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E. 55th is a very long street. I-490 is south of Woodland, near Broadway. The Opp. Corridor would extend east to Univ. Circle. The Richman Bros. site is way north at Superior. It is however, very close to the E. 55th exit at I-90.

It's an absolutely fabulous building, up there with Tyler Village, and it's very unique to our city.

1600 E. 55th. Between Luther and Harlem, it's the entire block and then some. As for where it's at with streets one would know, it's between Superior and Payne on the west side of 55th. It sits on the fringes of AsiaTown, MidTown, Hough, and St. Clair-Superior. However, officially, it's in Goodrich-Kirtland Park.

Just because an Asian firm bought it doesn't make it part of AsiaTown. It's a process of if Clevelander's don't want it, and no US investors want it, someone has to sooner or later come around and see the good deal and take it. The real questions I have are if it will be fully developed and how much spin off or copycat investing will follow.

Crain's has a front cover story in today's edition about a Chinese investment firm that purchased the Richman Bros. building on E. 55th on September 11th. Plans to re-do the 660,000 square foot site include office, commercial, and even a hotel or residential. The project is proposed at 40 million. It was only a matter of time before foreign investors began to scoop up the deals and infrastructure lurking in our city. This could be the beginning of a new trend. Proximity to the Port's new location and University Circle were cited as reasons. In all honesty, this is an area that has not had major development in so long that it's truly hard to believe it's possible.

looks good, i have been walking around it almost daily.

I vote for a Vegiterranean in Cleveland Heights.

Yeah, this was not controversial. Controversial is when it gets saved and the a judge overturns the decision at the last minute. Or when it is to be torn down and urban enthusiasts handcuff themselves to the building to stop it from being torn down. Or when the politicians, the mayor, and the PD are heavily involved. Matter of fact, the fact that they quietly announced it a year ago and the only way to find out about it is on Urbanohio by scrolling thru a thread from almost a year ago makes it almost not controversial altogether. I didn't see this mentioned in the PD ever, or anywhere on the Clinic's website of masterplans and maps. Although I could find plenty on the Heart Center. It was like a hidden plan that no one had the chance to debate or stop. I saw the demo from Mayfield and Euclid, right in front of the new UH Cancer Center. It was a big building that was highly noticeable. My gripe is that this building is being torn down while things like a Key Bank, a one story setback structure is going up a block away. It's in with the crap and out with the good stuff. We keep removing what's good and giving what's not. Over and over, it never ends in this city. Look at this thread back to page 1 and you'll see how it keeps happening. And worse, just drive down Carnegie and look at the Clinic building's surrounding this one being demo'd. They are ugly 1-story facilities that have no architectural value whatsoever. No character, no nothing. Yet, those building's are "safe" for another 50 years - or until they get asbestos-ly infected..

Cheers for Pierre's. Cheers for growth. Jeers to Euclid Avenue becoming more like Euclid Industrial Parkway.

I liked the ornamentals too, but sadly, they're gone. What's been saved is saved. What's not, is in a recycling system LEED Certified, I assume.

The situation at hand is that Euclid Avenue began as a utopia. It was millionaire's row. It was lined with mansions. Then they were torn down and things like this said warehouse(s) and huge industrial complexes were constructed. That in itself was the end of millionaire's row, but, it was also the beginning of a very urban and dense street which was previously nothing but mansions. Now, in the present day, we're taking that urban density, tearing it down and entering phase 3 of Euclid Avenue. Some parts dystopia, some parts "rennaisance in the making", some parts like an old man with alzheimer's, confused and not sure of anything. It's a mix of: a) several remaining mansions (Only one on this segment of Euclid), b) decaying/abandoned/grafitti covered industrial buildings, c) open fields, d) planned hospital/social services facilities, and e) an extremely pedestrian-friendly bus system built to handles masses of people. Since Euclid in MidTown still has a mix of old and new, there should be more emphasis on re-development and preservation, because ever since Euclid declined in the 30's, nobody seems to want to save anything, just tear down and build inferior things. A new warehouse for the ice cream factory is not going to enhance Euclid Avenue. For those opposing a mental hospital, you should practically be picketing an ice cream warehouse proposal, since that will do absolutely nothing for Euclid. At least a mental hospital will bring staff and people to the city. Sure, an expansion at Pierre's may bring some new staff, but I suspect expanded facility space not much expansion in staff.

I don't wanna know. Green space or a parking deck? Maybe the fence can blow over again over at Tudor Arms and and land on the lawn that will probably be planted at said spot.

That's probably the nicest building torn down in Cleveland since I became an enthusiast for architecture.

Can someone fill me in, bring me up to speed, tell me what in the hell is going on at E. 105th and Carnegie? The Cleveland Clinic property, which has been roped off since spring, appeared to be getting a facelift or renovation. Now, I drive by and the side of the building has been demo'd. It is one of the finest pieces of architecture in University Circle/Clinic area. PLEASE tell me this part of the building coming off was some small piece to a bigger enhancement and not the beginning of the end for this structure. It is in excellent condition too..... I don't get it. <img src="http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx11/madachik2009/IMG_1799.jpg">

The solution isn't to tear it down and build a park in the middle of a swath of nothingness. The solution isn't to leave it standing to decay even further. The problem isn't the building. The problem isn't the location. The problem began 40 years ago when Cleveland was deemed a wasteland. The solution is to reverse the mindset plaguing NE Ohio's business owners and make them want to re-locate to MidTown and Cleveland in general instead of places like Beachwood and Solon. Until that happens, W28 and others like myself will continue to draw tears from our eyes as this shit continues and everyone questions why, why, why.

I'll believe this project when the crane is raised.

Here I am telling my viewpoints and you keep making cheapshot comments towards me. With that said, I'm done with this conversation. Perhaps I'll go watch CNN and get a reality check on how awful the economy really is........

The Cedar Center is not a retail development. It is a project based on EMINENT DOMAIN and RE-DEVELOPMENT. There are many more incentives to the developer. There is also much more support from the city, from the council, from the government to push this forward. Especially since a tax base was killed and that tax funding for the entire city has decreased. Especially since long-time tenants were forced to vacate. And especially since this project involves adding public community space - it then becomes a development that we the residents of South Euclid have a right to be concerned about. The economy, the economy, the economy.. I hear that blaming the economy is the new excuse of the 21st century.

I am a business owner and I have done 2 major expansions to my facility since 2007 and am now beginning a 3rd expansion this week. We have never had any problems getting financing and nothing has been delayed due to the economy. This "reality of the economy" thing may have stopped some, but where there is a will, there is a way. And beyond that, all those new private sector developments along I-271 from Miles Road on north to Cedar, seem to also be immune to a "reality of the economy". As are the Clinic and UH. As is the public sector (CSU, VA). CollegeTown, InTowne, E. 4th..... all this stuff is continuing quite well AND as planned.

Well, I just happened to look at the begin date of this thread, which is 2004. The project has not yet broken ground and now the developer is breaking it into phases that "could" take 3 years, but perhaps longer. 3 years from now is 2012. 2004 to 2012 = 8 years. I have every right to snap my fingers. Furthermore, I live in South Euclid and this project is integral to my city's future survival as an inner-ring suburb. Just look what happened in the East Bank of the Flats. They seized, no wait, they used eminent domain to kick everyone out, tear the place down to nothing, and then cancel/delay/stall the project. Now, the EBF no longer exists and is nothing but piles of dirt. 15 miles east is a similar picture - Cedar Center is also a large site that is not a pile of rubble. Cedar Center previously had many big name tenants (Chipotle - how many Chipotle's have been "shut down" since their inception?) and unique local tenants booted out, some gone forever, others now in Cleveland Heights (Anatolia) and Lakewood (Peking), with promises of a much larger and grander result. But now, the project is being broke into phases, with the best and most important phase being last. The initial phase sounds a lot like the shopping plaza across the street that Coral developed. A one-story shopping plaza with a parking lot. This project is absolutely dependent on the large-scale effect that was originally planned: the parking deck, the community park, the multi-level buildings with retail on the ground, office and residential above. Now, this stuff is being delayed and a one-story shopping center is being implemented as "phase one" that "may" break ground early 2010. This project needs to fuel South Euclid for A LONG TIME, and that was the plan. A standard one-story shopping plaza is not going to cut it. I hope that the other phases happen soon and more importantly - that they stay true to what was planned by Coral and South Euclid. With that said, yes, we can be patient and give Coral credit for still moving forward with this project. But this is not a project that can be shafted, as it's INTEGRAL for South Euclid.

Nice job Mayday! We might see a 5th crane go up if the VA starts it's next project before any of these crane's come down, although I suspect the VA and UH one's may be topped out real soon.

Well, this project is killing me. Am I going to retire before it's done? They are still not done clearing the old rubble from the site. The last stuff remaining before excavation is the scrap from a large bank safe and the basements of the plaza that need cleared out. I am hoping by 2015 they can have the project underway.. no seriously, does anyone have some updates? Is this being scaled back to have like one-level only now? Sorry, I'm just thinking about how easy it will be to blame the economy if they want to build a typical suburban plaza rather than the originally planned urban center.

For the first time in my life, I believe, there are 4 construction crane's in the sky at once in Cleveland, all in University Circle! 2 at the UH Cancer Center, 1 at VA, and now a new one has been constructed at the CMA. My big question is why there is an active crane at CMA if we're waiting till the end of the year to hear if the 2nd phase will take place. That to me, makes no sense. So yeah, anyone got a vantage point of 4 crane's in one picture yet? It's possible to see all 4 from the corner of Euclid and MLK.

There is also a large warehouse that went up on E. 55th between St. Clair and Marginal. I have never heard anything on it, but it was quite a huge buildout.

Those are awesome pictures Mayday.