Clevecane

It’s interesting that from Tremont, instead of filling in the skyline further, the two buildings simply lie in front of Beacon and Erieview.

I’ll try to take photos more often. I no longer sit in the northeast corner, so I have to lean over my colleague (and her plants) to snap photos. I’ve been relegated due south, so as soon as Thunderbird gets underway, I’m your guy! ?

Is this the first we’re hearing a 20+ figure on Geis straight from @KJP? New info or conjecture? Sorry for commenting on this thread—not sure how to quote across threads. Please advise!

It blends in well with the street wall from this view. A little bulkier than I had anticipated, but not too shabby.

Took some photos before logging on this morning. Did I capture this plot correctly?

Should have a great view from my office of this project getting off the ground. Excited for August! Does anyone know any planned retail? Wasn’t the last news that the Cleveland Live concept was dead (and I assume Shake Shack is a bit unviable now)?

They can always build phase II of the casino and put another road paralleling Huron... after all, Sherwin Williams is moving imminently, right @KJP? ?

Can you at least tell us what will be first and why?!

Maybe just my optimism, but it seems like they have a very cohesive vision. Which is to embed an anchor institution that defies the polarization between downtown/UC success and neighborhood dereliction into the only east-side neighborhood that blends the polarization between downtown/UC/neighborhoods. Unite the two through CF in Midtown and spur neighborhood development north in Hough. It seems incredibly brilliant and bold to me. Just have two worries: 1. CF doesn’t have an inviting office at the Hanna, nor do they really invite the community into their neck of the woods... they come to the community, not vice versa. Hopefully they can also shed that mentality as they build out a space that has room to house the community. 2. Innovation Center? We already have the global health innovation center with no HIMSS. Now we have 300,000+ incubator taking form 60 blocks west... do we really need another innovation center?

Two thoughts: 1. Visa has Innovation Centers that perform the same function as these tech incubators across the globe, just announced a massive blockchain initiative, and already has a footprint here in Cardinal Commerce. If anyone at BlockLand or Rock is reading this... just sayin’ 2. If any of these blockchain technologies are going to require the mining energy footprint required by bitcoin, I wonder if some of the 300,000 sf will be data centers and chillers? We’ll need some giant offshore wind project to power the place if we want to keep our energy footprint down, anyone know where to find one? ?

I lived in Miami during the Great Recession and when I moved back to Cleveland, there had to be at least a dozen tower cranes frozen on the horizon from towers halted in progress. When I went back a few years later, they were all completed due to an influx of Peruvian and other Latin American money. I’m not necessarily saying I wish we were Miami (there’s a reason I moved back), nor am I saying I wish we had a bunch of ghost investors (although I don’t believe the majority of the Turkish/Israeli/Ukrainian investors KJP alludes to are moving here in droves), nor am I saying we need to all speak Spanish (however it sure wouldn’t hurt for us to be more multilingual up here)... I’m simply wondering why we seem to target investors from EMEA and APAC and exclude our neighbors down south. As MTS states, it’s summer here during their winter—a beautiful place to build a nest! Bringing this full circle (and hopefully semi back on topic), I had the honor of meeting today with a group of individuals from across four continents who were visiting at the invitation of the Cleveland Council of World Affairs. They seemed to adore Cleveland thus far—and interestingly enough, seemed to show an overwhelmingly positive effect of having visited during the All Star Game decor. So hopefully it does help make a great impression and they share their positive experience with developers/investors in their home countries. ...and then we can talk about those future projects right here on the random dev thread. ?

In Miami, much of the foreign investment is from Latin America. Wonder why we don’t cater to that market more often.

We can finally see it from Terminal tower!!!

Isn’t that the Union Club’s tennis court?

If City Block does find a home at Tower City, I can picture it meshing very well with retail in a perfect blend of European train station and the French tech campus alluded to a few weeks ago (Station F?). Imagine Google, Visa, and Microsoft (edit: I made these up, I don’t have any intel that you all don’t) among smaller start ups lining the walls, interspersed with retailers and food and a modern-style pop-up food hall. Add in in some interactive features like giant chess and giant jenga. Maybe open a beer hall in the giant open area with where Chik-Fil-a now sits. Have some of the retailers/restaurants take advantage of the mall’s common area though “outdoor” seating or outdoor displays. Make le the Avenue feel like a true avenue, lined with commerce and life—populated by an ever-present and diverse community of transit pass-throughs, techie employees, Terminal Tower residents, and casino and hotel patrons. The tech hub could be just what’s needed to enliven Tower City into a well-rounded destination. Sorry—woke up feeling optimistic today. ?

I just miss Tower Deli. That hot sauce concoction they used was stupendous.

Maybe they can move the chandelier up there? It would sure speak to the name Lumen!

Wouldn’t hurt to make them both residential, better yet, mixed-use streets. *said with snarkiness and humor* ?

I’d be okay with them keeping it “green space” if it kept with what they espouse as an “urban green space for the Midtown community.” But that land is nothing but grass and looks like a vacant/derelict eyesore—with exception of the “garden” on the Chester side. That area in specific looks like a weed patch surrounded by a fence (that blocks it off from the community). Both are completely disconnected from the community, devoid of nature, devoid of educational opportunity, and completely unaligned with a civic mission. IMHO, piss or get off the pot, Dunham.

The upstairs space is City Year, not a school.

Anyone know what’s going on with all the shuffling offices going up in the train station? They’ve put up a new customer service booth only to knock down the old customer service booth only to build what looks to be the exact same booth where it used to be? Not to mention the unused glass booth by the red line turnstiles?! Confuses me every morning...

Not sure I understand. We’re not talking about 306 or Crocker here. This is Richmond Rd, home to two of the busiest corridors in the region (Cedar and Chagrin). It’s also approximately as Far East from Tower City as Harry Buffalo in Lakewood is west from Tower City—not quite the boondocks.

The folks at the Beachwood Sephora said the site is too small to stock a lot of the product they have at many of their other locations, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they build a larger store elsewhere. Not sure what that would mean for Beachwood Place, though.

@KJP, is S-W speculation or have you heard something? P.s., sorry, no idea how to move this to a different thread.

Blockchain also opens up almost unlimited applications for distributed ledger of non- financial data. If Cleveland can become a focal point of blockchain innovation, it can quite literally change the foundations of the City. I just don’t understand how repackaging a dead mall with a brand and zero blockchain infrastructure will do that. I’m not sure blockchain is a “if you build it they will come” type industry. We truly need academic, governmental, and corporate institutions behind this 100%. As well as presumably a large early adopter to be that shot of adrenaline that sparks everyone else. As a Terminal Tower tenant, I’m hoping for some spark in Tower City... but this definitely seems like one of the most risky ways imaginable to do it...