In case you didn’t hear the news from the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Newport Pavilion is getting a Chipotle. While this is the only other retailer that has signed on that really makes me excited the article indicates that a Chick Fil A may not be far behind. New stores that have also signed an agreement […]
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Newport Pavilion Update
Bear Creek Capital has updated their website (nice new look by the way) and they have some updated information – including my new contact, Adam Fights. Adam had a few updates on the development at Memorial and 471 including: Kroger should start to rise out of the ground any day While it has become difficult […]
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Update on Newport Pavilion
This week’s edition of the Cincinnati Business Courier gives an update on the Newport Pavilion shopping center off 471 and Memorial Pkwy. Despite the progress that has been made this spring the time line continues to slip for openings and Bear Creek Capital continues to be tight lipped regarding final tenants. I placed multiple calls […]
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Why Retail?
A reader recently posted this comment – ‘why the emphasis on retail?’ I thought it was a good question and deserved a response. First let me say that I don’t believe that retail development should be the number one priority for any community. When I go down the list of things that I want in […]
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Downtown Revitalization
I recently came across an article by ‘Solutions for America’ on downtown revitalization. I am not fully aware of all the politics of this organization but they make some great points in the article about revitalization. While most of the article is focused on big city downtowns many of the points that are made are […]
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Home Depot out at Newport Pavilion
The Cincinnati Business Courier reported in their Friday edition of the paper that Home Depot has abandoned one of the three anchor tenant spots in the Newport Pavilion shopping center off 471 between Grand & Memorial. The other two tenants, Target and Kroger, are still committed and the developers Bear Creek Capital are now planning […]
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Traffic Counts in Fort Thomas Business Areas
A reader’s comment on my previous post made a great point about traffic counts and its impact on the ability to attract retail. As a result I did a little digging and came up with the following information as it relates to traffic counts in Fort Thomas (I believe these numbers are vehicles per day): […]
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Another Story About Milford Renaissance
The Enquirer has published another article on Milford’s development. While there is not a lot of new ground covered in this article there are a few items that are of interest for Fort Thomas. Before I jump into those points I want to say that it was just 6 or 7 years ago that I […]
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Bank of Kentucky Buys the Nevada Building
Today the Nevada building sold at auction to the Bank of Kentucky. While I am not sure the full motivations of the Bank of Kentucky, the purchase appears to be speculative. According to the article in the Enquirer the bank felt that it can sell for higher than $240,000 (the price paid) and feels there […]
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Gallery Zaum
I know this is old news but I wanted to at least comment on it before it was too distant a memory, but a few months ago we lost a good business along the central business district to Newport and their Monmouth business district – Gallery Zaum. I spoke with the owner to better understand […]