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Centre City Building (The Mainline) Redevelopment Overview

February 7, 2026 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

With the Dayton Arcade’s major construction largely complete, attention is shifting just across Main Street to another huge structure that has sat vacant for years. Few buildings have generated as much long-running curiosity, or frustration, as the Centre City Building, … [Read more...] about Centre City Building (The Mainline) Redevelopment Overview

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Adaptive Reuse, Centre City Building, Downtown Dayton, Industrial Buildings, Model Group, Preservation, Publishing, United Brethren Building, United Brethren Publishing House

Dayton’s Centre City as Multi-Building Complex

July 29, 2022 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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With the success of the Dayton Arcade redevelopment and phase two well underway, the project partners have turned their attention to a prominent building across the street, the Centre City Building. Model Group and Cross Street Partners plan to buy the massive downtown … [Read more...] about Dayton’s Centre City as Multi-Building Complex

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Centre City Building, Downtown Dayton, United Brethren Building, United Brethren Publishing House

History of the Centre City (United Brethren) Building

July 27, 2018 By Andrew Walsh 8 Comments

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The Dayton Arcade has attracted the most attention among potential downtown projects lately, but a building whose rehab would have a more visible effect on Dayton's skyline is found just across Main Street. I'm talking about the Centre City Building, which has a fascinating … [Read more...] about History of the Centre City (United Brethren) Building

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Adler and Child's, Centre City Building, FA Requarth Company, Knott Building, Levitt Pavilion, Milton Wright, Orville Wright, United Brethren Building, United Brethren Publishing House, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers

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