America’s River Roots Festival announced Wednesday the details of what it’s calling a “highlight” of the five-day event scheduled for October. The Kentucky’s Boardwalk at Ovation, located within the Ovation development in Newport, will feature locally crafted food and beverage offerings, themed culinary experiences, a B-Line speakeasy popup bar, a beer garden, and more. The […]
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Homewood Suites opens at Newport’s $1 billion Ovation development
The signature hotel at Newport’s $1 billion Ovation development is now open for business. Covington-based real estate developer Corporex and hotel manager Commonwealth Hotels announced the opening of Homewood Suites by Hilton Newport Cincinnati, a five-story, 132-room hotel featuring 133 suites, including 30 king studios with sofa beds, 77 king efficiency suites, and 26 queen […]
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Corporex named local Real Estate Developer of the Year
Covington-based real estate developer Corporex was honored as the “Developer of the Year” by the National Association for Industrial and Office Parks Cincinnati/NKY Chapter. The annual award celebrates outstanding achievements in the industry. It’s given to one developer who best exemplifies “leadership and innovation in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky commercial real estate market,” per […]
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Corporex names Brett Blackwell as president, COO
Covington-based real estate developer Corporex has announced the appointment of a new president and chief operating officer. Effective Sept. 1, Brett Blackwell, the company’s chief finance officer, will subsume the new role in addition to continuing his current responsibilities. “I am honored to take on this leadership role at Corporex and look forward to continuing […]
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Check out the latest progress at the Ovation development
Northern Kentucky-based artist Christian Dallas took around two months to finish his latest mural at Ovation, a $1 billion mixed-use development at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Newport. The mural features a woman in a sun hat rowing a boat down a stream. Her boat is surrounded by flowers that Dallas […]
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Could NKY urban communities be the region’s new Hyde Park?
A new Hyde Park for the Greater Cincinnati region? That’s the future real estate developer Bill Butler envisions for Northern Kentucky’s urban communities. “Here is my biggest prediction about that — our Northern Kentucky urban area will become the new Hyde Park for the entire metropolitan region of Greater Cincinnati in time,” said Butler. “That’s […]
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Corporex unveils new photos of Ovation progress
Ovation, a $1 billion real estate development in Newport, has reached a new sales milestone. Covington-based real estate developer Corporex, the firm behind Ovation, recently announced in a press release that 80% of the available housing inventory has sold in two of the three condominiums that make up The Boardwalk Residences. Sales for the third […]
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Understanding NKY’s housing shortage
Listings for two-bedroom condos in Newport’s luxury riverfront housing complex Ovation went up on Zillow this week, with purchase prices starting at $975,000. Nearby on 5th Street, an apartment complex called The Cadence of Newport has two-bedroom apartments listed for $1,495 per month. Yet, many in the community still remember the apartments by their former […]
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Newport talks infrastructure improvements, economic development in annual state of city address
Newport held its state of the city address Wednesday, offering a year in review. Newport City Manager Tom Fromme gave the annual address at the BB Riverboats Rivers Edge Event Center and began by talking about the city’s ability to bounce back from hardships. “The past few years have been difficult and challenging, but we […]
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Women’s Initiative Regional Summit tackles mentorship, networking, development
Correction: The original story attributed ‘Framework + dream = success’ to Catrena Bowman. The attribution has been updated to reflect that the phrase was used at the summit by Tracy Stokes. Framework + dream = success. This is the equation for success that Tracy Stokes, senior consultant of diversity, equity and inclusion for St. Elizabeth […]