Monday news roundup

A look back at development news from the past week


Blogs

Cincinnati.com Art blog: Sara Pierce posts photos of the Union Terminal "High Steel" tour, and gives details on how you can see it yourself.

5chw4r7z: 5chw4r7z gives us an inside look at the units for sale in the Hannaford in Newport.


Print media

Cincinnati Enquirer: A new proposal by Councilmember Roxanne Qualls, which is supported by five other councilmembers, may derail plans to bring streetcars to Downtown and Over-the-Rhine.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Enquirer's weekly story on Northern Kentucky's condominium projects highlights the Ascent, as residents begin moving in.

Cincinnati Enquirer: This letter by Daniel Burr of Covington points out the complete failure of the Ascent at street level, and I'm inclined to agree.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Cincinnati Museum Center is seeking $120 million in state, public and private funding to restore Union Terminal to its 1933 condition.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The short list of potential routes for the Brent Spence Bridge project will not be ready until October due to extra traffic study and engineering work, a delay of about eight months.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Al Neyer, Inc. has announced that it will begin pre-sales next month for its $10 million Linden Park project in College Hill, and will begin construction after selling 9 units.

Cincinnati Enquirer: City Lights has announced more details of its $50 million Incline Square development in East Price Hill, a mixed-use project that will also incorporate the piers of the Price Hill Incline.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Burton family has sold its house on the property of the proposed Rookwood Exchange to the developers, leaving Joe Horney as the lone holdout.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Home Depot has backed out as the third anchor at Newport Pavilion, and developer Bear Creek Capital says that the space will likely be filled by multiple smaller retailers.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Covington Renaissance District may be expanded this spring, increasing the number of properties with access to improvement grants.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The rehabbers of Covington Station, 632 Russell Street, are seeking a tenant in the "creative industries" to fill their 15,000-square-foot building.

Campbell County Recorder: Construction of the $10 million, 52,000-square-foot county administration building at 1010 Monmouth Street in Newport will begin March 1.

Fort Thomas Recorder: Fort Thomas City Council's finance committee has decided to re-evaluate funding for the Midway district - possibly funding funding more up front.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Newport business district has attracted five companies since January, and the 41-unit Marx Cromer building is 60 percent leased.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The $30 million Bellevue Urban Active fitness center, adjacent to Harbor Greene, will open March 1.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Northern Kentucky University's renovation of the Lakeside Heights Nursing Center into a 230-room student dormitory will be completed by August.

Hilltop Press: Forest Park is seeking $4.5 million in homeland security funds for a regional center for its SWAT and Hazmat units, which would be located either along Northland Boulevard or within the Hamilton Avenue corridor.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Highland Heights residents are divided over a Towne Properties proposal for the development of three retail buildings at I-471 and US-27, fearing increased traffic along the already busy corridor.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Citing high lease payments and declining sales, Kroger is considering closing its Walnut Hills store near Peebles Corner when its lease expires in February 2009.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Both the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County are in arrears with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, though both say that the money will eventually be made available.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The historic Mike Fink sternwheeler is on its way to South Point, Ohio for a $2 million renovation.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Madeira city officials will consider today a zoning modification that could allow for the construction of townhouses and condominiums on six acres along Euclid Avenue, just east of Miami Avenue.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Mount Healthy and Springdale are the latest communities to take advantage of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Dollar Homes program, which allows municipalities to purchase foreclosed properties that have been on the market for six months for a buck.

CityBeat: In her Cincitecture column, Sarah Stephens gives the architectural history behind Samuel Hannaford's Old St. George Church in Clifton Heights.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Leaders of the Carthage and Hartwell neighborhood councils think that the Hamilton County Fair needs better management and don't believe that moving the fair from Carthage to western Hamilton County will fix its ills.

Tri-County Press: Springdale is considering a change to its landlord guidelines, requiring a $50 annual permit with inspections every two to three years.

Cincinnati Enquirer: The Southwest Local School District wants to close down the deteriorating Elizabethtown Elementary, but residents in Elizabethtown, Hooven and Whitewater Township are fighting to save it.