4th and Race Site is cleared and ready for 15-story mixed residential tower.
With well over $2 billion in new construction projects underway in Cincinnati’s urban core it is not hard to miss with construction fencing, cranes and lifts working at full tilt all over downtown and Over the Rhine. Many new construction and building renovations are underway throughout downtown and Over-the-Rhine. This gallery features photos of 16 projects taken this month. If added up the projects in the photos below are just a fraction of overall development with just over $400 million in construction activity.
4th and Race Site is cleared and ready for 15-story mixed residential tower.
Encore Apartments across from massive Joseph Auto Parking Lot in downtown [Photo by Eric Anspach]
15th and Vine site will feature a four story office infill by 3CDC.
15th St. Townhomes
580 Building conversion to apartments should finish by June 2017.
Elm Street Rowhouses by Towne Developement.
The newly constructed Holiday Inn recently opened last month.
AC Hotel Under Construction
Messer Headquarters under construction in the West End.
Race Street at the Banks – up to 600 residential units planned above garage.
Race Street infill designed by Jose Garcia.
Republic Street Townhouses
The Otto M. Budig Theater, being built by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, at 12th and Elm Streets.
The Allison – 3CDC project at 15th and Race
Construction is nearing completion on The Allison , with 17 condominiums and street level retail.
The Kruckemeyer at 15th and Vine was completed last year with 8 condos and street level retail.
Eighth and Sycamore Tower [John Senhauser Architects]
Following committee approval yesterday, City Council appears poised to approve a $7.3 million financial package that should bring a 130-unit North American Properties project to reality.
Designed by John Senhauser Architects, the $52 million, 15-story residential tower will accelerate the transformation of the northeastern corner of the central business district, where business leaders have been trying to rebrand it as the Eighth Street Design District for its cluster of design agencies.
As City Hall has done in the past, 3CDC will be used to build and operate a 500-space public parking garage, along with 10,000 square feet of commercial space, which is estimated to account for $16.5 million of the total project cost.
Eighth and Sycamore Tower [John Senhauser Architects]
Eighth and Sycamore Tower [John Senhauser Architects]
The project was first announced two years ago, and will take the place of the former two-story Red Cross building at the southeast corner of Eighth and Sycamore Street.
While the parking garage seems oversized at face value, it is part of a larger development efforts taking place nearby, including a 115-room Holiday Inn that includes no parking at all. As part of that deal, the City of Cincinnati agreed to build a parking garage that would provide 120 spaces. Originally planned to include 610 parking spaces, the new parking garage will support both developments and replaces an aging public garage that once occupied the site.
The relatively quick procession of this project stands in contrast to the 111-unit residential tower North American Properties recently completed called Seven at Broadway. Unlike this yet-to-be-named project, Seven at Broadway took more than a decade to complete, with an above-ground parking garage occupying the site since 2003.
The apartments at Seven at Broadway are some of the priciest in the city, and were pre-leased at a pace that surprised developers and investors. Price points have not yet been identified for this new project.
GE Tower Concept at SW Corner of 8th/Sycamore [WLWT]
The completion of the Holiday Inn and this new residential tower will significantly alter this corner of downtown, but many still view the two large surface lots across Sycamore Street as the final major pieces of the puzzle.
The southern of the two lots is controlled by St. Xavier Church, and the northern lot is owned by Columbia Oldsmobile Company.
When General Electric was searching for a site for their new Global Operations Center, which ultimately located at The Banks, a rendering surfaced that showed an office building for GE on the northern of the two lots. Rumors have once again begun circulating online that the mockups might be or could be related to potential corporate offices for General Electric should they take action on their relocation threats to the State of Connecticut.
The full City Council will vote on this financial package on Wednesday
So much construction has been taking place in the center city that it has prompted city officials to launch a website specifically dedicated to tracking all of it for those living, working and visiting the area. As with any development there are growing pains, but City Hall is working to keep them at a minimum without squashing the growth.
