JohnSummit

Kind of funny that the project is still prominently featured on Carnegie’s website. I’d think they’d have taken that down right away.

Didn't 1UC open earlier than what the article stated (September, 2019)?

I think you're right. Key and 200PS are both over 1M Sq.ft. A lot of that space on the Weston lots has to be dedicated to structured parking. Hard to see them fitting 1M Sq. ft. in without going at least 30 stories.

I can't stop from thinking Mansard roof every time I see those.

Far out! That thing on top, though... a googie style nod to the old Bond store?

I'm not surprised, but this closure has more to do with lack of imagination and willingness to invest in bricks and mortar on the part of Macy's than any shortcomings of the location. You don't have to look far to see the immediate area is thriving with best in class retailers doing good business all around it: Target, Kohl's, Aldi, Hobby Lobby, and Giant Eagle all within 1/4 mile. And Meijer invested in a brand new supercenter just last year literally across the parking lot. So the demographics and fundamentals for retail in this spot are good. The only thing missing for Macy's was a willingness to invest in updating the physical plant in order to compete. That store is the dingiest and most depressing and dated department store I think I've ever been in. Inside it looks like it hasn't been touched in 40 or 50 years. It's almost insulting to the public to expect them to shop there. It's not all that far removed from the Sears and Kmart experience of the past 15 years when they made a conscious decision to stop spending on the stores. How could they expect anyone to shop there given that environment and all the far more compelling offerings in the neighborhood? Good riddance.

I see Gap, GapKids/Baby Gap and Pottery Barn are all having store closing sales at Beachwood Place. Noticed several other prominent inline space vacancies. Seems like Pinecrest, Eton, and Legacy are all nibbling around the edges, snagging tenants who would formerly have been a natural fit at Beachwood Place.

Looks like he’s celebrating.

No, it's not the same company. Smithers-Oasis makes floral foam.

So is Stark essentially holding the start of Nucleus hostage until he gets his way with 310 Prospect?

Are you sure they're white? Looks to me like it could be stainless or silver colored aluminum.

I'm thinking about this prevailing wage impasse as a project cost issue. Wondering if anyone on the forum has any ballpark idea what is the number of man-hours involved in a project of this magnitude. Number of hours times (prevailing wage rate minus the wage that Stark can contract for) would equal the cost impact to Stark's bottom line on the project.

I forget what the dispute was that caused Progressive not to move forward with it. Didn’t they want the city to pay for a parking garage or something?

Isn't Norman Foster's Cleveland Clinic Health Education building visible from there also?

Early Plan For Library Lofts By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio – Initial plans for an apartment building to be built atop a future library along Euclid Avenue in University Circle quickly won approval Thursday from the city’s Euclid Corridor Design Review Committee. The apartment project, called Library Lofts, takes its inspiration – naturally enough – from bookshelves.

Early Plan For Library Lofts By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio – Initial plans for an apartment building to be built atop a future library along Euclid Avenue in University Circle quickly won approval Thursday from the city’s Euclid Corridor Design Review Committee. The apartment project, called Library Lofts, takes its inspiration – naturally enough – from bookshelves.

I don't recall ever seeing any kind of thoughtful post mortem on the Weston development in these pages. I assume they couldn't assemble financing, but would like to know more particulars. It was such a big splashy proposal right on the heels of the Nucleus announcement IIRC, but then we never heard much about it again, unlike Nucleus which stayed in the headlines over the years with all the various funding / subsidy proposals.

I can’t wait to see that brutalist time and temperature appendage come down off the 925 building.

It's kind of hard to make out, but in the middle right of second picture there's a curvilinear form jutting upward to the right, with grass on the roof. Could this be a tie in to the possible land bridge extension of the mall over the rail tracks and shoreway? As I remember, one of the designs for the pedestrian bridge had its northern terminus around this spot. Or is the land bridge further to the west closer to FES? Either way, I hope all of the entities involved with this project and the land bridge are taking a holistic view of the pedestrian traffic flow and possibilities with multiple projects potentially in play.

Such a shame. What a magnificent public space when it opened, and to see it in its current state just makes me sad.

Isn't a parking garage the only thing being demolished for Nucleus?

Looks like Cleveland's answer to Hudson Yards.

So I guess we could refer to the little plaza and walkway between the buildings as the separation of church & state ?

Pics from the foundation pour

This is the last weekend to get photos with 2 cranes in the sky, with the Beacon crane coming down next week. I doubt if I'll make it up there this weekend, but a couple weeks ago I was driving on the innerbelt headed east around Carnegie, and thought that would be an excellent vantage point.