City Manager Dohoney’s proposed parking lease would include millions of dollars of funds for economic development efforts. One of those projects would tear down the crumbling Pogue’s Garage and build a 30-story residential high-rise with a 15,000-square-foot grocery at street-level. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Pogue’s Garage to Make Way for 30-Story Residential Tower, Grocery Store
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Rookwood Pavilion offering upscale outlets an urban destination. Believe it or not, Rookwood Commons and Kenwood Towne Centre once were in a heated battle over which shopping destination would become the region’s premier stop. Due to a number of factors, including a messy eminent domain case that prohibited Rookwood from expanding, Kenwood has taken firm [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Rookwood Pavilion offering upscale outlets an urban destination Report: retailers ‘vastly overestimate’ the role of free parking. We hear time and time again that urban retail centers need free and plentiful parking, and without it the customers will not come. New research, however, shows that the actual evidence for such claims is scant at best, and that retailers “vastly overestimate” the role free [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Report: retailers ‘vastly overestimate’ the role of free parking Will Cincinnati hit another home run with Tower Place redevelopment?. Cincinnati’s efforts to transform its center city are being noticed nationally, and the recent sale of Tower Place Mall is just the latest action made by the City that is turning heads elsewhere. The question now is will Cincinnati hit another home run with Tower [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Will Cincinnati hit another home run with Tower Place redevelopment? Do urban shopping malls like Cincinnati’s Tower Place Mall still make sense? UrbanCincy reader Eric Douglas weighs in with his thoughts. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Downtown Cincinnati’s retail future probably not the shopping mall Clifton Grocery Store To Reopen Early 2013 Clifton residents are close to being able to shop at a newly remodeled grocery store that has taken the place of Keller’s IGA after its closure in 2011. Although work on reopening the neighborhood grocery store had been delayed, Steve Goessling, who purchased the struggling store after it [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Clifton Gaslight Market may open as soon as early 2013 Consultant says Covington focusing resources in wrong places. MJB Consulting had sobering news for Covington officials when it delivered its report to city officials about how to breathe new life into Covington’s center city. The report stated that there is too much retail and that the existing retail is targeting high-end shoppers that just aren’t [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Consultant says Covington focusing resources in wrong places Apartments have a 60-person waiting list, retail space is 92% occupied, and developers are in negotiations with a hotel operator to build a new tower at Freedom Way and Main Street. That success has laid the foundation for construction work to begin on phase two later this year. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Second phase of construction looms for The Banks While much progress has been made in urban neighborhoods throughout the city, many of those same neighborhoods are struggling to keep their community grocery stores open. In a proactive measure, the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation is trying out a new strategy called Buy 25 Tuesdays. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Walnut Hills tries new approach to keep its neighborhood grocery store afloat Bread & Spice owner, Daniel Tinney, says that after being dissatisfied with vegetarian options outside of the home he and his wife decided to open a vegetarian-focused cafe in downtown Covington. The cafe moves in to the 1,000-square-foot space recently vacated by AJ Creations. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Bread & Spice brings vegetarian-focused bakery to Covington Mac’s Pizza Pub to provide free electric vehicle recharging station. Mac’s Pizza Pub in Clifton Heights will become the region’s first restaurant to offer customers a free charging station for their electric vehicles. The move comes as owner Mac Ryan attempts to make the popular uptown restaurant as environmentally friendly as possible. More from the [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Mac’s Pizza Pub to provide free electric vehicle recharging station DCI has released its eighth annual State of Downtown Report. The findings show continued improvements throughout the Central Business District, Over-the-Rhine and Pendleton neighborhoods with more than 5,000 new residents being added to the area in the past five years. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Thousands of new residents now calling downtown Cincinnati home With the debut of Google’s Business Photos in Cincinnati, users will now get to take a 360-degree view inside participating establishments. The first business in the region where this is available is Arnold’s Bar & Grill downtown. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Google’s new maps feature takes users inside Cincinnati businesses The Banks development team announced that Yard House, an American fusion restaurant with 100-250 taps, will open its first Ohio location on Cincinnati’s central riverfront. The 10,000 sq. ft. restaurant will be the first stand-alone tenant at The Banks, located immediately south of the Freedom Center. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Yard House to open first Ohio restaurant along Cincinnati’s central riverfront From ghost town to night-on-the-town Nearly one month ago we asked whether Cincinnati is in the midst of a contemporary golden age. With all of the public and private investment taking place throughout the city, the answer seemed to be an easy yes. Now, Cincinnati’s mainstream media is echoing our thoughts. From WCPO: On virtually [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: From ghost town to night-on-the-town Years after initial efforts, paid ambassadors are now patrolling the streets of the city’s historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The non-stop progress taking place in the neighborhood, community leaders say, is what has created a better environment for such a program to finally take root. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: After years of work, ambassadors in Over-the-Rhine are finally reality Coffee Shops and the Post-Industrial City Urban coffee shops have long served as community focal points where people come to gather, relax and debate. But what role do these ‘third places’ play in our post-industrial cities? From Urban Relations: Coffee helps us. It helps us get out of bed, it raises our productivity and promotes [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Coffee Shops and the Post-Industrial City A long-awaited development is set to begin construction in Clifton Heights in the coming weeks. Neighborhood leaders say that the $78 million U Square at The Loop development will transform the area and signal the realization of a vision laid out more than a decade ago. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Construction to begin on $78M mixed-use development uptown After a better than expected first year at Findlay Market, the owner of Sushi Bears is looking to expand his business footprint and concept. The expansion will take place on Main Street in Over-the-Rhine, and will include a grab-and-go Arner-Asian food shop, a small grocery, and several small co-op spaces. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Main City Station to create new Asian food concept, co-op space in Over-the-Rhine In Corryville a new $20M mixed-use development will soon rise from the ashes of the historic Schiel School. The surge of economic activity in Uptown, some preservationists claim, is coming at the expense of some of the city’s most valuable historic structures. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Historic Schiel School to make way for $20M development in Corryville |
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