A project turning a historic office building in a Dayton suburb into a new space for commercial and residential has began its next phase. The city of Sidney is working to transform a 60,000 square-foot structure into a mixed-use building. The Ohio Building sits at 113 North Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney’s Historic Court Square District.
The transition is being spearheaded by Woodard Development; a Dayton-based construction company founded by Jason Woodard. Woodard development is investing $11 million into the project. Woodard recently finished demolition on the building’s interior, mainly focusing on tearing out any water-damaged materials and has now begun the next phase of construction inside the building.
The project will include a combined 6,000 square feet of office and retail space on the ground-floor. The residential space on the top four floors will comprise of 14 studio, 22 one-bedroom, and four two-bedroom apartments.
The redevelopment of the Ohio Building is continuing the city of Sidney’s effort to build upon the downtown foundation. The planned apartments are helping meet a great need for more housing in the community and will directly connect residents with a walkable downtown area. The city hopes this redevelopment will create a domino effect for other redevelopment opportunities and enable existing downtown businesses to thrive.
“This project will lead to other interested parties investing in Sidney as they see this ‘win’ come to fruition,” said Andrew Bowsher, Sidney city manager.