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Business Journals
24-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
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
Towne Properties plans 76-unit mixed-use project in Columbia Tusculum
Story Highlights Towne Properties plans 76 apartments in Columbia Tusculum. Project includes two buildings and a 2,000-square-foot commercial space. Community council supports zoning variances despite parking concerns. A Cincinnati developer is planning a mixed-use project across from a popular restaurant in Cincinnati's Columbia Tusculum neighborhood. The project from Mount Adams-based Towne Properties will bring 76 market-rate apartments and a ground-floor commercial space to the intersection of Eastern Avenue on McCullough Street. The project will include a pair of buildings straddling Eastern Avenue on the west side of the intersection. A four-story building, housing 56 units, will be located along the north side of Eastern Avenue. A three-story building, housing 20 units, will occupy a smaller footprint at the southeast corner of Eastern Avenue and McCullough Street, right next to Local Post East End Eatery. These residential units will front McCullough Street, with the corner itself reserved for a new 2,000-square-foot commercial space whose exterior will feature art deco design influences to fit into the industrial context of the area. expand Street-level renderings of Towne Properties' planned mixed-use apartment project on Eastern Avenue in Columbia Tusculum. The top and bottom right images show the portion of the project on the south side of Eastern Avenue; the bottom left image shows the portion of the project on the north side of Eastern Avenue. MA Design The overall project is tentatively called Post Office Place because of its location around to the restaurant. Towne Properties acquired 15 land parcels on the north side of Eastern Avenue across a pair of transactions, the first taking place in May 2024, the second closing March 7. The land on the south side of Eastern Avenue is held by John Smith, who also owns Local Post. Towne Properties is working with Smith on the project and eventually intends to acquire the land it needs while splitting out the restaurant parcel, which Smith will retain. The developer intends to acquire and incorporate into the project the surface parking lot behind the restaurant, which Smith currently owns and uses for customer parking. After the development is complete, the parking spaces in that lot will be shared among customers and residents. Between that surface lot and a surface lot to be constructed behind the larger building on the north side of Eastern Avenue, the development will offer 86 parking spaces. MA Design is the architect of record. A project cost estimate is not yet available. A ground breaking is expected in late fall, and construction will last around 12 months, according to Scott Arentsen, chief financial officer at Towne Properties. The developer met with the Columbia Tusculum Community Council three times prior to the April 21 meeting, where it sought a letter of support for zoning variances it must secure from the city. The zoning variances relate to the location of the northern surface parking lot, landscaping in the parking lot, a retaining wall on the north side of the parking lot, a setback for the southern portion of the project and a zero-foot lot-line separation on the sides of Local Post. The community council voted in favor of sending the letter of support for the variances, though some residents voiced parking concerns. 'We're trying to get as much parking as possible,' Arentsen said at the community council. 'In a perfect world, we would do 1.25 (parking spaces per unit), but this is the best we can do at this site.'
