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Finalists for the Architecture Building narrowed down to four: Bialosky + Partners Architects (NY and Cleveland), in association with Architecture Research Office (NY) Richard L. Bowen + Associates Inc. (Cleveland), in association with Weiss/Manfredi (NY) The Collaborative Inc. (Toledo, Ohio), in association with the Miller Hull Partnership (Seattle) Westlake Reed Leskosky (Cleveland, Phoenix, Washington, NY and LA) Winner expected to be announced in February. http://www.archdaily.com/295498/shortlist-announced-for-kent-states-new-architecture-building/

Great shots! My wife and I were in Montreal this summer as well and loved the city. I'm looking forward to your next sets.

^Yes they did...

From the positioning of that curb, it looks to me that they are essentially keeping that side of the street from being pedestrian-oriented. I was hoping they could have found a way to widen it out, but I'm guessing that there wasn't enough space. I'm also guessing, then, that the north (other) side will carry all the pedestrian focus, which hopefully means that there will be some improvements up the hill to make crossing Main Ave underneath the bridge a lot easier/more inviting than it currently is. Some good lighting under that bridge (day and night) would do wonders, IMO.

Graphic at the bottom of the article from 2010 has Eaton Center 79% occupied with Eaton as a tenant, but states it will drop to close to 30% once they leave. So figure about 50% of the building for Eaton's space. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/downtown_advocates_aim_to_rebr.html

^ Thanks. I guess it was the County, not MMPI, to be accurate.

Is that new labeling? I don't recall seeing the "New Amtrak Station" component in the TIGER Grant submission. They originally had it left as is. Not sure if MMPI's latest comments about the current station are impacting the design.

^ There's a map of the area at the bottom of this article. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/08/geis_cos_float_plan_for_lakefr.html A parking structure would be included.

I also vote to keep it, but not for apartment conversion. I would rather see the county move into this building, and convert their existing spaces to residential. I just think apartment conversion here would put a solid 600 units on the market which may flood this section of Euclid with too many apartments giving the vacancy % a much un-needed boost. I don't want to see residential get ahead of itself. If the PS parking lots were already full of apartments , and they were leased, then I may say lets try this. I just don't think the city is ready for this yet. I think 600 units is a bit high. Consider the floor plates are 13,500 sf, including elevators and mechanical, so realistically about 10,000 sf of usable space. Assuming a developer looks at them as luxury-type one-bed room units at about 1,000 sf on average, that's at most 10 units per floor. Remove the first and maybe second floor from the equation as common space and that's 27 floors x 10 units per floor for 270 total units. Even if you include the 1010 building in the equation that might only add an additional 80 units, so around 350 units total. As a reference, K&D's proposal for the East Ohio Gas Building - at 350,000 sf - netted 223 units, so I'd think this would be a similar breakdown. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/kd_group_plans_to_buy_redevelo.html

^ For what it's worth, I believe that garage on the south side of Mayfield is supposed to have retail on the first floor. You can see the space at the 1:48-1:50 mark of the video. That should at least keep that part of the road more active.

This is a great read on ESPN.com by Brian Windhorst (who was actually let back in the Cavs facilities). Even if you don't fully agree with the pick(s) it's at least interesting to know what was actually happening and why they made the decisions they did. Inside the Cleveland Cavaliers' draft Why Waiters? We were behind the scenes with the Cavs' front office on draft day http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/8111377/2012-nba-draft-cleveland-cavaliers-scenes

It was mentioned at a City design review meeting a few months back that the transient marina was starting this summer and pedestrian bridge was going through engineering this summer and should begin construction late spring 2013. Haven't heard anything since.

The orange "time saved" shows the difference in the timing of funding availability from the draft list that was released in January. So, for the Innerbelt EB Bridge, the $302.0 is now in the 2016 column (when construction will begin) which is moved up from what the draft list had as 2023 (which is what the orange shading shows).

Wow, great shots!

I fully understand your stance on hotels, etc. and completely agree with the principle of it, (trying to get back on topic here) but I'm simply saying that those running the CC and the IX Center see both facilities serving distinct roles that will likely mean the IX remains in operation even after the CC opens. “The beauty of our facility and the Cleveland Convention Center is we really complement each other,” Mr. Peterson said. "We are really a B-to-C — business-to-consumer — venue, and they are primarily B-to-B. … The auto show can’t go downtown; they can’t handle that number of people.” http://www.crainscleveland.com/assets/pdf/CC74482624.PDF That last comment was what I was talking about. Unfortunately I wrote a really long response to you and Pugu, and it's been lost. I'm too pissed to think about it again. Probably for the better as I could feel the ax coming :wink:

I fully understand your stance on hotels, etc. and completely agree with the principle of it, (trying to get back on topic here) but I'm simply saying that those running the CC and the IX Center see both facilities serving distinct roles that will likely mean the IX remains in operation even after the CC opens. “The beauty of our facility and the Cleveland Convention Center is we really complement each other,” Mr. Peterson said. "We are really a B-to-C — business-to-consumer — venue, and they are primarily B-to-B. … The auto show can’t go downtown; they can’t handle that number of people.” http://www.crainscleveland.com/assets/pdf/CC74482624.PDF

Not sure I follow. The new CC can't host the super large events, like you said. So then what will they take away from the IX? That's pretty much their bread and butter. But the vast majority of the people who are attending trade shows at the IX Center aren't staying in hotels in the first place. That is why the one is for conventions (CC) and one is for trade shows (IX). I don't think that the IX Center was ever touted as a convention space. I don't see the direct competition.

Not to get off topic, but it's worth noting that the CC and the IX Center are being touted as two completely different animals, with the former attempting to attract professional conventions and the latter going for the much larger trade shows (ie: auto show, home & garden show, etc.). The operators have said as much, that the two facilities are actually complimentary and that the new CC will not replace the IX. There's a reason the IX is in the middle of a $30M expansion.

Great set! Always look forward to your photo threads.

^ My heart stopped momentarily because I thought the building was actually on fire. Then the rest of the photo loaded. Damn slow wireless...

^^Walked past it a few hours ago and still heard some hammering coming from inside. For whatever that's worth.

^ CB Richard Ellis has a floor as well.

^ Ventilation stacks, if I remember correctly.

No problem. I knew it had to be in there somewhere.

Ohio Constitution, Article XV, Section 6©, Paragraph 6: "Casino gaming authorized in section 6© shall be conducted only by licensed casino operators of the four casino facilities or by licensed management companies retained by such casino operators. At the discretion of each licensed casino operator of a casino facility: (a) casino gaming may be conducted twenty four hours each day; and (b) a maximum of five thousand slot machines may be operated at such casino facility." http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/constitution.pdf