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Ugggh unfortunately your dream scenario crushed my dreams haha....but hopefully those spaces come back but if only one comes back I believe it would be gap. I say that because it seems more likely to succeed with the demographic of people who live downtown now over the other two. (Just my opinion.) Also they would have to find a new space because the store Villa is in their space and is doing well. They could remove the dollar store and move them there though. If banana republic wanted to move to its old space they would have to settle to move next door because the store Next moved in and cut the space in half. If the city room space next door to Next is identical to each other then its still a nice sized space for a banana republic. The old Lane Bryant space isn't an option either because the "Go Games" woman who comes to TC during holiday season is holding the lease hostage and has control of the space even though she is temporary. I don't know if those three potential stores (J.Crew,Gap,BR) would be willing to accept a spot at the back of the mall. Having a casino right there though can change a lot of things as far as location though. We will see.

Rainbow workers told me they were leaving, Manhattan is havin a 50-70% off sale on all Merchandise which City Leather had before they left (they also never posted a closing soon sign but they are gone) and Dario Fashion group rumor I heard from security along with Manhattan and they must be notified of stores that are opening and closing to prepare for it. YOU ALSO NEVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION!!!! lol I believe Dario is in the space that was previously Charlotte Russe, but diddnt someone claim the CR was coming back to Tower City to that very space (McCleve maybe)? I thought the Manhattan place was the old Charlotte Russe and he's supposed to be leaving so that would still leave the possibility of it coming back to its old place. The Dario space seems VERY small to hold a Charlotte Russe though

For Star at PlayhouseSquare, it will soon be curtains: Restaurant Row CLEVELAND, Ohio -- PlayhouseSquare will lose a popular dining spot later this month. After the final performance of "Mamma Mia" on Sunday, July 22, the curtain will also fall on Star at PlayhouseSquare. After more than a decade of service, Star will close to make way for a new restaurant concept, but under new management, said co-owner Gary Lucarelli in a written statement. The restaurateur added that he had previously lost leases on theater restaurant properties -- including the popular Sweetwater Cafe, a landmark at East 14th Street and Euclid Avenue, and Stages at the old Cleveland Playhouse -- and won't open another restaurant downtown."I'm done with theater [locations]," said Lucarelli. "We still have Players on Madison, [sweetwater's] Café Sausalito in the Galleria and Sweetwater Landing in the Metroparks. Besides, I'm 68 years old, and it's time to look at other parts of my life." http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2012/07/for_stars_at_playhouse_square.html

Rainbow workers told me they were leaving, Manhattan is havin a 50-70% off sale on all Merchandise which City Leather had before they left (they also never posted a closing soon sign but they are gone) and Dario Fashion group rumor I heard from security along with Manhattan and they must be notified of stores that are opening and closing to prepare for it. YOU ALSO NEVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION!!!! lol

So they are definitely coming back or are these dream scenarios? Also YES!!!! I wish Cleveland had street front clothing stores the streets would (hopefully) BOOM!

Correct they are now thinking of converting and expanding the Footlocker space into a House of Hoops which would be an upgrade seeing as there is only one in the state (Columbus). We will see though

The house of hoops moving in hit a snag when they couldn't find a large enough space to their specifications, which makes me wonder was closing the K-line and Dough Ray Me apart of a plan to finally move them in.

I have a feeling nothing concrete is planned to move in TC/FC is just leaving spots open for prospective stores because they are clearing the large spaces. There was a guy from best buy scouting space for a best buy mobile but I haven't heard anything since, maybe they are moving in

Did I mention Manhattan on the second floor is supposed to be leaving as well?

Dario fashion group is next on the chopping block

The sign is not that bad its a lot better than K-Lines old sign I agree but it is covering something better though IMO. Fair enough but all footlocker signs stand out with the bold letters that big so they needed a structure strong enough to support it and that's the one they picked

The sign is not that bad its a lot better than K-Lines old sign

A girl who works at the store Rainbow on the 2nd floor told me today that their last day is July 14th....so there is another opening A guy who works at TC told me he has heard rumors that FC is thinking of using the old K-Line space for the old Christmas thing they do every year at the back of the mall since the Casino took the space they used

Rumors about what?

Well true idk why TC cut hours anyway it's not like they close the entire complex at 7 the lights are still on as well as other things. For example in my store we have our own lights that we pay for but TC also has their own set of lights that run 24/7 so the expenses are still there; why not run then for an extra couple of hours to make more money from it to offset costs? It's especially bad when downtown has large amounts of tourists that come in the mall at 7-7:30 looking to spend money but leave disappointed when we tell them the mall is closed. That is a nice amount of money lost because you don't want to stay open, and this happens constantly when tourists are here huge groups cant spend their money its kind of discouraging. Exactly. The money you save by closing early is received in exchange for permanently alienating the market. That is a bad deal every single time. Forest City doesn't see it this way though and it's a shame because there is a major opportunity to capitalize on this traffic and they have no real interest in doing it (at least right now) which is a shame really I'd like to know how you can say that with 100% certainty? Do you know their marketing, sales plans and money allocated for marketing, sales and advertising? I don't but from what I see since I work here everyday and receive their letters they send to the stores nothing is really changing and I said at least for right now in my post before so I didn't say they won't do it in the future. Their marketing though is lackluster at best because as I said before No one knew about their extended hours because they didn't advertise it they also don't try to advertise their remaining stores in the paper or on TV anymore and it's bad... .I work at the Lids store down here and soooo many people didnt know one was down here and we've been here since '97. I'm not saying its entirely FC's fault but they aren't doing their lions share to promote the remaining national stores they have. Maybe they could at least take from there "it's on the avenue" ads from the past and run an ad saying "it's STILL on the avenue" showing their last remaining stores that are popular to try to spark interest..

It's now painted black yay :/

Well true idk why TC cut hours anyway it's not like they close the entire complex at 7 the lights are still on as well as other things. For example in my store we have our own lights that we pay for but TC also has their own set of lights that run 24/7 so the expenses are still there; why not run then for an extra couple of hours to make more money from it to offset costs? It's especially bad when downtown has large amounts of tourists that come in the mall at 7-7:30 looking to spend money but leave disappointed when we tell them the mall is closed. That is a nice amount of money lost because you don't want to stay open, and this happens constantly when tourists are here huge groups cant spend their money its kind of discouraging. Exactly. The money you save by closing early is received in exchange for permanently alienating the market. That is a bad deal every single time. Forest City doesn't see it this way though and it's a shame because there is a major opportunity to capitalize on this traffic and they have no real interest in doing it (at least right now) which is a shame really

11-7 and around the casino opening stores had the option of staying open until 9 but like I said some stores stay open at 10 and close at 8...also that was quite a lineup of stores when it opened but I don't feel downtown was ready for such a high end lineup I feel as if those stores had opened now with the downtown resurgence and higher downtown pop. that the stores would have been better off. Hard to say. The more upscale stores likely not, since their target population now lives further from the center city than they did when Tower City initially opened, and the majority of the "new" downtown population doesnt really fit their demographic, but the mid-range stores may be a different story based on the demographics of this population. No doubt the numbers/demographic information that they collect of the typical casino patron will play into this as well. Hey mid-range stores would be a big upgrade over what is there now...(they have a DOLLAR STORE in the middle of the main corridor and is one of the larger spaces) so if they could attract them I'll take it

Also forest city said there is a noticeable amount of increased traffic at TC why not at least extend hours to 10-8 at least to capitalize on it. Then they can continue to do their demographic check to attract more stores while making more money with increased hours. The least they can do is a trial with those hours to see if it works. The problem though when the stores had increased hours as an option was NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT!! So the increased hours were burning holes in the stores pockets because word hadn't gotten out about the increased hours and people were used to the 7 o'clock closing time. FC really needs to work on major advertising again whenever something like this happens or when a store opens so people know about it.

Well true idk why TC cut hours anyway it's not like they close the entire complex at 7 the lights are still on as well as other things. For example in my store we have our own lights that we pay for but TC also has their own set of lights that run 24/7 so the expenses are still there; why not run then for an extra couple of hours to make more money from it to offset costs? It's especially bad when downtown has large amounts of tourists that come in the mall at 7-7:30 looking to spend money but leave disappointed when we tell them the mall is closed. That is a nice amount of money lost because you don't want to stay open, and this happens constantly when tourists are here huge groups cant spend their money its kind of discouraging.

Nobody wants Cleveland to have fabulous stores more than me, but with a downtown resurgence, I'm NOW not so sure I want them to be housed at TC. I say this all the time when I'm at work...more specifically I say put all the popular nationally known stores left in TC (Lids, Victoria Secret, Brooks Brothers etc.) on Euclid and go from there. Then re-do TC into something else that won't have that beautiful space gone to waste...

11-7 and around the casino opening stores had the option of staying open until 9 but like I said some stores stay open at 10 and close at 8...also that was quite a lineup of stores when it opened but I don't feel downtown was ready for such a high end lineup I feel as if those stores had opened now with the downtown resurgence and higher downtown pop. that the stores would have been better off.

So what is the update with this? What are the hours of the stores and places to eat in and around TC? I've been to the casino a bunch of times since it opened and the food places in the casino close around 2am, so if your hungry after that you have to leave. I went to jakes once and had a sandwich, which was good, but id like more options. Well technically the hours are back to normal now (11-7) but some stores now operate from (10-8..) and on Saturday's some restaurants are open till 9.

Draping Tower City with American Flags

Every time I see a story I like, it's her. I disagree with this person's post. But if they'd only posted the second paragraph, I could at least respect them while disagreeing. That bit of sugar on top-- the part about I'm laughing hysterically at you-- is what makes them contemptible. Even if you're 8 years old talking like that, you're still a jerk. And this jerk is probably 35. I'm just wondering how Nashville beat Cleveland to the punch when #1 our MM is opening first and #2 Nashville's MM is constantly in flux.