Cincinnati
Talbert House to Build 39-Unit Affordable Housing Development in East Price Hill
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor Talbert House started work on Aug. 9 on the Talbert House Grand Development Initiative, a complete renovation of an apartment building in East Price Hill that will provide affordable housing for people who want to live in a drug- and alcohol-free environment. More than 50 community leaders attended the groundbreaking […]
Construction Projects to Create 170 New Jobs
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor At the beginning of the year, Rough Brothers Inc., a greenhouse design and manufacturing firm, started looking for new space to relocate its headquarters from Vine Street, in St. Bernard, and expand its operations. The search is now over. The company recently agreed to purchase 20.5 acres of vacant land […]
New Owner Plans to Resume Work on Kenwood Towne Place
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor Phillips Edison Strategic Investment Fund II L.L.C. recently announced it has agreed to buy Kenwood Towne Place from a lending group led by Bank of America. The deal represents the third acquisition for Strategic Investment Fund II. Phillips Edison established the fund to focus on buying and improving large distressed […]
White Castle to Build Plant in Vandalia; Cengage Renews Lease in Northern Kentucky
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor Columbus-based White Castle broke ground last week on a new food processing plant in Vandalia, near the Dayton International Airport. Gov. John Kasich, White Castle CEO E. W. “Bill” Ingram III and Vandalia city officials attended the groundbreaking ceremony. The new 75,000-square-foot plant will be situated in the Stonequarry Crossings business […]
Launch Planned for $65M Miamisburg Business Park
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor According to a recent report from Cassidy Turley, the office vacancy rate in the Dayton area dropped from 27.8% at the end of 2011 to 26.1% in the first half of 2012. While the improvement from quarter to quarter is relatively modest, the trend is good news for Mark Fornes […]
$200M Dayton Racino Project Moving Forward
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor Dayton is one step closer to having its racino. Penn National Gaming Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) announced on July 2 it wants to relocate Beulah Park in Columbus to Austintown and Raceway Park in Toledo to Dayton. It requested official permission of the Ohio State Racing Commission on June 30. It […]
Developers Break Ground on $54M Project in Over-the-Rhine
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor The next phase of development in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood started on Tuesday, June 26, with the groundbreaking ceremony for the massive, $54 million Mercer Commons project. Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory, city manager Milton Dohoney Jr., city council members, and 3CDC and PNC Bank representatives attended the ceremony. The Mercer Commons […]
Hawthorne Center in Blue Ash Sold to Georgia Real Estate Firm for $16.6M
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor OA Development, a commercial real estate investment firm based in Atlanta, has purchased the Hawthorne Center, a 135,000-square-foot Class A office building in Blue Ash. The $16.6 million deal represents the company’s seventh acquisition in less than 18 months. The low-rise building was constructed in 2001 on more than seven […]
Downtown’s Hyatt Regency to Undergo $17M Makeover
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor Major renovations are planned for the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Cincinnati. The $17 million project is expected to help the Hyatt compete with newer hotels as well as improve the city’s ability to bring in high-end conventions and boost the local economy. The deal calls for the city of […]
Mercy Health to Build $75M Patient Tower
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor Hospital construction in Cincinnati has been booming recently. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has a $180 million research tower underway on its main campus, the largest pediatric research center in the United States, and Christ Hospital is getting ready to break ground this summer on a $265 million project. Now, […]