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If i were to read more into this new construction, I’d say that they will likely be closing their other location on Clark and Scranton once this opens. That then makes one wonder if there was an entity prodding them to sell that current location.

^what is the backstory on this? Why is an Acela train set headed for Colorado? I can’t see this climbing mtns. Or being used for prairies.

^My understanding is that it was to insure that there was plenty of water going through the summer and droughts. The canal is also getting water from various sources and tributaries. There are overflows out of the canal to the river when those points fill with too much water. I imagine it was engineers that decided ‘we always need x amount of water so lets go ahead and divert x amount of water’

That would make sense. The purpose of the Bville dam was diversion of the river to the canal. My understanding is they will be adding a pump to move water to the canal. Since that flow isn’t all that great at the moment they probably felt a need, with the likely lower amount of water going into the canal, that it probably is a good time to address that as well.

^Obviously there are companies that can never have enough backup electricity plans. The point is the organizations that are part of the microgrid can be charged additional cent or 2 per kwh for the service of clean electricity.

This is a very smart direction to go and is worth all levels of government to help push this through. Essentially it is modernizing the city electric system which will allow better management of it and likely reduce the cost of electricity by maintaining a better system. It will allow companies to not have to have backup power sources because there is ample backup power on the micro-grid.

A microgrid would be beneficial for any industry or organization that has high utilization rates. So police stations, port facilities, hospitals would be the more public facing organizations that would want 24/7 coverage. The other reason for a microgrid is to have cleaner electricity. This helps with maintaining all electrical equipment in avoiding spikes that can damage sensitive electronics. I would think a major tie-in to a microgrid would be the lake erie wind farm when it gets built. This could affect many decisions that are going on now in regards to the ongoing musical chaIrs of various Cleveland organization building sites being looked at.

It sounds like they are about to make an announcement, perhaps today.

^Macys used an old Macys in Lorain as a computer center. It was mainly back up operations and help desk support. They are going to the cloud and using India for overnight processing and handling operations out of Atlanta.

^They got it done before winter hit. If it does hit...

I use strava to help improve technique and test updates to my bikes as well as inspire my riding. Its great to see the timed laps of the better and much lighter riders. I wish that there were all these amazing mtn bike trails when i was under 180lbs. So i mix riding the towpath to build stamina with quick intense jaunts on local mtn bike trails. It does seem that the trails don’t open until June when they finally dry out and its over 90 degrees with oppressive humidity for 3 months.

Reminds me of the Galleria. Apparently the killer was not having free parking?

^That seems pretty frivolous. I imagine they are trying to focus on their demographics of polo wearing and polo playing students.

^Thanks. The bricks were so beat up and inconsistent it looked worse for wear for a turn of the century building. I thought it would’ve been light storage and warehouse for a company in the flats.

That is some vision! Its awkwardly narrow for modern apartments. It looks to be built in 1860s -1890s. I imagine everything needs updated. I would wonder if it even has water and sewer running into the building.

I personally think its a smoke screen by SW. i think they are using KJP to negotiate better pricing on whatever they are looking at. I still like the tower city auditorium location for the new R&D facilities.

^I didn’t hear you imagine a phase 2 casino... is that where blockland thing is going?

^^^I guess i’m wondering if GLBC is solid with the interior location on Scranton. They mentioned how they would like some kind of pier onto the river. Also they mentioned maybe having space for their festivals. I’m thinking if they want a “destination brewery” they should be alongside the river for the views and even access.

I’m curious how this affects Great Lakes Brewing decision.on Scranton.

^^An option could be a mixed use complex. Retail at street level. Parking on 4-5 floors. A 100-120 room hotel in a tower. Supply chain in a tower. IT in a tower. Accounting and payroll in a tower. The rest of corporate in the main hq.

With all the speculation going on, I’ll go with Bedrock for HQ and R&D at collision bend around where amphitheater was. Perhaps keeping the newer section of Breen as well.

I’m not sure this has anything to do with soccer. In Pawtucket yes. But they are interested in doing some kind of development outside a stadium. The main person, if you read the article, just left Kona Grill as CEO after he put it into bankruptcy. Now he’s trying to take advantage of opportunity zones and get local financing to do some entertainment zone i guess outside some stadiums in Cleveland and Baltimore. I doubt we’ll ever hear anything of this again.

^i get that. The problem is it is totally different IT systems. One is focused on Inventory supply and wholesale purchasing the other is focused on handling not just dealer but consumer-focused service calls. As such, the payroll systems will likely be totally different as more salary positions with DealerTire and likely hourly positions with dent wizard. Maybe they can save some money on payroll processing with moving it to Cleveland. The savings come in combining like systems. I don’t see how they could mesh the 2 very different systems or why they would try. I’m sure they will analyze and look for cost savings and they will probably find some small savings with purchasing and payroll.

^That is not what he was saying at all. KJP made a great point about land use zoning around transit locations needing to get rid of automobile friendly zoning. Instead of a sea of parking lots around rapid stations it would be set up for multi-use buildings.

^I don’t see much cost savings. If anything it gets Dent Wizard into more dealerships. They are both post-sales process, dealership focused companies. However one is a supplier of tires and wheels and the other is very service-based. It might help with reducing health insurance by adding so many new employees. I can’t fathom moving much(perhaps some training?), if any, operations or functions to Cleveland. This seems purely like investment firms organizing their portfolios. If they get the glass doctor too. Then maybe we’re talking...