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Apartments. Will both courtyard spaces be open to the public, or are they for residents of this building only? My apartment looks down over the West Courtyard, and I can only imagine what wildlife inhabits it now!

The flower stand was destroyed and leveled as of late afternoon yesterday. Actually thought a pop-up retail shop would look great permanently next to the Fifth Third Building.

The empty retail could be a function of the building owners seeking too much money in rent. Also, this project is still stalled, right? I hope the current owner decides to fix the boarded up windows facing the Square, which I believe were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. It really sticks out like a sore thumb when you're walking towards Euclid from the north especially given the revitalization of the surrounding bulidings.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/05/kd_group_strikes_deal_to_buy_t.html#incart_m-rpt-1 WOW, K&D purchasing the Terminal Tower. Does this mean Forest City HQ leaves Cleveland now that they have shed all property here? I think this answers the earlier rumor as to what premier building K&D was targeting... Edit: Forest City retains the Post Office building for now. The article states Forest City will launch a "national search" for new hq. I remember earlier rumors that their executives and upper level management despised working in Cleveland?

Any news on when the square will be open to the public? Original target completion date was June 1, but will the powers that be keep it closed to the public until the RNC so that the square is as fresh and clean as possible for our visitors and Republican overlords?

Excellent news for that part of downtown especially with IBM moving into the Eaton executive offices! IIRC, that building was purchased by a local restaurant some time in 2015.

Is this a scaled down plan of the "Townhomes at the Hinge" proposed for the vacant lot at W32nd and Franklin? http://townhomesohiocity.com/index.php

^I just visited my friend in a condo tower in Chicago at the south end of Lincoln Park bordering Gold Coast. Every condo tower there has a pool and it's a fairly common amenity. Though it's difficult to use the outdoor pool in 5 degree weather!

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/02/lakefront_pedestrian_bridge_to.html I forgot to post this bullet point in Michelle Jarboe's PD article last week about the GCP wishlist for state capital funding: "* A parking garage that could be part of a larger, mixed-use project in Cleveland's theater district. Playhouse Square is hoping for $4 million to help pay for the garage. The nonprofit operator of the theaters has talked about building a parking structure on the south side of Euclid Avenue, on property that is now a surface lot."

Yes, I saw the five year rule in Scene magazine and was wondering if anyone could explain that? Anecdotally, I know other people living downtown who will be in the market for a condo in the next few years and have expressed strong interest in staying downtown. I wonder if buildings like Worthington Square and 425 Lakeside, both currently being shopped around by Jacobs Group for a buyer, would be candidates for conversions since they both need updates from their last renovations in the late 1990s.

^Is that the old Blind Pig space? I like this chain addition better than the new Jimmy John's...

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/02/05/attempted-armed-robbery-reported-at-langston-apartments-by-cleveland-state-university Rather odd how the two suspects were able to get inside the Langston... I use CSU's rec center at night, and I'm disappointed to see few if any campus police officers on foot considering how small the campus is. I mostly see them circling the area in patrol cars. My undergrad campus bordered a somewhat sketchy neighborhood, and I would always see campus police on foot or bicycle throughout the year.

^^What's wrong with the new iteration? They altered it to include more apartments after striking out on large office tenants. It's built up to the street, contains first floor retail, and fills an unsightly gap between Little Italy and Uptown. If new apartments could be built on the fringe edge of the Hough neighborhood by the new Case-Cle Clinic Med School, then this project should be even more of a slam dunk with its central location.

^As a downtown resident, I don't see myself frequenting the place either. I was surprised to see them talk about a lack of affordable, cheap dive bars in the area - don't the Clevelander, Panini's, and Thirsty Parrot already cater to that?

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/02/wild_eagle_saloon_minus_contro.html#incart_river_home Glad to see the Indian chief head was removed from the Wild Eagle Saloon sign. It also would have been ridiculed by RNC national/international media. Also good news that they scrapped the two story patio on the face of the building. Indoor bocce courts seem promising.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/cleveland/big-boom-for-downtown-cleveland-development/23531320 “As you wipe out the office space and convert it into apartments, you then all of a sudden tighten up the office market, which allows people to build new buildings," [Terry] Coyne [the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank vice chairman] adds. Coyne says we see this happening in the Flats, and the stabilized market sparked the nuCLEus project. That is the proposed 50 plus story building, which will become the future home of apartments, condominiums, hotel rooms, offices, parking garage, restaurants and stores. “NuCLEus already has some very well-known retail tenants that they have not announced yet."

Overall, Warehouse District apartments are quiet and lack fights, domestic incidents, or any drama of that sort, which makes this more surprising. I actually think there's more privacy in some respects living in an apartment building vs a standalone house, which could result in a discrete environment for drug dealers. The most obnoxious thing my neighbors have ever done in 9 months is cheer during Green Bay Packers games haha.

https://twitter.com/HomaBash/status/690370908939223041 @HomaBash "Police source says both men inside Archer on w9th have died, good amount of drugs reportedly found in apartment #cle #breaking" Renovations were recently completed at Archer raising rent and evicting 30 percent of the building composed of Section 8 tenants. Obviously, drug dealers don't need housing subsidies. Prior to renovations, Archer hallways literally smelled like weed. I was just there NYE and noted how clean the building now is. In addition, you can't even open the door on the W9th side without a key card. My building in the Warehouse District asks for employer, occupation, and annual income as part of rental application. I don't know how strict other apartment buildings are in checking tenants. I went to a private high school that had a major problem with drug dealers in my class, so it's not something that's linked to socioeconomic status. EDIT: @HomaBush "UPDATE: Police say initial investigation finds officers responded to robbery &found victims--suspects fled. #downtowncle" Definitely a drug deal gone bad...

The Battery Park website (http://batteryparkcleveland.com/?page_id=432) advertises "Park Place - Coming Soon, starting mid $200's" under available townhouses with a picture that looks like the rendering of that 5 story building. As someone looking to purchase a home in the next couple years, Cleveland could use more condo options like that. Also, looks like Battery Park's buildout could be complete in the next 2-3 years?

Good question, maybe apartment complexes around Progressive? I've always assumed and told others relocating to this area that the hotspots for college-educated millenials were Lakewood/Detroit-Shoreway, Downtown/Tremont/Ohio City, and University Circle/Cleveland Heights.

http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2016/01/rta_tests_audio_bus_ads_that_c.html#incart_gallery RTA now running audio ads on their buses? Out of DC Metro, NYC Subway, London Underground, and a few others I have used, I can't think of another mass transit system that does this, but maybe I'm wrong. Also this from Mark Naymik: "Don't expect to hear advertisements for luxury automobiles. If riders could afford them, they likely would not be on the bus." I don't understand the mass transit is for the lower classes sentiment in Cleveland...

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2016/01/mark_shapiro_cleveland_indians.html Was reading an interview with Mark Shapiro, former Cleveland Indians President and current Toronto Blue Jays pres, and found his answer to Indians attendance concerns interesting: "Colloquially speaking, you've got to get past looking at the team through the lens of the mid-'90s. No football team. Not having won for 40 years. New ballpark multiplier. Not a competitive basketball team. And 100,000 more people working downtown." Did Cleveland really lose half of its downtown workforce population since the late 1990s, or is this an exaggeration?

Another click-bait cleveland.com headline! If it said "Man shot dead near Metro Health Hospital," it wouldn't nearly generate as many clicks... http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/01/man_shot_dead_in_clevelands_tr.html

On the surface, an increase in prime downtown Class A vacancy to 18.7% from 15% looks bad. However, the latter portion of the article notes that Key Bank's new lease took affect this year as they officially shed 213k SF, or 11 floors of Key Tower, despite those floors probably being vacant for years. The only new build project incorporating office space downtown seems to be Stark's NuCLEus right? Although at 200k SF, it's not that large of a component. I thought I saw the 925 Euclid project would include 500k SF of office space?

Sorry but a 3.6 mile streetcar loop in Cincinnati and a 3.3 mile streetcar line in Detroit don't compare with the 19 miles of heavy rail and 15.3 miles of light rail in Cleveland.