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Yes, this is the project that I had mentioned. I really like this move by Playhouse Square. It makes a lot of sense as it gets residents into the heart of PHS, helps support existing retail and restaurant tenants, will most likely increase their (PHS) tenancy in their other buildings as PHS will most likely offer the displaced tenants some sweet incentives to move into the Hanna or their buildings across the street. I also noted that work has begun on the vacant office building across from CSU's law school (next to that cheap hotel at the corner of 18th & Euclid). CSU is going to take up a number of floors. Though the upper floors were vacant, the ground floor spaces are mostly filled by long-time (& unique) tenants. They've stripped off some 1960s-esque facade modifications, so it looks like the storefronts will get freshened up.

Be careful---there are two different Montlack companies. I believe that they are both owned and operated separately by two different brothers. montlack.com and montlackrealty.com I lived in a place owned by montlack.com and i it was run very well. They are very prompt in taking care of any maintenance issues. They had a guy on call 24 hours a day who would make any necessary repairs, etc. I know that Montlackrealty owns many properties in Shaker Square, so my guess you'd be dealing with the other company.

This is the project that I was talking about.

AJ93 reacting to a construction photo of the 1/4 complete Earnst & Young 20-story tower in the Flats: "^Completely vacant, no windows, no furniture yet, and what's that plastic stuff on top. Typical Cleveland Boondoggle. I miss Higbees."

This all strikes me as odd. It doesn't seem real. Large projects like this don't appear first on a realtor's website.

We should be hearing some news before Christmas about a previously unmentioned office to residential conversion downtown. That's all I can say, but it's a done deal. It is a small to midsize project (my guess is 70-80 units). Not the most high profile location, but still a solid one.

Does anyone know what the proposed footprint is going to look like for the new health sciences building that will be going up on the Viking Hall/Wolfe Music block? I can't imagine that they'd take up the entire block with just one building. What's the plan for the entire block now?

I would say that DS is rougher than Tremont. It all depends on what streets you are looking at. If you don't mind me asking, where do you currently live? That gives us better perspective on your search. Have you given Ohio City any thought? The momentum there is fantastic.

Actually, I find that both places are highly overrated. I lived in both cities for a combined total of 5 years. If anything, Memphis is underrated and Nashville is overrated. I echo Jmecklenborg's about the historic districts. There are very very few neighborhoods. The City grew after the 60s and therefore it is very auto-oriented. Sidewalks can be a rare find. Because the city is so auto-oriented and has so few areas with traditional storefront fabric (Hillsboro Village's one block is probably the only area in the city with a continuous string of storefront buildings), the population is very ignorant regarding urban planning and good urban design. It just isn't in their blood.

Yes. It is a crushed, black cinder-like material.

The pictures won't load for me. Just red Xs. Anyone else have this issue? i'd like to take a look.

The fence went down today. There is a small ceremonial opening on Monday even though the project completion date isn't until the end of the year. The red trellis "roofing" fins should go in sometime in mid to late December.

The actor who plays Ted is Josh Radnor. Josh is from Columbus and went to Kenyon College. He was my next-door neighbor during freshman year. He's a fun, good guy. His dad might be from Cleveland originally.

I think Ohio City or Tremont would be the best fit. Very easy highway access. Culturally, those two neighborhoods would offer you a lot more than Lakewood.

The west side transit center will not relieve any bus traffic from Public Square. The buses currently idle on Prospect. While this project may benefit the casino, that's not why it is being investigated. My info is first hand.

You're such an OIMBY.

I completely agree. I've always disliked the location decision on this project. Given the location, the design and the parkability, this project will attract people who don't get urban design yet have enough sense in them to realize that downtowns are cooler places to live than suburbs.

^the plantings on Euclid beyond downtown are the responsibility of each individual landowner. Blame the landowners first, then RTA and Sasaki for that one.

The BID for the Market District will roll out soon. It is a very complicated process and OCI has done a great job in getting this going. Regarding maintenance and redevelopment on Lorain (EC), there are smart people who don't need to have an "ah ha" moment in order to come up with the basic urban planning ideas that you mention.

The planters on Euclid are well taken care of and have been ever since they were installed. DCA decided not to fund a fall planting this year and therefore there is a 1.5 month gap between the summer planting and the winter planting. The City is not involved in this at all.

1. apartments. not luxury, but not slum-like either 2. developer tried to turn it into apts, could get the loans. too costly per sq ft 3. recently foreclosed on. up for auction. not able to be snagged by any reputable developer. 4. this has long been an assisted living home for people with disabilities 5. these are renovated and very nice condo/townhomes 6. someone bought this and is/has renovated it into a single unit 7. renovated apartment townhomes 8. renovated apartment townhomes 9. West Virginia bldg--renovated, market rate. beautiful 10. developer is actively working on putting apartments on the upper floors as part of a larger redevelopment effort

Yeah, this is getting off topic..

The community that has been created over the past 5 years in the neighborhood has been something that none of us ever thought would be possible. It all started with the Ohio City Babysitting Coop. It has only snow balled since. There has been a lot of positive press around this: http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/184492/45/Ohio-City-Group-of-parents-shares-babysitting-duties http://www.wkyc.com/news/education/article/196013/35/Parents-help-open-new-charter-school-in-Ohio-City http://stateofthereunion.com/home/season-2-2/cleveland-oh http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/10/11/charters-schools-part-ii-disappointed-with-local-schools-urban-parents-start-their-own/ http://www.educationgadfly.net/flypaper/2011/09/cleveland’s-breakthrough-charter-schools-receive-national-recognition/ http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/breakthroughschools081811.aspx

In terms of young professionals with kids, the near west side has changed greatly over the past five years. There is the perception and then there is the reality. Its a different ball game now. The number of young families that are choosing to stay in the neighborhood instead of move to the burbs for better schools is growing rather rapidly. Because some of the private school options have filled up and have waiting lists, parents took things into their own hands and recruited a nationally renowned charter school (rated Excellent with Distinction) to open a second school in Ohio City. Families inside the neighborhood no longer have the opinion that schools are a barrier to staying on the near west side.

Ohio's playoff system is widely hailed as one of the best in the nation. I think that when they went from 4 to 8 teams per region that they did all they reasonably could do to make sure that all deserving teams made the playoffs. Glenville was down this year.