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Dayton Arcade
Opened 1904. Closed 1991. Reinhabited in 2021.
Status nowOperatingextracted, unreviewed
documented
Dayton Arcade officially reopened to the public Aug. 6 and 7th, 2021 with a two-day Arcade Festival.
What it becamehousing, office, retail, education, civicextracted, unreviewed reported
Retrofit year2021extracted, unreviewed reported
Walkability16.7 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNo · Opportunity ZoneOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Place
100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit
This site: 151,858 epa-walkability · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km
This site: 449 units in 4 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 60 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -10% census-cbp · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh inland flooding risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)
This site: Relatively High; inland flooding, hail, strong wind, ice storm fema-nri · all sites with thisNational Register place within 500 m
This site: Commercial Building; Eagles Building nps-nrhp · all sites with thisOpportunity Zone
This site: 39113001501 hud-oz · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 72% census-acs · all sites with thisTract income up 60%+ since 2013
This site: +201% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 16.7 epa-walkability · all sites with thisPolicy tool
Affordable housing credits
This site: …historic tax credits and low-income housing credits The developers obtained $5 million in historic tax extraction · all sites with thisHistoric tax credits
This site: …historic tax credits and low-income housing credits The developers obtained $5 m extraction · all sites with thisPublic grant or loan
This site: …h seven market-rate and the rest affordable housing meeting HUD restrictions. Four of the arcade’s nine interconnected buil extraction · all sites with thisTax abatement or incentive
This site: …historic tax credits and low-income housing credits The developers obtained $5 m extraction · all sites with thisStrategy
Reinhabited
This site: Four of the arcade’s nine interconnected buildings offer apartments: the Fourth Street building (39 units); the Lindsey building (36); the Ludlow building (21)… extraction · all sites with thisNew use
Civic and government
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisEducation
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisEntertainment and sports
This site: Four of the arcade’s nine interconnected buildings offer apartments: the Fourt extraction · all sites with thisHousing
This site: Four of the arcade’s nine interconnected buildings offer apartments: the Fourth Street building (39 units); the Lindsey buildin extraction · all sites with thisOffice
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Operatingextracted, unreviewed documentedDayton Arcade officially reopened to the public Aug. 6 and 7th, 2021 with a two-day Arcade Festival. |
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| Strategy | Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed documentedThe new Arcade owners, Gunther Berg and Wendell Strutz said they would begin work on the Arcade in 6 months to restore the building to its former glory (with mixed-use developments - housing, offices, restaurants, and commercial space). |
| New uses | housing, office, retail, education, civicextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | Four of the arcade’s nine interconnected buildings offer apartments: the Fourth Street building (39 units); the Lindsey building (36); the Ludlow building (21) and the Commercial building (14).extracted, unreviewed documentedFour of the arcade’s nine interconnected buildings offer apartments: the Fourth Street building (39 units); the Lindsey building (36); the Ludlow building (21) and the Commercial building (14). |
| Retrofit year | 2021extracted, unreviewed reported |
| Redeveloper | Miller-Valentine Group and Cross Street Partnersextracted, unreviewed reported |
Planning
| Public purchase or subsidy | historic tax credits and low-income housing creditsextracted, unreviewed documentedOn January 28, 2016, the City of Dayton announced that a Memorandum of Understanding with the development team of Miller-Valentine Group and Cross Street Partners has laid the groundwork for the first stage of the redevelopment of the Dayton Arcade. |
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| Entitlement year | 2016extracted, unreviewed reported |
| Planning notes | The developers obtained $5 million in historic tax credits and $20 million in low-income housing credits for the first phase, planned to create 126 apartment units in phase one and 32 micro-apartments in phase two; four buildings offer apartments totaling 110 units, with seven market-rate and the rest affordable housing meeting HUD restrictions.extracted, unreviewed reported |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 29: ADMIRAL BENBOW (FORMER HOTEL); AT & T DAYTON; CLEMONS DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; CONRAIL DAYTON SHOPEPA FRS |
| Census tract 39113001501 | 4,027 people, 3,640 per sq mi; median household income $55,074; median gross rent $940; 72% renters; 10.0% vacant units; 1.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 16.7 of 20; 72 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 42 m; land-use mix 0.7; 79,070 jobs within 45 min by car, 151,858 by transit; 33% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 5 schools, 108 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 23 civic, 46 food and drink; 60 cycleway segments, 577 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | yes, tract 39113001501 (rural)HUD |
| National Register places within 500 m | 15: Commercial Building; Eagles Building; First Lutheran Church; Mutual Home & Savings Association BuildingNPS |
| Housing permits, Montgomery County (OH), 2024 | 423 units in 5+ unit buildings, 161 in 2–4, 349 single-family; 2023: 520 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.45; socioeconomic 0.52; housing and transport 0.76; 28% below 150% of poverty; 28% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 1 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Moraine Industrial Land and Moraine Assembly Plant (6.2 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 2,600 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 73,863 since 2015; 3,396 in the last 12 months (-20% vs the prior 12); peak 2019-04 with 1,677Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +9% (3,696 → 4,027); median income +201% ($18,274 → $55,074); renters 84% → 72%; median home value +16% ($194,100 → $224,400)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively high overall (score 93.5); expected annual loss $3.8M; high: inland flooding, hail, strong wind, ice storm; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 4 LIHTC properties, 449 units: The Biltmore Apts (230 units); The Dayton Arcade (103 units); Dayton Ywca (96 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 23,419 jobs in 1,536 establishments; average annual pay $38,454; employment location quotient 0.94; employment -0.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 20,842 jobs; 212 in retail trade, 1,063 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 39113001501)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 4.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (144 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 37.7%; median family income $48,264; 556 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Dayton City School District (PK-12); 13 public schools within 1 mile: City Day Community School; Emerson Academy; Dayton Business Technology High School; Dayton SMART Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 741 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 288 county-logged events: 180 thunderstorm wind, 48 hail, 27 flood, 22 flash flood; $502,954,800 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 45402, 2026-09 | median list price $130,000 (-16.1% on the year); 57 active listings; median 68 days on market; 31% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,505 establishments (-10%); 24,015 jobs (-7%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $202,892 (+3% 1 yr, +33% 5 yr); typical rent $1,284/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2023 | 284 (2000 = 100), +38% 5 yr, +76% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 7,001 vehicles a day on W 3RD ST (principal arterial, 5 lanes); 242 trucks; 38 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Opened in 1904 as a market arcade, the Dayton Arcade operated as a retail center until closing in 1991. After years of vacancy, it was redeveloped starting in 2016 and reopened in 2021 with mixed‑use housing, office, retail, education and civic spaces.
Why. The record does not state specific causes such as anchor tenant loss, competition, debt or demolition for the 1991 closure.
Where it stands. The arcade is currently operating and is controlled by the developers Miller‑Valentine Group and Cross Street Partners, with ownership held by Gunther Berg and Wendell Strutz.
For a planner
- Utilized historic tax credits and low‑income housing credits to finance redevelopment
- Entitlement secured in 2016 via MOU with developers
- Adaptive reuse of nine historic buildings under a reinhabit strategy
- Open question: how will long‑term affordability be maintained after credit periods expire?
For a developer
- Site comprises nine interconnected buildings; exact acreage not specified in record
- Controlled by Miller‑Valentine Group and Cross Street Partners with entitlement granted in 2016
- No context‑layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) are listed in the record
- Market signals from surrounding tract data are not provided
What we do not know yet
- Exact site size and parcel boundaries are missing
- Context‑layer data (floodplain, transit access, environmental conditions) are not provided
- Tract‑level market data (demographics, income, vacancy) are absent
- Ownership chain after 2009 relies on extracted text and may need verification
- The status of phase two (32 micro‑apartments) completion is not confirmed in the record
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- March History Tour - Dayton Arcade at 37 W 4th St, Dayton o… happeningnext.com
- Dayton Arcade Ceiling 1 May 22 2026 commons.wikimedia.org
- The Dayton Arcade arcadedayton.com
- Dayton Arcade abandonedonline.net
- Dayton Arcade | IOS innovativeopening.com
- Dayton Arcade IMG_5237 | Dayto… flickr.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- housing in the record
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Opened | 1904extracted, unreviewed |
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| Closed | 1991extracted, unreviewed documentedfinancial success gradually eluded Arcade Square, and it was closed to the public in 1991. |
| Original developer | Eugene J. Barneyextracted, unreviewed |
| Architect | Frank M. Andrews |
| Anchors | University of Dayton Entrepreneurial Center, Culture Works, The Contemporary Dayton |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Census division | 3 · East North Central |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
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Background
The Dayton Arcade is a collection of nine historic buildings in Dayton, Ohio. The architecturally elegant complex in the heart of Dayton's central business district was built between 1902 and 1904. It was conceived by Eugene J. Barney of the Barney & Smith Car Company and consists of nine interconnecting buildings topped by a glass-domed rotunda, 70 feet (21 m) high and 90 feet (27 m) in diameter, below which two balconied upper floors circle the central enclave. As president of the Arcade Company, Barney made sure the Arcade had the latest innovations, including elevators, a power plant and a cold-storage plant. The architect was Frank M. Andrews, known also as architect for many of NCR's factory buildings and the American Building at Third and Main Streets in Dayton.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1902 Construction commenced
- 1904 Construction completed
- 1952 Sold to Robert Shapiro
- 1974 Placed on National Register of Historic Places
- 1980 Reopened as Arcade Square retail center
- 1991 Closed to the public
- 2009 Sheriff's sale purchased by Dayton Arcade, LLC
- 2016 MOU with Miller-Valentine Group and Cross Street Partners for redevelopment
- 2021 Reopened to public after redevelopment
Sources
- Wikipedia: Dayton Arcade · supports: after notes, original developer, public subsidy, status, strategy, year closed, year opened
16 quoted sentences
The construction of the splendid group of buildings, known as the Arcade, was commenced on March 1st, 1902 and completed on March 1st, 1904.
financial success gradually eluded Arcade Square, and it was closed to the public in 1991.
It was conceived by Eugene J. Barney of the Barney & Smith Car Company
Four of the arcade’s nine interconnected buildings offer apartments: the Fourth Street building (39 units); the Lindsey building (36); the Ludlow building (21) and the Commercial building (14).
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