potential there.
October 2, 200816 yr Yea it takes forever for a company to relocate. Usually. I'm crossing my fingers that this hotel will spark some kind of development in those two gigantic lots across the street. There's so much potential there. tell that to St. X
October 2, 200816 yr Anyone else notice a major lack of new projects and/or later construction dates since the credit crisis?
October 2, 200816 yr That whole world has come to a close. I don't expect much to change for 3 to 5 years.
October 5, 200816 yr Here are a couple shots of the site that I got last week... 1. Looking east from Arnold's 2. Looking northwest from the adjacent parking garage
October 5, 200816 yr Just to put the new building in perspective...How tall is the Renainnance building?
July 27, 200915 yr A couple things could have happened. One is that they got the rezoning to market the site as being zoned for a higher density, thus making it more valuable. Or they could have gotten the rezoning during a down market thinking that less restrictions or conflict would be seen than when they actually plan on doing it down the road.
June 18, 201014 yr Cincinnati may get new hotel, garages due to casino By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn • [email protected] • June 18, 2010 Comments (0) Recommend Print this page ShareThis Font size:AA Major projects that would add 3,000 new parking spaces and a new hotel could be on the horizon for downtown Cincinnati, as planners prepare for the incoming casino at Broadway Commons. Roughly 1,800 to 2,200 parking spaces are expected to disappear once work begins at Broadway Commons on the $500 million casino. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100618/BIZ01/6190316/Casino-may-spawn-hotel-garages Why do they need 3k more spaces with the loss of 2k spots....especially when the casino is building a garage as well. After P&G just added 3 more levels to the broadway garage down there, we will be surrounded by garages. I dont have a problem with garage development as long other development is built on top....
June 18, 201014 yr Here are the three sites described in the article: 8th and Sycamore http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=broadway+and+eggleston&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.716829,70.751953&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Eggleston+Ave+%26+Broadway+St,+Cincinnati,+Hamilton,+Ohio+45202&ll=39.104726,-84.508102&spn=0.003501,0.006968&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.105182,-84.508947&panoid=DGQYmnCO4Uie37fXU-K4Ag&cbp=12,122.06,,0,-4.21 Broadway and Eggleston http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=broadway+and+eggleston&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.716829,70.751953&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Eggleston+Ave+%26+Broadway+St,+Cincinnati,+Hamilton,+Ohio+45202&ll=39.106499,-84.506863&spn=0.003501,0.006968&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.106942,-84.507656&panoid=Lhfs4kQPEXdDFR88BrHqWQ&cbp=12,244.79,,0,4.03 7th and Broadway http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=broadway+and+eggleston&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.716829,70.751953&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Eggleston+Ave+%26+Broadway+St,+Cincinnati,+Hamilton,+Ohio+45202&ll=39.104664,-84.506616&spn=0.003484,0.006968&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.104712,-84.507087&panoid=I42sKuo7CHTxN6vNo3wCHQ&cbp=12,298.22,,0,-1.72
June 19, 201014 yr The Enquirer has a pic that shows the Broadway and Eggleston lot as a triangle so they're obligated to build a Flatiron-type building/hotel. That's the law. :wink:
June 19, 201014 yr Ya know I've always wanted to see a building go there anyway. I'm a big fan of triangular buildings on corners. NYC is full of them. They look so cool.
June 19, 201014 yr Anyone who clicks on my middle link above: the little man is just pointed in the wrong direction, pan over to the right.
June 21, 201014 yr The Enquirer has a pic that shows the Broadway and Eggleston lot as a triangle so they're obligated to build a Flatiron-type building/hotel. That's the law. :wink: Damn right it's law!!
June 23, 201014 yr So we're now talking about a 1,040-space parking garage for a 200-bed hotel. This is absurd to the highest degree.
August 16, 201014 yr I hate that parking garage in the #2 picture above that UncleRando posted. Its so crappy looking and out of place.
November 1, 201014 yr From a recent article discussing casino parking lot closures..... Meanwhile, the city is "close" to signing off on a proposal with a private developer that would bring a 660-car parking garage and 200-room hotel to the former American Red Cross site at Eighth and Sycamore streets, Hardy said. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101031/BIZ01/11010324/1055/NEWS/Casino-work-to-cut-parking
November 2, 201014 yr Did I see somewhere that the city had, had prelim talks with Holiday Inn and that might be the hotel on this site? (or am I imagining this article bc I cant find it again?) Holiday Inn is not a bad resident by any means but I imagine their clientele to be a diverse mix of people looking to visit Cincy for less (a great idea), and people too drunk/tired from drinking/gambling to make it home.
November 2, 201014 yr Did I see somewhere that the city had, had prelim talks with Holiday Inn and that might be the hotel on this site? (or am I imagining this article bc I cant find it again?) Holiday Inn is not a bad resident by any means but I imagine their clientele to be a diverse mix of people looking to visit Cincy for less (a great idea), and people too drunk/tired from drinking/gambling to make it home. keep in mind that "Holiday Inn" could mean the IHG group of hotels, which includes: InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts Hotel Indigo Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts Holiday Inn Express Staybridge Suites Candlewood Suites
December 10, 201014 yr Downtown Holiday Inn green-lighted Business Courier - by Dan Monk Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:00am EST Enlarge Image Courtesy of Cincinnati Planning Commission The Cincinnati Planning Commission has endorsed a revised plan for a 200-room Holiday Inn hotel that’s been contemplated on downtown’s eastern edge for nearly three years. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2010/12/10/downtown-holiday-inn-green-lighted.html
December 10, 201014 yr Interesting. I thought originally the hotel would face sycamore street, but maybe i just assumed that since the red cross currently faces that direction. Not sure if i like this alternate configuration or not. It will give the hotel nice visibility from 71 as well as fill in some of the gaps on that edge of town. Either way its a positive upgrade from the garage thats there now... as long as they can improve the aesthetic of the proposed garage.
December 11, 201014 yr http://assets.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2010/12/10/Hotel_Sycamore_7th_8th.jpg?v=1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 11, 201014 yr That BusinessCourier article is great. Second paragraph about the garage says, "it looks like a jail.". I'd love to see Cincy prove it can successfully mask an above ground garage. It is possible...
December 11, 201014 yr That BusinessCourier article is great. Second paragraph about the garage says, "it looks like a jail.". I'd love to see Cincy prove it can successfully mask an above ground garage. It is possible... Here we go... http://monarchconstruction.cc/projects/higheduc/images/pages/Miami%20University%20Parking%20Garage_jpg.htm Monarch is already doing work downtown at the Banks! I would imagine that would be an easy sell for them!
December 11, 201014 yr I like the look of the Hotel. Almost seems to have some hints of Art Deco on the highest point of the right side. The garage needs help! John Schneider, do whatever you can on the planning committee to make sure it is better looking. One of the best above ground garage's downtown is 5/3 buildings garage (above cadillac ranch). So many people don't even realize it's a parking garage! At the same time, that garage is much smaller than a full, block sized garage...
December 13, 201014 yr That BusinessCourier article is great. Second paragraph about the garage says, "it looks like a jail.". I'd love to see Cincy prove it can successfully mask an above ground garage. It is possible... Monarch is already doing work downtown at the Banks! I would imagine that would be an easy sell for them! Maybe someone should tell them that this building is UC's not Miami's. http://monarchconstruction.cc/projects/higheduc/images/pages/Miami%20University%20Science%20and%20Engineering%20Building%20View%203_jpg.htm
March 29, 201114 yr Downtown Holiday Inn Concept Approved Following nearly three years and three revisions, concept plans for Downtown Cincinnati's first newly-built hotel since 1984 have been approved by Cincinnati City Council. Rolling Hills Hospitality (Downtown Hills, LLC) plans to build a $14 million, 11-story, 200-room Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites at the corner of Seventh Street and Broadway. The deal is contingent on a land swap between the developer and the City. The developer would swap the former American Red Cross headquarters at 720 Sycamore Street in exchange for a portion of the 257-space Seventh Street Garage, which the City deems outdated. The City then will demolish the Seventh Street Garage and build a new 610-space public parking garage with ground-floor retail along Sycamore Street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
June 27, 201113 yr Was just thinking the same thing- Council approved it. Haven't heard anything since.
September 16, 201113 yr Downtown hotel plan delayed 10:40 am, Sep 16, 2011 | Written by lbernard Developers of a proposed 200-room hotel along Sycamore Street will get another year to land financing for the project. The Cincinnati Planning Commission on Friday approved a request from Fort Mitchell-based Rolling Hills Hospitality to extend its planned development agreement one more year while the developer lines up funding for the project. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/developingnow/2011/09/16/downtown-hotel-plan-delayed/
December 8, 201113 yr I have serious doubts that this project will ever happen, but if it does it will be solely due to the fact that the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is located just a few blocks away.
December 9, 201113 yr Parking garage needs to happen first- Not sure the City will beginning on that project in 2012.
December 9, 201113 yr The last article on this talked about the developers need to secure financing. I wouldn't hold my breath. Downtown has the 21c opening up and the Terrace Plaza hotel is still empty. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
May 15, 201213 yr The State of Downtown Report just released by Downtown Cincinnati Inc. indicates that the proposed $14 million Holiday Inn project for Seventh and Broadway is targeted for 2013. It appears as item No. 36 on Page 14 along with some other interesting stuff. http://www.downtowncincinnati.com/Libraries/DCI_Publications/2011_SOD_lo_res.sflb.ashx
May 15, 201213 yr Yeah I saw that but at this point I won't believe it till I see them start building it! “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
November 15, 201212 yr Garage design slammed for looking like a jail, now what's wrong with it? By Dan Monk Two years ago, it was criticized for looking like a jail. Now, the design for a city-owned parking garage at Seventh and Sycamore streets is being panned for looking too much like the buildings around it. “It’s almost like pandering to history,” said architect Paul Muller, a member of the city’s Urban Design Review Board. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
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