Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation

TO STRENGTHEN THE CORE ASSETS OF DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, CREATE GREAT CIVIC SPACES, HIGH-DENSITY/MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS, AND PRESERVE HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

OVER-THE-RHINE: 3CDC CONTINUED ITS SUMMER PROGRAMMING AT WASHINGTON PARK IN 2019, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE INCREASED POPULARITY OF THE DECK IN ITS FOURTH YEAR OF OPERATION. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED MORE THAN 600 EVENTS AT THE PARK, DRAWING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION PEOPLE TO OTR. IN 2019, A PERMANENT ROOF WAS PUT UP OVER THE DECK, WHICH PROVIDES BETTER PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS AND A PERMANENT BAR. WITH ANOTHER YEAR OF OPERATIONS, 3CDC HOSTED MORE THAN 280 VARIOUS EVENTS. 2019 SAW BOTH FREE AND TICKETED EVENTS AT MEMORIAL HALL. ZIEGLER PARK AND POOL CONTINUED TO GROW IN POPULARITY AND UTILIZATION IN IT'S SECOND FULL YEAR OF OPERATIONS. THE POOL SAW MORE THAN 41,000 SWIMMERS, INCLUDING 193 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN FREE SWIM LESSONS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON ITS NEXT PHASE OF AN OVERALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE, PERSERVERANCE AND WILLKOMMEN, WHICH WILL PRODUCE 104 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW COMMERCIAL SPACE COMBINED.

FOUNTAIN SQUARE DISTRICT/CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT: IN 2019, 3CDC HOSTED OVER 400 EVENTS AT FOUNTAIN SQUARE, WELCOMING OVER 7 MILLION VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. IN ADDITION, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED ON A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER OF FOURTH & RACE THAT WILL YIELD 584 SPACE ABOVE-GRADE PARKING GARAGE, 22,000 SQUARE FEET OF STREET LEVEL COMMERCIAL SPACE AND A 264 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING. THE GARAGE IS SET TO OPEN LATE 2020 AND THE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL IN 2021. ACROSS FROM THE COURT & WALNUT PROJECT, THE COURT STREET CONDOS PROJECT INCLUDED A TOTAL GUT RENOVATION OF 6 HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO CREATE 16 NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 5 COMMERCIAL SPACES.