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With the crime rate skyrocketing and much of Over-the-Rhine falling into disrepair, the city of Cincinnati and the business community decided to spend $30 million to buy up 200 buildings in the early 2000s. They did it through the Cincinnati City Center Development Corporation (3CDC).
3CDC begins land banking abandoned, vacant, dilapidated and problem properties in Over-the-Rhine for future redevelopment.
Senate was one of the first restaurants 3CDC got to move into Over-the-Rhine and some say it set the tone for the future of the neighborhood.
Credit Nick Swartsell / WVXU
The timeline continues:
March 2007: Approximately 100 new condo units and more than 23,000 square feet of commercial space come on line as part of 3CDC s first two phases of mixed-use development in the area.