Heberle School, at in the West End, was open to the public on June 8 prior to a June 9 public auction by Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) and Higgenbotham Auctioneers International, LTD, Inc.
Built in 1929 in the Collegiate Tudor style, the 93,500-square-foot building has been vacant since the 2006-2007 school year.
Carolyn Scheve, an interior designer who would like to open an outreach center for artists and community children, submitted a high bid of $35,000, which was among six bids rejected by the CPS board for being too low.
On Monday, two of those six rejected bids – Swifton School in Bond Hill and Windsor School in Walnut Hills – were settled and approved by the board.
The parcel on which the school sits is zoned RM-0.7 Residential Multi-Family.
Of special note are the gymnasium/auditorium, the cafeteria, the library, and the rooftop, which was shot through a tiny window on the top floor.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Inside Heberle School
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Am I the ONLY person who sees this buildings best use as luxury condos? Imagine your own condo with its own recreational facility? The parking lot is large enough to build new infill townhouses on and properties on Dayton street are going up in value everyday. Why CPS gave away the schools they did is beyond me.
What they need to do is put out bids for adaptive reuse projects where CPS provides the building and the developer gets the financing. CPS would make a lot more money on these buildings with that kind of approach.
Does anyone know what the buyers of the other buildings actually intend to do with them? I have heard nothing about that.
Am I the ONLY person who sees this buildings best use as luxury condos? Imagine your own condo with its own recreational facility? The parking lot is large enough to build new infill townhouses on and properties on Dayton street are going up in value everyday. Why CPS gave away the schools they did is beyond me.
What they need to do is put out bids for adaptive reuse projects where CPS provides the building and the developer gets the financing. CPS would make a lot more money on these buildings with that kind of approach.
Does anyone know what the buyers of the other buildings actually intend to do with them? I have heard nothing about that.
Good point Paul, luxury condos looks like a no brainer to me.
Also, what's the deal with these school being closed up with everything in them? This is the third school left with books and other supplies left behind. Doesn't CPS try to use this stuff at its other schools? I'm sure other teachers are hurting for to use.
^ I wondered about this myself. It looked like some of the schools closed yesterday.
Some of the stuff was obviously just storage, but there were a lot of books, desks, etc. that looked like they could be used elsewhere.
"What they need to do is put out bids for adaptive reuse projects where CPS provides the building and the developer gets the financing. CPS would make a lot more money on these buildings with that kind of approach."
Paul...that would be illegal. According to the Ohio Revised Code, school districts must offer the buildings at public auction before they can be offered on the open market.
Am I the ONLY person who sees this buildings best use as luxury condos?
Well, certainly one of the few. I don't think there's a lot of pent-up demand for luxury living in the West End.
...properties on Dayton street are going up in value everyday. They've been saying that since at least 1975. A few of the homes are nice, but for the most part, there hasn't been any serious improvement in the area in years.
Kevin, did you notice any interesting-looking water fountains in Heberle when you were there? I tutored a young girl there back in 1980, and I have a distinct memory of a Rookwood-type drinking foutain on the first floor.
Shame that CPS has to legally lets these go for pennies on the dollar and a developer makes all the propfit after the taxpayer expenses of building and maintaining them.
Once again we the taxpayer loses!
"Kevin, did you notice any interesting-looking water fountains in Heberle when you were there? I tutored a young girl there back in 1980, and I have a distinct memory of a Rookwood-type drinking foutain on the first floor."
kid-cincy...I breezed through Heberle fairly quickly, and I didn't notice any Rookwood drinking fountains. But I didn't scour the whole building, and there could definitely be one there.
What's up with CPS not selling the commercial kitchen equipment? That stuff didn't look old at all! Frustrating, CPS!
^ As I understand it, all remaining equipment was to be "re-used" (e.g. sold or put to work at another property), unless the bidder expressly claimed his/her interest in purchasing the equipment as well.
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