February 18, 200817 yr They sure were quick to tear down that building...go figure. But they have no idea what they are going to put there. . . I think that had more to do with being able to use the federal clean up funds that were allocated to the project while they were still available.
February 18, 200817 yr They sure were quick to tear down that building...go figure. But they have no idea what they are going to put there. . . I think that had more to do with being able to use the federal clean up funds that were allocated to the project while they were still available. I figured it had more to do with a group of people fighting to save the building. no building = no fight
February 18, 200817 yr ^ Well sure, that helps too. IIRC, there wasn't really any Building 26 movement until UD had already announced plans to tear down the building after they had been awarded millions of dollars in grants to clean up the former NCR property. At any rate, it is amazing what a difference the building being gone makes at the Stewart and Patterson intersection now. No matter which side of the Building 26 issue you were, I think everyone can agree that building as it last stood was incredibly ugly.
February 19, 200817 yr They sure were quick to tear down that building...go figure. But they have no idea what they are going to put there. . . Excuse my cynicism, but I think they do know what they want to put on that corner. I just hope it enhances the neighborhood and the southern gateway to the city. I'd also like to know what's new with plans for the Fairgrounds. Anybody hear anything?
February 24, 200817 yr Its on MVH's master plan, but I don't think they gave any specific details. I think it was just listed as "future expansion" or something like that.
April 23, 200817 yr Retail center near UD expanding tenant list http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/04/21/story6.html?b=1208750400^1621015 After getting off to a slow start, the University Place development across from the University of Dayton appears ready to kick into high gear. For more info, please click the link "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 27, 200816 yr Dayton plans to spruce up Brown Street near Miami Valley Hospital and UD Dayton Daily News By Joanne Huist Smith Wednesday, June 25, 2008 DAYTON — The city of Dayton plans to spruce up the Brown Street corridor between Apple Street and Irving Avenue when federal funds become available in 2011. The project will basically improve the area between Miami Valley Hospital and the Oakwood city limits near the University of Dayton Campus. The enhancement project has not been fully defined, but will likely include new sidewalks, lighting, landscaping and benches, Steve Finke, the city's assistant director of public works, said. The Dayton City Commission, on Wednesday, June 25, passed an ordinance agreeing to participate in the project with the Ohio Department of Transportation. The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, on March 17, approved the city's request for $281,600 in regionally controlled funds for the work.
June 27, 200816 yr From TechTown to the new campus masterplan to Brown St. to the campus expansion to the Great Miami River and a sustainable residence hall in the North student neighborhood near South Park, there’s a lot going on with the University of Dayton. To explain the University’s future, UD has created a fantastic website. I urge everyone to check it out at http://whatsnext.udayton.edu or read the pdf here: Transformative Moments
June 28, 200816 yr Nice! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 30, 200816 yr UD gets $5 million from NCR for development By Dave Larsen, Staff Writer Tuesday, December 30, 2008 DAYTON — NCR Corp. will donate $5 million to the University of Dayton that will help UD to transform property on the Great Miami River. NCR is relinquishing all participation rights in the commercial development of the largely unused 50-acre parcel UD purchased in 2005 from the global technology company.The gift allows UD the flexibility to develop the land for academic and mixed use without sharing a portion of future revenues. The property runs from Brown Street to the Great Miami River. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/12/30/ddn123008udgift.html
December 30, 200816 yr The $5 million gift follows the November announcement of a $10 million gift for scholarships from a 1965 UD graduate who wishes to remain anonymous. It should have said "from a 1998 UD grad" and I no longer wish to remain anonymous :-D
July 8, 200915 yr Developers plan up to $20M project near UD Arena A Los Angeles developer, in league with a Cleveland real estate guru, plans a major overhaul of the abandoned Delphi Corp. campus near the University of Dayton Arena. For more, click the link: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2009/07/06/daily30.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 8, 200915 yr This is great news!!! Actually, I don't know if it would be that high risk, except for the fact that the economy is bad here. That area has a lot of traffic and UD isn't exactly a small school. It also has a need formore of this type of development, and the location is logical, so hopefully all goes well.
March 29, 201015 yr It's been a few months since it happened so I'm surprised we don't have any talk about UD's purchase of NCR headquarters. Is there another place where it's been discussed?
April 29, 201015 yr City wants more foot traffic near UD By Lucas Sullivan, Staff Writer Updated 8:24 AM Thursday, April 29, 2010 DAYTON — City officials are discussing plans to reduce vehicle traffic on Brown and Warren streets near the University of Dayton and Miami Valley Hospital, and adding lanes to Main Street to create a better environment for pedestrians and attract more businesses. Early plans for Brown/Warren streets include going down to one lane in each direction, installing bike lanes, limiting on-street parking and widening sidewalks. Installing trees or landscaping near the street is also proposed to create a scenic buffer between pedestrians and motorists. The plan has the blessings of Miami Valley Hospital, UD, and the Rubicon Park Business Association, as well as the South Park neighborhood. Full article: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/city-wants-more-foot-traffic-near-ud-678077.html
April 29, 201015 yr The article has been updated. Check it out here: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/city-wants-more-foot-traffic-near-ud-678077.html This is the most exciting part of this news IMO: Illustration provided by the City of Dayton shows a proposed redesign of Main Street, south of Miami Valley Hospital, that would widen the overall street and add a center turn lane. This is a smart, pedestrian-oriented approach to Brown St. Great thinking! Illustration provided by the City of Dayton shows a proposed redesign of Brown street that would widen sidewalks and reduce the number of automobile lanes.
April 29, 201015 yr Brown Street is one of the few areas of Dayton I am familiar with. There were a lot of restaurants, but the area seemed disjointed and not overly pedestrian friendly. This will definitely improve the look and feel of the street.
May 3, 201015 yr Ok, as long as they don't widen Main street between Miami Valley and 35. I'd miss the roller coaster/log flume feeling I get from those narrow lanes :D
May 3, 201015 yr Ok, as long as they don't widen Main street between Miami Valley and 35. I'd miss the roller coaster/log flume feeling I get from those narrow lanes :D Haha!
August 10, 201014 yr I think a lot of UD news gets spinned off into other threads for some reason. They are redoing the central mall this summer. Here's a photo slideshow: http://campus.udayton.edu/udq/mov/2010/072910construction.html
August 10, 201014 yr I think a lot of UD news gets spinned off into other threads for some reason. They are redoing the central mall this summer. Here's a photo slideshow: http://campus.udayton.edu/udq/mov/2010/072910construction.html Looks like it's coming along nicely. It was quite a mess when I was there for Reunion Weekend in June.
August 21, 201014 yr Here's today's photo from UD's photo blog UDQuickly. For those unfamiliar with Dayton, here's a breakdown of the area photographed: This is Brown Street today, looking north the top of an old NCR factory turned UD office building. Brown will become more pedestrian friendly with the addition of crosswalks, trees, wider sidewalks, and a boulevard. The brick building in the foreground was recently built by UD and houses grad students upstairs and sandwich shops/retail/banking on the first floor. The intersection at bottom center is Brown and Stewart. Stewart runs east to west and is the main conduit to UD from I-75 which lies just across the Great Miami to the west. The treeline is Historic South Park which has become a point of pride in the city's renascent historic preservation/urban living community. The black watertower near the horizon on the left sits atop Mendelson's Liquidation Outlet (aka the old Delco plant). It neighbors the minor league baseball stadium and a few other downtown residential developments. Its potential redevelopment is considered a major "game changer" to downtown Dayton. The houses on the right are the North Student Neighborhood, known to students as the Darkside due to its lack of streetlights in the past. The brick building is the rear of Patterson-Kennedy Elementary school. The two church steeples are in the vicinity of the Oregon District which is both a historic neighborhood with blocks and blocks of housing and a small streetscape of galleries/bars/restaurants. The cellphone tower is in the heart of Tech Town. My google search of Tech Town lead me to the city's website for the project too: http://www.cityofdayton.org/departments/ed/Pages/TechTown2.aspx
August 21, 201014 yr Here's a post about the development around Brown: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,603.msg507314.html#msg507314
August 24, 201014 yr That type of context-sensitive infill on Brown is probably what should be going up at the Frank Z site (or something similar to it). Maybe not as heavily retailed (since that building seems to have problems leasing), but with at least retail space to anchor corners. There are good generic models from the 1920s and earlier for urban housing on busy streets that does not necessarily have retail on the ground floor.
April 23, 201114 yr ^Renderings for the new Brown Street Residential project at the former Frank Z sight have been released in the most recent issue of UD Magazine. I can't find the rendering online anywhere, but the rendering shows the front of the building facing Brown. Looks like a three story apartment building build up to the street. The article describes the development as five buildings with a "townhouse style" facade which will be connected by a "spacious courtyard." This is a $25 million project on 6 acres and will provide housing for up to 427 upperclass and international students. This article shows the courtyard: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2011/01/20/university-of-dayton-launches-25m.html
April 23, 201114 yr Anything will be a nice addition to Brown Street, but the external design of the townhomes looks a little boring. Almost like the Lawnview Apartments design.
April 24, 201114 yr ^If UD is building it then you know it's going to be a pretty conservative, traditional design. It's not bad... and it puts more students on Brown Street... not a bad thing.
April 25, 201114 yr They also recently purchased the old Elementary School on Wyoming. May have plans to develop that area soon as well
April 25, 201114 yr They also recently purchased the old Elementary School on Wyoming. May have plans to develop that area soon as well Did DCS close that school down recently? I thought there were still students there when I was in school (as recently as mid-2000s).
April 26, 201114 yr Anything will be a nice addition to Brown Street, but the external design of the townhomes looks a little boring. Almost like the Lawnview Apartments design. I agree about the design, but anything will look better than a car dealership in the middle of campus.
April 26, 201114 yr Ive heard the old elementary school will be partially torn down for a re-alignment of Wyoming around MVH, to eliminate that dog-leg betw main and brown. And, yeah, more sucktastic architecture from UD. Too bad because they had a great concept for saving the "student ghetto" as a mx of infill and restoration of older houses, plus that neat Art Street gallery/studio space in the middle. Instead they go "corporate/suburban". Bleh. There WAS a good opportunity, but as always in Dayton, the cheap and banal and predictable is the default ethos.
April 20, 201213 yr UD starts on $30M campus renovations The University of Dayton this summer has nearly $30 million worth of construction projects in the pipeline, including an $8 million jumpstart to a planned $20 million renovation of its sciences building. Construction on the university Science Center is slated for the next two summers. The Science Center building — which houses courses within the college of arts and sciences — was built as two separate structures in the late 1950s and early 1960s and later joined in 2003. The old sections will receive new windows, ceilings, lights and air conditioning. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/print-edition/2012/04/20/ud-starts-on-30m-campus-renovations.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 29, 201213 yr I could have sworn that they renovated the science building recently, but maybe I am actually just thinking of that connector that was created in 2003. Wow that doesn't seem that long ago, but according to my math that's nine years...time is flying!
February 9, 20169 yr UD putting more upgrades into river campus The University of Dayton is putting more money into upgrading the former NCR Headquarters Building, where it plans to move more employees. The university is investing about $1.3 million into renovating about 27,000 square feet of space in the 1700 South Patterson building, where it is relocating employees from the Kettering Laboratories building on its main campus. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/02/09/exclusive-ud-putting-more-upgrades-into-river.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 31, 20169 yr :| UD to launch $11M housing project The University of Dayton is moving ahead with another $11 million housing project in its student neighborhood. The school is kicking off a project for a four-story townhouse-style housing development at 301 Lowes St. in its southern student neighborhood. The 96-bed townhouse will feature two-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments with appliances, and will be similar to UD's Caldwell Street apartments. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/03/31/ud-to-launch-11m-housing-project.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 6, 20169 yr UD to invest $7M to update dining options Students at the University of Dayton will soon get more dining options as the school embarks on a $7 million upgrade inside Kennedy Union. UD will transform the dining options there and create “micro” restaurants, as well as a cafe/bakery. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/04/06/ud-to-invest-7m-to-update-dining-options.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 13, 20168 yr UD development to continue despite parking worries Dayton plan board approved plans for new University of Dayton housing developments, but its concern for how students are parking remains. Plan board approved an updated record plan for UD's campus and its surrounding neighborhoods, bolstered by a pair of new housing construction projects, with the caveat that the school make a "good faith" effort to develop more parking. This as five members of the board talked through concerns with a number of UD officials at their Tuesday meeting. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/blog/morning_call/2016/07/ud-development-continues-over-parking.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 13, 20168 yr I can just picture a parking garage in the heart of campus or the Ghetto. Blech. I have no idea what a better solution would look like, though.
July 13, 20168 yr There are two locations that make sense for a parking garage in my opinion. The Kettering Labs lot and the lot off Stewart behind the business building could both accommodate a parking garage without too much trouble.
September 30, 20168 yr UD nears completion of athletics complex The University of Dayton is close to completing a new athletics complex that will be a prominent symbol for the school near downtown Dayton. The school expects to see its Margie and Bill Klesse Soccer Complex, west of Fitz Hall and near the intersection of South Main Street and East Stewart Street, finished and ready to use by the end of October. This complex, thanks to a major donation, will be a visible sign of the school's athletics program for commuters headed up South Main and into downtown. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/09/29/ud-nears-completion-of-athletics-complex-near.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 12, 20168 yr Proposed luxury development near UD hits opposition A proposed mixed-use building off Main Street near University of Dayton looks to be moving ahead, but not without some concern from UD and other neighbors. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/10/12/proposed-luxury-development-near-ud-hits.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 2, 20168 yr Developer buys church near UD A developer has bought the South Park United Methodist Church near University of Dayton. New Village Communities, a Dublin-based firm with architecture, residential development and brokerage services, purchased the church building at 1701 Brown St. for $550,000 in a sale recorded Nov. 28. --- Fiorita was also behind the Bishop Square mixed-use development project in Oxford, which transformed the site of a former Walmart into a mix of retail, office and student housing. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/12/02/developer-buys-church-near-ud.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 24, 20178 yr UD resumes plan for $11M student housing complex After a delay, University of Dayton will push ahead this year for plans for a 96-unit townhome project it has been eyeing just south of its campus. The school will begin work on the four-story, $11.2 million apartment building at 301 Lowes St. in May, demolishing the McGinnis Center located there now, with the plan to open the building to students in August 2018. The two- and four-bedroom townhomes will be furnished with appliances, solid surface countertops and wood-look ceramic tile. The building is intended to complement the surrounding neighborhood, which is largely houses owned by UD and other landlords rented to students. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2017/02/24/ud-resumes-plan-for-11m-student-housing-complex.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 6, 20178 yr Large construction project set for UD Arena University of Dayton Arena looks like it will soon be getting a massive upgrade. A building permit has been filed with the city for a $12.48 million project at UD Arena, which comes about a year after the private school started researching possible upgrades to the stadium. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2017/05/05/large-construction-project-set-for-ud-arena.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 11, 20178 yr Officials detail $72M UD Arena upgrades The University of Dayton detailed plans for the major expansion of UD Arena on Thursday. Officials discussed the $72 million upgrade to the arena, which will take places in three years from 2017 to 2019 with major seating upgrades planned, as well as new concourses and entrances, lighting, scoreboards and climate control. A host of other updates are planned. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2017/05/11/officials-detail-72m-ud-arena-upgrades.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 11, 20178 yr Renderings: What's changing in $72M UD Arena upgrade The University of Dayton plans three phases of its $72 million UD Arena transformation project over the next several years. The 13,435-seat arena by Edwin C. Moses Boulevard is nearly 50 years old. The major stadium-wide upgrade announced Thursday will transform the arena, one of the best all-basketball event venues in the nation, said Neil Sullivan, director of athletics for UD. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2017/05/11/renderings-whats-changing-in-72m-ud-arena-upgrade.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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