3CDC
Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) is a nonprofit real estate development and finance organization that revitalizes Cincinnati's urban core, focusing on the Central Business District and Over-the-Rhine. Working with the City of Cincinnati and local corporations, it develops mixed-income housing, commercial spaces, and renovated public spaces.www.3cdc.org
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Oct 19, 2026
Chris HopperGUEST
And yeah, to your point, public and private dollars put into this thing, public-private partnership.
Chris HopperGUEST
Um, complex capital stack com- you know, funding coming from the state, the county, the city, Port Authority, 3CDC-
Jack CrumleyHOST
Yeah
Chris HopperGUEST
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Jack CrumleyHOST
There are plans to convert some downtown hotels as well.
Jack CrumleyHOST
The Garfield Suites has been sitting empty for a decade now, and back this past spring, 3CDC entered into an agreement to buy it for $3.75 million to redevelop the 16 stories into a mixed-use development.
Jack CrumleyHOST
It's in a part of Vine Street that 3CDC's been focused on for a while now, pumping $125 million into the redeveloped Court Street Plaza.
Jack CrumleyHOST
3CDC also wants to connect that area further south with the Fountain District, and there are other plans as well further north on Vine, closer to Liberty.
Jack CrumleyHOST
But it is not all construction timelines and opening dates.
Jack CrumleyHOST
There are some hiccups going on.
Jack CrumleyHOST
Oh, sure.
John LanniGUEST
And that was where our second Bakersfield was.
Jack CrumleyHOST
The organizations also work together to promote meetings and events, group and packaged travel, international outreach, and support airline development for the region.
Jack CrumleyHOST
Visit Cincy also, in case we haven't said also enough yet, works closely with hotels and a host of other organizations, like the Chamber, like Ready Cincinnati, 3CDC, the Sharonville Convention Center, and more.
Jack CrumleyHOST
A big show today.
Jack CrumleyHOST
Coming up after the break, we'll have Laura Barfield, the regional content marketing manager for Visit Cincy, and Julie Kirkpatrick, president and CEO of Meet NKY and interim president and CEO of Visit Cincy, as we will be introducing you to some of the Cincy Seven.
Jack CrumleyHOST
Yeah
Julie KirkpatrickGUEST
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Julie KirkpatrickGUEST
Kim at REDI, Lee at BNKY, of course, Larry Crowder at CVG, you know, 3CDC, all of our great partners, we're all rowing the same way, and that is to grow Cincy.
Julie KirkpatrickGUEST
And Cincy is this unified destination we have, Northern Kentucky, Cincinnati, Butler, Warren, Clermont.
Mark NiehausHOST
... for Cincinnati.
Clayton AdamsHOST
And, and, you know, Kroger is a big part of 3CDC and a big part of the, the business chamber, and, and they just announced, I, I don't know if you saw this, Mark, but they just announced they're gonna get rid of, they're gonna lay off 3,000 employees, corporate employees here locally.
Mark NiehausHOST
Yeah, real great going, guys.
Clayton AdamsHOST
And they're gonna send them...
Slocomb ReedHOST
Sorry, go ahead.
Saugat PradhanGUEST
I would say there's a building opening up in OTR, South of Liberty, which is 20 years old, right? It's a historic building, and it's being preserved by the 3CDC group.
Saugat PradhanGUEST
And I haven't really done too much research on that, but I saw it a few days ago.
Saugat PradhanGUEST
It was being revitalized by 3CDC, so that's where I'm at right now.
Ian CruzHOST
Yeah, they've done a lot in that area.
Ian CruzHOST
I'm gonna share one just to see if you know about this area, and then I'll shoot a different one for my answer.
A.G. LafleyGUEST
That's what we focused on.
A.G. LafleyGUEST
And in 2026, 23 years after it started, the city and 3CDC have invested over $3 billion-
Owen LefebvreHOST
That's incredible
A.G. LafleyGUEST
... and more than 250 to 300 projects, from 50-plus acre parks in the riverfront to the transformation of, of, um, Fountain Square to a redo of Music Hall, which is the big acoustic, um, symphony hall that was built in the 1870s, to a new performing arts center.
Lincoln WareHOST
The Otto Budig, I think it's called Theater, but it's right there in the heart of Over-the-Rhine.
Lincoln WareHOST
And he was one of the main men behind the, uh, refurbishing of, of the music hall with 3CDC.
Lincoln WareHOST
Got that done.
Lincoln WareHOST
Otto Budig is the man, let me tell you.
J.B. KroppGUEST
And we just a- uh, announced our first cohort, and we have, uh, five companies, and they all moved from outside the region, which is incredible.
J.B. KroppGUEST
So we partner with 3CDC on housing.
J.B. KroppGUEST
We're making sure that they've got tickets to the Reds games.
J.B. KroppGUEST
Like, we're, we're really giving them a bear hug to make sure they, like, feel like home.