Adrian Maties
City Proposed Improvements Linked to Horseshoe Casino
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
There may still be some time before the Horseshoe Casino opens in Cincinnati, but its simple presence is enough to have a positive influence and help community development. On Sept. 6, during the Budget and Finance […]
BRAC Provides Economic Growth
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
The Maryland Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process is officially over. The $4 billion complexes at Aberdeen, Fort Meade, Fort Detrick in Frederick, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda and Joint Base Andrews in […]
Cuyahoga County Land Bank Rebuilds Neighborhoods, Thanks to New Financing Sources
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
On Aug. 29, the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Cuyahoga County Land Bank, received approval to change its source of funding.
The land bank works with cities, lenders, government units or individual property owners, […]
Kings Island to Double Size with $10M Water Park Expansion
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
The Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, announced it will undergo a major expansion and redesign, replacing the current park, Boomerang Bay, with the all-new and exciting Soak City. Before the announcement was made, Kings […]
Baltimore Approves Main Street Redevelopment Projects
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) announced on August 31 that it has obtained the approval of Baltimore’s Board of Estimates for two deals that will each bring a new development project to the Main Street communities […]
Greater Baltimore’s Industrial Real Estate Market in High Gear
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
It has been a busy year for industrial sales and leasing in Greater Baltimore. Tenants took more than 600,000 square feet of flex or industrial space in the second quarter, bringing the region’s vacancy rate down […]
Nestlé Plans Expansion at L.J. Minor Manufacturing Plant
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
Global food giant Nestlé broke ground Aug. 18 on a $20 million-plus, two-story, 75,000-square-foot expansion of its longtime L.J. Minor manufacturing plant in Cleveland. The Swiss food icon is also planning a major research-and-development facility in […]
$223M Development to Add Mixed-Use in Huber Heights
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
Huber Heights will be home to the region’s next big retail and office development. A development team under the name Developer 201 Corridor Management L.L.C. has plans for a multimillion-dollar retail and office project called The […]
New Rehabilitation Hospital to Open in Beachwood
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
University Hospitals and Nashville-based Centerre Healthcare Corp. announced a joint venture to construct a freestanding in-patient rehabilitation hospital in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood.
The 50,000-square-foot, 40-bed facility will cost $17 million to construct. It will be […]
Cincinnati Home Sales Rise 20% in July
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
Sales of single-family homes rose more than 20 percent in July in Greater Cincinnati. It is the first increase in year-over-year activity since sales began to slide in March.
A total of 1,965 homes were sold this […]