Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects happening in your community.
Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects are happening all over the Queen City! According to the Cincinnati Business Courier, more than 35 projects are underway or will start soon. These Cincinnati building projects include new construction, renovations, and expansions.
Architects and builders, if these Cincinnati building projects align with your property management, community development, building, demolition, zoning, or architectural capabilities, contact the company to learn more. Tenants, renters, and property owners look for these new construction development projects and mixed-use developments in office buildings, apartments, commercial space, and more!
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Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects being completed in 2026
Covington City Hall
620 Scott Street, Covington 41011
A three-story, 42,000-square-foot building was upscaled in the design process to future-proof it with excess space and to fit the denser development pattern of Covington’s Madison Avenue. Owner/Developer: The City of Covington
Cost: $26 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated completion: May 2026
Findlay Community Center
1811 Vine Street, Over-the-Rhine 45202
The two-story, 65,000-square-foot rec center will include a gymnasium, a running track, an indoor pool, a fitness center, a roller rink, a childcare center, multipurpose rooms, administrative space, a rooftop outdoor fitness space, and play areas.
Owner/Developer: 3CDC, City of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Recreation Commission
Cost: $65.5 Million
Status: Expected to break ground the Q2, 2025
Estimated Completion: Fall 2026
Xavier University College of Osteopathic Medicine
1714 Dana Avenue, Evanston 45207
The 130,000-square-foot building will house a state-of-the-art simulation hospital with 16 exam rooms, five flexible simulation rooms, a testing kitchen, a lecture hall, and a meeting hall.
Owner/Developer: Xavier University
Cost: $109 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: Late 2026
Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects being completed in 2027
NKU Science Center Expansion
Highland Heights, 41076
An Expansion to the Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Science Center allowing for the consolidation of multiple academic programs into one facility while enhancing its lab and research spaces.Owner/Developer: Northern Kentucky University
Cost: $86 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: Spring 2027
Farmer Music Center at Riverbend
6199 Kellogg Avenue, California 45230
A new music venue to replace Riverbend Music Center. The venue will be about the same size – 20,000 seats – but with more pavilion seating and new types of seating, including private clubs, VIP seating, and corporate boxes.
Owner/Developer: Music and Event Management Inc. and The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cost: $160 Million
Status: Foundation work is underway
Estimated Completion: Spring 2027
UC Block 1 & 2
27 Calhoun Street, Clifton 45219
New student housing on 2.1 acres of vacant land at the northwest corner of East McMillan and Vine Street.
Owner/Developer: University of Cincinnati
Cost: $326 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated completion: Fall Term 2027
Factory 52 – Phase 2
4590 Beech Street, Norwood 45212
This addition to the first phase will include townhomes, apartments, a hotel, office space, and a parking garage.
Owner/Developer: PLK Communities
Cost: $134 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: Q4, 2027 or Q1, 2028
FC Cincinnati Mixed-Use District
North of TQL Stadium, West End 45214
Two 13-story mixed-use buildings immediately north of TQL Stadium in the West End featuring apartments, condos, a hotel, office space, an entertainment venue and a large public plaza.
Owner/Developer: FC Cincinnati
Cost: $332.8 Million
Status: Ready to break ground
Estimated Completion: 2027/2028
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Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects being completed in 2028
Commonwealth Center for Biomedical Excellence
TBD in Covington
Northern Kentucky University’s Chase College of Law and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Northern Kentucky campus will co-locate
Owner/Developer: Kenton County and the Northern Kentucky Port Authority
Cost: $125 Million
Status: Q4, 2025
Estimated Completion: Spring 2028
Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects being completed in 2029
Crosley Tower Project
301 Clifton Court, Clifton 45219
The 200,000-square-foot building will include classrooms, labs, research facilities, collaboration spaces, and offices.
Owner/Developer: University of Cincinnati
Cost: $240 Million
Status: Demolition will begin January 2026
Estimated Completion: June 2029
Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects being completed in 2030
Procter & Gamble Relocation and Expansion
8700 Mason Montgomery Road, Mason 45040
The expansion of the Mason Business and Innovation Center will include 500,000 additional square feet and state-of-the-art laboratory space to enable continued product innovation.
Owner/Developer: Procter & Gamble
Cost: $300 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: 2030
Cincinnati Commercial Construction Projects with an unknown estimated completion
Three Oaks
2800 Robertson Avenue, Cincinnati 45209
A development at the former Kenner Toy factory in Oakley that includes townhomes, apartments, an active senior apartment complex, car condos, and high-end amenities.
Owner/Developer: Neyer Properties is the master developer
Cost: $300 million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: Late 2020s
Fort Washington Way Caps
Fort Washington Way, Cincinnati 45202
Lids over Fort Washington Way for a greenspace to be built over a 5.6-acre space covering a three-block portion of Interstate 71
Owner/Developer: City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Cost: $187 million
Status: Proposed, applied for $25 million in federal grants
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Ovation
1500 Ovation Way, Newport 41071
A massive mixed-use development at the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the project includes an indoor/outdoor music venue, office space, hotel, and residential units. Additional portions of the five-city-block project are in the works.
Owner/Developer: Corporex
Cost: More than $1 billion in total
Status: In progress
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Sharonville Downtown Loop
11189 Reading Road, Sharonville 45241
A scattered-site revitalization of the city’s downtown loop with several new mixed-use buildings bringing 225 new residential units and ground-floor retail.
Owner/Developer: Elevar Design Group and the Mayerson Co.
Cost: $75 million
Status: The City Council on December 16, 2025, approved measures related to a development agreement, project financing, and site demolition.
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Alms & Doepke
222 E. Central Parkway., Over-the-Rhine 45202
150 residential units, two-thirds of which will be workforce housing
Owner/Developer: Stough Development Corp. and Chavez Properties
Cost: Unknown
Status: Expected to break ground in 2026
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Trenton Data Center
5721 Kennel Road, Trenton 45067
The region’s first hyperscale data center
Owner/Developer: Prologis
Cost: Over 1 billion
Status: Likely to be constructed starting in 2026
Estimated Completion: Unknown
New Cincinnati Arena
Four sites remain on the table: the current Heritage Bank Arena site; the Town Center Garage/WCET-TV site along Central Parkway; a parking lot north of Hard Rock Casino; and land on the east side of downtown reclaimed from the Brent Spence Bridge project
Owner/Developer: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Status: Stakeholders are creating a capital stack plan, providing a target for public and private dollars.
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Masonic Temple Redevelopment
317 E. Fifth St., Central Business District 45202
Potentially opening up fascinating development opportunities near the Fortune 500 company’s downtown corporate campus. The company has engaged Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval on how it might repurpose and program the historic building.
Owner/Developer: Western & Southern Financial Group
Cost: Unknown
Status: Expected to close on purchase of the Cincinnati Masonic Center in the second quarter of 2026
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Lot 24 at the Banks
16 W. Freedom Way, Central Business District 45202
The Banks’ new Urban Design Plan calls for high-rise development at the site
Owner/Developer: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Status: 2026 will be the year public leaders must decide what happens to the Banks
Estimated Completion: Unknown
CVG Upgrades
3087 Terminal Drive, Hebron 41048
A host of planned upgrades with demolition of its baggage handling system, allowing for installation of a new one
Owner/Developer: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cost: Over $200 Million
Status: Under construction
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Parkside Lebanon
1784 Ohio state Route 63, Lebanon 45306
1,135 new homes as well as apartments and a senior-living community arrayed around a 60-acre public park in western Lebanon.
Owner/Developer: Three homebuilders have taken over nine of the 14 available single-family pods, and a pair of firms have scooped up the multifamily sites.
Cost: Unknown
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: The first model home from M/I Homes made its debut in December; several more will be delivered in time for the spring buying season.
Garfield Suites
2 Garfield Place, Central Business District 45202
The building is located on a pivotal stretch of Vine Street between the Fountain District and Court Street Plaza
Owner/Developer: A developer in early 2026 may take the former Garfield Suites building out of receivership and carry out a long-planned, many-times-abandoned residential conversion.
Cost: Unknown
Status: Unknown
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Cincinnati Club
30 Garfield Place, Central Business District 45202
The basement and first two floors will remain event and catering space, while the upper floors are likely to become 99 apartments
Owner/Developer: Sunflower Development
Cost: $49 Million
Status: Unknown
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Former Terrace Plaza Hotel
15 W. Sixth Street, Central Business District 45202
180 apartments and retail and restaurant space while turning much of the eight-story base into a parking garage.
Owner/Developer: Birkla Investment Group
Cost: $101 million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Northern Kentucky Convention Center Expansion, Hotel
1 W. Rivercenter Boulevard, Covington 41011
Likely to be renovated and expanded with some sort of outdoor plaza immediately to the south on 1.7 acres of land comprising Block P at the Covington Central Riverfront.
Owner/Developer: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Status: Unknown
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Covington Central Riverfront
200 W. Fourth Street, Covington 41011
The total redevelopment of the former IRS facility in Covington, a 23-acre site that will host a mix of uses
Owner/Developer: City of Covington
Cost: More than $308 Million
Status: Under Construction
Estimated Completion: Unknown
The Lockard (Grammer’s Place)
1422-1450 Walnut Street, Over-the-Rhine 45202
A mixed-use project that will see several buildings renovated and include an infill component on currently vacant land. The project will deliver 117 apartments, of which 104 will be income-restricted to those making less than the area median income.
Owner/Developer: Urban Sites and Triversity Construction
Cost: $33.4 Million
Status: Expected to break ground in summer 2025
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Oskamp Flats
26 W. Seventh Street and 223 W. Fourth Street, Central Business District 45202
The historic renovation and adaptive reuse of two downtown buildings into 70 residential units targeting seniors with incomes between 60% and 80% of the area median income, though seven of the units will be set aside for those with incomes at or below 30% AMI.
Owner/Developer: Model Group
Cost: Unknown
Status: Expected to break ground Q2, 2025
Estimated Completion: Unknown
The Blue
4750 Cooper Road, Blue Ash 45242
A mixed-use development on 6.2 acres is expected to include 248 apartments, a significant amount of office, retail, and restaurant space, and 641 structured parking spaces.
Owner/Developer: Circle Development
Cost: $129.7 Million
Status: Expected to break ground Q2, 2025
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Miami University/Butler Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub
101 Knightsbridge Drive, Hamilton 45015
An advanced manufacturing training and research hub in the 55-acre former Vora Technology Park building.
Owner/Developer: Miami University and Butler Tech
Cost: Unknown
Status: Expected to break ground in Fall of 2025
Estimated completion: Unknown
Renaissance Pointe
Southeast corner of Union Road and U.S. Route 122 along Interstate 75 in Middletown, 45005
The 50-acre site will house a 200,000-square-foot indoor arena for sports and live music, apartments and townhomes, medical office space, hotels, dining, and more.
Owner/Developer: Warren County Port Authority
Cost: $100 Million
Status: Expected to break ground in Spring of 2026
Estimated completion: Unknown
Hyde Park Square Redevelopment
2713 Erie Avenue, Hyde Park 45208
A rejuvenation on the south side of Hyde Park Square along Erie Avenue and Edwards Road with apartments, retail and potentially a hotel
Owner/Developer: PLK Communities, NorthPoint Group and the Loring Group
Cost: $150 million
Status: Proposed
Completion: Unknown
The Mingo
3060 Durrell Avenue, Evanston 45207
A 240-unit mixed-income apartment complex on the site of the former Hoffman school. The project is rife with controversy. A community effort to save the Hoffman school by designating it as a historic landmark failed in August 2023.
Owner/Developer: Kingsley + Co.
Cost: $67 Million
Status: The developer must get Cincinnati Panning Commission approval to proceed.
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Brent Spence Bridge Project
Between the Western Hills Viaduct in Cincinnati and Dixie Highway in Fort Mitchell
A companion bridge that will allow for the separation of local and through traffic is needed to help motorists travel safely through this growing region and to keep goods moving without costly delays along this vital national freight corridor.
Owner/Developer: Ohio and Kentucky transportation departments
Cost: $3.6 billion
Status: Construction starting in 2025
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Convention Center Marriott Hotel
251 W. Fifth Street, Central Business District 45202
80,000 square feet of meeting rooms and 45,000 square feet of ballroom space just south of a revitalized Duke Energy Convention Center.
Owner/Developer: Portman Holdings
Cost: $536 Million
Status: Groundbreaking will take place in the second quarter of 2026
Estimated completion: 2028
Burnet Quarter
3433 Burnet Avenue, Avondale 45229
5 acres of an Avondale thoroughfare into a vibrant mixed-use business district. The project went dormant during the Covid-19 pandemic but resurfaced in September 2024.
Owner/Developer: Steiner + Associates and the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority
Cost: Unknown
Status: The next step is securing city zoning approvals and funding for public infrastructure, which could advance in 2025.
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Atrium One & Two
201 E. Fourth Street, Central Business District 45202
The Atrium One conversion would yield 246 new apartments across a third of the building and accommodate a new childcare center. The conversion of Atrium Two would yield 205 additional new apartments.
Owner/Developer: Acabay
Cost: $71 Million and $47 Million
Status: The developer is seeking state funds to be announced in January.
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Ormsby Retirement Community
2477 Royal Drive, Fort Mitchell 41017
A 203-unit luxury retirement community is being built on the site of the former Drawbridge Inn in Fort Mitchell. Residents will have access to future on-site health care, such as assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and rehabilitation.
Owner/Developer: Greenbrier Development and Brandicorp
Cost: Unknown
Status: Unknown
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Divert’s Harrison Township Plant
8090 Kilby Road, Harrison Township 45030
A 75,000-square-foot Harrison Township anaerobic digestion facility on 45 acres of former farmland. The company, whose facilities turn inedible food from retail stores and distribution centers into renewable natural gas, is amid a significant national expansion. The facility will employ around 50.
Owner/Developer: Divert Inc.
Cost: $100 Million
Status: Unknown
Estimated Completion: Unknown
Gwynne Building Hotel Conversion
602 Main Street, Central Business District 45202
The 111-year-old Gwynne Building, formerly Procter & Gamble’s corporate headquarters, will be converted into a 174-key boutique hotel with a ballroom, event spaces, a fitness center, a restaurant, and a cafe.
Owner/Developer: NuovoRE
Cost: $125 Million
Status: Has been at work for more than a year with contractors gutting the interior and repairing the facade
Estimated Completion: Unknown
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