CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) – Construction is underway on an adaptive reuse project of a former vacant, aging office building in downtown Cincinnati, promising to bring more workforce housing to the urban core.
Washington, D.C.-based Bernstein Cos. filed a commencement notice April 28 for the residential conversion of the Hooper Building at 141 W. Fourth St. The city of Cincinnati Department of Building and Inspections May 1 approved issuance of a commercial alteration permit for the building’s mixed-use conversion.
Work crews are on-site now, according to Phil Aftuck, managing director of investments at Bernstein Cos. The project is expected to welcome its first tenants by next summer…