Cincinnati, Ohio

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To quote Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place, “I was a medium person. I should get to spend eternity in a medium place! Like Cincinnati.”

I spent a few nights in Cincinnati several years ago and it was a surprisingly above-average place. Here’s an idea to make it a better place: copy the Big Dig in Boston and cover up the sunken highway between Elm Street and Main Street, then put park space on top of it.

Is there already a plan for this? Here’s the satellite view from Google Maps. You can see it better in 3D.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0932444,-84.5208993,876a,35y,41.31h,46.95t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

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Boston for reference:

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Found this from October 2022 which involved capping Fort Washington Way and putting a park on it.

Won’t be happening anytime soon, though.

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Thanks. I’m glad they have the plans, and I hope they can successfully apply for the grants soon.

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Here’s a link within that article.

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This will be in Newport, Kentucky (across the Ohio River from Cincinnati).

RIP Jimmy Buffett.

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They should tear down a Walmart and put up a stadium.

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New details on converting Downtown’s iconic Carew Tower into 375 apartments have emerged as Cincinnati City Council eyes approval of incentives.

The $161.9 million redevelopment, helmed by New York’s Victrix Investments, is one of the most anticipated projects in Greater Cincinnati − and now it’s one step closer to construction. (Victrix also just completed the conversion of Downtown’s former Macy’s headquarters into 341 apartments.)

Council is likely to approve a final development agreement between Victrix and the city as early as next week.

Here’s what you need to know:

$1,950-3,300 rents projected for Carew Tower

According to public documents submitted to the city, the office-turned-market-rate apartment building will have:

  • 246 one-bedroom units with an average rent of $1,950.
  • 109 two-bedroom units with an average rent of $2,700.
  • 20 three-bedroom units with an average rent of $3,300.
  • 10 units of short-term corporate housing.

Floors four through 49 will house apartments while floors one through three (totaling 65,000 square feet of commercial space) will be leased to businesses.

City tax abatement, city benefits

According to the proposed development agreement, Victrix is likely to receive a 30-year tax exemption on the project, valued at over $78 million. Over those 30 years, Victrix is expected to pay $16.7 million to Cincinnati Public Schools and over $1 million to the streetcar and generate $962,000 in income tax.

Ohio also put money toward Carew Tower’s conversion: In 2022, Victrix got $6.4 million for environmental remediation and interior demolition, followed by $10 million in historic preservation tax credits and $4.25 million in tax credits through Ohio’s Transformational Mixed-Use Development program. Public records reveal that Victrix will put in $54.7 million of its own capital in the project.

When will construction start?

Construction is anticipated to begin before the end of 2025 and wrap by December 2029.

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Liberty Township, Ohio

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