Mending broken real estate to promote job creation, homeownership, and equitable development throughout Hamilton County
How We Make Real Estate Work
Shuttered manufacturing plants. Vacant business districts. Abandoned homes. The result? Communities struggle with broken real estate. But not for long. With tools, resources, and experience, The Port is pioneering new models of real estate equity, developing new solutions - and contributing to the story of our region's renaissance. For new, job-creating advanced manufacturing. For neighborhood-serving business districts. For a range of affordable housing options.
For everyone in our region.
Industrial Revitalization
Bringing underutilized industrial properties back to their highest and best use, and creating development-ready sites for job creation
Learn more about our efforts to revitalize industrial space
Neighborhood Revitalization
Investing in neighborhoods to provide housing, thriving business districts and renewed commercial corridors
Learn more about our efforts to revitalize neighborhoods in Hamilton County
Public Finance
Offering unique development finance tools, loans for entrepreneurs, and down-payment assistance
Learn more about how our public finance tools are supporting transformational projectsA Brighter Future for Our Region
We believe that real estate should work for everyone, which is why we focus on equitable redevelopment of commercial and residential properties in Hamilton County - from industrial brownfield sites to abandoned housing. Through inclusive practices, we ensure development aligns with community goals. Whether you are a neighborhood advocate, looking for your first storefront, building a transformative development, or seeking a site for a new manufacturing facility, we can work together to solve our region's complex challenges and create long-term prosperity for all.
Impact 2019
Connections | The Port's 2019 Impact Report
In 2019 we continued our laser focus on helping to strengthen community business, housing, and manufacturing developments throughout the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Our three-pronged revitalization strategies - Industrial Development, Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Finance – guide us in improving economic and community development in Hamilton County.
Neighborhood revitalization
Port Shorts: TriVersity Construction Headquarters in Walnut Hills
When The Port says it’s focused on economic equity in our region, those aren’t just hollow words in a mission statement hanging on some wall. In this Port Short we look at how The Port is working to create more equitable job and growth opportunities for minority-owned businesses. In the thriving Walnut Hills Business District, The Port has been a key cog in supporting multiple minority-owned businesses since 2017.
PORT PARTNERSHIPS
In the News - Cincinnati Enquirer: Hamilton County Landbank throws support behind former school for Black children in Glendale
"Paul Muller, executive director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association, told Glendale Village Council at a recent meeting that he has a letter of support for the trade from the Hamilton County Landbank, also known as the Land Reutilization Corp. It is managed by The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority."