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The abatement was meant to encourage proper renovations of old houses. That means to the studs with new insulation and windows. And with walls opened up people typically redo wiring and water as well. Nobody flipping houses will be interested in the cost involved since it's not really what "flippers" do.

I'm hoping this building can be moved and renovated, even if they have to move it off of Euclid. The fact it's one of the last remaining buildings makes it worthy of restoration.

I like the dark gray. I think if the ground floor was done with light concrete or stone panels it would have given a nice contrast to the rest of the building. Looks good though either way.

Steel beams are stronger than wood. Those are probably needed to carry the load of the floors above laterally to the nearest vertical column. Ideally you want the vertical columns from each floor to line up from the top floor all the way to the foundation. If they are offset as in your picture, the horizontal beam must be strong enough to carry the weight to the nearest two columns. I'm guessing that steel beam will carry the load of the 6 floors above it so it has to be big.

The design of the new building looks good. But the site plan changes are stupid and weaken the entire thing. New buildings should be designed to stand on their own merit.

Really? It's exactly what I expected. Some nice soundbites about economy and population growth, with a bunch of unrealistic expectations that set the stage for them to oppose it later. For example:

There's a shocker. People choose the mode of transportation that we've poured a ton of money into over the last couple generations, over a non-existent rail line. Why would the average person advocate for alternative modes of transportation when cars are all they know (and all we fund)? Besides that, I think you've confused the cause and effect of roadbuilding. We don't add lanes because people want it. We add lanes to get people to want it.

And widening route 2 in Lake County. And widening I-90 innerbelt bridge (now 2 bridges). And widening the 480 bridges (now 3 bridges). And the Opportunity Corridor. And the proposal for widening 77 between 80 and Fairlawn.

To the point above how we all look at these projects differently: If I were the next-door neighbor I'd rather the building be pushed right up to the sidewalk so it'd put a bigger buffer between my house and the apartment building.

The Allen Sullivan house and most of the site is up for demolition on the CPC agenda for Friday morning. https://planning.clevelandohio.gov/designreview/drcagenda/2021/PDF/CPC-Agenda-WebEx-meeting-020521.pdf 3. EC2021-001 – Proposed Demolition of a 3-Story Former Commercial Building and attached warehouse building: Seeking Final Approval per §341.08 of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances Project Address: 7218 Euclid Avenue aka PPN 118-15-006 Project Representatives: John Wagner, City Architecture Aaron Brooker, Signet Real Estate Group 4. EC2021-001 – Proposed Demolition of a 1-Story Warehouse Building: Seeking Final Approval per §341.08 of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances Project Parcel Number: 118-15-029 Project Representatives: John Wagner, City Architecture Aaron Brooker, Signet Real Estate Group 5. EC2021-001 – Proposed Demolition of a 1-Story Warehouse Building with Penthouse Addition: Seeking Final Approval per §341.08 of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances Project Parcel Number: 118-15-007 Project Representatives: John Wagner, City Architecture Aaron Brooker, Signet Real Estate Group 6. EC2021-001 – Proposed Demolition of a 1-Story Warehouse Building with attached Office Area: Seeking Final Approval per §341.08 of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances Project Parcel Numbers: 118-15-014, - 013, & -030 Project Representatives: John Wagner, City Architecture Aaron Brooker, Signet Real Estate Group 7. EC2021-002 – Midtown Housing Development New Construction: Seeking Schematic Design Approval Project Address: 7218 Euclid Avenue Project Representatives: John Wagner, City Architecture Aaron Brooker, Signet Real Estate Group

That bridge was completely rebuilt a few years ago. It was widened and has a proper sidewalk now. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4893977,-81.6856764,3a,75y,22.16h,75.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sorjsMHV9BSFyL6DQHiEVDg!2e0!5s20190901T000000!7i16384!8i8192

That's great news. A second route in/out of the Stones Levee area will be crucial. And like YO said, get the Eagle Ave bridge working next.

As for property taxes, the rates have been creeping up for years. And assessed values are starting to catch up to actual sales prices causing, in some cases, large jumps in tax amount.

Of course they did.

Definitely good news. Rocket has a decent sized IT group. Hope those jobs include something other than sales and mortgage support staff.

Looks great. Here's a direct link https://www.cleveland.com/community/2021/01/rising-to-the-occasion-van-aken-district-developers-seek-more-skyline-with-proposed-17-story-apartment-complex.html

The city planning commission has denied projects that failed to get certificate of appropriateness from landmarks. They'd get a chance to review if any of the parcels are in a designated historic district, like the Warehouse District. Though I imagine somebody like Sherwin Williams would get considerable leeway compared to somebody building a house in Ohio City.

It's also possible they didn't like what saw from the soil analysis and the associated costs for a skyscraper. Have to wait and see. I think we're all hoping for something 600+ft.

That's indescribably ugly. Thanks for the posting the pics though. Definitely a quirky project.

I had several heart attacks during that game. Good job for hanging on.

I recently found out Starset is from Columbus. Awesome band. Alternative/hard rock band with heavy dose of electronic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starset Some tracks from a couple of their albums. Their first album was good, but a little derivative from pop-hard rock from the aughts. The second and third albums were fantastic. Album / Track Transmissions (2014) / Halo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01BsH0p_T8c Vessels (2016) / Satellite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCbdQNGBw9E Vessels (2016) / Monster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqmjBSurfWY Divisions (2019) / Trials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dG9pXeOgT0 Divisions (2019) / Manifest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPofvnz5lDI

The project sits in an urban form overlay district, so the parking requirements are lower than normally required. As designed they won't need a parking variance. The landmark commission still questioned if they had enough for the hotel component. Not sure their concern really matters if the developer meets the zoning minimums.

Interesting find. The taller building on the left is about 42-43 stories. The one on the right is about 30 floors, with seemingly shorter floor heights.

^ Regarding the parking, one of the commission members did mention the transit access at this corner being a justification for the lack of parking. As for the rest of your points, couldn't agree more. New buildings should stand on their own, not defer to their neighbors, and more importantly look like it belongs in a city. That usually means being built up to the sidewalk with a strong street presence.

^ Here's the first quarter of the article.