jjames0408

Isn't there a better thread for this Short North conversation? I keep coming in here thinking I'm going to read about Ohio census estimates.

Friendly editing necessary. You poor thing...it is at the Lakewood border....however it's on the Cleveland side...........so there.

The area looks great....except.....that horrid parking garage on Warrensville.

You can now get from downtown Miami to downtown West Palm in an hour with an expansion to Orlando planned. In Miami, Brightline is connected to Metrorail/the free Metromover and free trolley. Long, long, LONG way to go but Miami is beginning to get a little transit. Brightline Service To Miami Begins May 19 "Brightline tickets to Miami are on sale this morning through their website. The official service launch will be May 19. As of this morning, departures from Fort Lauderdale to Miami were are priced at $10 for Smart Service and $15 for Select Service. Introductory fares of $3 and $5 are also being offered. Departures from West Palm Beach to Miami was also available, at a cost of $15 for Smart Service and $25 for Select Service." https://www.thenextmiami.com/brightline-has-launched-tickets-sales-to-miami-today/

It really is laughable, especially that Lawson guy saying why is someone in Westerville paying for this in Cleveland. Well, why is someone in Cleveland helping to pay for a $4million park in Columbus? Why is Franklin County getting almost $250 million while the rest of the state gets fractions of that? Cherry picking ignorance.

I don't see anything about townhomes at 2071 Columbus. Do you have a link? Isn't that Duck Island 7? http://www.duckisland7.com/#duckisland7 --edited to add link--

We've had the debate in other threads, but if this doesn't illustrate the economic power of a state capitol, I don't know what does. 5 of the 6 listed here are state government centers. All those steady paychecks help keep things going in the down times, and help make things sizzle in the good. The old state capitol excuse. How's Lansing doing? Madison? Springfield? Topeka? Lincoln? St. Paul vs Minneapolis? Tallahassee? Harrisburg? Albany? We can go on and on and on. I don't think it hurts to have a bunch of built-in government jobs, but I think the true differential is timing and a large university. That's were the true growth is happening now. It just so happens that some of the cities it's happening in are also state capitols.

Kona apparently isn't happening at Pinecrest, despite plans approved by Orange in Summer 2017 - and their logo being on the signage along Harvard as late as this week. Yes, could end up across the street - or perhaps at La Place, in place of soon-to-be vacant Williams-Sonoma... etc... Kona Grill is having financial issues and is planning to close some locations. I doubt you’ll see them opening up here. If they do, it will be under a new franchise model. Good, they can keep it! Some of the worst sushi I've had in my life.

There aren't any pics and their webpage is dead :'( Sounds like a cool project at least. And I think I prefer this building to the townhomes that were in the master plan. More density and looks decent too!

I can only say I see a lot of cars at Gordon Park (all I know of it is it's the new Edgewater hookup spot). As far as Lakefront Park, it is used mostly for fishing in the winter (although a lot of people park there to take in the lake). Dike 14 gets steady traffic all year long but I don't know how many people really know about it.

This was a smile inducing article. Hopefully all of the things happening over the last year will result in major things in the next few years. Great work!

Lol so you're trying to get this thread locked right before the data is released??

I'm incredibly shocked by the positivity in the comments!!

Today I noticed you can actually see steel from 90/71 also.

Bumping this thread...Geis is still doing a lot of internal work. Workers advised they are doing a lot of structural work as well as clean-up.

Downtown Akron to downtown Cleveland is 48 minutes driving legally. If one can say that Morrow County (two counties away and about 40 minutes) is Columbus MSA then it's not really a stretch for Summit County and Cuyahoga County (one county away) are in the same. Honestly, it's just ignorant to say it isn't.

The latest I've heard: https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,4266.msg883676.html#msg883676 Staying optimistic about this here. A S-W tower on the northwest quadrant would really complete Public Square. Unfortunately, I just heard some bad news that SW has dropped consideration of building a new HQ tower. That's all I got. Sorry. Not to beat a (possibly) dead horse... but is that really it KJP? We went from years of speculation about a SW Tower and a Medical Mutual building, and now they are both dead. Isn't SW out of space? Spoke to a SW worker today and asked about Valspar and space requirements. He said they are being very strategic with their real estate. They are picking and choosing which buildings (Valspar and SW) are more strategic for them and their existing distribution centers. He said nothing will happen until around 2020 but they are very quickly running out of space in R&D, Landmark and Skylight. It was a very interesting few minute conversation.

So, higher end shopping and a Trader Joe's? I'll take it! Heck, I'd settle for just a Trader Joe's. 30 minutes in each direction for me is just too much.

They didn't mention anything last night, but they said (I believe) the State Theatre will be renamed for Key Bank as they contributed another $10 million to the $100 million PHS campaign (which only has $4 million to go btw) and are sponsoring the Broadway Series for another five years.

Straight from Art Falco tonight...Groundbreaking is hoped for within 30-45 days. Fifteen units are already pre-leased.

Isn't it just moving to Prospect and Ontario?

Wasn't there one on W 6th?

I overheard someone today who went shopping and the sales associate said H&M and Nordstrom are coming in. I kind of chuckled a little bit because Nordstrom doesn't seem logical (potentially a Nordstrom Rack if they're going the outlet route) but there was just discussion on this forum of how that might work.

To me it has nothing to do with added travel time. It's ridiculous that it's a 35 MPH limited access highway. There are no intersections, no crossings and there are on and off ramps. I would absolutely support it as it was originally talked about being redesigned, but for now, it's just a prettier version of what it already was.

A couple miles? Outside of rush hour, I don't think I've seen anyone going less than 40. I don't think I've done less than 45 lol.