Meanwhile, many new houses have been built recently along Riverside Drive, and a few are currently under construction directly across the river from the moribund Manhattan Harbour.  Unfortunately, the abrupt economic slowdown illustrates exactly why there is so much risk in building a custom house.  It takes at least a year to build, and a lot about your life and/or the world can change during that time.  Hopefully these people have plenty of money in the bank in excess of what is needed to finish this and the other homes. 

 

 

River walks and city views, go inside this NKY apartment project

 

The latest building in the massive Manhattan Harbour development along the Ohio River is welcoming residents during a busy spring leasing season.

 

Gateway Flats at Manhattan Harbour is a $20 million luxury apartment development at 284 Manhattan Blvd. in Dayton, Ky. The project includes two, four-story buildings above covered parking with a total of 76 units.

 

The project was developed by Manhattan Development Group, which is led by Miles Scully and development partnerBrendan Sullivan, a Dayton resident.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/05/09/gateway-flats-apartments.html

 

$50 million luxury condo project under construction along the Ohio River

 

The latest portion of Manhattan Harbour, a massive residential development along the Ohio River, is now under construction.

 

The Waterfront at Manhattan Harbour is the latest addition to the development along the banks of the Ohio River in Dayton, Ky. The project will eventually include a total of 98 units across seven buildings with expected total sales of more than $50 million.

 

Manhattan Harbour developers Brendan Sullivan and Miles Scully have partnered with a former Procter & Gamble Co. executive and a local commercial real estate broker on this phase of the development. Father-son duo Mario and Tryfon Christoforou are developing the Waterfront with Sullivan and Scully.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/11/30/waterfront-starts-construction-in-manhattan.html

 

What a bloody scandal that the foreshore isn't protected and utilised for public access. 🥵

^^^ what a charming little building.  🤮 (there needs to be a special font for comments that are loaded with that much sarcasm...)

31 minutes ago, jack.c.amos said:

^^^ what a charming little building.  🤮 (there needs to be a special font for comments that are loaded with that much sarcasm...)

Alternate capitalization.

 

WhAt A cHaRmInG lItTlE bUiLdInG.

 

Looks pretty sarcastic to me haha.

 

And yeah, what a piece of crap...

$50 million riverfront luxury apartments start construction

By Tom Demeropolis  –  Senior staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Jun 15, 2022 Updated Jun 15, 2022, 3:27pm EDT

 

Arlington Properties Inc., which has been one of the busiest out-of-town apartment developers in Northern Kentucky, started construction on a riverfront luxury apartment community.

 

Birmingham, Alabama-based Arlington is building Velo Riverside, a 265-unit apartment community at Manhattan Harbour in Dayton. The development is expected to be an investment of more than $50 million.

 

Williams Morris, vice president of development for Arlington Properties, said there is pent-up demand for apartments with ample amenities that are close to downtown Cincinnati.

 

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how is this what we build as our waterfront??? 

They're for sale:

https://www.redfin.com/KY/Dayton/739-Manhattan-Blvd-41074/unit-102/home/183821587?utm_source=myredfin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=recommendations_update&riftinfo=ZXY9ZW1haWwmbD0zNzMyMTE1MyZwPWxpc3RpbmdfdXBkYXRlc19yZWNvbW1lbmRhdGlvbnMmYT1jbGljayZzPXJlY29tbWVuZGF0aW9ucyZ0PWltYWdlJmVtYWlsX2lkPTM3MzIxMTUzXzE2NzM5Nzk1MDhfNiZ1cGRhdGVfdHlwZT0xJmxpbHJfc2NvcmU9MC40MTk2Jmxpc3RpbmdfaWQ9MTY0OTQyMDk3JnByb3BlcnR5X2lkPTE4MzgyMTU4NyZwb3NpdGlvbl9udW1iZXI9MA==

 

 

 

 

Waterfront at Manhattan Harbour's luxury condos along Ohio River near completion

By Abby Miller  –  Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier

Jul 10, 2023

 

The Waterfront at Manhattan Harbour could include up to seven condo buildings, with the first building featuring Ohio River views nearly complete.

 

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From early October...several new small condo buildings going up:

 

 

 

 

Also, these large apartment buildings are being built outside the flood wall, east of Dayton:

 

1 hour ago, Lazarus said:

From early October...several new small condo buildings going up:

 

 

 

 

Also, these large apartment buildings are being built outside the flood wall, east of Dayton:

 

I don’t know if it’s just me, but this has to be (as well as Ovation) one of the ugliest large developments in the area. Now the larger apartment building isn’t bad but all these smaller apartment buildings and even the townhomes are not pleasing to the eye. 

14 minutes ago, Ucgrad2015 said:

I don’t know if it’s just me, but this has to be (as well as Ovation) one of the ugliest large developments in the area. Now the larger apartment building isn’t bad but all these smaller apartment buildings and even the townhomes are not pleasing to the eye. 

 

I think this is a common sentiment and a big reason why this thing has been unbelievably slow to develop.  Almost zero new houses went up even during the huge property run-up in the late 2010s, so the developer finally stooped to doing condos, which is what he probably should have done from the beginning.  The existing homes are going to be very slow to resell. 

 

Also, it's really hard to get to, despite being within eyesight of downtown.  It's easily a 20-minute drive to get downtown even with no traffic in the middle of the night, despite it being just 2-3 miles away. 

Such an oddball development to track. From a conventional riverfront residential development to a "smart city" to a smattering of homes adjacent to clashing apartments and condos. There is no consistency of style. That's not always bad, especially if the styles can supplement each other, but having a traditional ranch-style house next to a big orange box is never going to be complimentary.

6 hours ago, seicer said:

...residential development to a "smart city" to a smattering of homes adjacent to clashing apartments and condos. There is no consistency of style. That's not always bad, especially if the styles can supplement each other, but having a traditional ranch-style house next to a big orange box is never going to be complimentary.

 

So basically Houston.

7 hours ago, seicer said:

Such an oddball development to track. From a conventional riverfront residential development to a "smart city" to a smattering of homes adjacent to clashing apartments and condos. There is no consistency of style. That's not always bad, especially if the styles can supplement each other, but having a traditional ranch-style house next to a big orange box is never going to be complimentary.

 

 

Also, I foresee a lot of the residents of the new apartment complex using the full 1.5-mile length of the Manhattan Harbor roadway as a "Dayton bypass" (it bypasses 14 cross streets).  So we might up seeing a whole lot of traffic on what is now a sleepy road, which will make it less attractive to live on. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 hours ago, seicer said:

Such an oddball development to track. From a conventional riverfront residential development to a "smart city" to a smattering of homes adjacent to clashing apartments and condos. There is no consistency of style. That's not always bad, especially if the styles can supplement each other, but having a traditional ranch-style house next to a big orange box is never going to be complimentary.

I haven’t paid much attention to this development but I agree this looks a hot mess. We all see bad designs and planning all the time but this might be the worst by far that I’ve seen recently.

Edited November 1, 20231 yr by 646empire

On 11/1/2023 at 8:24 AM, 646empire said:

I haven’t paid much attention to this development but I agree this looks a hot mess. We all see bad designs and planning all the time but this might be the worst by far that I’ve seen recently.

 

What's crazy is that a very large number of apartment units have been built at the east end of this development - at least 100 - with perhaps another 100 more u/c.  So we have 200-400 new residents coming to Dayton, but as far as possible from the existing Fairfield Ave. commercial strip.  This is going to add vehicular traffic to as much of the existing traffic grid as possible - both the Dayton/Bellevue streets and the odd hilly roads that go up to Ft. Thomas. 

 

 

So…uh… what’s the strategy of the homeowners buying on the wrong side of the flood wall? Prayers and insurance?

It was raised to be above 100 year flood mark.

I live in Bellevue 1 block south of Fairfield, traffic is terrible compared to 10 years ago. My secret bike, I bypass so much traffic that way.


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23 hours ago, Gordon Bombay said:

So…uh… what’s the strategy of the homeowners buying on the wrong side of the flood wall? Prayers and insurance?

 

 

The levee is much higher than this level because the weight of the higher section helps strengthen the level where the water would actually be in the event of a huge flood.