Adrian Maties
Downtown Dayton Duo Heads to Auction
Two office properties in Downtown Dayton will hit the auction block next month. CBRE Auction Services is selling the mid-rise class C office towers at 333 W. 1st St. and 349 W. 1st St., at an online auction, together with a 340-space attached parking garage. The minimum bid is $350,000.
$9M Boathouse Project to Transform Downtown Industrial Area
A Downtown Cleveland industrial area is about to be transformed into a place for walking, biking and boating. Mike Trebilcock, CEO of MCPc, Inc., his wife, Gina, and MCPc Family Charities, a non-profit associated with MCPc, Inc., have recently acquired a dozen industrial buildings in Cleveland’s Columbus Peninsula. They plan to turn the properties into a shared-use park, fitness center, and collegiate and youth boathouse.
Montgomery County’s New Public Safety Training Academy Breaks Ground
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett joined numerous other local officials last week to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Public Safety Training Academy. The facility is part of Montgomery County Multi Agency Service Park, another of Leggett’s Smart Growth Initiative projects expected to turn a former industrial area near the Shady Grove Metro station into an urban village.
Greenberg Gibbons to Renovate The Shops at Kenilworth
Greenberg Gibbons plans to renovate The Shops at Kenilworth, a landmark shopping destination in Towson. The cost of the project is $20 million.
Auto Supplier Opens $50M Plant in Monroe
Last year, UGN, an automotive industry supplier based in Tinley Park, Illinois, announced its plans to break ground on a new manufacturing plant in the city of Monroe, 30 miles north of Cincinnati. The $50 million project was finished this month.
Black Oak Associates to Sell the New Town Village Center in Owings Mills
The New Town Village Center in Owings Mills is now on the market. Black Oak Associates, LLC, the owner of the property, has retained the Greysteel Company’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team as the exclusive advisor and agent of sale.
Rubenstein Takes 2 in Downtown Cincinnati
Two high-rise office buildings in downtown Cincinnati are now under new ownership. The properties at 312 Elm St. and 312 Plum St. have recently traded for an undisclosed price.
Middletown OKs 216-Unit Apartment Project
At the start of the year, a Kentucky-based developer announced its plans to develop a 216-unit luxury apartment complex in the city of Middletown. Now, the project has taken an important step forward.
Baton Rouge’s $45M Water Campus Development Breaks Ground
Governor Bobby Jindal joined officials from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, LSU, the City of Baton Rouge, and the Water Institute last week, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Center for River Studies. It is the first building of the $45 million Water Campus development, a soon to be world-class research and engineering center in Baton Rouge.
Indoor Skydiving Lands in Virginia Beach
The state of Virginia now has its very own vertical wind tunnel. iFLY Va Beach Indoor Skydiving opened last week, bringing the most advanced wind tunnel technology in the world to Virginia Beach.

