ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/19/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Real Estate Agreement with Whex Garage LLC, (an affiliate of 3CDC) and Cincinnati CH (OH), LLC, pursuant to which the City will: (i) vacate as public right-of-way and convey an air parcel being a portion of West Fifth Street adjacent to the City-owned Cincinnati Convention Center, (ii) convey an existing air parcel adjacent to West Fifth Street, (iii) vacate as public right-of-way and convey all of Home Alley between West Fourth Street and West Fifth Street in the Central Business District, and (iv) grant, retain, and obtain certain easement rights to facilitate the construction of a new convention center headquarter hotel, Cincinnati Convention Center, the parking garage commonly known as Whex Garage, and an elevated and enclosed pedestrian walkway connecting the structures. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business%3e).>

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Type

contract

Field

Real estate

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Committee

Cincinnati City Council

Requested by

Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

Introduced

February 17, 2026

On agenda

February 25, 2026

Passed

February 25, 2026

Enacted

February 25, 2026

Enactment no.

0054-2026

Where it was heard

Cincinnati City Council Feb 25, 2026 Passed Emergency Pass Cincinnati City Council Feb 25, 2026 Emergency clause to remain Pass Cincinnati City Council Feb 25, 2026 Suspension of the three readings Pass Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Feb 23, 2026 Recommend Passage Emergency Cincinnati City Council Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

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