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http://static1.squarespace.com/static/55196ec5e4b0dfcc47c5e87c/t/5554e8cae4b035d4a495e7b1/1431627978021/flats_cs.pdf this document on Fairmount site right now shows Pizza Rock. Another there does not.

Still haven't seen any proposed opening timing for the Beachwood Place expansion. Fall 2016?

Notable police presence last night dinner time in FEB by Alley Cat and FWD..

Per liquor license info: "Tavern of Little Italy" recently received liquor license for that address.. But, do they already exist in space or opening new place: Here is more info: http://nl-nl.vi-vn.fb.me/TavernOfLittleItaly/posts/336159579926450

Chick-Fil-A stores are franchised via owner/operator, so if they are leaving, they either close up their biz for good or (more likely?) move down Cedar or Mayfield, etc.. and build a free standing store. Nearest stores at 271/Harvard in (technically) Warrensville Heights and 91/Euclid in Willoughby. A new freestanding store will cost a ton more than mall rent but offers longer hours, better visibility and drive-thru. Hope mall has a real plan with these high rents and pushing out retailers, if true, as to observers the empty spots and turnover give a "mall is struggling" impression.

Full scale movie theater already planned for phase 3...

Toby Keith's is an 18,000+ square foot space.... That is 3 or 4 good-sized restaurants' worth of space. My first thoughts (and still not enough to fill the space as one tenant) would be destination restaurants like Margaritaville, Dinosaur Bar-b-que or the Ohio's own Montgomery Inn.

A Jonathon Sawyer article in this week's Crain's notes that downtown's Noodlecat will be transitioning to a quick-service choose your own ingredients/make your own bowl type of place. Will now close at 8 pm. Hmmmmm...

Pacsun opened in the last week or so. Finish Line next to it remodeled and took more space. Tommy Bahama "Opening Holiday 2015" sign now up across from Kate Spade.

The original Ruth's Chris at Eton closed at the time of the Eton expansion 11-12 years ago... when Eton allowed another steakhouse (Fleming's) to build in the center .. Rumor was the Fleming's building was detached from the rest of strip, including Rith's Chris, to get by a clause that said no competing steakhouses in the center. As for cost, I think all the big steakhouses have similar $40s/$50s a la carte steaks...

Think of Container Store as if it were a new downtown apartment building built without attached parking. Imagine the excitement on the board... (And Container and West Elm WERE confimed as signed in another Pinecrest PD article today, which indrectly confirmed a 45,000 sf Whole Foods there.)

I moved to Cleveland, in the late 90s, from Milwaukee (5 years there).... Cleveland has many advantages - but the one glaring difference between the two cities' downtowns is how fantastic and reachable Milwaukee's lakefront is versus how totally user unfriendly/just plain awful Cleveland's is. In MKE, there are several miles of public access, trails, etc... above/below/in downtown.. - directly accessible via a slow-speed lakefront boulevard, in parts, with expensive condo highrises towering over a bluff above the lakefront, immediately adjacent to/in downtown. The Milwaukee Art Museum (Calatrava-designed - with moveable parts that look like a giant sail) sits right there on the lake, Plus, there are lakefront festival grounds that draw millions of visitors each Summer (including about 1MM during the annual Summerfest - which is like every upcoming event at Blossom, Nautica, House of Blues and all other local music venues rolled into one 10 or so day period, all in one place. Incredible.) The funky neighborhoods directly to the north (you have picture of wonderful Brady Street) blend almost directly into downtown - with Coventry/Lakewood/Gordon Square type retail/restaurant vibes - and housing options from mansion to studio apartments and lots of nice little houses, in between. The downtown/lakefront is the thing I miss most about Milwaukee. St Louis is pretty great, too... But so is CLE

Local is great... But some of the chains noted would be much more likely to draw a crowd/be a destination, especially among visitors. Perhaps a mix of tenants would suit all parties.

Based on info found on FEB site, it appears this pizza restaurant (from Las Vegas/Sacramento) I don't think has previously been announced is coming: http://pizzarock.com/ http://flatseast.com/dining/

Crocker Park and west side are more than capable of supporting many/most/all of the stores exclusive to/coming to the east side... Retailers play the averages, though... That points east for these types of retailers for store #1 in area. As for driving across town for a retailer, we all have our preferences and our tolerances. After years of driving 45-60 mins one way for work, amd living in larger, more spread out metros where nothing is close, I think nothing of driving 50 minutes west to Crocker to check on a size or a color I can't find on the east side 12 minutes from my house (or 40 mins to Fairlawn, etc..). Am probably at Crocker (especially with a less picked over Nordstrom Rack) every 4-5 weeks. I also understand NOT driving far to shop. Know many who feel that way. To each his/her own.

2010 Census shows 7 of top 10 highest per capita incomes in Ohio were eastern suburbs.. 1- Hunting Valley, 3 Kirtland Hills, 5 Gates Mills, w/Bratenahl, Bentleyville, Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike also in top 10. Orange and Chagrin top 25. Shaker, South Russell, Beachwood, Bainbridge in top 40 (east), as were Hudson (loosely east... Just 20 mins from Pinecrest). Outside eastern, Brecksville, Westlake and Bay Village rank 40/42/50. Another list shows Moreland and Pepper as top 100 per capita income places in US 2010 Census (with 1000+ households... Hunting doesn't qualify...)

Demographics shown in Pinecrest brochure list $144,000 avg income in 1 mile radius, $117K in 3... and $85K in 5 miles... (and that's likely brought way down by very modest burbs to the southwest of location). Those $ are significant vs the norm. Hunting Valley and Moreland Hills have made Top 10 richest/similar in country (based on whatever factors... Income... Avg home sale, etx...) on different such lists in recent years. And 10+ of the top 25 richest communities in Ohio werw within about 15-20 mins of this site based on recent info ai saw. Northern VA it's not... but still meaningful...

The shopping centers you note run the gamut from low end strip center dollar stores to high end department store. Different customers, not all of these compet... though in most major metros the tenants at Eton, Beachwood, Legacy, Pinecrest would be combined into 1 or 2 shopoing centers, not 4. No space here... Declining/stagnant population or not, NEO remains the largest market without many of the new retailers coming to Pinecrest (so it's overdue for them to come)... and there are still a sizeable 3.5MM or so residents within an hour drive...

Based on earlier comments from the developer, I believe a grocery other than Whole Foods was in their originally hinted plans. I seem to recall wording about prospective retailers that was almost verbatim off the Fresh Thyme market website... That retailer now opening at Golden Gate. As for Whole Foods Woodmere store (former Wild Oats)... we used to drive past this store to go to bigger/better University Heights store, but selection has improved and store has gotten far busier. A new larger (+10K-15K sq ft) & grander store, however, is likely and welcomed.

The updated Pinecrest website has some as yet unannounced new info in its pages and in a recently updated brochure... - plus multiple main street renderings... http://fairmountproperties.com/pinecrest REI is now confirmed as having a signed lease... Container Store, West Elm, Kona Grill and Firebirds restaurants are all officially mentioned/shown for the first time (some with letter or intent, some as "proposed")... and a new Whole Foods (which would move from just down the street) has appeared in this version of their brochure! Other potential tenants appear to be Flip Side and sister 3 Palms Pizzeria. Silverspot Cinemas, Pinstripes and Old Town Pour House - all mentioned in the past as committing - round out the current lineup.

And 1.5 years after voter approval and about 4 months since any news, the now-smaller 40,000 sq ft (once nearly 80,000 sq ft... and now seemingly without restaurant outlots) Beachwood Place expansion plans apparently go for final approval tonight before Beachwood Planning Commission...

Probably none, right? Because to do so would be absolutely foolish. However, since we have four separate municipalities chasing scarce retail tax revenue, we end up with a duplication of stupidity. None I can think of.. Plenty of cities have 2 adjacent or nearby major/upacale shopping centers... But not 3 or 4.. And 3 nearby lifestyle centers? Few have 3 total, let alone 3 nearby and a 4th across town. If anything, CLE didn't have the available land in the eastern suburbs to build just one major shopping center to complement Beachwood Place. Chagrin Highlands/Harvard/271 may have been a great spot, but grander corporate HQ visions and restrictions on retail size = a no go. Legacy and Eton are space restricted.. Pinecrest is tearing down to build.. Each combined is less powerful a regional draw for tenants and consumers than one big center would likely be. (And is there even an equivalent to the strip-center-with-a-Tiffany oddness of Eton, anywhere?) And remember when Solon had plans for 2 new lifestyle centers of its own?

The big, annual retail leasing convention was held in Las Vegas last week... (this likely would have been the official coming out party for nuCLEus, too..) so wouldn't be surprised to start hearing some firmer leasing news for various centers in the coming weeks... .

My friend works in the Beachwood Mall and they send out notices to all of the stores showing which stores will be closing, moving, etc. Word is that the mall has actually been forcing a lot of the recently closed stores out by not renewing their leases. I'm hoping they have some big plans in mind? The sheer number of recent Beachwood Place store closings, coupled with some long term vacancies in the Saks wing, their known expansion plans on that side of mall, and the increasing competition among BP, Legacy, Eton and Pinecrest. would either seem to spell the end of Beachwood Place as the premier regional mall, or a more orchestrated plan to rid the center of certain tenants, open up key spaces and add in some key retailers. I believe in the latter... However, as most Beachwood Place type tenants are already in the market or coming, they either have to be moving up a step (Burberry, etc...) or down a step (think Great Northern or SouthPark teen shops) with the next additions. With that said, what other major metro has FOUR (or even three) upscale suburban shopping centers of this type such close proximity... 5-10 minutes apart?

New tenants noted on the latest Crocker Park leasing brochure including the already announced Sur la Table - plus lululemon, Teavana, Michael Kors and 3 Palms Pizzeria (Shawn Monday's restaurant currently in Hudson and soon-to-be Pinecrest)