Sorry for the delay! I know it’s been a while since we filled you in on our development of the North Site. We have been busy developing our idea for Senior housing in Over-the-Rhine, and we almost forgot to share our progress with everyone. Let me fill you in on what we have come up with so far:
After much discussion, we determined that in order to make this project viable, we must come up with a simple solution. We knew we wanted to include HUD 202 and Low Income Tax Credit units into the design, so we split the facility into two buildings. The East building would house the HUD202 units while the West building would house the Low Income Tax Credit units. Where both buildings met near the corner of 15th and Race Streets would become the main entrance into the facility that incorporates a vehicular drop-off area as well.
Parking was designed to accommodate 28 parking spots tucked under the East building. This required us to create a vehicular entrance that ramps down a full level from 15th Street. Prior to ramping down, the vehicular entrance doubles as the drop off for the facility.
Keeping to our established goals, we made sure our design maintained the existing 2 buildings on the site. Of those existing buildings, the building on Pleasant Street will be left vacant, while the one on Race Street will absorb many of the community functions for the East building. We also wanted to leave the empty lot on the corner of 15th and Race Streets open so that it could turn into a primary green space for the residents of the facility. To preserve the scale of Race and Pleasant streets, our new buildings would be limited to 3-4 stories.
Earlier in the week, we assembled schematic plans for the facility. As of now, our design accommodates 46 HUD202 Units and another 30 Low income Tax Credit Units. This puts us right in the established “sweet” spot for assisted living facilities of 75 to 100 units. We urge you to take a look at our plans below. We are looking for community partners who want to make our vision a reality.
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| Parking Garage Site Plan |
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| Ground Level Site Plan |
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| West Facility Ground Level Plan |
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| West Facility Upper Levels Plan |
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| East Facility Ground Level Plan |
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| East Facility Upper Levels Plan |
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| Both Facilities Upper Levels Plan |
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| Potential Green Space on Upper Level |
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