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Had jury duty today and walked by the shack. I'm happy to say it looks a little taller than l expected and l think it will have a greater presence on the Square than l had previously thought. Also the glass is going up very fast -almost keeping up with the steel.

^ l love that kind of informed thinking.

Maybe we can help by starting a Gofunding to fill the gap lol

I can't speak for Litt but l know l can be guilty of pessimism. It starts with the knowledge of where we were as an economic juggernaut and then living through decades of decline. Let me tell you...it can take its toll. This is my town. I'm not going anywhere and l think we've finally turned a corner, but it's been tough.

Let's see. We've got cops jogging after a fleeing car. I wonder who wins that one?

^ That doesn't make any sense. Whatever they're proposing HAS to look different that what that sentence says. But if anyone knows parking it has to be Kassouf. Yikes!

The Gothic quarter is the coolest part of Barcelona other than Sagrada Familia. My favorite city in Europe.

Love to see a local company buying rather than being bought.

I remember when the Galleria opened l thought the barrel vaulted ceilings were the bomb. I still love them and if there is any way to bring both the tower and the old Galleria space to some resemblance of its former glory l'm all for it. After all they sit right on one of our two main downtown streets. Bringing them back to life also adds life to the core.

Developing existing parking lots on the site of underutilized rail stations is making lemonade out if lemons. Those lots are not going to be filled with park and ride customers in any conceivable near future so the best use for them is TOD. Cleveland gets more new housing, RTA will get some new riders and each stop will create urban vibrancy. I don't think it will l be easy to pull off but, then it's not rocket science either. Here's hoping developers seize the opportunity.

It's interesting to me that a company as large as TransDigm has such a small headquarters staff. I don't think lean and mean is the reason...must be a very different form of business operation.

Hey we're gonna need all those beaches when our population hits 5 million. All those climate change refugees that relocate here are gonna need a place to cool off from their previous locals.

Careful...some people aren't a fan of city lights. Not me though. Everything is a trade-off in life. I prefer my cities lit up and my countryside dark. The sprawl in between? I wish it would just go away.

Now that part looks great! Love the colors.

^ l was being sarcastic.

Definitely maybe someday someone will build something. We just need to wait a little bit longer.

That corner is getting some density.

Still wish it had been built somewhere near Tower City.

The article l read talked about how some companies in an attempt to get employees to come back to the office as well as keeping them from jumping ship entirely were massively upgrading amenities. The problem with that approach is only companies with deep pockets can do that. Most are out of luck. So you get the cream of the crop and everyone else. I come from a time where people were just happy to have a job and had little leverage. This new work environment is mind blowing to me.

For some reason money is always the hangup. I don't get it.

So l just read a front page article in New York magazine on the office building crisis that is happening right now in Manhattan. WFH is the primary reason that companies are giving back space when their leases are up. That is creating a glut of space which is proving impossible to rent out which is then forcing the businesses that owned the building to give it back to the bank holding the mortgage which can't sell it at a profit so the banks holding these worthless properties are now in danger themselves of going belly-up. The main property owner the story profiled said the country will be facing a bank crisis in a few years as all these regional banks go bankrupt due to holding properties worth far less than they paid for them. The other point was was that real estate taxes make up a large portion of city funds and as these properties begin to pay little or no taxes the cities begin to have problems paying workers, pensions and doing general maintenance. Creating an urban doom loop. And we think Cleveland is struggling to fill vacant office space...

^ Well being an old dude l'm very much in favor of face to face interactions vs. phone or even zoom so l get your point. I do think some jobs/projects will be more difficult with remote communication but those aren't necessarily the kind of jobs most people working remotely are doing. Here's one example l am familiar with. When l worked in clinical research at the Clinic all our finance people (money funding trials) were in-house. They left when covid disrupted things but they never came back to the office. The Clinic discovered they could be just as effective at home. All their interactions are now via phone or zoom with no issues. I think WFH is the present and future.

So what exactly will be the reason why WFH becomes less of a thing? I don't see it going away because a lot of jobs are very repetitious and don't need much interaction with the person in the next cube. Why would a company keep a job like that in-house when they can save on office space? Like @marty15said, l think those jobs will move to India before they come back to the office. That being said, l hope l'm wrong because WFH while benefiting business has put a whole lot of hurt on downtowns.

Drove by them today for the first time. In person l think the biggest drawback is the color. That's what l saw first. A cheap gold color. Then the lettering. Reminded me of a knockoff theater logo at what used to be the local cineplex. Like they got some corporate deal if they bought several at once. I give up now. Had my say and then some. Hope they kickass at night.