jjames0408

That's an awesome shot!

The groups I run in don't go to the gay bars or need a gayborhood. We do dinner parties and go to regular bars....quite honestly they're better. I think part of the problem with the Cleveland scene is most of the gay bars are dumps or tragic (Bounce). Twist is the closest to being designed correctly, but the clientele is what most complained about. Cleveland is said to be the 13th gayest city in the country (that may be old now).

I've been trying to figure this out also and my best guess is 50 units in BP since 2010 (could be higher since they did so many phases).

I'm looking specifically in the city first and it won't be til probably mid next year. I may extend to the Heights and Lakewood as well, but we shall see.

We shall see if they truly sit on it for 2-3 years. There are very few conversions left.

Moving a convo from Sotckyards Development thread: Haha...my move down and back up has nothing to do with Lebron. I moved down to meet people since CLE is pretty lacking in quantity of my age range, but where it lacks quantity, it makes up for in quality. Down here, it's the opposite and I sacrificed all of the things I love about CLE. In preliminary searches, the hardest thing is finding three or four bedrooms in the city with more than one bathroom and updated. If all goes well, three others will be joining me from Florida. I'm thinking of maybe finding a multi-family property. We shall see!

So tying this into other threads, they must have gotten financing that required them to stay rentals for a certain number of years before they could convert to sales? They seem really cute.

I'm going to post this in here. The developer lists it as Tremont, but it's a few roads past the quite liberal southern neighborhood boundaries. I thought I remembered reading about the Metro Lofts, 3307 Scranton Rd, (Great Crash casualty?) but there are four units for sale out of 21 possible currently and reasonably priced. I just happened to run across them while searching for possible homes. http://www.metroloft.com/index.html

They need to get the right retail/restaurant mix. The larger spaces cannot be cheap.

Interesting piece. In addition to those "unhappy city" lists being based on the whims of the person compiling, happiness is completely subjective.

Southworth has reduced to 18. Also, Standard Building is placed around 287 potential units currently and the recently approved 108 units at Avenue District. You asked for others from E55 to W70...I'm working on the same myself. I will post once completed.

The thing that is ridiculous to me, is these property owners just hold the properties until they fall so far into disrepair that they "have to be torn down". Is there nothing in place where the city can fine these building owners?

KJP, did they demo the senior tower also? Or am I confused about the location?

As I have friends in South Florida, I sincerely hope all the bandwagon jumpers do not cause a tsunami. Ha! They're going crazy down here. It's all my office has been talking about today.

That is so awesome. It is exactly what I plan to do in the next few years.

Hopefully the townhome owners are able to add their input as well, since this will affect (or is it effect...Ken I need some schooling) their resale value.

This is a step in the right direction though. Normally it would be 1300 spaces. Plus, if that's parking for the 1,000 units, office buildings, school and retail, that's not bad at all.

Maybe this will actually work here. Nothing ever lasts in this space.

I'm not concerned about 100 units at all. This is a different market completely from the other areas. I'm more concerned about the design and low-density nature of it. Although, it will be great to see parking lots disappear. We shall see once they release renderings. In all fairness this is 100 units of apartments plus 12 townhouses on only 4.25 acres, so low rise yes, but low density not really. Agreed...incorrect verbiage. I am curious how they plan on fitting nine buildings in that tiny piece of land. Even the townhomes are only two buildings, I believe.

I'm not concerned about 100 units at all. This is a different market completely from the other areas. I'm more concerned about the design and low-density nature of it. Although, it will be great to see parking lots disappear. We shall see once they release renderings.

LOL at "Two blocks away, Zaremba also constructed a dozen three-story townhouses in 2007, but sales ground to a halt." Of course "sales ground to a halt". They sold out. This is very exciting news though! Can't wait for the renderings!

By the way....the response I got back from Cudell: "The new residential development doesn’t touch the mixed use building on Madison Avenue. However, it remains for sale as the owner wanted to sell it to Speedway for a gas station and Cudell and City Planning communicated “no go” to the owner for such a development. Anita" Good to see a stand somewhat being taken. Although, I'm now confused as to where that development is being proposed???

It really depends on where you live. I lived downtown and worked in Independence and drove maybe 1000 miles per year. I put my bike on the bus and biked or walked everywhere and then drove to Beachwood for clothes shopping and such.

I sent the following email to their contact person: "Good morning, I recently ran across this development and would like to ask a question regarding it. Is this project to tear down the existing mixed use property across from the RTA station? If so, you're correct to call this APFU, as it is a huge FU to the city. This is one of the last pieces of urbanity along the W. 117th stretch and you want to replace it with a suburban style building? As a developer, I would be embarrased to add this to my collection of properties on a main street in a major city. This belongs in Westlake, not on W. 117th." I also sent an email to Cudell Improvements, not that I expect them to do anything but greet the developer with a hug.

@stPats: Thank you, I can't wait to be back. I'll be starting my second career hopefully and contributing to the urban renaissance in Cleveland. @KJP: I'm actually glad I took off last year lol. I don't think I could have handled it, but my lease is up in February, so unfortunately that'll be the time I come back.