r/MiddletownOhio • u/OHKID • Mar 05 '26

Middletown moves to reclaim vacant Cincinnati State building

https://www.journal-news.com/news/middletown-moves-to-reclaim-vacant-cincinnati-state-building/BQNHPD53RNH77NIZX64GTG72R4/

Hope something good happens with it! Idk what it could be used for, seems like a poor candidate to turn into housing, but maybe it would work

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u/One_Dey Mar 05 '26

Middletown will just mismanage it like it does everything else.

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u/OHKID Mar 05 '26

Normally I’d disagree BUT I do think they have their hands full with the Manchester Inn and Towne Mall, neither of which seem to (publicly) going anywhere. Seems like taking this on now too is not a good idea. Hoping they instead maybe bring in an outside developer like Woodward, Windsor, or ICP to handle it?

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u/smallspeck Mar 06 '26

I was just admiring the old bank/Rogers jewelry building across the street and wondering if/when someone would move into it. Downtown has so much potential but seems to be a place businesses just can’t make it work.

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u/Accomplished-Cow5716 Mar 10 '26

What's there to make work? There's no traffic (the redesign of central to literally choke traffic did just that) the only thing plentiful is bus riders, drug addicts, homeless and politicians. To get there you have to pass through low-rent housing, a steel mill, a scrap yard and empty storefronts galore.

I'm not for spending another dime on anything downtown.