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Wine Guy Bistro to open at The Banks
12/21/11
The Wine Guy Bistro — a restaurant, wine store and wine bar with a location in Norwood — plans to open at The Banks riverfront development by March.
The bistro, which has three other locations in Ohio, has signed a lease for a 6,400-square-foot restaurant along Freedom Way, said owner and founder Craig Decker.
READ MORE: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/developingnow/2011/12/21/wine-guy-bistro-coming-to-the-banks/
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Mahogany's coming to Banks
7:05 PM, Jan. 10, 2012
DOWNTOWN - Mahogany’s Cafe and Grill, an upscale African American-owned soul food restaurant in Hamilton, will open its second location, at the Banks in April. Co-owner and executive chef Liz Rogers has signed a lease for 3,500 square feet along Freedom Way between The Holy Grail Banks and coming Tin Roof.
READ MORE: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120110/BIZ01/120110025/Mahogany-s-coming-Banks?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CBusiness
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Kao USA to make downtown move, add 50 jobs
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Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Beauty product manufacturer Kao USA Inc. is planning a new downtown Cincinnati headquarters and will add 50 jobs in the city. The company made the announcement today at an afternoon press conference, at the downtown offices of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and JobsOhio President Mark Kvamme were on hand. "We're creating new jobs, getting companies to expand," Kasich said. "We were in a very deep hole. Now, we're starting to come out of that hole."
READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/02/14/kao-to-make-downtown-move-add-50-jobs.html
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Kasich, how about we focus on creating small business jobs that actually give back to our communities instead of hoping big businesses will land in Ohio? I suppose that isn't as glamorous for the photographers and re-election bids.
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I don't know the details of this relocation & expansion beyond what's presented in the story, but it sounds like a good deal to me. Cincinnati not only retains a growing company, but they're being relocated into Downtown. What's not to like?
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columbusmike said:
Kasich, how about we focus on creating small business jobs that actually give back to our communities instead of hoping big businesses will land in Ohio? I suppose that isn't as glamorous for the photographers and re-election bids.
I bet I could get Kasich to show up because of the intern that I just took on for 4 hours a week. Any time someone gets hired he shows up, taking credit.
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Cincinnati To Break Ground On Streetcar Project
By: Associated Press | NBC4i.com
Published: February 17, 2012
Cincinnati's mayor and other officials ready to break ground on the city's streetcar project with help from the U.S. transportation secretary. The city says Secretary Ray LaHood will join Mayor Mark Mallory in a Friday afternoon ceremony.
READ MORE: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/feb/17/cincinnati-break-ground-streetcar-project-ar-936041/
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ENQUIRER EXCLUSIVE: Music Hall: What is and what could be
11:28 PM, Mar. 12, 2012
A proposed sale agreement for Music Hall that was to be reviewed Friday by the Cincinnati Planning Commission will be delayed until an unspecified later date, city officials said Monday.
Jack Rouse, head of the Music Hall Revitalization Co. Inc., the group seeking to buy the 134-year-old Over-the-Rhine facility, said it requested the delay after pushing back the construction start date on a $165 million renovation by one year to spring 2014. The Enquirer first reported the construction delay last Friday.
“We got a little more time to work with when we moved the construction,” Rouse said. “More time is always better.”
READ MORE: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120312/NEWS/303130013
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City considers Eden Park station for micro-brewery
03/28/12 at 6:14pm Written by lbaverman
The city of Cincinnati is investigating whether a 118-year-old red brick pump station and water tower behind Krohn Conservatory could be sold and converted to a micro-brewery. A pair of developers recently approached the city to redevelop the 7,000-square-foot property, which was designed by renowned architect Samuel Hannaford to enhance the park landscape. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places.
READ MORE: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/developingnow/2012/03/28/city-considers-eden-park-station-for-micro-brewery/
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Parking mandates stymy development in Cincinnati’s urban neighborhoods
BY: JOHN YUNG
MARCH 27, 2012 – 9:00 AM
Downtown Cincinnati is home to five Fortune 500 companies, three professional sports teams, local businesses, and according to the 2010 U.S. Census, about 5,300 residents. But the area is also home to more than 35,000 off-street parking spaces.
These spaces once held historic buildings but have been demolished to provide automobile parking over the years. As downtown continues its resurgance, it would be prudent for city leaders to review its outdated parking policies.
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In just six years, developers have moved Over-the-Rhine from one of America’s poorest, most run-down neighborhoods to among its most promising.“It’s the best development in the country right now,” says Tom Murphy, a senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute in Washington, D.C., and a former mayor of Pittsburgh. “You have governments paralyzed and doom and gloom going on around the country, yet there’s this remarkable model in Cincinnati.”
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Having just spent some time in OTR in February, I agree that it has to be one of the most promising historic neighborhoods in all of Ohio, if not the country. I took a lot of photos of the buildings that look nice, here....
http://www.columbusunderground.com/close-to-columbus-over-the-rhine
... but for every one fixed up, there's nine more still run down. It's got a *long* way to go.
A lot of the streets still look like this:
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Development Proves Skeptics Wrong, Mayor Says
POSTED: 4:06 pm EDT April 26, 2012
CINCINNATI -- As he greets and seats customers at Taste of Belgium, Christian Sebald is convinced that his move to 14th Street five months ago was a solid one. "I moved from Middletown and I noticed that, you know, I say I live in Over-The-Rhine, and they're like, 'Oh no, that's a bad place to live,' and I say, No, really it's not," said Sebard, a host at Taste of Belgium. "They've made a huge change in about the past year."
READ MORE: http://www.wlwt.com/money/30961927/detail.html
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Cincinnati betting on new development code
'Form-based' approach gives communities more flexibility
11:24 AM, May. 6, 2012
Written by Carrie Whitaker
Almost twice as many people lived in Cincinnati 60 years ago. But then cars made it easier to get things farther from home and families elected to move to quieter, more spacious and sometimes safer suburbs. Longtime residents passed away, and their children chose not to stay.
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Unfortunately, Columbus is behind on our zoning codes. Miami and Denver have already implemented Form-Based Code zoning.
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