Parker Flats photo update, 2/16/08

Things look much like they did in November at the Parker Flats project Downtown, though the historically-sensitive cladding has been added to the north side of the building.

Middle Earth Developers is building the 57-unit condominium project at the corner of Fourth Street and Central Avenue (BIRD'S EYE).

Units are listed for between $189,500 and $378,022.

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Previous reading on BC:
Parker Flats photo update, 11/10/07 (11/14/07)
Parker Flats: City approves nearly $1M in grants and loans (5/7/07)

320-322 Broadway photo update, 2/16/08

The entire back addition is down and the remaining structure is secured at 320-322 Broadway (BIRD'S EYE) Downtown.

The back building was demolished to make way for head-in surface parking off of Iola Alley.

The remaining building is also being renovated for office use, but I do not know the tenant.

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Previous reading on BC:
320-322 Broadway demolition (11/19/07)

Council approves Downtown vet clinic

427 Plum Street: Building at right

Cincinnati City Council unanimously approved a notwithstanding ordinance that will allow a veterinarian to relocate his practice from Walnut Hills to Downtown.

Dr. Robert Biederman Jr, DVM will move from the Cincinnati Central Animal Hospital at 650 E McMillan Street to the vacant building at 427 Plum Street (BIRD'S EYE).

Current zoning for the site did not allow for his proposed use, which will be the first veterinary practice to locate Downtown.

There is no word on the future of the Walnut Hills clinic.

Previous reading on BC:
Veterinarian seeks zoning help to relocate Downtown (1/15/08)

Richter & Phillips buys New Street lots

Local jewelers Richter & Phillips Company have purchased a couple of lots along New Street (BIRD'S EYE), between Sycamore and Broadway Downtown.

A 3,500-square-foot building dating to 1885 stands alongside a gravel parking lot, both sandwiched between the Seventh and Broadway parking garage and Sycamore Place at St. Xavier Park.

The combined size of the sites, which were purchased for $260,000, is slightly under one-tenth of an acre.

The property has also been subdivided from two into three lots, which is uncommon unless improvements are planned. (Although it is possible that the land was separated from the building for tax purposes.)

Richter & Phillips has been in business since 1896 and is headquartered in the Gwynne Building at 202 E Sixth Street, Downtown.

City, Kendle to enter reimbursement agreement

Kendle International will stay in the Carew Tower Downtown for at least the next ten years, thanks to a City incentive package.

City Council approved unanimously a property investment reimbursement agreement that would pay the company up to $204,750 over the next five years, leveraging $4.4 million in building improvements. The City's funding will match the nearly $488,000 in Job Creation Tax Credit money offered by the Ohio Department of Development.

The agreement will also bind Kendle into a ten-year lease, with two five-year renewal options. Kendle's lease at the Carew Tower was set to expire in 2009.

The company will use the funds to renovate 130,000 square feet on nine floors of the tower to accommodate an expected 75 new employees.

The City will be reimbursed by the earnings tax revenues from the new employees and is expected to gain $9.3 million in new revenue over the life of the lease, including $8.5 million from the retained jobs.

To accommodate the growth, the company had been considering sites in Norwood, Blue Ash, Covington, Newport and Downtown.

Kendle currently employs 558 information technology and back office workers at the tower.

Kendle International provides clinical research and regulatory consultancy services to biopharmaceutical companies and employs 3,000 worldwide.

New Union Terminal and Fountain Square photos

These are new photos that I took with Jayson of Cincy Images on January 4, 2008.

The trip included a visit to Cincinnati Union Terminal, Fountain Square, and a couple of the Square's surrounding blocks.

These photos have been added to the following galleries:

* Landmarks: +11 (28 photos)
* Fountain Square: +8 (20 photos)
* Downtown: +4 (121 photos)
* Skyline: +1 (51 photos)

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