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Business Journals
24-04-2025
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Five things you need to know today, and how do you make your steak?
Good morning, Cincinnati. Here are the five things you need to know before starting your busy business day. Good morning, Cincinnati. Here are the five things you need to know before you start your busy business day: 1) Towne Properties plans 76-unit apartment complex in Columbia Tusculum The longtime Cincinnati developer is planning 76 market-rate apartments and a ground-floor commercial space at the intersection of Eastern Avenue on McCullough Street. 2) University of Cincinnati approves $47 million for Crosley Tower demolition project UC's board approved $47.3 million for the remediation and demolition of Crosley Tower and the Clifton Court Garage in its next step in constructing a new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) facility. 3) Drees to build 25 luxury homes in long-targeted Clermont County development Fort Mitchell-based Drees is self-developing and building 25 home sites in Clermont County's Miami Township, located at 890 Wards Corner Road, to be known as Miami Reserve. Do you like Five Things? Make sure to subscribe to our Morning Edition emails so you have it in your inbox each day. 4) Local insurance company partners with industry giant Integrity to fuel growth The Modern Insurance Store, based in the Clermont County town of Bethel, has teamed with Dallas-based Integrity Marketing Group, a distributor of life and health insurance that also provides wealth management and retirement planning services, to expand services and fuel growth. 5) Sparkling beverage studio billing itself as first-of-its-kind opening in Deerfield Township Jukebox, a new beverage bar billing itself as the country's first-ever custom sparkling drink studio, is opening in Deerfield Township near Mason this summer. Today in history 1916: The Easter Rising, a rebellion in Ireland, begins in an attempt to proclaim an Irish Republic and overthrow British rule. What I'm watching 'Severance' on Apple TV+ Good stuff on Spotify 'Hazy Morning' by Blitzen Trapper Steak Szn The weather is finally warming up, which means it's finally outdoor grilling weather. One of my longtime cooking goals is to get a restaurant-quality steak at home. I define it as one with a good crust, medium rare-to-medium interior with as little gray band as possible. A few years ago, I got a sous vide immersion circulator as a gift. If you're not familiar with this wondrous device, basically you cook your food, whether it's meat or vegetables, in a ziptop or vacuum sealed bag in a water bath warmed to the temperature at which you want your food to end up. Sous vide works great for a steak, but the only pitfall is getting a sear after it's finished cooking in the water bath. To do so, you've got to get the surface area dry, so when you throw it onto the flames of a grill or a ripping-hot cast iron pan, it quickly browns without increasing the internal temperature too much. Moisture is the enemy of browning and the Maillard reaction. I usually set the sous vide at 125 degrees, cook prime-grade New York strips I get from Costco for two hours, wipe off the moisture with a clean kitchen towel, then sear. If you're not grilling other stuff, Alton Brown has an interesting method that uses a bit less charcoal where he fills a chimney starter halfway with charcoal, skewers the steaks and sits them on top of the starter for a few minutes on each side. These techniques work most of the time, but sometimes I cannot get the surface area dry enough to get the meat as crusty as I like. It's a tradeoff, I suppose, between a near-perfect interior temperature and a good crust that also has a gray band. What's your preferred method?
Business Journals
23-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Drees to build 25 luxury homes at Miami Reserve in Loveland
By submitting your information you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement . Join the Cincinnati Business Courier to unlock even more insights! Drees Homes has acquired land in Miami Township, where a new 25-home luxury development is taking shape after years of planning. Story Highlights Drees Homes is developing 25 luxury homes in Miami Township. Home prices at Miami Reserve will start at $1 million. The project is expected to take 18 months to complete. Another Drees Homes housing development is coming to a Greater Cincinnati community. Fort Mitchell-based Drees is self-developing and building 25 home sites in Clermont County's Miami Township, located at 890 Wards Corner Road, to be known as Miami Reserve. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events Drees purchased the land in an off-market sale for $600,000. Each lot will stand at a half-acre or more. Mark Linger, Drees' senior land acquisition manager for Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, said the homebuilder has been tracking this site, an existing small farm, for five to 10 years. 'This site was a target site for us,' Linger told me. 'We had reached out to them over the years, but they were never really ready to sell. When she was ready to sell and got a broker involved, they reached out independently about the property.' The property was already zoned, according to Linger. The site is located in the Loveland City School District. '(This is) a little infill community where there's not a lot of land but there's great schools. It's a great location,' Michael Conklin, division president for Cincinnati, said. Conklin said a 25-site community is on the smaller end for Drees, but that its return on investment is much greater when it can 'turn a community' quickly. The homes will range from 2,400 to 4,000 square feet. There will be about nine to 10 floor plans offered including many two-story plans and a few ranches. The development will be a higher-end product, according to Conklin, with high-end finishes, masonry exteriors and side-entry garages. Home prices are expected to start at $1 million and go up from there. 'Our product will be for all demographics,' Conklin said. '(It's) a community that has a lot of existing people who have lived there their whole lives, but they want to downsize. So they'll be looking at ranches.' Homes will have four to five bedrooms and two-and-a-half to four bathrooms. Conklin said there will be a homeowners association to maintain common areas. The project is expected to take about 18 months. Currently, the site is under development after a groundbreaking last week. Drees expects the development phase to take two to three months and for sales to start in late summer this year. Conklin said Miami Reserve will be similar to the homebuilder's Sycamore Woods development in Sycamore Township. Overall, Conklin and Linger said Drees is continuing to look up the Interstate 75 corridor for opportunity as growth continues. 'Dayton and Cincinnati continue to grow together,' Conklin said. Drees is also currently self-developing Tollhouse Farms, a 67-home community in Lebanon, with homes starting at $555,000.
