Knox Presbyterian Church photo update, 1/3/07

Exterior finishes are being applied and - judging by the look of some of the crew - drywall is being installed at the Knox Presbyterian Church at Michigan and Observatory avenues.

Miller-Valentine Group is building a 12,000-square-foot addition that mainly consists of a large stage area, with sound and lighting facilities, rooms for use by the choir, and restrooms.

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Small projects photo update (10/23/07)

City grants One River Plaza developers access to L&N Loop

One River Plaza

City Council unanimously approved an agreement with the developers of One River Plaza allowing them access to City-owned property known as the L&N Loop.

The development team, which is a 50-50 partnership between the Gregory family and the Miller-Valentine Group, will determine the feasibility of developing the parcel and will be granted exclusive rights to lease the land.

All of this is dependent on a decision by the Ohio Department of Transportation, which currently holds an easement on the property and is studying the possibility of its use for a light rail line.

The preferred developer agreement sets several restrictions on any redevelopment of the L&N Loop:

• An additional pedestrian connection should be established along the western boundary of the L&N Loop.

• Any building should not exceed five stories and should not exceed 125,000 square feet.

• Commercial space should be provided along Pete Rose Way.

• No parking garage should be visible from Pete Rose Way, unless ODOT needs some of the land for a rail project.

• The architecture should complement One River Plaza as well as surrounding properties, such as the Sawyer Point Building.

• 50 public parking spaces should be available during business hours, 200 after normal building hours, and should be market-rate.

If the developers submit a plan that the City approves, the City will likely sell the property to them.

If the developers find development infeasible, the agreement will be terminated.

The agreement terminates in January 2009 but can be extended in one-year increments.

The $140 million One River Plaza project will include 150 condominiums, two restaurants, a parking garage and a public plaza on the site of the Montgomery Inn Banquet Center.

Units within the two condo towers, which are already in pre-sales, will range from $400,000 to $2 million.

The public plaza will contain a large sculpture by Albert Paley and will tie in with Yeatman's Cove and the Purple People Bridge.

Completion is expected in 2009.


L&N Loop parcel, 2005: Click to enlarge

Madisonville: NuTone redevelopment

Site plan: Click to enlarge

The Economic Development Committee will hold a public hearing on June 5 regarding a rezoning of the former NuTone headquarters at Red Bank and Madison in Madisonville.

The request, from Miller Valentine Group, would rezone the property as a Planned Development District (PD).

The City Planning Commission has already approved of the reclassification and of the development's concept plan.

Miller Valentine is proposing a $90 million mixed-use project on the 30-acre site at 4820 Red Bank Road.

Though no tenants have been named and the plan is still preliminary, Miller Valentine has a rough idea of what they want for the site.

In their plans are four office buildings (3 over 50,000 SF), three multi-family residential buildings (all 3 stories, 23,750 SF), six outlots for restaurants and other retail uses (1,800-6,600 SF) and a four-story hotel, which the Cincinnati Business Courier has noted would contain 100 to 125 rooms.

Fifteen hundred parking spaces would be provided on surface lots. (BOO!)

How much funding will be needed for the project is not yet known.

The site contains seven industrial buildings totalling about 800,000 square feet of space.

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) money from the pre-existing Oakley TIF could possibly be used to demolish the buildings and make other site improvements.

The sale of the property from NuTone to Miller Valentine is contingent on Council's approval. Miller Valentine plans to close by this summer.

The project will likely be on City Council's agenda on June 6 or June 13.

If all goes according to script, demolition could begin by late 2007 and last until fall 2008.

The phased development would start with the retail component first, with office and residential phased in according to market demand.

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