jjames0408

They would have to add quite a few census tracts together to get to 13000

Does anyone know if it a difficult process/extremely expensive to add on more floors in the future? I would assume the economics of it wouldn't work out.

I'm not talking about the outside...soley the inside.

These look SO much nicer than Battery Park...hope they keep to the interior plans. Also seems that if they sell the higher priced units, they may change some of the lower priced over or vice-versa.

Looks like they may be prepping the building to begin the casing soon.

I like what it brings...but there need to be a few more. It seems kind of underwhelming at night.

FYI...Waverly Station is pre-selling at 279,900...also found a unit on 57th at 205,000

Some of the buildings are already converted. I definitely agree this could be a trendy area in 10-20 years unless we continue growing downtown at the rate of the last 20 years.

Has anyone else heard a rumour of Target leaving Steelyard??!! I'm hoping someone is just confused about Best Buy, but something about rent being too high.

This is all still moving forward...they are working on the funding and moving toward designing the entire canal basin area as separate "parks" but to work together.

The main Horseshoe is on top of the building as well now.

The Waterstreet Grille/Sixth City Diner is being filled again in WHD with Charkha: exotic Indian cuisine.

The Waterstreet Grille/Sixth City Diner is being filled again in WHD with Charkha: exotic Indian cuisine

^The sign says closed for renovation.

I find the BB store quite repulsive. They need to take the carpet out of that store. I don't know how people even walk in there...ick

Here's an update: Foundation for the Tower has been staked out on 4/27/12. o LP Design group is currently in fabrication of the sign and anticipates that the sign will be erected in late May 2012.

The crazy thing is there is so much demand, but no properties coming on line...just talk of it...let's get it moving!!!

One interesting (but probably not surprising) note here ... The Asian population in Little Italy grew pretty steadily, with a 14.1% increase in that demographic, now making up 25% of that census tract, or approximately 750 residents of Asian background. For comparison, the Asiatown tracts (108201, 1084 and 108301) have a collective Asian population of around 1,250. Another fascinating tract for me is 112301 in Cleveland (Western Hough / Midtown). The tract grew 1.8%, with a pretty uptick in white population (211% increase to 6% of total resident population). I'm trying to wrap my head around what's driving that. I can't think of any major development projects in that tract in the 2000s. I think the vast majority of the Hough McMansions and the more recent low-income housing / senior housing developments are well to the east of here. Is this larger household sizes? Or single parcel rehabs? Personally, when I think about positive prospects for the East Side, I tend to draw a bright line down E. 55th street all the way to University Circle ... the on-the-ground experience, coupled with Midtown's almost exclusive focus on institutional in-fill rather than residential, has driven me there. But this census tract's proximity to the previously mentioned Asiatown and Prospect tracts, together with positive growth in several nearby Central/North Broadway tracts (4.3% in 109801, 11.0% in 113801 and 5.8% in 1143), seems like the situation is not as hopeless on the Near East Side as it is a little bit further to the east. That's around League Park? I would say that would be all of the suburban style housing that went in all throughout the area. I'm not terribly familiar aside from driving through the neighborhood a few times. I really think we are going to start to see the turnarounds in some of these neighborhoods within 2 decades (as depressing as that is)

Redd Stone was open last night and packed.

It is separate...it was a decrease tho, so not listed.

Here is the Cleveland portion of something I put together in the census 2010 thread showing the higher growth areas around downtown...University thrown in as our "second downtown": Cleveland: Flats West- +87.2% to 2,222 Warehouse District/North Coast- +43.5% to 4,193 Gateway District- +57.4% to 1,944 Eastern CBD- +54.7% to 3,334 Asiatown- +1.6% to 1,354 Prospect Ave Historic District- +30.5% to 4,393 St Vincent/Cuyahoga Comm College (Tract 109301) +13.4% to 1,873 University Circle- +76.8% to 3,679 Read more: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,18930.570.html#ixzz1tjufLlou

I find the actual numbers fascinating and positive for the 2010 census (only looking at the more urban neighborhoods). In the main cities of the metro areas, the downtown areas had high growth. Even in areas that most people look at and see hugh decline, I see positive things. The growth isn't factoring in all of the new developments in each downtown area, so growth will continue to be high in these particular neighborhoods over the next decade. These are the numbers that excited me the most: Cincinnati: Lower Central Business District- +29.7% to 2,159 (which is going to increase drastically with all of the new projects already built and planned) Upper CBD- +32.6% to 3,498 West End (Tracts 2, 264, 269) around -17.6% to 5,820 (mostly related to losing a large loss of black population). -The promising numbers here are a huge increase in Hispanic population and decent increase in white. Looks to just be shifting demographics. Western Over-the Rhine- -15% to 3,139. With all of the development in the OTR area around Washington Park, this looks to be redevelopment and shifting demographics again as there is a large increase in Asian and white populations. Eastern OTR- +7.75% to 2,925. Most of the development in OTR has occurred within the last few years, so the increase is just now really being seen. Dayton: Downtown- +17.2% to 3,866 Edgemont and Five Points (Tracts 35 and 1651) large decreases due to black population leaving, but a 60.5% increase in the white population. Columbus- German Village/Brewery District (Tract 57) +15.4% to 3,629 South CBD- +34% to 2,941 North CBD (tract includes Arena District) +42.5% to 3,105 Near East (tracts 36, 38, and 53) -12.7% to 6,392 due to large decrease in black population but showing large increases in white and hispanic pop. Harrison West- +17.7% to 2,147 Goodale Park area (tract 21) - +21.6% to 1,808 Italian Village area (tract 22) - +31.8% to 1,851 Victorian Village- +3.7% to 3,252 Toledo: Downtown (Tracts 27, 28, and 34)- +39.4% to 3,441 Warehouse District (tract 37)- -11.3% to 1,409. Decrease due to losing 27% of black pop, but white pop +196% and asian pop +80%. Cleveland: Flats West- +87.2% to 2,222 Warehouse District/North Coast- +43.5% to 4,193 Gateway District- +57.4% to 1,944 Eastern CBD- +54.7% to 3,334 Asiatown- +1.6% to 1,354 Prospect Ave Historic District- +30.5% to 4,393 St Vincent/Cuyahoga Comm College (Tract 109301) +13.4% to 1,873 University Circle- +76.8% to 3,679 All in all, I see positive urban growth in a largely suburban state.

It's just rolling advertisements. It's as large as it is so people can see it from the freeway. They were advertising the # of tables for world series of poker, the banquet, etc and of course the number to call with a gambling addiction. Nothing crazy.

The townhomes are looking good as well. I was going to mention the CMHA project was going up, but you beat me to it...wasn't able to snap pics this weekened.

Definitely visible to travelers on 71/77/90