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Well, so much for a residential conversion. Looks like they're going to renovate this building for offices..... http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=14076412&SRID=2181207857&StepID=101&LinkCode=20280 1717 East Ninth Street Building 1717 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44114-2806 Total Space Available:266,666 SF Rental Rate:$23 /SF/Year Min. Divisible:884 SF Max. Contiguous:16,500 SF Property Type:Office Property Sub-type:Office Building Building Size:346,500 SF Building Class:B Year Built:1959 No. Parking Spaces:0 Zoning Description:Office Description 24 hrs 7 day access & security. Two(2) Conference Centers, Complete Renovation planned, including new exterior, Ample parking is available in the atached 540 space covered garage. 6,918 sq ft basement storage.; Loss Factor: 6 The building is located in the heart of the Central Business District at E. 9th st & Superior Ave Well this is excellent news, I wonder if they have any prospective tenants. That Corner of Superior has been vacant for so long it turned into the hobo-hangout, I am glad to see it finally redeveloped.

I want KJP's downtown rail loop!

You could get a studio at Reserve Square for close to that price point, provided one's available. The building is close to 100% occupancy.

Can someone verify this? Thanks for the verification musky, However I do recall the Planning Commission stating that CSU had come to them in the 90's, asking to demolish the Doan building (which was on thier 'owned and controlled' property) and they were denied. Quote from the PD "Two structures, the dilapidated Doan building on East 22nd Street and CSU's Theater Arts Building at East 23rd Street and Chester, occupy the site. If Cleveland planning officials approve, Doan will be demolished." http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/cleveland_state_university_picks_developer_for_50_million_first_phase_of_north_campus_neighborhood.html

http://www.csuohio.edu/news/releases/2011/11/14951.html All 9 buildings are scheduled to be 'built' (physically constructed and open for the public) at the same time. At the meeting, I remembered the architect, in response to a question by Tony Coyne or David Bowens, stating that the units would open all at the same time but the press release above says there's 2 phases. I well could be wrong then. :oops: I recall the developer stating that this is a 2 phase project and the buildings along Chester are phase 1.

Can someone verify this?

Heheh - who said that? That was council woman Lillian Kuri The design changes were minimal. I believe they added some vertical accents to the Town homes. As far as burying the electric lines are concerned, they said that they had budgeted that cost at around $2 million, but worked out some 'creative' ways to bring that down to less than $1 million.

I was at the Cleveland City Planning Commission meeting last Friday (11/4) and a woman representing the Cleveland Restoration Society did ask Rob Martinson of Buckingham Co. (Co-developing with Polaris) if they had considered a rehab for the Doan Electric Building. He stated that they had, but the density was too low to be profitable. Couple of other notes from that meeting: -Phase 1, ie the south facing brick buildings which will line Chester, is on an expedited construction schedule and they hope to have those finished by Fall of next year (2012) -They have modified the design/layout of the rear units (phase 2) per the commissions request to make them more 'urban'. Based upon the renderings I saw in that meeting they didn't make much progress in that regard. One of the commissions jokingly suggested they label the rear units 'Twinsburg', 'Solon' and 'Westlake' -The spacing between the rear buildings have been altered to allow for a pedestrian walkway called 'Viking Way' that will lead to a pool -The developers are currently in talks with First Energy to bury the overhead electric lines between E.21st and 24th on Chester

So my girlfriend was asking me why I kept refreshing my browser, I told her it was so I could see the Cincinnati streetcar results. She proceeds to walk out of the room saying 'God you're an urban planning nerd!' ...I live in Cleveland CONGRATS CINCI!

Another blow to Urban areas by Governor Kasich Brownfield grant programs may lapse Two state economic development grant programs that help businesses and communities resurrect distressed properties may expire in the next eight months, and the Kasich administration so far has no plan in place to continue them. Both programs — the Clean Ohio Fund and the Job Ready Sites program — have strong support statewide, particularly in urban areas that have little or no undeveloped land. With outright grants, the programs help cover part of the cost of cleaning up chemically contaminated land or vacant, asbestos-filled buildings. “It was supposed to end June 2014, but word out of Columbus is it will end sooner,” said one observer who asked not to be identified because he's shepherding brownfield projects still under review. “I'm very concerned about them pulling the rug out from under us.” http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20111107/SUB1/311079984

UO has been painfully slow on both my work and home computer recently

Casino builders unlikely to put in skywalk from parking garage to Higbee Building any time soon CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Visitors to downtown's Horseshoe Casino during the winter likely are going to have to brave Cleveland's cold and snowy weather because federal officials have dealt a major setback to plans for a skywalk connecting the casino to a valet parking center. More than 5 million visitors a year are expected to gamble in the casino now being built on four floors of the Higbee Building. A major part of the project is a valet parking center and 1,300-space garage being built catty-corner across Ontario Street and Prospect Ave. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/10/casino_builders_unlikely_to_pu.html

^Its hard to say with the fence up but I do believe they are actively digging the foundation. Cannot tell if they've poured it yet

^ what phone are you coming from?

Glad we got a win but that game might have set football back 30 years. The guys on the CBS halftime show for the steelers/cardinals game were laughing during the half second of 'highlights' Only the browns can make me feel the same after wins and loses

Well we're half way through October and no word from Fitz. I wonder if he is waiting on the county relocation study to be complete.

Excellent news, I believe they are scheduled to finish the Calfee building relatively soon.

Well this would be quite the news. Do you know who was speaking/what program they were speaking on?

Is the plan for the project still BRT or has that changed?

People, this is a public-private PARTNERSHIP. MMPI is on the hook financially too

This is the Cheerios building. Search upthread, I believe they are planning loft apartments on the upper floors and storefronts on the first floor. There should be a FreshWaterCleveland article detailing the project

I was thinking the same thing. The May Co building location couldn't be any more conducive to RTA. I am willing to be that for the most part students just simply aren't aware of the options RTA has, everything from the Healthline to Park n Ride. I would like to see RTA partner with Tri-C and CSU to provide informational classes on the RTA offerings, routes and schedules, maybe they could correspond someway with the University's Orientation. Knowledge about RTA's offerings is the only way that we are going to see an increase in ridership, especially for the commuter students.

You absolutely cannot. It's a success.

Why do you say that? That's an honest question. What conditions would you want to see to consider it a worthwhile infrastructure investment? (And before the peanut gallery freaks out, yes I understand how incredibly expensive subways are to build and that they've rarely been done in recent history. It's been discussed in countless threads in the five years I've been on this site.) Number two is the best option of those three, but I think they all suffer from the same problem that much of the red line does. Routing along existing freight tracks is the cheap option, but the line won't stop anywhere worthwhile. It'll serve to shuttle people from Lakewood into downtown, just like the west side of the red line basically shuttles people from the park-n-ride stations into downtown. A route that complimented a commercial corridor with multiple "destination zones" would generate activity well beyond rush hour. A line directly serving Detroit would hit downtown Lakewood, the stretch of Detroit between W. 117 and 112, the greater Gordon Square area (which basically stretches from W. 75 to W. 54), Max Hayes High School, the nightclubs on Detroit between W. 29 and W. 25, and downtown Cleveland. Such a line has to be on Detroit, not just near it. People won't walk a half mile from a station to their destination. If they did, the W. 65th station would be a major gateway to Gordon Square. I always thought a 'healthline' type system going up Detriot/Superior would make a lot of sense. You could connect Downtown, W. 25th in Ohio City, W. 65th in Gordon Square and W.117th in Lakewood seamlessly. While I am sure there are already buses that go this route I think having centered load on/drop off areas, traffic priority, new buses go a long way to encourage ridership.

Excellent video, who's that well spoken Ken guy? :-D