The most expensive commercial construction projects or renovations, based on dollar values ($200,000 and up) of building permits issued recently in Cincinnati and Hamilton County:

        • Applicant: Hilltop Nursing Home. Site: 2586 LaFeuille Ave. Purpose: Alterations. Contractor: BBL Construction Services LLC. Cost: $1,825,000.

        • Applicant: Ohio Teachers Retirement Fund. Site: 221 E. Fourth St. Purpose: Alterations. Contractor: CB Richard Ellis Inc. Cost: $800,000.

        • Applicant: Bruce D. Robinson. Site: 1100 Race St. Purpose: Alteration. Contractor: To be determined. Cost: $425,000.

        • Applicant: Spaulding Lighting Co. Site: 1736 Dreman Ave. Purpose: Alteration. Contractor: Spaulding Lighting Co. Cost: $250,000.

        • Applicant: City of Cincinnati. Site: 4401 Marburg Ave. Purpose: Alteration. Contractor: Facility Management. Cost: $241,000.
       

Transfers

               The most expensive commercial property transfers recorded recently in Hamilton, Clermont, Butler and Warren counties in Ohio and Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties in Kentucky, based on values of $200,000 or more (data collected by First American Real Estate Solutions, publisher of the Pace Report, from county records):

        • Property: 10 E. McMillan St., Mount Auburn, 45219. Use: Apartment building. Price: $1,155,000. Buyer: Provident Bank. Seller: Vine & Taft CVS Inc.

        • Property: 1139 Montgomery Road, Symmes Township, 45249. Use: Neighborhood shopping center. Price: $1,150,000. Buyer: Sanders Venture Inc. Seller: CB Amann Jr., trustee.

        • Property: 6735 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, 45015. Use: Drive-in, fast food. Price: $730,000. Buyer: Cardinal Title Holding Co. Seller: B. Salzer, trustee.

        • Property: 2718 W. North Bend Road, Groesbeck, 45239. Use: Apartment building. Price: $650,000. Buyer: Ronald L. Rasnick. Seller: Armstrong Properties Limited.

        • Property: 2684 Stratford Ave., Clifton, 45220. Use: Apartment building. Price: $235,000. Buyer: University Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Co. Seller: Betty Elma.

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