McLovin

Cleveland not being a "big enough" metro or prepared to absorb a large influx like 50,000 people isn't a good excuse or reason to me. If we never begin to attract a large influx of jobs at once how will we be able to in the future? We have to start doing it at sometime to be "used to it" or "able to" in the future. This is the perfect time to get our feet wet per say. We absorbed tons of jobs and hundreds of thousands of residents during our peak, if we are at a renaissance I don't see why we can't jump start it here.

Most of the time that I open development threads on this site I'm usually excited for progress, except for this one. For the most part they are blowing a major opportunity to make this a viable, sustainable neighborhood where you can live, work and play. All of these developments circle around work and go home, there are really no outside developments that allow people to stay around here after which creates a long dead zone.

Amazon has announced plans to open a second headquarters in North America that will employ as many as 50,000 workers. The company announced Thursday that it is searching for a city to host the new "HQ2" facility, which will cost at least $5 billion to construct and operate. "We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our Seattle headquarters," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. "Amazon HQ2 will bring billions of dollars in up-front and ongoing investments, and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs. We're excited to find a second home." Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) said it would prefer to open the headquarters in a suburban or urban area with more than 1 million people. It's looking for a community that "thinks big" and a location that will attract technical talent. While we have an area of well over 1,000,000, I'm not sure we are a community that "thinks big" mainly when it comes to leadership. It would be nice to land this but I don't have faith the leadership will even pitch itself. Fingers crossed. http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/07/technology/amazon-second-headquarters/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool

I was checking the landbank website and noticed that brightwood (avenue?) had about 15-20 properties "Pending transfer", anyone have insight?

Selfish. Gilbert is still a billionaire with a basketball team that brings in millions of dollars. They withdrew from the project voluntarily, it wasn't voted down. The project dying voluntarily doesn't mean you have to take it out on the kids who would benefit greatly from the rehabilitations. It's selfish and a way to tell Cleveland and the county "this is what you get for not jumping at the deal when we told you to." Get out of here with this strong arm tactic. You can't tell me otherwise.

I think the biggest issue is that Cuyahoga County, due to its big boom back in the day, is a built out county. There is probably very slim pickings in the county that can satisfy the needs of IKEA so easily and that probably is causing a big issue.

3D renderings of the "Box Spot" development. BoxSpot_Img_20 by dwainross34, on Flickr BoxSpot_Img_21 by dwainross34, on Flickr BoxSpot_Img_22 by dwainross34, on Flickr BoxSpot_Img_23 by dwainross34, on Flickr BoxSpot_Img_24 by dwainross34, on Flickr

Clvlndr, is this in the old Dynomite burger spot? I believe it's in the old first merit spot, or at least part of it.

The last phase Woodhaven townhomes are almost fully built. That completes Zaremba's 150-some unit development between East 81st-86th and Euclid-Chester. Don't know about the Vazza development off West 73rd. Okay, I didn't even notice that they were even being added as we speak. Did you mean East 73rd?

No, keep it. I've never been a fan of the idea to use part of the building on the prospect side as parking. We need to properly develop Prospect, I feel as if we focus ENTIRELY too much on Euclid and neglect the rest of downtown. East 4th spills out to prospect and sits right across from the Q, developments on the street would be a grand slam.

I know about those parking lots. Two issues I have. Number one is I don't trust those lots, they don't have an attendant but have pricing out I never see a parking machine to pay at either (at least at the lots I've seen) so I don't trust leaving my car there, risking a tow. Number 2 is due to that parking ban, those lots during the times I've been there are now packed to the brim so there's that. I don't see the issue, all these years the free meters were okay to park at but now it's an issue? Would I be far fetched in assuming that the parking companies got into the police departments ear or back pocket? I just find it odd that all of a sudden ALL of the free meters are now illegal to stop or park at. Piggybacking off of clvlndr, maybe a 515 style parking garage that hold a lot more spaces than the existing lot would be useful for the FEB. I'd put it right on the existing lot between the aloft and the apartments, put retail spaces down there to still allow active and leave it open at the top for future development to be done. It's a win win, more parking while still adding to the buzzing area. I honestly don't know why more parking garages like 515 haven't popped up around the city, it's honestly strange. Also, tearing down more buildings for parking would be disastrous to the character and feel of the FEB. A lot of historical buildings have already been torn down we need to preserve as much character and history as we can. Every time there is an issue with parking, I always jokingly tell my fiancé "this is why I am a supporter of public transportation". If I could simply take the WFL I would. The placement directly in the neighborhood is too good to pass up and would relieve the frustration about parking or potentially sitting in traffic. Unfortunately with time ticking on summer it seems as if RTA and/or the city won't capitalize on a prime opportunity to showcase the convenience of the WFL, shame.

City of Cleveland Facebook noted today that the parking bans are to avoid obstructions to police, fire and medical vehicles and regular traffic flow. From the Cleveland.com article: "In a notice Thursday reminding people of the ban, the city advises them to park in a paid lot or take public transportation to avoid parking problems." (emphasis mine) Not a good look to encourage users to take public transportation when the rail line that goes right to this hotspot is shut down after 7PM. The ban is ridiculous, it seems like these parking companies got into their back pockets because basically all of the parking bans exist on the free meters. I was downtown in the flats again yesterday and the police just were over the top with the parking enforcements. I began thinking, even though Downtown is the hot place to go right now, especially the flats east bank, if the city doesn't get rid of these ridiculous bans they could see a steady decline. Although downtown is growing with residents, the suburban resident is still the largest visitor to the city. The area based on population is heavily suburban, and the suburbs offer a nice variety of late night hang out spots for residents. If they feel it's too much of a hassle visit downtown due to parking restrictions, you'll begin to see neighborhoods that are just gaining their footing like FEB begin to either steadily decline or become stagnant at best. If anything, if the city is going to control the parking the way they do the least they can do is work with RTA to help the WFL run late Friday and Saturday nights. Side note: I TRIED to go to Margaritaville yesterday. I didn't get past ordering water, the place was a little too overpriced and WAY too obnoxious for my taste. Clearly a tourist attraction. That live music needs to go or their mics need to be dramatically lowered I shouldn't have to shout or lean in for the person in front of me to hear me. Shame.

Columbus-based fast-casual chain BIBIBOP offering free food at Cleveland grand opening CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland's bustling Uptown district will soon add another fast-casual eatery. Columbus-based chain,BIBIBOP Asian Grill, is slated to open Monday, July 31, at 11431 Euclid Ave. According to their Facebook page, they'll be offering a free meal to customers on their grand opening day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's not the only expansion into the Northeast Ohio market. A second BIBIBOP location is expected in Orange's Pinecrest development in 2018. http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/columbus-based_fast-casual_cha.html

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Anyone know the progress of any of these town-homes?

Wow I guess I was remembering wrong oh well.

Glad to see Stark at least has The Beacon included in that model. :) Is that building shorter than the BP building now?

Yeah your avatar is the same image that I posted earlier. Well this is annoying. I guess flickr is the new place to go.

Those sound like the Bleacher report trade proposals, I've seen on Twitter that that's actually a proposal for Minny (supposedly).

This is all I see....

To be fair the Cavs had a trade in place before the draft with the Pacers and Nuggets to send PG13 to the Cavs. The Pacers pulled out of that deal. So we almost did have PG-13, apparently (according to reports) Kyrie wasn't happy about that as well as the trade rumors to the Bulls for Butler. Side Note: The best trade proposal I've heard was Wiggins and Dieng for Kyrie, that could be great for the Cavs if they can get Wiggins to re-commit to playing defense.

Unfortunately empirical evidence would support this, as well as prior concerns voiced by simplythis... Eyeballing the FEB structure indicates many unoccupied units with large white shades pulled. I can understand noise being an issue, especially with the crowds and nearby boats and trains, but I hadn't heard of a management problem... This being the case, I'm wondering if revising Phase III wouldn't be prudent to include more retail -- clothing shops, other retail (retail is sorely lacking in FEB -- and the rest of downtown, for that matter) and perhaps a movie theatre -- in a low rise - say 2 or 3 story building with parking above; but have it built like 515 so that apartments can be built on top of it as the future market allows. Having a theater that can rival that of valley view's down there would be great. It is such a large theater as well. I do think some sort of retail needs to be down there to extend the draw of the FEB into the day as well. During the day every time I visit it is pretty empty.

I was down in the flats this past Saturday and the place was complete GRIDLOCKED. Stop and go traffic, horns blasting, parking lots were SLAMMED. The sidewalks were packed as well. Margaritaville had to lock their doors because they were filled to capacity. It got me to thinking about Phase 3. MY thoughts were, if they were to build on that parking lot across from the apartments then something dramatic needs to change on the end of RTA with the Waterfront line or the City when it comes to these no parking police orders. That crowd was so gridlocked that only a fool would think that the waterfront line would not be jam packed. When it comes to the police orders that say no parking from Friday-Saturday 8PM-4AM at perfectly good meters can anyone explain to me why those are there? There was a ton of parking that had to be passed up on because of this nonsense, aiding in the craziness. Also having more restaurants or establishments down there that didn't close at 11 or 12 on a SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE SUMMER would be great for the neighborhood. Me and my fiancé had to leave because we couldn't get in anywhere before the place closed.

I saw steel already up when riding past a couple of days ago right between phase 1 and the parking garage.

AEG takes over historic Agora Theatre on Friday CLEVELAND, Ohio - The long-rumored takeover of the historic Agora Theatre and Ballroom by concert giant AEG Presents is now a fact. Zitterbart will remain with the facility, which has a theater capacity of 2,100 and a ballroom capacity of 600, as an employee of AEG, which is adding the Agora to the more than 60 venues it owns or operates nationwide. Neither Trell nor Zitterbart would reveal the financial terms of the deal, but plans are to renovate the historic theater originally run by Agora founder Henry LoConti Sr. - including upgrades of the building itself as well as its HVAC and acoustic design, sound and lighting systems. However, Trell did say that AEG plans repairs and renovations that will reach into the "seven figures'' in upgrading the venerable structure, which began life in 1913 as the Metropolitan Theatre opera house and also served for a period as a home for vaudeville and burlesque. http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/aeg_takes_over_operation_of_hi.html#incart_m-rpt-1