Mercy Health to move up to 550 jobs to new HQ from outside Cincinnati

Dec 19, 2016, 11:37am EST Updated Dec 19, 2016, 12:08pm EST

Barrett J. Brunsman

Staff reporter

Cincinnati Business Courier

 

 

Mercy Health plans to begin moving about 200 jobs to its new headquarters in Bond Hill this month as it exits leased space, according to the city of Cincinnati. And the hospital system has indicated the strong possibility of bringing another 350 jobs to the Cincinnati neighborhood from Deerfield Township.

 

Cincinnati City Council is to vote today on an emergency ordinance that would grant Mercy Health tax credits in exchange for shifting 200 full-time revenue cycle jobs with an average annual salary of $50,000.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/12/19/mercy-health-to-move-up-to-550-jobs-to-new-hq.html

Right. Grand Baldwin is going residential, and when you drive by you can tell that they are already framing out the new apartment units inside. TriHealth is moving into Baldwin 200, the modern office building.

 

This is completely anecdotal but I haven't seen any progress with the interior framing in at least a month.  You can see into the building easily at night and the studs have been in place for some time but no wallboard appears to be going up. 

 

 

It takes a long time to rough-in mechanical systems, especially in a large project like that, after framing is up.  Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, audio/visual, fire alarms, security, is all quite time consuming and difficult to coordinate, so it does look like construction has stalled when in fact it really hasn't. 

I drove by this morning on the highway side after reading the comment above and saw 3 or 4 floors that had drywall up and looked like they have made a lot of progress.

I saw it Sunday night at the corner of Eden Park and Gilbert, the same angle where I saw it a month earlier and there weren't signs of progress from that angle. 

 

This is one of the stranger spots in the city to live because it's too far to walk downtown for most people but most of the residents will probably drive there instead of taking the bus. 

 

 

Agreed it's at a weird distance from Downtown, but I would hope it's enticing to people who work at WCPO, Laser Spine Institute, or that building at Reading and Elsinore. 

Or they can rollerblade across the pedestrian bridge over 71 like in Airborne.

Bad bit of news about Toyota pulling up stakes in Kentucky and heading to Texas.

 

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/04/28/toyota-moving-1600-jobs-out-of-northern-kentucky/8413433/

Southwest is coming to CVG! http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/business/2017/01/04/southwest-airlines-coming-cvg/96151478/

 

(Is there a thread for CVG-related discussion?)

Or they can rollerblade across the pedestrian bridge over 71 like in Airborne.

 

Rollerblading was so goddamn dangerous compared to riding bikes.  I never really figured out how to do that sideways braking thing so in the city I would stiff-arm parking meters and telephone poles and fence posts with my hand to help slow down. 

 

I mean, there was a whole nationwide trend of people rollerblading to work and school and on errands.  You'd see people in Walgreen's on rollerblades. 

Wasn't there a proposed river trail from downtown up connecting to the little Miami trail?

 

That would be a perfect roller blade course starting from Columbia-Tusculum to downtown, though you could also go Riverside.  I've been thinking about buying some blades to do that.  Being from Iowa and spending a lot of time in North Iowa, we played roller hockey all the time, still have a chipped tooth from the puck (those normal pucks but with 4 balls in them).  Never really got into ice skating or ice hockey, but I couldn't figure out how to stop correctly on them but admittantly didn't skate too much.

 

Cincy is so hilly though, would be tough to roller blade anywhere unless they figure out a trail and would be nicer to have a destination area where you could bring a small bag to switch into shoes and throw whatever gear you have into the bag to get some drinks or lunch or something.

 

Whenever I visit Chicago in the summertime there are a ton of bladers on the lake front trails.

^It's called the "Ohio River Trail":

https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/bikes/bike-maps/ohio-river-trail-map/

 

There's a segment along Riverside where the "trail" is an on-street bike lane. Some folks want to use the OASIS rail line to have a dedicated off-street path.

^Yeah, I drive that part a lot and it's fine but it looks like they don't keep up with it too bad as I always see a bunch of large rocks, etc. on it kicked up, which could be death when you are scooting 12 mph on blades

In my experience the Spring Grove Ave. lanes have more gravel, glass, and other debris in them than the Eastern Ave. (Riverside Dr) lanes.  This past year I got four flat tires total out of upwards of 50 non-commuting or errand rides and two of them were in the Spring Grove Ave. bike lanes. On one noteworthy occasion I swerved to avoid a screwdriver in the Spring Grove lanes.  Not a screw -- a screwdriver.

 

I'd assume that today's rollerblades are a lot lighter than the original ones.  Part of the reason why rollerblading was such good exercise was because the skates themselves were so damn heavy.  It was like going out for a run or bike ride with ankle weights on.     

Cincinnati Bell is filming a Super Bowl commercial...

 

Traffic Alert

 

Roebling Bridge To Close Thursday for Super Bowl Commercial

 

CINCINNATI - The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge will be closed 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, so crews can shoot footage for a Cincinnati Bell Inc. commercial that will air nationally during the NFL's upcoming Super Bowl game.

 

Motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes and avoid the area to reduce congestion.

 

Law enforcement officers will be stationed near the foot of the bridge in Cincinnati and Covington to help direct motorists.

 

Pedestrian access will be prohibited intermittently while the crew films.

The historic blue bridge will be one of multiple area landmarks featured during Bell's 60-second commercial promoting its hometown of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar.

 

The crew is scheduled to shoot in Cincinnati Jan. 18 to Jan. 23.

 

For more information, please see the attached document.

 

Roebling Bridge Closure Information

Good news for CVG and the region, with Amazon investing $1.4 billion in a new air cargo hub:

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2017/01/31/amazon-plans-2700-jobs-15b-investment-cvg/97283034/

What are the pros and cons of combining Dayton and Cincinnati into a single MSA? Obviously, it would make us appear "bigger"... but are there any actual practical benefits? Since it wouldn't affect services, there'd be no efficiency-gains and it wouldn't change the size of the total economy. I'm not opposed to it, but just curious if there's anything to it other than the psychological impact of being listed higher on the list of MSAs.

 

Here's an opinion piece advocating for the merger: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/02/09/it-s-time-to-take-the-cincinnati-dayton-msa-idea.html

 

Not sure if there's a CVG-specific thread, but here's some info on the $150 million rental car facility that is being built on what used to be Terminals 1& 2.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/02/24/cvg-awards-contract-for-150m-construction-project.html

 

The project is funded by consumer facility charges at the airport. The project is set to begin construction in the second quarter of 2018 and be completed by the third quarter of 2021.

Can anyone with access possibly fill us in on this?  Do they say Citi is looking to exit our region?  Possible candidate for the riverfront on either side of the river?

Thanks

 

Citi explores relocating massive call center

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/05/26/exclusive-citi-explores-relocating-massive-call.html

"A spokesman for Citi said the company remains committed to maintaining its presence in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area."

 

"Rodgers declined to answer additional questions."

"A spokesman for Citi said the company remains committed to maintaining its presence in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area."

 

"Rodgers declined to answer additional questions."

 

Is this another case of 'give us money/tax breaks or we will move'? 

They said it's been hard to attract people to their Florence location. Seems like people can be picky, and don't particularly like the current location.

They will probably end up in Oakley or Norwood. That seems to the new destination for companies that are like, "we have a hard time attracting employees and want to be near more dining options and after work happy hour locations" but "we don't want to pay the high rents to be downtown".

^and "don't want to pay to park".

My girlfriend works for Macy's and is going to be relocated from their downtown office to their new Springdale office building soon. Macy's is trying to sell this to employees as a positive, saying the new location will have free parking and a great cafeteria. Of course the employees that prefer the downtown location because they can actually leave the building and go to interesting places for lunch, like my gf, are not pleased by the move.

^^Re: Citi, (just speculating & have no inside knowledge,) perhaps they will take a look at the old Toyota engineering and manufacturing campus. Could stay in KY that way.

Would it be easier to attract employees there than in Florence? Seems like they either need an urban location in KY or OH, or the northern burbs.

Pipe dream would be they anchor a redevelopment of Terrace Plaza but many reasons that wouldn't happen such as parking for 1000+ employees and these are call center jobs where paying for parking could be burdensome financially.

Hmmm, and a lot of that work will dry up when the last of the old people who don't know how to use the Internet die.

Amazon is coming to Monroe and adding 1000 job.

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/amazon-add-000-jobs-monroe-location/0REVkp7FJaK3zMAtLoqxvO/?ecmp=daytondaily_social_facebook_2014_sfp

2,000 jobs in NKY, 1000 jobs in CinDayland. Would be nice to see some of those jobs come to the city. Bond Hill or Queensgate should be made into attractive enough areas where they can make plays to land these types of warehouse jobs. Imagine the boost this could have on a community with high unemployment rates.

2,000 jobs in NKY, 1000 jobs in CinDayland. Would be nice to see some of those jobs come to the city. Bond Hill or Queensgate should be made into attractive enough areas where they can make plays to land these types of warehouse jobs. Imagine the boost this could have on a community with high unemployment rates.

 

Right.  These people have no way of getting out to these damn jobs.  I have ridden the #2 TANK bus to CVG along with the DHL workers.  Out of 1,000 workers on that third shift maybe 25 ride the bus. 

 

 

I remember in the '90s people who did warehouse work being able to buy running, driving cars for $200, driving them for a year until something broke then selling them for $100. Then they bought another car for $200. Now, any running, driving car that is about to die is $800.

I remember in the '90s people who did warehouse work being able to buy running, driving cars for $200, driving them for a year until something broke then selling them for $100. Then they bought another car for $200. Now, any running, driving car that is about to die is $800.

 

Yeah, I can't believe I got $1,000 for my Honda a few years ago.  225,000 miles...when the radiator blew I coasted it 2 miles from Clifton down to that Honda dealership at Mitchell and Spring Grove. 

Yeah the region needs commuter rail badly to connect these far flung jobs.

Paycor picks Ohio for 1,000-job expansion; here’s where

 

 

Paycor Inc., one of the largest and fastest-growing companies in Greater Cincinnati, will bring an expected 1,000 additional jobs to its home state.

 

In December 2016, Paycor received approval for a 3.1 percent, 15-year job creation tax credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to create 1,064 jobs with a total payroll of more than $76.6 million. At the time, the Norwood-based payroll and human resource services provider hadn’t decided where those jobs would be located. Now, more than eight months later, the company has decided it will expand its existing headquarters in Norwood.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/09/01/exclusive-paycor-picks-ohio-for-1-000-job.html

^ 1,000 new jobs in this location is huge! These are better paying jobs than warehouse work, and the location is very central. I am friends with a couple who ended up purchasing a home in Pleasant Ridge because of its proximity to Paycor, where one of them works. They were looking at moving up to Blue Ash or Montgomery after leaving their rental in Hyde Park, but chose P. Ridge to be closer to work and the amenities of Oakley/HP and increasingly Pleasant Ridge itself. Keeping a solid base of jobs in the Norwood area is hugely important for the health of some of the northern Cincinnati neighborhoods.

New blog post is up: https://cincinnatiideas.com/2017/09/25/how-cincinnati-could-land-amazons-hq2/

In terms of GDP by Metro area, it's interesting to see that Cincinnati (rank 28), Columbus (rank 29), and Cleveland (rank 30) are all so close to each other. I would have suspected more variance between the 3 cities. Once you take population into account, Columbus has the highest GDP/capita but the spread across the 3 cities is still quite small.

 

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2017/pdf/gdp_metro0917.pdf

 

MSA

Population (2016) 

2016 GDP ($ millions) 

GDP / capita

Cincinnati 

2,165139

$132,010

$60,970

Columbus

2,041,520

$130,758

$64,049

Cleveland

2,055,612

$129,440

$62,969

 

Subscriber content:

 

Where could Amazon's HQ2 go in Greater Cincinnati

 

Amazon’s request for land for its second headquarters is so substantial, it will require submitting multiple sites in the city of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

 

And because of Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) requirement that public transportation be present onsite, that means land in the city of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky near the river, where public transportation is most concentrated, probably will be the most viable.

 

The Transportation Authority of Northern Kentucky runs buses between Northern Kentucky and downtown Cincinnati, Cincy Red Bike has stations throughout the region’s basin and some activists in Northern Kentucky favor extending Cincinnati’s streetcar across the river.

 

Amazon wants to be no more than 30 miles from a population center, within 45 minutes of an international airport, not more than 1 mile from major highways and arterial roads, and have access to mass transit at the site of HQ2. Local economic development officials would not comment on the sites they intend to submit, deferring to local elected officials.

 

Among the sites that could go into a bid package:

 

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And then there is this, also Subscriber content:

 

​Cincinnati, NKY, Dayton will bid jointly on Amazon’s HQ2

 

Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky plan to submit a joint bid for Amazon.com Inc.’s second North American headquarters that also will include Dayton in an attempt to encompass all of Southwest Ohio’s population and universities.

 

Adding Dayton to the submission would mean the region enters a bid encompassing nearly 3 million people and six major higher education institutions – the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, Miami University, the University of Dayton and Wright State University.

 

Among Amazon’s preferences are a metropolitan area of 1 million or more plus a “highly educated labor pool” and a “strong ...

 

Cont

In terms of GDP by Metro area, it's interesting to see that Cincinnati (rank 28), Columbus (rank 29), and Cleveland (rank 30) are all so close to each other. I would have suspected more variance between the 3 cities. Once you take population into account, Columbus has the highest GDP/capita but the spread across the 3 cities is still quite small.

 

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2017/pdf/gdp_metro0917.pdf

 

MSA

Population (2016) 

2016 GDP ($ millions) 

GDP / capita

Cincinnati 

2,165139

$132,010

$60,970

Columbus

2,041,520

$130,758

$64,049

Cleveland

2,055,612

$129,440

$62,969

 

 

There aren't many insanely rich people in Columbus as compared to the other 2Cs. It's very, very difficult to sell a $1M+ house here -- just ask a realtor.

And then there is this, also Subscriber content:

 

​Cincinnati, NKY, Dayton will bid jointly on Amazons HQ2

 

Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky plan to submit a joint bid for Amazon.com Inc.s second North American headquarters that also will include Dayton in an attempt to encompass all of Southwest Ohios population and universities.

 

Adding Dayton to the submission would mean the region enters a bid encompassing nearly 3 million people and six major higher education institutions the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, Miami University, the University of Dayton and Wright State University.

 

Among Amazons preferences are a metropolitan area of 1 million or more plus a highly educated labor pool and a strong ...

 

Cont

 

Could be a good opportunity for commuter rail along that corridor.

There have been mutiple comments about where Amazon office space could be located.  I don't think people realize how much office space can be built in downtown alone. 8 million square feet of office space can easily be built downtown with so many millions more.

There have been mutiple comments about where Amazon office space could be located.  I don't think people realize how much office space can be built in downtown alone. 8 million square feet of office space can easily be built downtown with so many millions more.

 

It is still quite massive though. Imagine two Merchandise Marts side by side (or on top of each other). It would be hard to find enough empty acreage in town to fit them unless you ran it from District One HQ all the way to City Hall and cut through the existing street grid. Spacing it out in different areas would probably be best just for the sheer massiveness of the building required for it all to be in one spot. Not against adding another skyscraper or two to the skyline though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchandise_Mart

Get your vote in.

 

https://www.geekwire.com/2017/geekwire-hq2-search-narrows-4-finalists-heres-chance-vote-second-city/

I did not even know Cincinnati was considered one of the four finalists for a temporary HQ for Geekwire for the month of February.

I voted.  I'm not sure if it would have any real impact, but I think small wins like this can add up over time.

A source whose son-in-law is in senior management at Amazon told me tonight that said son-in-law told him that Cincinnati is "at the top" of Amazon's list for HQ2.  I interpret that as in the final 5 or thereabouts under serious contention. 

Landing Amazon would be wild, talk about the amount of press we'd get. I worry about the cost of living increases that will happen. Rent and property values could sky rocket and force a lot of people out. Does anyone know when Amazon will announce their short list?