Cincinnati Planning Commission approves $300m uptown development

The Cincinnati Planning Commission approved the needed zoning changes for one of the largest new developments in the region on Friday, a $300 million, 12-acre apartment-hotel-retail project, reported Cincinnati Business Courier.

Commissioners rezoned the property, which sits between Clifton Avenue, Herman Street, University Court and the Stratford Heights student apartments, to a planned development. The property sits in the Clifton Heights-University Heights-Fairview (CUF) neighborhood.

The developer, Trinitas Ventures, already has completed construction on the Deacon, a student housing project with 351 housing units just north of the hospital. It will open in time for the coming University of Cincinnati school year. It is 85 percent leased, with only 40 percent of the residents bringing their cars, according to Tr