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^ He also set a freshman RB debut record for most yards Yes, yes. I forgot OSU will be playing Indiana in the National Title game. :mrgreen: You're the only person in America who wasn't impressed by the kid. THink about that.

Agreed. All this freaking out over a 20 story addition is kind of strange. Yes, it's a start, but not an impressive one. What's strange is the construction of a 20 story addition. It's quite ok for us to get freaked out over the first downtown all residential high rise in how many decades? Seriously, how long has it been?

When Dobbins did that double jump cut....I thought of Barry Sanders. This kid's going to be special.

I don't think so. There's some good stuff happening in UC, but nothing approaching the level of Uptown PGH or Short North. I'd say University Circle has probably seen about the same level of investment as Uptown Cincinnati, which is certainly impressive in its own right. Oh no, here we go again. Get the measuring sticks out..

Here here!

There's a Trump joke in there somewhere..

Amazon project in North Randall wins estimated $7.8 million Ohio job-creation tax credit :clap: NORTH RANDALL, Ohio -- The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved an estimated $7.8 million job-creation tax credit Wednesday for Amazon, which plans to hire more than 2,000 workers to staff a planned fulfillment center in North Randall. At a meeting in Columbus, the state board signed off on a 1.35 percent, 10-year tax credit tied to the project, an 855,000-square-foot building where workers will pack and ship small items, including books and consumer electronics. Amazon committed last week to a lease deal on the building, which is set to open in late 2018. The facility will gobble up 69 acres of the former Randall Park Mall site at Emery and Warrensville Center roads. The mall, which opened with fanfare in 1976, closed in 2009 and was demolished a few years ago. http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/08/amazon_project_in_north_randal.html#incart_river_home

Towpath Trail 'Stage 3' Construction Progress:

Exactly. This puts doubts in lenders, tenants and everything else connected to nuCLEus. Some people can't see the bigger picture. Lenders have been doubting NuCLEus from the beginning. Where have you people been? You're grasping for something that isn't even there. This puts even MORE doubts in their eyes. This isn't a grasp, it's a fact. No, it's a grasp. Benesch committed well before a Q reno was brought up. So was Live!. A renovated Q was just another benefit, and because it doesn't look so rosy, everything else is doomed. When you guys decide to leave your stratosphere of logic and come back down to Earth, we can have a discussion. Otherwise, NuCLEus is all on Stark. Yeah, that makes you feel so much better doesn't it? When someone lets their emotions control their thought process w/out having even a basic understanding of the economics at play, you get responses like this. And no, it doesn't make me "feel" one way or another. Are you angry then? You can't tell emotion over an internet forum. You do not know me, so don't tell me what I do and don't understand. The economics at play for NuCLEus were in line well before any Q renovation started. Keep trying. I don't need to know you personally to know you don't understand how financing and economics work. Your posts prove it. You're post have proven nothing on how this renovated Q will help NuCLEus. You don't know me, so again, don't tell me what I know and don't know. You're still failing to inform us of how the financing will magically make NuCLEus happen. The major commitments were there. Stark is the one at the helm here. Lenders aren't as likely to take a risk on this project w/out knowing the future of the Q and the millions of people who visit it each year. Again, the lenders have been skeptical from the very beginning on NuCLEus. Even when others committed to this project, Stark still couldn't get things moving. Just because a renovated arena next door may or may not happen, doesn't mean this skyscraper will or won't be built. You're right, it doesn't mean nuCLEus will not happen, but it does hurt it's chances.

No one is saying it's going to kill nuCLEus. However, it does hurt it's chances of happening. Get it?

Exactly. This puts doubts in lenders, tenants and everything else connected to nuCLEus. Some people can't see the bigger picture. Lenders have been doubting NuCLEus from the beginning. Where have you people been? You're grasping for something that isn't even there. This puts even MORE doubts in their eyes. This isn't a grasp, it's a fact.

Exactly. This puts doubts in lenders, tenants and everything else connected to nuCLEus. Some people can't see the bigger picture.

If you honestly believe that public, capital investment in the home of an NBA franchise is a bad investment idea then you can't see the forest through the trees. Please, cite one city that has suffered economically as a result of capital improvements to an NBA arena. This ISN'T MedicalMart. Equating all public financing is not an accurate reflection of this. Allowing the emotions of "but this is public money" to cloud what this will do to the local economy isn't an astute decision. Ask yourself, are these things now MORE likely to happen: - NBA All-star game - NuCLEus - Major concert commitments - NCAA Tournament bids - MAC Tournament contract extension - Conventions with required arena access But hey, public dollars have been improperly spent in the past, so to hell with it. Seriously? NuCLEus has nothing to do with a renovated Q. Stark's record on building anything like he says he will is shamefully bad. NuCLEus is not going to happen with a renovated Q or in its current state. Try again. A renovated Q does help make nuCLEus more equitable. There has been no evidence to support this. You can tell me all of what NuCLEus has like shops, a hotel, and restaurants, but that all depends on Stark actually getting his act together and building the thing. Wishful thinking. This won't help Stark get financing, but it will hurt him. Just watch.

If you honestly believe that public, capital investment in the home of an NBA franchise is a bad investment idea then you can't see the forest through the trees. Please, cite one city that has suffered economically as a result of capital improvements to an NBA arena. This ISN'T MedicalMart. Equating all public financing is not an accurate reflection of this. Allowing the emotions of "but this is public money" to cloud what this will do to the local economy isn't an astute decision. Ask yourself, are these things now MORE likely to happen: - NBA All-star game - NuCLEus - Major concert commitments - NCAA Tournament bids - MAC Tournament contract extension - Conventions with required arena access But hey, public dollars have been improperly spent in the past, so to hell with it. Seriously? NuCLEus has nothing to do with a renovated Q. Stark's record on building anything like he says he will is shamefully bad. NuCLEus is not going to happen with a renovated Q or in its current state. Try again. A renovated Q does help make nuCLEus more equitable.

So how much is the new arena going to cost in 5-10yrs?

They won't need any luck to get these filled.

Tremont stays 'hot,' will add apartments The Tremont neighborhood may soon get its first new apartment building. A zoning change approved Aug. 16 by Cleveland City Council will allow developer Mike Tricarichi to build the first multistory, market-rate apartment building in the West Side neighborhood in anyone's memory. It will be at the southwest corner of Fairfield Avenue and West 11th Street. "I think it's going to be a big success," said David Sharkey, president of Progressive Urban Real Estate. "It changes the whole face of the neighborhood." Ralph McGreevy, executive vice president of the Northeast Ohio Apartment Association, a trade group, agreed, saying, "I think Tremont has been and has stayed hot as fire. Do I think it can absorb 75 units? Easily." http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170827/NEWS/170829864/tremont-stays-hot-will-add-apartments

Still cant beat Lat 41 for the Menage a trois for sat brunch. Eggs/potatoes/toast/sausage AND bacon/coffee... all for $5.99 Only $4.95 during the week!

^I noticed an on-site mobile medical unit near e6th and Euclid yesterday that wasn't there before. Apple medical usually sets those up on large construction sites. Could this be a sign?

$38 million Residence Inn is planned for University Circle A new hotel will complete the Finch Group's development plan for the Innova complex on the western edge of University Circle. But Wes Finch, chairman of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based development firm, said he's not done with what's called Upper Chester, which he has been working on for more than a decade. Cleveland City Council last week approved a 10-year, 60% tax abatement for the 175-suite, extended-stay Residence Inn University Circle/Medical Center at East 101st Street and Chester Avenue. A city analysis of the project estimated it will create 200 construction and 43 permanent, full-time-equivalent jobs. Alexander DelMonte, president of the DelMonte Hotel Group, which is building and will manage the hotel, told Crain's Cleveland Business that if construction goes as planned, the $38 million, eight-story extended-stay hotel should open in December 2018. The 175 suites will be a mix of studio and one-bedroom units, DelMonte said. http:/http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170820/NEWS/170829996/-38-million-residence-inn-is-planned-for-university-circle

Frank Sinito has sky-high hopes for real estate portfolio Frank Sinito recently bought the 57-story Key Tower and the attached 400-room Marriott Cleveland Downtown in a $267 million deal. It's a long reach for a Cleveland native who started out with a 14-suite apartment complex and a bar in the suburbs. But at 54 with a tireless devotion to work, he's fine-tuning things at the Key Center complex and has his eye on another big downtown building and renovation project. On Sept. 1, Sinito will move the last of about 90 employees of his Millennia Cos. to Key Tower and is eagerly undertaking enhancements to Ohio's tallest skyscraper, as well as the hotel. Asked what's next for him and Millennia in the wake of an epic transaction, Sinito said he's hoping to launch the multimillion-dollar conversion of the massive former Huntington Building — now called Union Trust, in honor of its original name — on the northeast corner of Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170820/NEWS/170829989/frank-sinito-has-sky-high-hopes-for-real-estate-portfolio

New images posted here: http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2017/08182017/index.php

It was never my impression that building was coming down, though I wish it would. I know the county still owns the building immediately adjacent to that parcel as well. It was my thinking that everything north of the Riverview tower was coming down as part of the stabilization effort. Yes, a public park will be built once the smaller buildings north of Riverview get taken down.

^This week. Design Review: Schematic Design Approval 1. Project: DF2017 - 041: Playhouse Square Residential Tower Project Address: Euclid Avenue & East 17th Street Project Representative: Devon Patterson, Solomon Cordwell Buenz; Brad Soderwall, Hines; Art Falco, Playhouse Square http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2017/08182017/DRC-2017_8_17.pdf

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