ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 8/4/2026, APPROVING, AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Kettering Lofts Cincinnati LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 3210, 3212, 3220, 3230, and 3232 Jefferson Avenue in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a new building comprised of approximately 118,218 square feet of residential space, consisting of approximately 79 residential rental units, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold, or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total construction cost of approximately $23,995,025. (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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Kettering Lofts Cincinnati LLC

Amount

$24.0M

Runs until

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Type

contract

Field

Construction

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Committee

Cincinnati City Council

Requested by

Housing & Growth

Introduced

July 30, 2026

On agenda

August 5, 2026

Passed

August 5, 2026

Enacted

August 5, 2026

Enactment no.

0289-2026

Where it was heard

Cincinnati City Council Aug 5, 2026 Passed Emergency Pass Cincinnati City Council Aug 5, 2026 Emergency clause to remain Pass Cincinnati City Council Aug 5, 2026 Suspension of the three readings Pass Housing & Growth Aug 4, 2026 Recommend Passage Emergency

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