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Redevelopment project will transform St. Bernard

St. Bernard, OH – Civitas Development Group announces it has been chosen to partner with the village of St. Bernard’s community development leadership to explore comprehensive redevelopment of a village-owned strip shopping center site that comprises one bookend of the village’sVine Street commercial corridor. Civitas Development CEO Darin Hall said his company has reached an agreement…

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CASE STUDY: In Columbus, Ohio, new homeownership pilot project with Central Ohio Community Land Trust deemed “wildly successful”

CASE STUDY: Collaborative Housing Initiative in Franklin County Puts 20 Families On Path to Homeownership In 2018, Columbus City Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, the City Council of Columbus and the Franklin County Commissioners supported the creation and funding of the Central Ohio Community Land Trust to help resolve a critical shortage of affordable housing. In 2019,…

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Vacant Lots Developed! Civitas Development Group announces collaborative Cincinnati neighborhood housing initiative with Hamilton County Land Bank

CINCINNATI, OH – Civitas Development Group announced it will break ground in July 2021 on a housing development in Evanston. New single-family homes will be built on 25 vacant lots the developer purchased from the Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation (Landbank). According to Civitas Development CEO Darin Hall, a majority of the new homes will…

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Darin Hall to speak on workforce housing at conference

Civitas Development Group CEO Darin Hall will speak at “Connecting the Dots Summit” designed to help civic leaders learn and build relationships which will help to improve the quality of life across Hamilton County’s diverse suburbs. Over the course of May 26th and 27th, 2021, the summit will consist of ten consecutive sessions that will…

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Former Port executive developing 25 single-family homes in Cincinnati

READ: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/05/17/former-port-executive-developing-25-single-family.html

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Darin Hall featured on Sarah Brown podcast

Civitas Development Group CEO Darin Hall spoke from the heart on the factors that led him to establish a new real estate development practice bringing together capital for good that leverages public & municipal neighborhood investment. Listen:

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Port Authority Exec Exits to Form Development Company

Executive Vice President Darin Hall told the Cincinnati Business Courier that the opportunity to create larger impact led him to found a new real estate development and finance practice that partners with public and nonprofit catalytic development organizations and land banks. Read: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/07/13/exclusive-gcra-executive-departs-to-launch.html

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Port Authority Executive Vice President Darin Hall Appointed to Serve on Federal Reserve Bank Cincinnati Branch Board of Directors

January 2017 CINCINNATI – The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority is pleased to announce that Darin C. Hall, executive vice president, has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati Branch Board of Directors. For the past year, Mr. Hall has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s…

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Port Authority Executive Vice President Darin Hall tells business reporter Bowdeya Tweh how transformative investment has replaced blight in Evanston & Walnut Hills

READ: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2016/10/13/walnut-hills-next-port-authoritys-housing-plan/91979202/

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