McLovin

I'm guessing you don't care for this store either

I think it is just basketball gear but my point o fbeing ok with this is that a national retailer is interested in coming to Tower City for one which is a step in the right direction.....No one in the Cleveland area has this store which to me seems like Forest City understands this concept of attracting stores of a different name...and finally if this national retailer is coming what makes you think others aren't about to follow suit especially if house of hoops succeeds this is just the beginning of the re-build I can think of off the top of my head 3 large spaces that sit empty which would entice large national retailers to come you have to start small then build your way up sometimes (Mid level retailers to High End) this creates a diverse crowd we just have to look at the Bright Spot in this at least it's not another dollar store or mom and pop store

No the Book Store was Borders and since they went out of business the bookstore closed...the closet bookstore is University Bookstore down Euclid by CSU EDIT: For people who aren't really familiar with House of Hoops it's a store that sells things along the lines of things sold at Foot Locker but the shoes they carry are not carried at the Foot Locker Store and Branch stores (Champs, Footaction, Lady/Kids Footlocker) so they carry more "exclusive" styled shoes and athletic products....Not a high end retailer but not at the bottom either basically would be what Tower City needs because its only Ohio store is in Columbus as mentioned earlier

Yes so this satisfies what people on this forum has been talking about as far as a unique store in this area so maybe Forest City does know what they are doing.....I also believe I know where the store would go....(It's an empty store which I think used to be the WB store and it sits right next to Foot Locker it makes sense since foot locker owns it) also it's a large store one of the largest in the mall (That may be the store one of the posters was talking about when he said a store inquired about Tower City Financial Reports)

Not that this is a high end retailer but it is a national retailer that no mall in the Cleveland area has..... I was speaking with someone with connections with Foot Locker and he was telling me that the Foot Locker branch store House of Hoops will be opening a store in Tower City the opening day is supposed to be in March along with the casino grand opening but since the garage collapsed they may hold off the opening until the fall. It's not Gucci or Versace but it's a step in the right direction and is a national chain that is unique to this area (Only store in Ohio is in Columbus) Good News In My Opinion 8-)

Hopefully someone can post a story soon announcing a couple of top retailers coming to Tower City instead of arguing about rental rates

So is the Aquarium for Phase 2 off of the table or no?

FORGET THE AQUARIUM IN THE POWERHOUSE THAT ONE IS WAAAAAY BETTER!! GET IT BUILT!! LOL 8-)

What is Cleveland's beef with Superior? Superior is one of the most run down streets in Cleveland and one of the longest (Not a good mix) but no projects get done on superior just look at the corner of 110th and Superior it has an abandoned gas station on one side, a restaurant that has been closed for 20+ years and empty lots it's a shame while St.Clair gets all of the street renovations and apparently a new investment its to lopsided for my liking http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.488006,-81.711786&spn=0.002102,0.004367&t=h&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=41.487971,-81.711907&panoid=9uwwPfWveBsOqJ-cMONuag&cbp=12,196.29,,0,-5.75&z=18 http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.488006,-81.711786&spn=0.002102,0.004367&t=h&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=41.487971,-81.711907&panoid=9uwwPfWveBsOqJ-cMONuag&cbp=12,196.29,,0,-5.75&z=18

If Tower City can re-create this level of interest or even something close I will be ecstatic! Even though that may be wishful thinking its still possible...But Cleveland needs these store back in the mall especially stores like the Disney Store, and the WB store it creates something that you won't find often at other malls......Here's hoping!!! :-D

Seeing how they just reported another loss and has sold a couple of properties to Rock Caesars, and they have been cutting The Avenue Mall hours steadily for the past couple of years, and they also haven't renovated the aging movie theater...I would say The Avenue mall is a yearly loss to them

Well maybe your high rolling friends will be able to shop at high roller stores if all of this talk about J.Crew, Banana Republic/Gap , and one year leases is true

I saw that to hopefully that's apart of the design!! lol 8-)

:shoot: That is not an attractive design....maybe it will look better in person :?

Maybe we should both keep our final opinions until a better rendering is released that shows truly how the building will look

The health center rendering looks great and fits in well with the surrounding area

Honestly even though I said we need high end retail for Casino goers....downtown shopping ANYWHERE needs to be upscale for everybody it's just how it's supposed to be

Yes I know they left but since the Casino and medical mart is coming there should be renewed interest in this space because high rollers will be there so Forest City should be pushing high end retailers a lot and also could add the downtown residency boom as an incentive (which was missing in the 90's)

So do you think this will happen? Yes. The casino fills the anchor-tenant void, drawing enough general traffic to make smaller stores viable. Well Tower City needs to stop letting these low-end stores who takes up huge spaces (Dollar Store, Corner Store, K-Line Rainbow and Rainbow kids) re-sign leases and let the middle to high end retail step into these spaces so they can keep momentum going....

I'm gonna guess Rainbow 8-)

See now you've got me excited :-D :clap: lol.....but I know for sure that the area by the shoe dept. and Revol has one HUGE space available which once was a barbershop not prime space but still pretty big, and also by the K-line store their is a pretty large space where the WB store once was....God I hope this is all true and those high end stores move in because Tower City needs it even middle range stores like American Eagle, and Ambrocrombie and Finch would be great better than corner stores, dollar store and the Rainbow.

Since they have nothing to put in the old Ameritrust building they could put all of the County Departments in there.....would save money

So do you think this will happen?

Why can't they expand up someone on here said that one of the towers is expandable

So since Rock Caesars is opening a casino in the Higbee building bought 250 Huron from Forest City, and I've heard they are trying to buy the Renaissance hotel is it to far out for me to assume the will but the Avenue from Forest City (the mall)? Doing this would make sense because it seems like Forest City is having a Tower City fire sale, they aren't trying to upgrade the stores (they just opened a tax service in the mall :x) so my thinking is Rock Caesars will buy the Avenue and put stores in that will appeal to the high rollers for the Casino (Barneys, Gucci, Banana Republic, basically the Tower City of the 90's) am I crazy to think this?