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Emery Video Series
Restoring Over-the-Rhine one building at a time with City Center Properties (feat. Chris Frutkin)
March 2021
There's one Cincinnati, Ohio theater that's been "lights out" for years, waiting for the chance to shine again
March 2021
Our city has a rich history of music and art, especially when it comes to the theater. However there's one Cincinnati, Ohio theater that's been "lights out" for years, waiting for the chance to shine again. Join us as Allie Martin and American Legacy Tours take us behind the scenes of the Emery Theatre!
Emery Center renovation underway as The Children's Theatre plots purchase of historic concert hall
October 2020
Construction on The Emery Center, one of downtown Cincinnati's most historic buildings, could start in 2021. The Emery Center, which sits on Central Parkway between Walnut and Clay Streets, is currently made up of 59 apartments, Coffee Emporium, office space, and a long-dormant theater.
Can the Emery Theatre rise again?
March 2020
The ghosts still await their encores. The B-flats and C-sharps hang in the air between the massive stage and the vaulted ceiling, mingling with the applause and shouts of “Bravo!” from audiences long dead. They’re all ready for life, joy, and elegance to return to the Emery Theatre in Over-the-Rhine.
Your living room could be inside a 1930s swimming pool if you rent here
February 2020
Unit 106 once housed a swimming pool, which was drained but still features some of its original details like a “Shallow” marker and the “Do Not Swim Alone” tile work. It now functions as a drop-down living room. Wheatley tile is decorated throughout, and there’s a lofted bedroom space in the unit.
Historic Emery building has new owners
February 2020
In the fall of 2019, the University of Cincinnati sold the historic Emery building to developers Dave Neyer and Chris Frutkin for $8.55 million. The building, on Central Parkway in Over-the-Rhine, was constructed in 1911 as the Ohio Mechanics Institute. The purchase also includes a letter of intent from The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati to explore a possible renovation of the building's theater for future use.
UC sells historic Emery Theater in OTR
September 2019
The University of Cincinnati sold an Over-the-Rhine apartment complex that houses the historic, and embattled, Emery Theatre to a development partnership for $8.5 million.
University of Cincinnati will sell Emery Center for $8.55 million
September 2019
The University of Cincinnati has agreed to sell the Emery Center to a development partnership for $8.55 million, university officials said Tuesday.
UC plans to sell Emery Center to developers
September 2019
Long-time local developers Dave Neyer and Chris Frutkin have signed a contract to buy an Over-the-Rhine property, the Emery Center, from the University of Cincinnati for $8.55 million.
University of Cincinnati sells Emery building for $8.55 million
September 2019
The building, designed by famed Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford, includes a historic theater that could be the new home of the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati.
UC awards contract to purchase Emery Center to development partnership
September 2019
The $8.55 million purchase includes a letter of intent with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati to explore renovation of the center’s performance space for new use.
University of Cincinnati agrees to sell Emery Center to local developers
September 2019
The University of Cincinnati has announced plans to sell the historic Emery Center and Theater to a group that says it will study restoring the performance space for use by The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.
36 hours in Cincinnati
August 2017
Cincinnati is experiencing a boom, especially in the Over-the-Rhine district where rich cultural offerings and breweries thrive.
Four Cincinnati buildings to be added to the National Register of Historic Places
October 2016
Four Cincinnati buildings — the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building, the First National Bank Building, the Reakirt Building and the former Eastern Hills YMCA — are on the short list to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Cincinnati already recognizes the four buildings as historic, but now they’re waiting on the national distinction from the National Park Service, which oversees the registry. The final decision is expected in the next three months.
Cincinnati could gain 4 national historic landmarks
October 2016
Four Cincinnati buildings could gain national recognition for their historic significance after a state board’s vote.
New apartments in shuttered East Walnut Hills YMCA?
May 2016
A shuttered YMCA in East Walnut Hills could be home to new market-rate apartments under a plan from a Cincinnati-based developer.
House hunting: The coolest lofts for rent right now
October 2016
Cincinnati is notorious for hiding rental gems in rundown buildings and other spots you thought were just for college kids. Here is a list of lofts that are currently for rent around Cincinnati.
Keeping the knot tied. College of Applied Science cultivates 175 years of civic ties.
September 2014
In the early 1800s, only 25 years after Ohio became a state, Cincinnati was a thriving town with mills, tanneries, foundries and a hospital. Notably lacking, however, were public schools for its 20,000-plus residents. Nevertheless, it did have an educational outlet of which few other American cities could boast -- a mechanics institute.
For condo boom, rent comes due
October 2006
The man who started downtown Cincinnati's condo party is heading for the exit. Chris Frutkin, who developed and sold more than four dozen condos in the last three years, is shifting his focus to rental properties.
Cover story: This old neighborhood
June 2001
Chris Frutkin believes in Over-the-Rhine. He believes in its potential as "economically a prosperous neighborhood with a mixed income-base." "It can be the diverse community that it is," he says, "culturally, ethnically, economically."
