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The challenge is that these stores are already in suburban locations - close to customers and with free parking. There are not enough downtown residents to support.. and they need to draw on weekends, too, when office workers are home. I can surely see restaurants of the type noted being targeted by Stark for the Gateway project, just announced, but TC will be a tough sell, I fear.

So if United claimed 7x/week didn't work - so dropped CLE-PHX - how do 3 other airlines think the route - and 17x/week - will work? Or should we believe - as many do - that CLE was working just fine for UAL - and this flight was just one of the sacrifices?

A manager at Heinens's apparently confirmed today that Heinen's has signed a letter of intent to take over the recently vacated, smallish (28K) former Giant Eagle space in downtown Chagrin Falls. The thought is it would become their "Village Market" concept, as in Hudson (the perfect grocery store in size and fresh/gourmet offerings). So, if true, this is an interesting move on the part of Heinen's, which had basically said there were no more growth opportunities in CLE... and especially interesting given that two large Heinen's stores are located 5 and 10 minutes away already, at 306/Washington and Lander Circle. If true, will likely cannibalize some existing Heinen's biz at the nearby stores, but would seem to be a wise strategic move to stave off another retailer like Fresh Market from establsing an east suburban foothold and taking biz from Heinen's Hopefully, true, as I live about 1/4 mile up Main Street, and this is welcome news.

MD88PILOT: so you say CLE has 275 passengers a day to Europe and obviously no Europe non stops and perhaps would need 50,a day to pay premium fares to make it worthwhile to an airline to have one. So what does that say about a market like AUS, SLC, PIT or perhaps another market that has just 1-2 Euro non stops (PDX?)..., How do they look in same indicators that make them nonstop worthy or can they be compared? Oh, and does CMH stand a chance for a BA nonstop as rumored or is that just talk?

MTS - but on some level the number of O/D and premium fare passengers should seemingly have some correlation with the population - as population = potential travelers (though it appears not to).. Population matters in so many other areas of life - like professional sports teams - or retail - etc... why does it not matter the same way with airports? Whether it is lower incomes of our populace, fewer HQs, relative lack of tourists, proximity to other airports or short enough drive times to east coast and Midwest destinations, it's just continually discouraging to see metros approx. the same size as metro CLE/NEO have big-time airports with 3x-5X the passengers and flights (DEN, MSP, etc...)- while metros with perhaps half the population (AUS, BNA, SLC, PDX) have the same service or significantly more than we do. Are those metros overachieving or is CLE/NEO vastly underachieving...? PIT and STL seem in the same boat as NEO based on market size... AUS has no major league sports teams - not big enough... but they have a non-stop to Europe and as many airport passengers as our 3-sport town...

The 9 will have the Streetcar Deli (or whatever...)

Sign up this morning on construction fence of the Stark-owned demolished Blockbuster building at Chagrin and Brainard, just west of Eton and Alson, saying "Now Leasing prime corner of the Chagrin Boulevard retail, dining and shopping district..." No mention of "Eton" even though it is the continuation.. Graphic is drawing of shoppers on a Crocker-like street... May simply be stock image rather than rendering... Also, I have seen Bonefish and Carabba's zoming plans from 2014 for this entire so don't know if plans fell through, if they have changed, or if it is a "prime corner" teaser to simply lease other parts of Eton. Know that Texas de Brazil opening at Eton in 2015, that Stark has published 2014 ads with Eton 60K sf expansion, and Woodmere website from July says expansion happening... So confused by lack of "Eton" in prime corner pitch...

Uniqlo... Rosetta has won their business redesigning site....

CLE/NEO remains the largest metro in the country without a nonstop to Europe (and much smaller than a number of metros WITH nonstops) - and, as others note.. it matters... No - metro size is hardly the determining factor why cities have hubs and nonstop to Europe, etc.. - location, competition, business and tourist destination status and others may play a part... - but big cities have nonstops to Europe (oh, and hubs)... and not having them in this area is hardly a plus. And there's talk on another board here of British Airways being interested in a Columbus nonstop to Europe.. That would sting... if true.

"upscale" is a term that's overused and diluted versus what it originally meant, I'm sure. I certainly wasn't implying Lord & Taylor is "luxury"... But in developer speak, Crocker Park is considered "upscale" for the average consumer... (of which, it's been established MTS is not...)

Crocker Park - the rumor on this board last Summer was that an upscale department "not currently in Ohio" would be opening a store... If true - and if the more upscale types (that would prefer east side based on other retailers' presence - and demographics) are ruled out, the belief was Lord and Taylor might fit the description... We'll see...

This goes back to the "S&P Smokehouse" concept that Symon said he was working on a couple of years ago - and would open.. He's going to... Nice.

Symon posts that on Friday the project going into former La Strada on E. 4th will be announced.

The shuttke buses drop off at curb, upstairs. It's the pickup downstairs done in open air on center island that does expose to the elements but the buses are usually waiting to hop on. There are "covered" airports but that is usually a function of the upper roadway being the roof directly above the lower roadway, not a dedicated roof.

Based on an interview on Cleveland.com today from some at Stark Enterprises, the Crocker Park expansion will include the following (some of which previously announced): Michael Kors, Sur La Table, Bonefish Grill, Homage, Texas de Brazil, Yard House, lucy Activewear, LUSH and Teavana

This place was one block the wrong way... off the W 25th strip... As for their comments about how well their Hudson restaurant is doing...based on my own past viewing of available reservation times on OpenTable (almost always fully available... even with smallish location0.. - and diners' so-so reviews - I would have though it was their Hudson restaurant that would be closing... Hmmm...

Oh, Tesla's coming... but look for it in a mall or lifestyle center location based on their locations in other cities...... Beachwood Place or Legacy Village would be my bet...

Bernie Moreno has come into this town in the last 5 years and has bought car brands and remodeled or built numerous dealerships. Having a Ferrari dealership in such a visible location would seem right up his alley... Thanks, Bernie.. Also.- in the aerial shot from south - the giant, gaping whole of a. parking lot on the north side of the Q - once offered up as a potential Cavs training facility/luxury apartments (for the players) - sticks out even more. Time to turn that into something much better...

Jax, if I recall Kickstarter donors to Trentina could get everything from a mention on Twitter, to an invite to preview dinner, to their names on a table, to a party for 20, etc... In fairness, this Kickstsrter was more about marketing and less about funding a large part of the place. Trentina raised $39K from 200 donors. I read about a Pittsburgh restaurant that recently raised $300K. That amount seems almost criminal to accept from donors.

I had raised concerns about how Trentina handles food allergies for tasting menu... (emergency rooms can ruin a good meal...) ... In looking a Trentina website, I was surprised by several things... #1 each guest must register in advance and list allergies or aversions. Meal will be tailored to diner. #2 all diners must buy $100 ticket in advance to get a reservation.... No cancellations.... (they note it is like tickets to concerts or sports) ticket may be transferred to others via email until 24 hours before reservation. This is the new trend to reduce cancellations, etc.... Pioneered by Next and Alinea in Chicago. I look forward to dining at Trentina soon... I still wonder, however. the more I read, if the hefty price tag and tasting menu concept goes against the everyman principles of its Kickstarter birth...

I certainly have a tolerance for new shopping venues more than most (all) on this board - and certainly feel that others had ample chance to buy and utilize this land as they saw fit. With that said, this development is a loser.... though nothing was likely going to save Walmart at Severance, given how that company thinks.

I know that Target tried to move from University Square to this development... per folks at First Interstate.. though Walmart and Target in same development wasn't happening.

May not be the time or place but much is made of the CLE Heights section 8 situation (seemingly referenced above)... I perhaps haven't lived in town long enough to know what the situation. us.... So.... What did CLE Heights do to promote/embrace this type of housing and why and when?

Sounds great but don't recall the "$100 per guest" minimum (tasting menu only) coming up when Sawyer was persuading folks to crowd-fund this place. goes against the everyman spirit of the Kickstarter.... That might have changed some donations. Also, tasting menus are tricky for those of us (or spouses) who have (literal) deadly food allergies ... Dont want to be a difficult diner but if we don't ask them to alter certain tasting mdnu dishes, we've got a dead wife on our hands... And I feel bad being that guy. On a regular menu we can order around the shellfish....

Thanks Pugu for the Texas de Brazil Chagrin "coming soon" notice. They filed w/state for a Woodmere business name/location last Summer - but I have checked their site regularly since then (including the last week or two) and nothing east side until now... only Crocker.. The TdB website say east side location is at "Chagrin Shopping Center" but the link from that takes you to the Eton website, which Stark might not like, because it's not been announced yet. They posted "Crocker Park" on TdB site about two years ago - and it was immediately taken off...