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Am I crazy, or is all the leasing info gone now? Photos too.

Took me waaaaaay too long to find. I was looking along the skyline for the building in the background. For those that are dense like me it's the art feature next to the ivy wall center rendering.

I poked around on the website and can't find the referenced photo, has it been removed?

Is there any more info out there about the lighting plan? All I could find from a quick google was this article that mentions colored lighting from public square to playhouse square and north to the mall: https://www.clevelandpublicsquare.com/post/downtown-plan-to-light-up-public-square

Idk how I missed it, but I didn't realize this project was the same team that put together Church & State. That's such a quality product I'm really glad they're able to start on another project in the area. Excellent news all around! Hopefully they can put another one together after Bridgeworks is completed :)

This comment is too funny to me because it can be read as sarcastic or serious due to the way these units are designed. All the parking is hidden, and yet they can still offer two enclosed spaces per unit

This project received TMUD credits based on the previous proposal assuming 860 affordable units, right? And they got the maximum amount of $40M, a huge portion of the funds in that round ($100M awarded). Changing the plans after receiving the award leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially when I thought TMUD was supposed to favor projects that were shovel ready pending TMUD awards. I still hope this project gets off the ground and like the plan overall. I think I'm just a little sad that we've gone from 860 units down to 587, and can't help feeling like we got a bait and switch. I also feel like those first TMUD credits should've gone to another project(s) that were closer to shovel ready like bridgeworks.

I think a huge portion of what makes these photos attractive is the plants growing outside and the huge variation in colors that all of the vegetation has. The buildings themselves I do find attractive as well, but I wonder if we have a survivorship bias problem where the designs of old that we love are only attractive because only the best ones were kept. All the ugly and poor quality ones have been torn down by now.

Will this have impacts on the hill stabilization project? My immediate thought was "well the building was coming down anyway, shouldn't have any real impact". I do wonder if the fact that this is suspected arson will cause an investigation. That pending investigation could drag on and prevent further work from being completed until its completed.

They very well could be working, it's also possible that the crane was turning in the wind... When not in use cranes aren't "locked out" and will rotate themselves to point with the wind vector to reduces stress.

Land value taxes have a thread in the city discussion. I'd definitely be in favor of moving over to that type of system.

I was curious about this too. As best I can tell the double walls are only where the kitchens are which makes me think it might be to give space for mechanicals rather than for sound proofing purposes.

TIL, although that is part of the building code what inspector is reasonably testing for that? The wikipedia page has some more information as well as typical STC of different wall assemblies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_transmission_class#Common_partition_STC It states that you'd need a double layer of 1/2" drywall on both sides of the wall, wood studs, and batt insulation in the cavities to get an STC of 45, is that standard build practice in apartment dwellings? I'm reasonably certain that when I lived at the Edison it was only a single layer of 1/2" on each side without insulation. Those definitely felt to be "paper thin" like the wikipedia article claims a 33 is usually described as.

Hard disagree. The city shouldn't be stepping in and dictating the way that a building looks. They should ensure that it's safe and that's really about it imo.

Do we know who is purchasing the property and what their intentions are?

Does Platform closing down open up the production facility for a housing conversion? I think both the Northwest and Northeast corners at Fulton/Vega are without tenants right?

Does anyone know if this project has stalled for some reason? There hasn't been any work on the site since the foundations finished in early November.

Fun little architectural history detail that you can spot in this photo... the building to the right has Chicago windows! The Chicago window is a specific style of window with a large central fixed pane, and two smaller operable sash windows on either side.

51% are required to be affordable for the HUD loan that was received earlier this year: https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/clevelands-centennial-project-secures-15-million-hud-loan

I don't think that statement is true anymore (if it ever was), but you can still massage the data to give a fun density fact... Lakewood is the densest city of 50k+ between DC and Chicago. You can see the list on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density If you try to use NYC you have to define things by MSA which disqualifies a lot of NJ (because it's in the NYC metro), and then you still have DC and Philly that are denser than Lakewood. You also have to use an "as the crow flies" definition because Miami Beach and Miami are also denser than Lakewood but lie west of DC. Boston is denser as well, but lies east of both NYC and DC so isn't included in the stat.

This is already in the works so doesn't qualify as the mystery project. Nvm, this is across 25th from the project that's in the works by Knez on the APL land.

Scrapcom building or the property at Vega/Fulton to be converted to apartments?

Is that plastic or are windows already going in?

This garage on Siam a few houses down is actually crooked, I'm convinced I'm going to find it laying on its side one day: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4776317,-81.7111905,3a,75y,189.8h,89.15t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZWCjbsNcaKMykmAQUEKi_Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DZWCjbsNcaKMykmAQUEKi_Q%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D326.5196%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

I love that the city approved the creative use of space and non-traditional lot setup (shared drive). I actually took the time to voice my approval at the the BoZA for the project too since I think it was a good idea/use of space. What I don't like though is that it's Cleveland Bricks building the products lol. I own a Cleveland Bricks renovated (1910 built) home and the number of shortcuts, improper, and downright dangerous trades work is alarming. I really hope they've improved their contractors since renovating my house. For those out there on the market I personally wouldn't buy a Bricks home unless it came at a ridiculous discount to market, 75% of value or better.