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Committee advances Brinker Building local landmark designation for 4030 Glenway Avenue
Summary
The Housing & Growth Committee heard a City Planning presentation and developer explanation and, after public comment, advanced the Brinker Building local historic designation (4030 Glenway Ave) for passage. The building (1910) was nominated under criteria tied to Price Hill's post‑incline growth and for its period architectural character.
Chair Mark Jeffries opened the meeting and placed the Brinker Building presentation and public comment at the start of the agenda. Ellie Burns of the Department of City Planning and Engagement presented the nomination to designate 4030 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill as a local historic landmark, saying the building "was built in 1910" and was nominated under criterion 1 (association with patterns of local history tied to the Price Hill Incline) and criterion 3 ("embodying the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction").
Developer representative Morgan Smith told the committee the Brinker Building is part of phase 2 of a larger block redevelopment and said the project would create mixed-income housing and ground-floor commercial space, adding the landmark designation is intended to help the project access historic tax credits and close the capital stack. "We are taking this building, and we will be renovating it to create five mixed income apartments, 1 and 2 bedrooms, and the Ground Floor commercial space of about 600 square feet," Smith said.
Committee members praised the project as a preservation and neighborhood‑stabilization opportunity. Chair Jeffries and Vice Chair Anna Albee both framed preservation as a proactive tool for maintaining neighborhood character; Albee said she hoped the city would identify other locations for similar efforts. The planning staff told the committee that City Planning Commission review and a Historic Conservation Board hearing had already taken place and that the nomination had letters of support from groups including the Cincinnati Preservation Association and the West Price Hill Community Council.
After questions about the building's historic associations and future use, the chair said the presentation was filed and, "without objection," the committee would put item number 4 on for passage, advancing the legislative step for consideration by the full council.
Next steps: the committee advanced the item to the next legislative step; the council will consider the formal designation and the conservation guidelines at the stage specified in the agenda. The committee record shows the item advanced procedurally; no final adoption vote was recorded in the transcript.
