mrclifton88

A comment on this story ..."Keep an eye on Tower City". I would REALLY like to know what is going on behind the scenes here... between this and the rumors about Google on the TC thread.

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Interestingly today- it seems the Statler is also getting some power-washing done! And work seems to be happening at the door to the old restaurant.

https://cpl.org/cleveland-public-library-begins-cleaning-of-main-library-for-150th-anniversary-year/ Small bit of news but one of my pet peeves will finally be taken care of! The Main Library will be cleaned for the 150th anniversary. The Superior Ave. side has gotten pretty filthy over the years- cant wait to see the finished product. You can see it in this photo:

So if there is active construction happening now- how long before something is made public and we get an idea of what’s going on here and how it relates to these Bernie Moreno/Blockland/Google rumors??

So it seems like this was true? Anymore buzz about all of this as it relates to Tower City?

A long time pet peeve- believe me it has been covered on this forum endlessly ? Supposedly.... they are working on converting (hopefully all?) these to Smart LED Streetlights.

Why is the crown of the Huntington (BP/200 PS) Building suddenly not illuminated? We have so few buildings lit up at night- it infuriates me when one of them suddenly shuts off ?

Wasn’t phase 3 supposed to break ground by now?

Overall I like it but I agree ^ my first thought was that boxy looking open parking garage... no good. Also I wish that the roof of the wedge on the corner of E. 4th and Prospect was a green roof as in one of the massing. Seems like they just intent to have it be a flat surface

Any more details you can share? ?

So is Brooks Brothers the last major national retailer left? I wish it wasn't so 'hidden' inside because its such a cool space. They need signage outside...

This is an interesting read: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/03/clevelands-bid-for-amazon-offered-prime-downtown-real-estate-and-unprecedented-city-and-county-tax-breaks.html "Cleveland’s bid for Amazon offered prime downtown real estate and unprecedented city and county tax breaks" But how about these fantasy renderings??? Maybe if Google is coming to Tower City they can just slap their logo up top and start construction? ?

@dave2017 I noticed that too- a much more clean, modern looking font. I like it!

Probably drifting off topic but that is such a huge blank slate. Since E. 14th is my route to 77 I am doing this path often. It always seem that things just end abruptly at Prospect. What a different feeling it would give to Playhouse Square to have buildings continue towards Carnegie...

Seeing it in person- I think it will look pretty sharp especially once the colors starts changing up the tower. EDIT: Sorry for the double post.... didn't mean to do it that way! ?

East or west side of 14th? The lot on the west side is used by the Residences at Hanna.

Its going to be so interesting to see how the panels get lighter at the top! Nice job cropping out the parking sea... If nuCLEus gets built this image will look pretty dense ?

I seriously doubt that. This sounds like something new. Perhaps it will be connected to the WRHS but perhaps not. I think if done well it could be rather neat- and a nice way to open an amazing space to the public. I like that better than showcasing luxury cars.

The only thing I'm not crazy about is the color scheme. At least in this rendering it seems to be darker with lots of brown and gold tones. I liked the brighter look of the original. We have so much brown downtown already.

"New nuCLEus plan is scaled-back version of original design" After numerous stops and starts, the much-anticipated nuCLEus project in downtown Cleveland is again moving forward, but this time in a scaled-down version. ... Instead, developer Stark Enterprises of Cleveland, with joint-venture partner J-Dek Investments Ltd. of Solon, is proposing a pair of 24-story towers, one about 40 feet taller than the other, that would sit atop a six-floor parking garage. Below the parking garage, on the ground floor, would be 80,000 square feet of retail space, with a pedestrian laneway between the two buildings. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/03/new-nucleus-plan-is-scaled-back-version-of-original-design.html

THAT too ?

Cross posting from the May Company thread where someone shared a link to Grunwell-Cashero's Facebook page. This is the caption on their video about the 925 Buidling: "The largest commercial and restoration project ever in the history of Cleveland is starting later this year! This project will be over $200 million dollars and will include Class A office space, High end restaurants, Luxury condos, and Cleveland history museum!" First I have ever heard of a Cleveland History Museum? This is an intriguing idea.

You better be right about this @marty15 or the villagers will be coming for you with torches and pitchforks... ? In all serious though this sounds pretty exciting. I just hope we won't have to wait long to find out what is happening.