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Big hole in Sycamore to host expanding Mercedes-Benz Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Wondering what’s keeping all that earth-moving equipment busy in the large hole in the ground immediately north of the Mercedes-Benz dealership in Sycamore Township? The excavators and backhoe loaders are preparing to turn some two acres of vacant land next to the dealership into landscaped parking terraces to display and store 125 to 130 cars. The vacant land, which the Mercedes-Benz dealership has owned since 2001, will help accommodate the dealership’s new vehicle lines – including electric cars. Sycamore Township also has greenlighted Mercedes-Benz’s plans to enlarge its main showroom and connect it to the service building at the six-acre site at 8727 Montgomery Road where the dealership has been operating. Additionally, Mercedes-Benz will demolish the original showroom on the front of its service building and replace it with a new service drive as well as rebrand its buildings with black, rather than blue, accents.
A Tiffany & Co. store will be opening in the Kenwood Towne Centre in the Nordstrom wing where this wall has been painted “Tiffany Blue.” JEANNE HOUCK/THE ENQUIRER
This big hole visible from Montgomery Road in Sycamore Township is the future site of terraced parking spaces to be used by the Mercedes-Benz dealership next door. JEANNE HOUCK/THE ENQUIRER
All the changes are being made to comply with new corporate MercedesBenz design and operating standards. A representative of the dealership on Montgomery Road was not immediately available for comment on when the upgrade and expansion will be done. DLP Cincinnati bought the MercedesBenz dealership in Sycamore Township
from the Dana Motor Co. for just over $7 million in March 2016, Hamilton County auditor records show. Earlier this year, Sycamore Township turned thumbs down on Mercedes-Benz’s request for a zone change to close shop at its current location on See MERCEDES-BENZ, Page 1A
Loveland Middle School students rehearse a scene from the new original “Cinderfella” with several mice characters they’ve added to the script by April Clark. Performances are Nov. 1-3. PHOTOS BY CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Loveland Middle School drama premieres new play – with a twist Chuck Gibson Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Loveland Middle School was first to bring the works of aspiring playwright April Clark to the stage last fall with “The Wizard of Oz ... and Toto Too!” The kids loved it, they sold out a couple shows and director Carol Hall and producer Judi McDaniel asked Clark if she had any other shows. Clark had one in the works. They stayed in touch over the summer. “Two weeks before auditions she said I’ve finished it, here’s a rough draft,” said
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McDaniel. “We loved it. We took it to the kids; they thought it was great. She has allowed us the flexibility to make changes.” LMS Drama will pull back the curtain and reveal Clark’s new original show “Cinderfella” for the first time ever on any stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, with additional performances at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, and a 3 p.m. matinee Saturday. Clark stayed with her theme of giving a new perspective to an old classic. “CinSee DRAMA, Page 1A
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Wondering why there’s a newly painted, robin’s-egg blue wall on the outside of the Kenwood Towne Centre? It’s actually “Tiffany Blue,” and it presages the upcoming opening of the luxury store at the mall in Sycamore Township. In fact, the township is expecting both Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton to welcome shoppers into stores in the Nordstrom wing of the Kenwood Towne Centre in November, just before Black Friday on Nov. 23, Trustee Tom Weidman said. Customers will have access to the stores positioned near the intersection of Kenwood and Montgomery roads and on either side of a new mall entrance facing Kenwood Road. “We are very excited to see these two great retail institutions locating to the Kenwood Towne Centre, one of the most successful regional malls in the country,” Weidman said. “Tiffany’s and Louis Vuitton are the top of the top in retail, and Kenwood Towne Centre has positioned itself well for the changing retail environment today. See KENWOOD, Page 1A
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Loveland Middle School eighth graders Paige Libby (Mean Stepmother) and George Jewell (Cinderfella) rehearse a scene.
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Tiffany’s, Louis Vuitton open at Kenwood mall soon
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