Five things you need to know today, and when is a house a home?
1) Kohl's shutting down local facility, laying off nearly 800
National retailer Kohl's is closing its Middletown e-fulfillment center, which will result in the loss of 768 jobs. The center, open since 2001, is one of 14 the retailer has across the country. From interim CEO Michael Bender, 'Ultimately, it's a necessary step to strengthen our operational discipline, drive greater cost efficiency and ensure the long-term health of our business – for our customers, our associates and the future of our company.'
2) Developer details changes to $69M Covington riverfront project
Silverman & Co. has shown off refined designs, which include additional residential units, for the largest announced project to date at the Covington Central Riverfront site. The developer is building 275 apartments on 1.3 acres across two blocks at the sprawling 23-acre site of the former IRS building.
3) One of Cincinnati's largest nonprofits seeks new CEO
Kurt Reiber, CEO of the Freestore Foodbank, is going to retire next year after 15 years on the job. The nonprofit, the eighth-largest in the region, according to Courier research, is partnering with BroadView Talent Partners on a national search to find his successor.
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4) Planning Commission acts on proposed Bengals tailgating parking lots
One of the conditions the Bengals made to allow the Andrew J. Brady Music Center to be built at the Banks was that the former Hilltop concrete plant be demolished and redeveloped into a parking lot that could be used for tailgating on game days. That was supposed to be done by 2021. But just last week, the Cincinnati Planning Commission voted on a zoning change to move the project forward, albeit on what could only be a temporary basis.
5) See the latest progress of $260M upgrade to home of Cincinnati Open
Finishing out this morning with Steve Watkins, who brings us the latest on the $260 million in upgrades to the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, which is slated to be spiffied up in time for the 2025 Cincinnati Open tennis tournament.
On the calendar
Cincy Inno, a Business Courier sister pub, is hosting the Fire Awards at UC's 1819 Innovation Hub June 11. The event features the region's hottest startups. Get your ticket before it's too late here.
This day in history
68: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, having his secretary Epaphroditos slit his throat to avoid a Senate-ordered execution by flogging.
What I'm reading
'The Oligarch's Daughter' by Joseph Finder
What I'm watching
'X-Men '97' on Disney+
Good stuff on Spotify
'Bath of Least Resistance' by NOFX
What I'm playing
Destiny 2 on PlayStation 5
When does a house begin to feel like a home?
I can anticipate your criticism already: 'Again? Another column about moving?' 'We get it, you're moving, give it a rest.'
I'll try to keep it short. And this will be the last one. I promise. I hope.
Tomorrow is Moving Day. I followed the advice of many of you who took the time to write me and hired professional help, so the next real ordeal is in unpacking.
I write this, sitting on the floor of my new family room in a house that is devoid of all furniture, having just had the Spectrum guy set up my internet. It still feels like a stranger's home. It smells like a stranger's home. I'm listening to the background noise of a stranger's life: Lawn mowers and leaf blowers employed by new neighbors I don't yet know.
When does a new house begin to feel like home? Is it when you've unpacked and organized everything? When you're able to fit both cars inside the garage? When you've developed new routines? In year two when those routines begin to feel, well, routine?
In my current (old) house, it happened so gradually that it went uncelebrated, unrecognized. One day it was just home.
I spent a grand total of less than an hour in this house before getting the keys, between the first showing to the inspection to the final walkthrough. Of course it'll be an adjustment. But it's an adjustment I'm excited to make, the culmination of a two-year search that's now finally ended.
Wish me luck tomorrow.
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