New dunnhumbyUSA HQ gets started downtown

Ceremony Marks Construction Commencement for Fast-Growing Firm

http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/city/downloads/dunnhumbyUSAHeadquarters.pdf

 

WHAT: City joins dunnhumbyUSA, Al. Neyer Inc. and BHDP Architects in the construction commencement celebration of The Offices at 444 West Third Street, a 150,000-square-foot building slated for renovation as headquarters for dunnhumbyUSA. This 1920s-era building has been vacant for at least 10 years. Ceremony will culminate in the demolition of a small City-owned building on the site, razed to make way for much-needed employee parking. dunnhumbyUSA employs about 300 downtown and has outgrown current space nearby at 302 West Third St. Devising creative solutions to retain fast-growing companies like dunnhumbyUSA is part of the City’s continuing efforts to foster job creation and increase economic development.

 

WHEN: Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:00 a.m. (demolition to occur at 10:20 a.m.)

New dunnhumbyUSA HQ gets started downtown

Ceremony Marks Construction Commencement for Fast-Growing Firm

http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/city/downloads/dunnhumbyUSAHeadquarters.pdf

 

WHAT: City joins dunnhumbyUSA, Al. Neyer Inc. and BHDP Architects in the construction commencement celebration of The Offices at 444 West Third Street, a 150,000-square-foot building slated for renovation as headquarters for dunnhumbyUSA. This 1920s-era building has been vacant for at least 10 years. Ceremony will culminate in the demolition of a small City-owned building on the site, razed to make way for much-needed employee parking. dunnhumbyUSA employs about 300 downtown and has outgrown current space nearby at 302 West Third St. Devising creative solutions to retain fast-growing companies like dunnhumbyUSA is part of the City’s continuing efforts to foster job creation and increase economic development.

 

WHEN: Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:00 a.m. (demolition to occur at 10:20 a.m.)

 

The location is in the middle of the Interstate 71/75 interchange:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.098544,-84.520451&spn=0.00236,0.007725&t=k&z=18

 

The building to the north, at the end of John Street, will be demolished for surface lots. Not much you can really do with the land. It's all but undesireable due to its location, and the new ramps to a reconstructed Interstate 75 will cause a mess.

^ That building been vacant for 10 years?  I could have sworn it was just renovated not too long ago.  It is in great shape, and probably a great position for any advertising they might want to do.

^^I can't believe they didn't just tear the building down when they built the interstate ramps the way they did.

dunnhumbyUSA ceremony begins $17M Downtown headquarters

http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/dunnhumbyusa0310.aspx

 

dunnhumbyUSA kicked off the renovation of its new U.S. headquarters, The Offices at 444 West Third Street, with a ceremony yesterday morning.

 

Simon Hay, CEO of London-based dunnhumby, manned a backhoe that eliminated an adjacent city-owned 10,000-square-foot maintenance building that will provide more employee parking.

 

"It's a very exciting future for dunnhumbyUSA, and we're really proud of what we're doing together to make this corner of southwest Cincinnati downtown come alive," says Hay.

 

The demolition was the first step in Al. Neyer, Inc.'s $17 million renovation of the three-story, 150,000-square-foot office building, designed by BDHP Architects to include open floor plan office space on the top two floors with covered parking beneath.

 

Employing nearly 300 within its 60,000-square-foot offices at 302 West Third Street downtown, the consumer goods and retail branding and customer service company needed the additional space for the expected addition of up to 150 new jobs.

 

Last November, dunnhumbyUSA received a 12-year, 75 percent job creation tax credit from the City of Cincinnati to help fund the renovation and signed a 10-year lease to occupy the space.

 

"We wanted to create an amazing work environment and be part of a vibrant downtown," Hay says.  "We never expected to outgrow that space, but today we're reaffirming our commitment to downtown.  It's the right thing for our business, our employees, our partnership with Kroger, and for our clients too."

 

Commonly known as the Hennegan Building and built in the 1920s for the U.S. Postal Service, The Offices at 444 West Third Street had been vacant for at least 10 years.

 

"For far too long, this sitehas been a non-contributing asset to the southwest corner of downtown," says David Neyer, president and CEO of Al. Neyer, Inc.  "And now, its time has come."

 

dunnhumbyUSA had revenues of $200 million in 2008 and operates offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon.

 

Lease, parking agreement could aid dunnhumbyUSA expansion

http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/05/lease-parking-agreement-could-aid.html

 

Cincinnati City Council is considering entering the City into a property lease and executing a parking license agreement with dunnhumbyUSA to aid the company in its Downtown relocation and expansion.

 

Under the agreements, the company would lease the 1.1-acre right-of-way along portions of John Street and Sawyer Court for $1 per year, and would secure 158 parking spaces in an adjacent City-owned lot for the monthly rate of $60 per space.

 

Both agreements would last for five years with an optional five-year renewal.

 

A Department of Public Services building on the site was razed in March.

 

Last November, dunnhumbyUSA signed a 10-year lease to occupy the 150,000-square-foot building at 444 W Third Street, which is undergoing a $17 million renovation by developer Al. Neyer, Inc.

 

The company, which currently employs more than 260 at 302 W Third Street, plans to add up to 350 positions within the next five years.

 

I thought this building was in the way of the I-75 and bridge expansion. Why would they add any more money to the property?

I thought this building was in the way of the I-75 and bridge expansion. Why would they add any more money to the property?

It is in the way of one of the proposed paths of the Brent Spence addition/update. Unfortunately, the company has already said if they couldn't occupy this building, they would have to look elsewhere for suitable space--specifically outside of the City of Cincinnati. Possibly Kentucky. :(

^ That's absurd. I'm sure there is nowhere in the city that could accommodate the behemoth that is dunnhumby USA :roll:. Especially with all of the vacant office space coming on the market due to Queen City Square.

Lease would provide better access for dunnhumbyUSA parking

http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/08/lease-would-provide-better-access-for.html

 

DHC/ANI, LLC (Al. Neyer, Inc.) is seeking a lease agreement with the City of Cincinnati to make parking more accessible for dunnhumbyUSA's future employees at 444 W Third Street, Downtown.

 

For $1 per year, the five-year agreement would provide the developer with an additional one-fifth of an acre at the southeast corner of John Street and Sawyer Court.

 

The contract includes an optional five-year renewal.

 

Professional property assessors have estimated the annual fair market rental value of the property at $3,500.

 

dunnhumbyUSA has signed a 10-year lease to occupy the 150,000-square-foot building, currently undergoing a $17 million renovation.

 

The firm is relocating its 260 employees from its offices at 302 W Third Street, and has announced plans to add up to 350 positions over the next five years.

 

An ordinance executing a lease agreement will be considered by Cincinnati city council on August 5.

 

In June, council approved similar five-year lease agreements with dunnhumbyUSA, including $1 per year for a 1.1-acre right-of-way and 158 surface parking spaces in an adjacent lot for a monthly rate of $60 per space.