Corbin Park holds groundbreaking

A new single-family development in the East End broke ground in a ceremony yesterday afternoon.

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory was on hand with Mark Kalb of developer Revolution Properties to turn shovels on the $12 million Corbin Park, a 22-unit project at Riverside Drive and Corbin Street (BIRD'S EYE).

Phase one will include 11 fully-customizable homes of between 3,000 and 3,500 square feet, starting at $595,000.

Construction on the model is expected to begin within the next one to two weeks.

Mallory spoke of his father's affiliation with the local Methodist church*, and his mother's expression of fondness for the area upon hearing of the groundbreaking.

"I told my mother that if it's important to her, it's important to me," Mallory said.

Andy Holzhauser of the Columbia Tusculum Community Development Corporation gave a brief speech on other development going on in the area, including Neyer's Columbia Square mixed-use project, the Ohio River Bike Trail, streetscaping on Stanley Avenue and the re-use of the old Cricket store for a metal fabrication art gallery.

Revolution Properties already has ownership of 2.1 adjacent acres for the 11-home second phase.

The homes are being sold through Huff Realty.

* The former Phillips Chapel CME Church at 260 Corbin Street was demolished in 2006.

Previous reading on BC:
Corbin Park has new website (2/13/08)
Corbin Park photo update, 1/9/08 (1/10/08)
Corbin Park hits the market (10/24/07)
East End: Corbin Park (2/7/07)