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College Hill Coffee Co. a great anchor to a great NBD

The College Hill neighborhood business district (NBD) is one of my newest favorite NBDs in Cincinnati. It’s not often that I’m up that way, but I think I’ll be heading there more often after my past few experiences that have left me wanting more out of that neighborhood.

College Hill Coffee Co. is located at the northern end of the business district and is a third place and anchor for the neighborhood. I spent last Wednesday there and it didn’t seem like that long until I looked down at my watch and realized I had spent over three hours there.

They have some great coffee, good food offerings, table service, a small retail area and a comfortable environment to hang out that features free wi-fi. Here are a few pictures I grabbed of the interior while I was there.


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This Week In Soapbox 5/12

This Week In Soapbox (TWIS) will be a weekly feature that highlights the various development news stories I have written for Soapbox Cincinnati. You will most likely see the variety of photographs and some general commentary about the issues and places I have covered in that week’s edition on here, but the full stories will never be duplicated.

So if you’re interested in staying in touch with some of the latest development news in Cincinnati please check out this week’s stories and sign up for the weekly E-Zine sent out by Soapbox Cincinnati.

TWIS 5/12:

  • May means it’s bike month in Cincinnati – full article
  • Green Township adding 6th park to commemorate bicentennial – full article
  • Experienced Over-the-Rhine developer sees bright future for neighborhood, business – full article
  • Christ Hospital Imaging Center opens and earns LEED Silver certification – full article
  • SouthShore tower most recent jewel added along the Ohio River – full article
  • Cincinnati’s two-wheeler parking program taking next step, needs community input – full article
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Findlay Market now open Tuesdays

Ohio’s oldest open-air market and Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine landmark will now have expanded hours of operations as Findlay Market will now be open an additional day with extended hours throughout the week.

Tuesday will now be added to the days of operation for Findlay Market starting today. The rest of the weekdays will see an hour of extended business in the evening to 6pm, and the market will open an hour earlier at 10am on Sundays at the request of both merchants and shoppers.

Also new will be weekly Wine Tastings at Market Wines every Tuesday from 3pm-6pm. The revised weekly hours of operation can be seen below.

Tuesday: 9am – 6pm (Wine tastings from 3pm-6pm)
Wednesday: 9am – 6pm
Thursday: 9am – 6pm
Friday: 9am – 6pm
Saturday: 8am – 6pm (Biergarten open 11am-5pm)
Sunday: 10am – 4pm

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SouthShore oozes luxury

The SouthShore condominium tower dominates the Newport riverfront with its Miami-esque design that features floor to ceiling windows and luxury amenities that can be found nowhere else. I was able to tour the building over the weekend and grab some pictures. So far about 65% of the building’s residential space has been sold with condos ranging from $300,000 to $3,000,000.

The tower is roughly 240′ tall with 17 floors of living space and 4 floors of parking. The amenities include a fitness center, a rooftop amenity deck that includes a pool, putting green, walking trail, gardens, sundeck and clubhouse. SouthShore was also recently approved for a 100-slip marina that will primarily serve residents but also be available for rent to the public.

There are 21 photos in the slideshow of the two model units, rooftop amenity deck, lobby and exterior.

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Five Guys, Donatos joining the Clifton Heights restaurant mix

If you’re one of those people with an insatiable appetite for more dining option in Clifton Heights then this will be exciting news for you – Cincinnati’s first Five Guys Burgers and Fries location will be opening up along Calhoun Street at the base of the University Park apartment building.

Donatos will also be opening up a location in the same building which will make this their first location in the Uptown area.

Both are going to be great additions since 1) college students can never have enough pizza and Donatos offers some good subs to boot and 2) Five Guys is amazing and will be the first real burger joint for the university area and like I said…great stuff.

With these two new additions it will nearly fill up the street-level retail space along Calhoun Street created by University Park. The majority is filled by restaurant tenants (Panera Bread, Currito, BW3, Potbelly) although there is also a 5/3 Banking Center, FedEx Office, T-Mobile and GameStop. A Ben & Jerry’s closed down last year.

Still lacking in that general area in terms of retail would be an affordable, yet attractive clothing store. I have always said that I think a Aeropostale would do tremendous business there. They used to advertise a lot at university events and their key demographic seems to be college students and that age group. Just throwing it out there.

Also noteworthy is that the Wendy’s inside UC’s Tangeman University Center will be replaced by a Burger King, Jump (asian food) will be replaced by “sushi concept” run by UC’s food services and Freshens will be leaving with a Chic-fil-A taking its spot.