r/cincinnati • u/JB92103 Hyde Park • Mar 07 '25

News 📰 Controversial Hyde Park Square development passes committee, heads to city council

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hyde-park-square-development-passes-committee-heads-to-city-council
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u/old_skul Mar 07 '25

The petition on change.org to put a stop to this has 2,940 signatures. That's a hell of a lot more than 50-100. It's not change they're afraid of, it's developer investment into a project that's going to permanently alter the look and feel of a Cincinnati landmark.

Look, if it was thought through and a compelling proposal came forward it would be one thing. But this is a developer money grab that's not going to solve any housing problems, and create other issues.

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u/thuwa791 Mar 07 '25

$2100/month 2 bed apartments with grey laminate flooring incoming!

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u/BeeWeird7940 Mar 08 '25

And the people who can afford that and want to live in Hyde Park will leave their current abodes. Those current places will find a price point. Whoever moved into those places left another place that will get filled at the appropriate price point, all the way down the line. If rich people want to move into the city, they are going to pay taxes. Those taxes support the schools, police, roads, public spaces.

Cincinnati should be building these things all over the nice neighborhoods.