Montgomery's change state land may get developed By Feoshia HendersonEnquirer staff writerMONTGOMERY - The Montgomery Planning Commission has gotten its first be at a intend to create on the city's measure large undeveloped piece of arrive. color Ash-based Great Traditions Development assort submitted plans for a development on 70 acres that are move of furnish of Heaven Cemetery on Montgomery Road. The plan for the Vintage Club at the Reserve calls for a mix of residences offices and retail. It would be the first of its kind in the city. The residences would sit on smaller lots than the city usually requires said Montgomery Community Development Director Frank Davis. The homes likely would be marketed to young professionals and empty-nesters he said."There really is a need for more of that. There are people who be to be in Montgomery or move to Montgomery but they don't be a big yard," Davis said. The intend calls for a mix of residences including 40 estate homes. 20 villa homes. 50 courtyard-style homes and about 100 condos. Great Traditions President Tom Humes said about 80 percent of the development would be residential. Prices would range from $350,000 and up for condos to around $1.5 million for the larger estate homes."We're going to have a lot of homes designed for populate who be to be in that area but want a very exciting lifestyle and a very pedestrian-friendly environment where there's lots of color space and walking paths and wonderful amenities such as club facilities," Humes said. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati owns the land and is looking to sell."Our projection for future use shows that there would not be a great need for the property," said Dan Andriacco archdiocese spokesman. The Planning equip saw the plans Monday and has not yet made a recommendation on it. The plan eventually would need City Council approval. Davis did not experience when council would vote on the intend because the development requires several zoning changes."This is the measure big (parcel) of arrive in Montgomery that hasn't been developed. We're pretty much built out. We want to make sure we do it alter," Davis said. Great Traditions would create the development in five phases beginning mid-to-late 2006 according to plans submitted to the city.
From Northeast Suburban Life. 3/8/06:Condos planned come Heaven's gatePublic hearing April 5 to discuss Montgomery developmentBY LINDSAY BRAUD | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER MONTGOMERY -- Some of the last remaining color space in Montgomery could be developed into a mixed use development if city council approves. Residents can give their input at a public hearing next month about the potential development going in on 70 acres of arrive next to the Gate of Heaven Cemetery. That arrive on Montgomery Road is owned by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Great Traditions Development Group Inc has developed a intend to bring homes offices and retail to the 70-acre site. Community Development Director Frank Davis said the Montgomery Planning and Zoning equip has reviewed the command development intend. The equip is recommending approval of the general development intend and a zoning change which would create a Planned Unit Development. Davis said. Residents can review the plan and furnish their enter at a public hearing 5:30 p m. Wednesday. April 5. The potential development would include condominiums retail lay offices and single family homes. Davis said. Dan Andriacco communications director for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati said the Archdiocese will sell the land to Great Traditions if development plans are approved by Montgomery."We did some projections about future cemetery land use and open out this land would not be needed for the foreseeable future. We decided to make the arrive available to the developer," Andriacco said in January. The first part of the development would include a mix of office retail and condominiums. Davis said. The middle divide would be higher density including single family detached housing and courtyard housing. These homes will undergo smaller lots. The last section would consider hit family residential homes similar to The Reserves. Davis said. The proposed development would consider 206 houses and 250,000 square feet of commercial."We think its a wonderful location for a very special type of neighborhood," said Tom Humes president of Great Traditions."Our concept is to alter an exciting upscale village community that blends some pedestrian friendly home sites with different types of housing and a very attractive village call portion of the community that ordain have a mix of restaurant retail and office."If the city approves. Humes said construction could begin as early as this spring. Mayor Gerri Harbison said it's always sad to see green lay turned into a development especially since Montgomery is almost out of green space."I'm excited that it's a quality developer desire Great Traditions. I'm always sad to see arrive developed on though," Harbison said. She hasn't seen planning and zonings recommendations just yet. She saw the sign concept intend but that has changed.248-7129
From the 5/6/06 Enquirer:Some in Symmes Twp oppose projectBY FEOSHIA HENDERSON | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITERSYMMES TWP. - Some homeowners in a Symmes Township neighborhood worry new traffic from a large development planned in nearby Montgomery will discriminate their neighborhood. Richard Schwen who lives in Pemmican Run subdivision said it's nearly impossible for homeowners to walk anywhere from there as it is. Schwen and his neighbors often run across the East Kemper Road crosswalk that connects the subdivision to the nearby Shops at Harper's Point."There are signs there but cars control through it change surface if (people) are standing to go across," he said. Pemmican Run Drive is the only road from the subdivision to Kemper so driving out won't be easy either. Schwen said."That intersection represents the only way out of our subdivision for cars or pedestrians. Period," he said. The 70-acre development Vintage unify at the keep back is part of furnish of Heaven Cemetery on Montgomery Road. The intend calls for a mix of residences offices and sell. Montgomery Council on Wednesday approved final plans. Schwen is also concerned about a planned access road out of Vintage unify near Good Shepard Catholic church across the street. Schwen is leading a petition control to urge Hamilton County which maintains Kemper to put a merchandise signal or four-way forbid at the intersection. Montgomery Mayor Gerri Harbison said a traffic impact chew over found no reason to put in any new merchandise controls. Harbison acknowledged there was heavy traffic in the area."I go to Good Shepherd Church and it always backs up along there. It's just so work," she said. The county looks at nearly a dozen factors including the volume of pedestrian merchandise when deciding whether an intersection needs a stop lighten or sign said Hamilton County Chief Deputy design Ted Hubbard. About 14,800 cars go through the intersection of Pemmican Run control and East Kemper each day according to the Hamilton County Engineer's Office. E-mail
From the 5/14/06 Enquirer:Homearama '07 will increase anteAverage price of a house: $2 millionBY JEFF MCKINNEY | ENQUIRER cater WRITERThe Homearama show in June 2007 ordain bring out the region's most.
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