Transportation Center Garage

What Nan taketh away, Nan giveth to someone else

In my business we like to say the best idea wins. The idea to turn the city owned restaurant space in the transportation center garage into an incubator was done a long time ago, by my friend Tonia Fish. She’s one of the smartest people I know. She’s also honest as the day is long, Read More

Follow up: or why corporate welfare by government has to stop.

Back in June we heard about a new restaurant going into the transportation center garage with heavy government subsidies: An Asian restaurant, Sa Bai, is opening in the space that formerly housed Chin’s restaurant in the Dayton Transportation Center complex on Jefferson Street. The restaurant and lounge will be open for lunch and dinner seven Read More

It’s hard to compete with the Government

There has been a question about what kind of deal Art Chin and Jerry Gillotti had on their spaces in the Transportation Center. Now, it appears that a new tenant is getting a “sub-prime” lease from the city- reputed to be around $2 a square foot (extremely low). Reported in the Dayton Business Journal: An Read More