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Financing Secured, VA Homes Developers Look to Design
Developers are working on historic preservation design plans for the VA homes. FTM file. –> With financing secured, VA homes project developer Bloomfield/Schon is moving on in the process of bringing the stately old homes back to life. In mid-November, the commonwealth approved the request for an Industrial Revenue Bond or IRB. At about the […]
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VA Homes Project Proceeds With Financing Plan
Council met with VA home developers, Bloomfield/Schon and KMK attorney, Jim Parsons, to discuss the financing component for the historic homes. FTM file. By Robin Gee A plan for financing the VA homes project was the main focus of a May 1 meeting between Fort Thomas city officials and project developers, Ken Schon and Steve […]
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VA Homes Developer Shows Preliminary Plans For Historic Homes
Developer Ken Schon of Bloomfield/Schon shows off the site plan for the VA homes for the first time publicly. FTM file. By Robin Gee and Mark Collier For the first time publicly, developers for the VA Homes in Alexander Circle, presented the city with preliminary plans for the development. Plans are moving ahead on the […]
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PICTURES: Developers Meet To Walk Through VA Homes in Fort Thomas
The entrance to Alexander Circle holds eight of the ten historic VA homes. FTM file. A day after the news broke that the City of Fort Thomas had a new agreement to acquire the historic military homes in Tower Park owned currently by the Veterans Administration, developers were walking through the properties to see what […]
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VA Homes Update (2 Months Into Agreement with Bloomfield/Schon)
VA Homes. FTM file. The City of Fort Thomas is two months into a year-long agreement with developer Bloomfield/Schon that allows the developer exclusive rights to “investigate and determine the feasibility of the project.” The developer can, at any point, walk away from the project. On June 1, 2016 the developer must provide: a comprehensive […]
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Fort Thomas City Council Meeting Notes (7-20-15)
Chief Mike Daly and Det. Brad Adams at a past council meeting. Daly said that Adams would be retiring on August 1. FTM file. Council met Monday night to wrap up votes on a few ordinances and read some for the record for the first time. – The ordinance pertaining to the donation of vacation […]
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Details of VA Developer Agreement with Bloomfield/Schon
VA Homes. FTM file. In May, FTM broke the news that through the Request for Qualifications process, the city had selected Bloomfield/Schon as the sole developer to rehab the vaunted VA homes in Alexandria Circle located in Tower Park. Bloomfield/Schon (Cincinnati) was selected over Neace Ventures (New Albany, Indiana), because according to the city’s engineer, Bloomfield/Schon […]
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Why Fort Thomas Picked Bloomfield/Schon Over Other Potential VA Homes Developers
VA Homes. FTM file. After years of of trying to attract a developer for the 10 historic VA homes in Fort Thomas, the city changed its approach from a “Request for Proposal” process to a “Request for Qualifications process. The main difference being that a minimum bid was set by the city in the “RFP” […]
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City Selects Bloomfield/Schon as VA Home Developers
VA homes. FTM file. After two failed attempts at a Request for Proposal, the city of Fort Thomas switched its strategy to a Request for Qualifications. Two developers submitted the qualifications to handle the VA homes in Tower Park. The city did not receive any bids twice on a Request for Proposal strategy where a […]
