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The update from Columbus Underground on the project: More Apartments Proposed for Weinland Park Brent Warren - Oct. 19, 2020 https://www.columbusunderground.com/more-apartments-proposed-for-weinland-park-bw1

Akron-Canton Airport has financial support in bid to bring back airlines Edd Pritchard - Oct. 18, 2020 "While the situation has improved, Akron-Canton still is operating at 25% of the capacity it saw before the pandemic, said Ren Camacho, airport president and chief executive officer. Camacho wants to rebuild the commercial service offered by Akron-Canton and is working with a JobsOhio's commercial air service restoration program in a bid to persuade airlines to resume service. Since May the airport has gathered $200,000 in local funds that will be matched with state dollars to finance restoring service Akron-Canton. Camacho now is working to assemble a six-member committee that will meet with airline officials." https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2020/10/18/akron-canton-airport-secures-cash-help-lure-airlines-back/3684867001/

Library Park Phase 3 (Sat. 10-17-20) The Crane from North 3rd Topiary Park Remains (demolition appears complete with all rubble removed)

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150 North Third Street "Luxury Apartments - Opening Soon" https://www.150norththird.com/ (Sat. 10-17-20)

The Broadview Phase 2 (Sat. 10-17-20) Preferred Living building at 1145 Chambers

New Chipotle Building (Sat. 10-17-20) Park Edge Condo Building The last open (non-surface parking) lot in the Arena District mentioned upthread, looking towards the Crew Stadium

Grandview Crossing (Sat. 10-17-20) The Edington

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The Adelphi Quarter (Sat. Oct. 17, 2020) Atcheson Street Lofts Poindexter Village at Winner Avenue Infill Housing on Oak Street The Elliot on Linwood Avenue

The Tower is about finished (Sat. Oct. 17, 2020)

If they do end up at 45 Erieview / the Ellipse, they'll have a good view of their former flagship down on the lake

Cleveland Metroparks Announces Winter Riverfest Arriving for the Holiday Season "Cleveland Metroparks today announced Winter RiverFest presented by MTD, a first-time event set to transform Rivergate Park and Merwin's Wharf for the holiday season beginning November 27. The new holiday event along the Cuyahoga River in The Flats will feature synthetic ice skating, festive light displays, a beer garden and firepits, retail shop and igloo village at Merwin’s Wharf. Winter RiverFest will run Wednesdays to Sundays from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. until January 18." https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/news-press/2020/october-2020/cleveland-metroparks-announces-winter-riverfest-ar Ice rink, beer garden and private igloos all coming to Merwin's Wharf this holiday season Camryn Justice - Oct. 16, 2020 https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/ice-rink-beer-garden-and-private-igloos-all-coming-to-merwins-wharf-this-holiday-season Cleveland Metroparks to transform Merwin’s Wharf into winter wonderland with ice skating Jen Steer - Oct. 16, 2020 https://fox8.com/news/cleveland-metroparks-to-transform-merwins-wharf-into-winter-wonderland-with-ice-skating/ The Metroparks are Opening an Ice Rink in the Parking Lot of Merwin's Wharf Sam Allard - Oct. 15, 2020 https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2020/10/15/the-metroparks-are-opening-an-ice-rink-in-the-parking-lot-of-merwins-wharf

The New Suburban Infill Proposals: How They Compare, and the One Thing They’re All Missing Brent Warren - Oct. 16, 2020 "The last month has seen four significant mixed-use developments proposed in Columbus suburbs. ... Collectively, the four developments could bring over 600,000 square feet of commercial space (mostly office) and more than 1,900 new residential units to the region. What they won’t bring, at least according to the plans that have been submitted so far, is any sort of affordable housing – all of those planned residential units will be market-rate." https://www.columbusunderground.com/the-new-suburban-infill-proposals-how-they-compare-and-the-one-thing-theyre-all-missing-bw1

Its Main Street Phase 2 - from the Mill street roundabout to 59. Construction should finish up sometime in 2022. It will continue with the design features of the first phase. For more information on this last (for now at least) Phase of the Main Street project, here is the cities 2017 TIGER Grant application: https://www.akronohio.gov/cms/resource_library/files/65253b635df0c6a4/main_corridor_ph_2_tiger_narrative.pdf

Three terminal expansion options considered for Cleveland Hopkins, part of airport master-plan process Susan Glaser - Oct. 14, 2020 "Despite the pandemic-related drop in air traffic, Cleveland officials believe the time is right to plan for the future. Passenger forecasts suggest that Cleveland Hopkins will return to 2019 air traffic levels, when 10 million travelers passed through the airport, by 2024, growing to 13.5 million by 2039." https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020/10/three-terminal-expansion-options-considered-for-cleveland-hopkins-part-of-airport-master-plan-process.html

Akron's Peanut Shoppe reopens after 7-month hiatus during road repairs, pandemic Jim Mackinnon - Oct. 13, 2020 "The reopening of the specialty retailer is a good sign for downtown, which has been hurt by large portions of Main Street being closed for renovations and infrastructure improvements. Then the pandemic led many downtown businesses to send their employees home to work. Main Street recently reopened, although peripheral work continues." https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/10/13/akron-mainstay-peanut-shoppe-reopens-downtown/5979730002/

I though that question seemed like is was from an UrbanOhio contributor! I would agree that he sounded informed. (If only we got those trains running in the 3-C Corridor) Below are direct links to the first two meetings presentations. They do not include the Q&A sections. Meeting 1 - Sep. 3, 2020 Meeting 2 - Oct. 14, 2020

These are just some notes I had from the comments section of the meeting: There was a question regarding increased rail connections to the airport. Although an Amtrak stop was not included in the master plan, they were aware of the potential for one and referred to the governor "Kasich killed" Ohio rail plan that would’ve increased the daily number of trains passing the airport beyond the current 4. A potential future station was considered possible in all Terminal alternatives considered and nothing is being done to preclude a station in the future. An easy connection to the Redline for employees and passengers was high on the priority list. All terminal alternatives considered the Redlines current station as (relatively) fixed. Whichever preferred alternative Terminal is suggested in the plan would likely not require any large adjustments to the RTAs current station and infrastructure. Airport/planners are very keen on locating rental car facilities near new terminal family. D terminal could be used as an interim gate facility during construction for the new terminal. There are currently no plans to tear it down before the construction of the new terminal. More research is needed on if they will reuse D again in the future. One of the "South Development Area" alternatives included specific considerations for the ability to extended taxiways to the IX center for a potential future use of the facility. The airport is not actively considering acquiring any land east of the Berea freeway. The airport is willing to sell adjacent land (that was acquired after the residential teardowns for noise abatement) for light industry purposes. An upgrade to international arrivals and customs area are a big priority in the master plan. In a response to a question regarding the likelihood of a new terminal adjacent hotel (to replace the Sheraton), the high rate of trips beginning or ending at Hopkins was brought up (97% of all trips). Airport officials reiterated that the 10 signatory carriers servicing Hopkins came to an agreement that renovations were needed. These carriers are paying for the plan and that there is no FAA money involved in financing the master plan. Other “terminal families” were eliminated from further consideration due to high comparative preliminary costs and their “constructability”. The difficulty of building a new terminal around an existing airport was reiterated and it will factor heavily into the master plans preferred alternative. On a question regarding the potential construction timeline for the new facilities, airport officials reiterated that this master plan is the very beginning, and that the heavy lifting will be done after the preferred alternatives are determined. Regarding future financing, officials said that this is one of the most difficult financing markets that they will ever face. Their capability to finance the project would be more long term that they would like. No city, county or state tax dollars are going towards the project. The 10 signatory airlines at Hopkins will have to stand behind the airport’s debt. The current financial situations facing both legacy and low-cost carriers were acknowledged. Only smaller changes to the existing taxiways are planned such as greater taxiway separation from runways in a few areas. It would not include anything as large as the north airfield project. Additional runway capacity was determined to not be necessary with the projected future traffic growth. Other airports that were considered to be good models for Hopkins (regarding its rebuild) included LaGuardia, Nashville, Reagan-National, Salt Lake and BWI. For a more specific example, Charlotte’s new consolidated parking and rental car facility was mentioned as a model. The first three levels or the terminal adjacent facility are for rental car companies and the top four having ~7,000 public parking spots. TL;DR - Still very early in the process, construction is far off. Financing now would be very difficult. New rental car facilities, additional parking and reworked roadways approaching Arrivals/Departures are big priorities landside. The 3 "terminal families" being pursued all overlap in some way with the existing facilities. A new terminals constructability around the existing airport will factor heavily in which becomes the preferred alternative. The 3 Terminal Concepts Selected for Detailed Evaluation:

These are some screen grabs from tonight's meeting which is just wrapping up: New Terminal Facility Landside Passenger Access \ Landside Development Areas

LockKeepers Has Reopened and Marble Room Will Do the Same in November Douglas Trattner - Oct. 14, 2020 "After many months of being sidelined by Covid, Marble Room (623 Euclid Ave., 216-523-7000) has announced that it will reopen, putting an end to continual speculation about its future. The lavish downtown restaurant, known for its dramatic setting, prime steaks and superb raw bar creations, will open Sunday, November 22." https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2020/10/14/lockkeepers-has-reopened-and-marble-room-will-do-the-same-in-november

The Edington at 1580 West 1st (Sun. 10-11-20)

Optometry Clinic (Sun. 10-11-20) Postle Hall Music Building 15th and High Building A WOSU Building The West Campus Outpatient Care building and the Interdisciplinary Research Facility cranes. This is from the Woody Hayes Drive bridge, but you can see the northern Interdisciplinary Research Facility Crane from east of Fisher. It really helps show how big West Campus is. All three from the Carmack 5 Work finishing up at the courtyard outside Rightmire/Bevis Halls

Lane II Development (Sun. 10-11-20) New Upper Arlington Highschool