Topic: Cincinnati: Random Development News & Info

[The_Cincinnati_Kid]

A friend of mine who rents in the Queen's Tower in Price Hill (also the location of Primavista Restaurant), told me today that the whole building is going condo.  Should hedge up the homeownership rate a notch, not much, but a notch.

[RiverViewer]

^Wow...all the rage now, I guess - the Edgecliff on the east side, Queen's Tower on the west side...but Prima Vista kicks the Coach and Four's ass!

[buildingcincinnati]

Here's more on the Triangle property in Montgomery.  I might split this topic off eventually.  From the 7/27/05 Northeast Suburban Life:


Triangle development about six weeks from starting
By Lindsay Braud
Staff Reporter    

MONTGOMERY - With development plans in place and approval from the landmarks and planning commissions, Gateway Partners LLC are waiting for the green light from city council to begin development of the now vacant triangle property.

Council will start taking the necessary legislative steps at the next council meeting to get redevelopment of this property under way. Three ordinances need to be read three times and then voted on before construction can begin.

MORE: http://www.communitypress.com/BlueAshOH/News.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=15987&Section=Main%20News&OnlineSection=Main%20News&SectionPubDate=7/27/2005%202:26:13%20AM&RefDate=7/27/2005%202:26:13%20AM

[buildingcincinnati]

Facade improvements:

DOWNTOWN
* The Westin Hotel is in the process of a facade improvement project.  No further details available.

NORTHSIDE
* 4027-4031 Hamilton Ave. will be getting new windows and signs.  4031 Hamilton will also have some facade work done:
(4027 and 4031)
       


Business-related:

CAMP WASHINGTON
* Meyer Tool Inc. will be completing a buildout at 3055 Colerain Ave.  A parking lot will be poured at 3024 Colerain Ave. (across from the intersection of Colerain and Elam), ostensibly to provide more parking for the business.

[buildingcincinnati]

Kroger has bought buildings on Warsaw Ave. and is going to expand their Enright Ave. (Price Hill) location.  I'll see if I can track down which properties those are.

Here's a link to the story:
http://www.communitypress.com/PriceHillOH/News.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=16213&Section=Main%20News&OnlineSection=Main%20News&SectionPubDate=8/3/2005%202:44:23%20AM&RefDate=8/3/2005%202:44:23%20AM

[buildingcincinnati]

^ Here's a map and the buildings that will be removed.  There's nothing to remarkable on the block.  Most of these buildings are isolated from one another, with empty lots that have been converted to parking in between them.  The "street wall" no longer exists.  My only hope is that Kroger doesn't build a building that presents a blank wall to the street, like the Kroger in Mt. Washington.

These are all in the 3600 block of Warsaw.

[buildingcincinnati]

New construction:

RIVERSIDE
* A new $275,000 home will be built at 157 Pedretti Ave.  It should have a great view!


Rich people:

HYDE PARK
* A new single-family house is being built at 5 Weebetook Ln.  It will cost $1.1 million.  It's nice to see that they have decided to built within the city.


Rehabs:

CLIFTON HTS.
* The interior is being gutted at 176 W. McMillan Ave.  I have no idea for which tenant this is being done.


SOUTH CUMMINSVILLE
* Working In Neighborhoods will be doing extensive repairs to its beautiful old church building at 1814 Dreman Ave. that was badly damaged by fire a couple of months ago.



Building lost:

KENNEDY HTS.
* 5854 Wyatt Ave.  This home lasted only 34 years.

[buildingcincinnati]

Cincinnati_Kid, you may know something about this since you're doing work in the area.  A couple of weeks ago 201 Klotter LLC bought the two big apartment buildings on the 600 block of Straight St. as well as 4 properties behind it on the 600 block of Tafel St.  They paid $1.2M for each one.

I wonder why they assembled all of those adjacent parcels.  There are houses on a couple of the Tafel St. lots that look to be from about the same period that the house you renovated was.

[The_Cincinnati_Kid]

Grasscat, I saw that and saw that a land sale occured in April and was tied to the apartment sale on Straight St., I didn't really dig into it too much, but I assume the land on Tafel is tied to the apartment buildings.  The Tafel St. land is pretty much unbuildable in that the land slopes straight up off the sidewalk and would require major retention walls similar to the stuff going on in Mt. Adams, but there is no way they could sell the units for a high enough price as to offset the earthwork.  I will keep my eyes open though.  Very interesting it sold again between April and July.

[buildingcincinnati]

New construction:

CLIFTON HTS./FAIRVIEW
* Thomas E. Walter will be building 3 $130,000 homes at 544-548 Conroy St.


Rehabs:

MT. LOOKOUT
* The building at 1000 Delta Ave. is having $40,000 worth of interior remodeling done.  The building's owner is the same as who owns GameDay downtown.



Updates:

CLIFTON HTS.
* The work at 176 W. McMillan St. that I mentioned earlier is for some kind of restaurant.  The people behind the remodel are Restaurant Management Inc., and I believe that's Wendy's.

EVANSTON
* Jonathan Meadows has the land cleared and graded, but no construction work has begun.

MADISONVILLE
* The Sonoma Hill subdivision now has some retaining walls built and foundations poured.


Office:

DOWNTOWN
* Dunnhumby USA is expanding their space in their U.S. HQ building at 302 W. Third St. (the Neyer building).  The work will cost nearly $350K.


New (suburban) housing in the county:

DELHI TWP.
* Victory View will consist of 60 homes in Delhi Twp.  It will be a cul-de-sac extending northward from Foley Rd. just opposite of Overhill Ln.


Odds and ends:

* City council has allocated $225,000 from the Park Board surplus to help pay for a consultant to help develop a new Park Board Master Plan to manage the parks for the next 10 to 20 years.  The prior Master Plan was developed in 1992 and was designed to last for a ten year period.  The ordinance passed unanimously.

* The city has agreed to purchase the Interstate Brands parking lot at Ninth and Cutter in the West End.  The lot had been leased by the city from IBC, who has gone into bankruptcy.  The city paid $75K less than market value ($170,000 total), and will continue to store city vehicles on the lot.  The city is also negotiating with Burke Marketing, a tenant in Centennial Two, to extend their lease.  Parking has always been an issue, and additional parking from this lot may give the city leverage.

[buildingcincinnati]

Rehabs:

CAMP WASHINGTON (all projects of the Camp Washington Community Board)
* 3068 Henshaw Ave. (1926, two-family).  The Board is also working on 3066, which I mentioned in a previous post.  Washington United Church of Christ and Christ in Youth volunteered to clean up the properties and to do a little of the demolition work on these Camp Washington properties.
(I will try to follow up with "after" photos when possible)


* 3059 Sidney Ave. (1889, single-family).



Odds and ends:

SAYLER PARK
* A couple of people from Bridgetown have taken over the old vaudeville haunt the Parkland Theatre (1880s) on Gracely Ave. and have renamed it Parkland Family Theatre and Entertainment Center.  They will show movies, sporting events, and will rent the hall out.  I used to have a photo of it, but I can't find it.  Here's a news story about it if you care:
Price Hill Press: Theater making return engagement (8/17/05)

WALNUT HILLS
* U-Haul from Phoenix, AZ has bought several parcels along Gilbert Ave. at the corner of Gilbert Ave. and Rogers Pl.  Most of it is empty commercial lots.  My guess is that there will be a U-Haul facility built here, which should do wonders for the neighborhood.   

[The_Cincinnati_Kid]

The entire back of that yellow building in Mt. Lookout square collapsed last year.  Hence the $40k rehab.

[buildingcincinnati]

Rehabs:

CLIFTON HTS./FAIRVIEW
* 503 Klotter Ave., a two-family built in 1913.  Selling for nearly $200K.
(before and after)
   

NORTHSIDE
* 4141 Langland Ave., a home built in 1885 that used to have vegetation growing out of the gutters.  Blazara Properties bought this property for $15,000 last December.  The home is now being sold for $114,900.
(before and after)
   

WALNUT HILLS
* 429 McGregor Ave., a two-family built in 1906.  Sold 15 months ago for $53,000, now going for $149,900
(before and after)
   

* This 1880 three-family at 2537 Hackberry St. has been converted to a 3500 square feet single-family.  Bought in January for $95,000, it's now on the market for $239,900.
(before and after)
   

CARTHAGE
* 7031 Fairpark Ave., a single-family home built in 1895.  Rehab by Cincinnati Housing Partners.  Sold for $54,000 six months ago, now for sale for $126,000.
(before and after)
     

HYDE PARK
* 3530 Larkspur Ave.  Shotgun-styled house from 1904, selling for nearly twice what it was bought for 18 months ago.
(before and after)
   

* 3574 Lilac Ave., built in 1899.  Sold for $64,000 two years ago, on the market for $204,000 now.
(before and after)
   

OAKLEY
* 2809 Robertson Ave., built in 1920.  711 square foot home sold for $75,000 in February, $128,900 now.
(before and after)
   

MADISONVILLE
* 4316 Watterson St., a double built in 1915.  Selling for about 70% more than what it sold for 3 years ago.
(before and after)
   

* Rehab is on-going at 5335 Ward St.  The rehab on this 1906 home is being done by the Madisonville Revitalization Alliance.  Bought in February for $31,000, on the market now for $114,900.  This may be a bit optimistic.
(before and after)
   

* 6821 Merwin Ave., built in 1926.  Sold for $73,000 in March, going for $109,000 now.
(before and after)
   

WESTWOOD
* 3479 Stathem Ave., built in 1923.  Bought for $50,000 last October, selling for $115,000 now.
(before and after)
   

WINTON PLACE
* 741 McMakin Ave.  Built in 1895, totally rehabbed and doubled in value in 8 months.
(before and after)
   

NORWOOD
* 1739 Courtland Ave., a two-family residence that has been converted to a single-family.  Renovation on the 1925 home by HHP Homes.  Selling for $40,000 more than it did in March.
(before and after)
   

* 3807 Floral Ave., built in 1909 in the most desirable part of Norwood.  Sold for $92,000 four months ago, $268,000 now.
(before and after)
   

* 3942 Forest Ave., built in 1901.  Doubled in value in 6 months.
(before and after)
   

COVINGTON
* This two-family at 521 E. 16th St. has been totally renovated.
(after only)


COVINGTON (Latonia)
* 209 Rosedale Ct.  Previously valued at $89,900...now selling for $119,900.
(after only)


* 3526 Glenn Ave.  Was valued at $70,000...now going for $105,000.  I believe it is owned by someone in my brother-in-law's family.


NEWPORT
* Renovation in progress and building for sale ($399,000) for this ASS-UGLY building at 818 Monmouth St.



Update:

EAST PRICE HILL
* Workers are doing something on the hillside on Warsaw Ave.  This is in the general area of the hillside in front of where Matson Manor is supposed to be built.  I don't know if it's related--numerous inquiries into the status of Matson Manor have not been answered.

[PhattyNati]

some great looking rehabs there especially 2537 Hackberry St. i dont remember anything about Matson Manor

[Jskinner]

I love this thread.  I am so encouraged by the before / after shots.

I toured that building at 818 Monmouth a few years ago.  It is a 19th century commercial buiding with a bad cover facade, that was last used as a chain drugstore.  The owner at the time wanted to put condos in.

[Mr Sparkle]

[DELHI TWP.
* Victory View will consist of 60 homes in Delhi Twp.  It will be a cul-de-sac extending northward from Foley Rd. just opposite of Overhill Ln.

Info and site plans:
http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/meetings/2005/rpc/08-05/5_Delhi%2005-27%20Victory%20View.pdf

BTW the Hamilton County RPC site is a good place to see all kinds of development info
http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/default.asp

Click on commission agendas/ then agendas and staff reports

[buildingcincinnati]

New construction:

WESTWOOD
* More homes in Brodbeck Park.  These things look terrible!  The fact that nothing is being built atop the garages makes the garages even more prominent.  The renderings are pics of what two of the newer houses are supposed to look like--it's a slight improvement (the last one is listed at $168,000):


EVANSTON
* A new home by Potterhill Homes at 3059 Hackberry St., $119,000:


HYDE PARK
* New homes being built at 3642 and 3646 Heekin Ave.  The old 3642 Heekin was demolished, while the lot at 3646 was vacant.  $489,900:
(First photo is demolished 3642 Heekin, then new 3642 and 3646 Heekin)


MT. LOOKOUT
* A new home at 3538 Handman Ave., $429,000:


* New townhouse development in the 500 block of Empress Ave., $489,000:


* Five new homes being built on Kinmont St. by Chrisman Homes.  $479,000, no renderings.

[buildingcincinnati]

The_Cincinnati_Kid...I moved your last post to the RiversEdge thread:
http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3036.0

[The_Cincinnati_Kid]

Here is an example of what you can do with a little vision and a lot of money (interestingly, it looks like they joined the two buildings with new construction on the first floor, must  be very cool and unique)....

This.......




Is now this.......









Here is a link to the listing....
1111 Broadway, $436,900 (don't know if they will get it, there are several new developments adjacent, but this is very much in/on the edge of the hood.)
http://www.comey.com/displaylist.asw?listnum=952638&mls=cincy

[kendall]

An update on the building at the corner of McMillan and W Clifton. A sign in the window declares that the remodelling is for an Arby's restaurant.

[CiNYC]

1111 Broadway is jaw-dropping.  wow.

[buildingcincinnati]

This was mentioned in this thread regarding ODOT's decision to scrap the Colerain Connector.  It appears that only one developer submitted a plan to build 32 new homes in Northside:

Only 1 developer submits home plan

Cincinnati's choice of a developer to build 32 homes on what was to be the Colerain Connector highway in Northside was easy - only one developer submitted a proposal for the project. North Point Land Co. will have one year to come up with a development plan to build the homes off Virginia and Kirby avenues, on 10 acres that were deeded back to the city from the Ohio Department of Transportation this year. The state scuttled its 46-year-old plans for the highway after decades of opposition from Northside residents.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050830/NEWS01/508300358/1056

[buildingcincinnati]

Possible future construction:

KENNEDY HTS.
* Kennedy Hts. is studying making the Montgomery Rd. corridor more pedestrian-friendly, and they're exploring a business complex at Kennedy and Montgomery.  They're also exploring redevelopment of Northdale Pl., a cul-de-sac of half-vacant apartments that's had a lot of drug activity.  That site is on this map:


COLERAIN TWP.
* More housing in the county....Sloneker Reserve, a 72-lot development at the NW corner of Kemper and Pippin, just across Kemper from the cemetery.
http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/meetings/2005/rpc/09-05/2%20SLONEKER%20RESERVE%20STAFF%20REPORT.pdf


Other news:

HYDE PARK
* An application has been submitted to the community council to have a horse-drawn carriage in Hyde Park Square on Fridays and Saturdays.  The route will include Edwards, Observatory, Erie and Stettinius.

[buildingcincinnati]

Rehabs:

MT. AUBURN
* Bluenote Properties picked up the 4-unit 49 E. McMillan St. in June.  They are currently turning this 1900 home into a 3-family.


PADDOCK HILLS
* 1115 Egan Ct., a 4-flat, was bought in late June and is being totally rebuilt inside.



New Construction:

BOND HILL (Jonathan Meadows)
* New homes continue to be constructed at a brisk pace.  Up soon, the following: 1514, 1516, 1518, 1520, 1522, 1524 Jonathan Ave.; 1942 Langdon Farm.

CAMP WASHINGTON
* A new pre-engineered steel building will go up at 3028 Colerain Ave., filling an empty lot.

[buildingcincinnati]

I haven't had much to post in here lately.  I did want to note one thing, though:


* The CMHA has decided to demolish 834 Charlotte St., built around 1875 and severely deteriorated.  The photo doesn't show the front, but it's basically windowless and doorless and boarded up.  As of now, there's very little left of Charlotte St. between Linn and Baymiller.

[The_Cincinnati_Kid]

Cincinnati's high-society past gets a rebirth
Fleischmann estate to be arts center

By Maggie Downs
Enquirer staff writer


The Enquirer/Meggan Booker
 
The property is undergoing a $3 million renovation. Sean Penney (right) of Durable Slate and Kevin Brookover, a sheet metal mechanic, repair an original lead gutter.
 
ON THE WEB
For more information: www.green-acres.org

INDIAN HILL - At one time, the Fleischmann estate was the place to see and be seen.

It was the home of philanthropist Julius Fleischmann, Cincinnati's high society version of a Vanderbilt or Hearst. During the 1920s in Cincinnati, the place was like the elite sprawling resorts of the Hamptons on Long Island.

"This was as close as Cincinnati ever came to café society," said Walter E. Langsam, an architectural historian. "They were all there, the gorgeous people and royalty and the glamorous socialites - and (the Fleischmanns) seemed to know everybody."

Men and women often perched atop horses during fox hunts that rambled through 600 acres of sloping hills, thickets of trees and valleys slathered in green.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050908/NEWS01/509080348/1056

[buildingcincinnati]

Rehabs:

EAST END
* A three-family dwelling at 3910 Feemster St. will be converted into a two-family.  This home was built in 1844.


OVER-THE-RHINE
* The county commissioners will be doing some masonry work on the old Alms & Deopke Building.


New construction:

OAKLEY
* A couple of small commercial projects will be built on Wasson Rd. near Hyde Park Plaza.  One if them should be a Valvoline.

FOREST PARK
* More housing in the county...Mill Road Station Phase III, between I-275 and the H sectionof Pleasant Run Farms.


SPRINGDALE
* The Princeton City School District is building a new Springdale Elementary, set to be completed July, 2006.



Teardowns:

EAST END
* A house from 1890 will be demolished at 1927 Eastern Ave.  In its place, a $200,000 home will be built at 1929 Eastern Ave.


HYDE PARK
* A 1924 home at 3804 Aylesboro Ave. will be demolished to make way for a new $150,000 house.  It is being built by Boulder Construction.



Updates:

COLLEGE HILL
* A new home will be going up at 5998 Capri Dr. in the new Capri Woods subdivision.  The price will be somewhere around $120,000.

EAST WALNUT HILLS
* Look for the three-family at 1715 E. McMillan St. to come down soon.  This is the site of a condo project.



Buildings lost:

AVONDALE
* This beautiful three-family at 617 and 619 Glenwood Ave., built in 1898, is going to be demolished.  I believe this was a HUD Section 8 building.  This was purchased in August for only $17,000, so it must have been in terrible shape.


SOUTH FAIRMOUNT
* This nondescript building at 1717 Queen City Ave. is being demolished.  It was erected in 1910.



Odds and ends:

GOLF MANOR
* Golf Manor is considering a small-scale residential redevlopment project.  They are looking into contracting with Potterhill Homes to do a redevelopment similar to Greenhills' DeWitt Landing.

FOREST PARK
* The city of Forest Park and ODOT are working on a study to upgrade the Winton Rd./I-275 interchange.

[edale]

wow the buildings in Avodale and East Walnut Hills are beautiful...definitely a shame theyre being demolished.

[buildingcincinnati]

I felt the same way.

BTW...the Enquirer had a background story on the house at 5335 Ward St. in Madisonville that I mentioned in this post.  Here's the story:
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050911/NEWS01/509110407/1056

[The_Cincinnati_Kid]

New Mariemont condos boast scenery, nearby attractions

By Marla Matzer Rose
Enquirer staff writer


The developers behind downtown's Crawford Lofts project and the Parkside Condominiums in Clifton's Gaslight district today are unveiling models for a new apartment-to-condo conversion building in Mariemont.

Miami Overlook, located on Wooster Pike, will contain 120 one- and two-bedroom condos in the $120,000-to-$165,000 range.

E-mail mrose@enquirer.com

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050913/BIZ01/509130326/1076/BIZ

[buildingcincinnati]

^ Here's what these things are.  They look like standard garden apartments to me:

[kendall]

Wow, those are ugly!

[buildingcincinnati]

Rehabs:

CORRYVILLE
* A minor renovation is going on at 113 Calhoun St.



Updates:

DOWNTOWN
* Work is ongoing at 835 Main St.  A kitchen is being installed.  The building will most likely continue to be a bar and it looks like they will serve food.

* At 905 Race St., work is continuing on the Brittany Condo project.  If you walk by soon you may see people doing some exterior work.

EAST WALNUT HILLS
* The condo at 1715 E. McMillan Ave. will cost $950,000.  It is supposed to have 3 units.

MADISONVILLE
* Yet another story on the former drug property at 5335 Ward St. appeared in the 9/14/05 Eastern Hills Journal:
http://www.communitypress.com/ColumbiaTwpOH/News.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=17768&Section=Main%20News&OnlineSection=Main%20News&SectionPubDate=9/14/2005%203:03:52%20AM&RefDate=9/14/2005%203:03:52%20AM

OAKLEY
* The city council has expressed its support to the citizens of Oakley/Hyde Park for stopping auto-related businesses from setting up shop in the Wasson/Paxton area.  An emergency ordinance was passed to change the zoning from Commercial General Auto-Oriented District to Commercial Community Pedestrian District.  Other parcels farther to the east are being considered for a shift from Commercial Auto-Oriented to Single-Family.  Not known what's going to come of this...the permits have not yet been approved to build the Valvoline and the other commercial project.
Council's support (PDF)
Emergency Zone Change (PDF)
Single-Family Zone Change (PDF)


New construction:

SOUTH CUMMINSVILLE
* The former St. Pius school will become a senior citizen housing project.  The following appeared in the Local News Briefs section of the 9/13/05 Enquirer:

Senior apartments unveiled today

Plans will be revealed this morning for an 18-unit senior citizen apartment building in the former St. Pius School in South Cumminsville. The $2 million project is the final leg of construction for the $4.4 million Working in Neighborhoods Economic Learning Campus. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the campus, 1814 Dreman Ave.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050913/NEWS01/509130371/1077/rss02


Odds and ends:

CITY-WIDE
* A transfer of money of $100,000 has been made from the Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund to a new DOTE project to study "Public View Corridors".  This study will look at ways to protect views.  This emergency ordinance been passed to the Finance Committee.
http://city-egov.rcc.org/BASISCGI/BASIS/council/public/child/DDD/15408.pdf

CLIFTON
* Joining the list of communities wanting arts centers is Clifton.  In the 9/11/05 Enquirer's "On Stage" portion of its Life section, the following blurb came out:

Clifton eager to build arts center

Clifton looks like the latest neighborhood to embark on plans for a cultural arts center - or, being Clifton, a "centre."

Residents are envisioning "a community learning center campus with a strong arts component," says Cindy Herrick, president of the Clifton Cultural Arts Centre board, more or less surrounding the new elementary school on Clifton Avenue. Part of the plan is renovating a stone carriage house behind the school.

It all rose out of Cincinnati Public Schools' community engagement process that invited residents to weigh in on what would be important community components for neighborhood schools - and how to make it happen.

Arts was high on the list of every community conversation, says Darlene Kamine, who led the discussions for Cincinnati Public Schools.

Clifton maintains its artsy, activist rep by convening a crowd of residents who envisioned "a place crazy with creativity," defines Herrick. That includes arts (visual and performing) for kids during and after school and for the entire community in evenings. "Multidisciplinary," Herrick says firmly, "that can bring the diverse community of Uptown together," from arts to ethnic cooking classes.

The arts centre board is ready to embark on a feasibility study for a capital campaign. In addition to estimated $500,000 renovations, Herrick foresees a $350,000 annual operating budget that would include a salaried director.

Herrick hopes to have the study done by January and to be raising dollars by early spring.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050911/ENT/509110321/-1/back01

EAST END
* The Cincinnati Recreation Commission is spending $200,000 for improvements to Schmidt Field.

NORTHSIDE
* Northside recently completed a Comprehensive Land Use Plan and will be submitting it to the city's Planning Commission.  A little bit of a fuss has ensued, including businesses such as Donnellon McCarthy (4141 Turrill St.).  Also submitting a letter to the city was Capozzolo Printing (Hamilton and Spring Grove).  Apparently the businesses are non-conforming uses in the new zoning, so they'll have to seek a variance any time they want to make ANY changes on their property.  They feel that they should have been consulted.  The property is considered a future Chase Cultural Complex, a neighborhood plaza, amateur theater, and music building.  The following are the two letters:
http://city-egov.rcc.org/BASISCGI/BASIS/council/public/child/DDD/15973.pdf
http://city-egov.rcc.org/BASISCGI/BASIS/council/public/child/DDD/15975.pdf

RIVERSIDE
* The city council unanimously passed an ordinance to rezone property at 5012 River Rd. to allow for a new softball field for the College of Mt. St. Joseph.
http://city-egov.rcc.org/BASISCGI/BASIS/council/public/child/DDD/15125.pdf


Demolitions:

WEST PRICE HILL
* The Archbishop of Cincinnati is demolishing a two-family structure at 1123 Iliff Ave. and a single-family at 1136 Iliff Ave.  This is in the area of both Elder and Seton high schools.
   

WESTWOOD
* A hole is burning in the city's pockets.  They would like to use the abandoned building demolition fund to tear down 2600 Harrison Ave., 2163 Harrison Ave., 2722 Faber Ave., 2728 Faber Ave. and 1206 Dewey Ave.  This money has to be spent by the end of the year.  Most of these didn't look so abandoned to me, but I'm not against anything that thins out these ill-planned apartment projects from otherwise beautiful Westwood.  1206 Dewey is a commercial building in Price Hill, at Dewey and Glenway.
               

[buildingcincinnati]

A couple of articles appeared recently about the new homes in Lincoln Hts.  This is an area of town that really need an injection of new construction.  It also appears that some of the homes will be subsidized to allow local residents to be able to purchase them.

Cincinnati Business Courier: Lincoln Heights breaks ground on home project (9/15/05)
Cincinnati Enquirer: Lincoln Hts. subdivision adding houses (9/19/05)

[buildingcincinnati]

The townhomes off of Mt. Lookout Square are done, I'm sure you noticed.  They look pretty nice to me--definitely influenced more by the near-city housing stock than the homes surrounding them: