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Difference is those buildings have front doors and match its surroundings

I think the problem is we have a lot of nightlife establishments (bars, clubs, restaurants) that open at like 4PM we have a shortage of places to patronize prior to that, at least in comparison to our nightlife offerings which I think causes that desolate feel.

No front door? This is the West Side equivalent to the odd apartment project that was built on Ashbury. I hate that building so much

Apartments are apart of this as well? I'm excited for this project! Hopefully they can fill the ground floor space quickly.

What Denver did was make it tougher for Cleveland and other similarly sized markets to buy in. If they offered $100-$120 Million for an expansion fee, double what was JUST offered, that means in 5-10 years that number may be at $150-$200 Million. That number is MUCH more unattainable.

My big problem is Euclid gets ground floor commercial space but streets not named Euclid continue to be treated like a spillover site for Euclid Ave developments. No thought goes into any buildings on they just say "here damn, happy now?" and hope that's enough. We can never have true vibrancy if only one street gets proper attention.

I have a question. Do you think that we will reach a point where the Metroparks will spread themselves too thin?

Construction fencing looks to be up for the next tower.

This entire project seems to be such a major disaster.

With the new zoning changes going in place with the City seemingly ENCOURAGING developers to not build parking, the planning commission better get used to this.

Brutalism is the architecture equivalent of the saying "A face only a mother could love".........and a lot of us on here are not mothers.

An amazing problem to have.

After reading the article, the Jacobs mentioned still wanting to tear the large industrial building down that is attached to this. What is the fascination the Jacobs have with destroying their existing infrastructure? Are they in the parking business?

It will be a lot less of a fuss now though since there will be no major use for it anymore.

One potential positive of Browns Stadium moving is now Muni Lot will have no real use. To me this opens the opportunity to jump start the redevelopment of the Muni Lot into true TOD that utilizes the most isolated station we have. It also can be a development that we work on while the city waits for the Burke Airport to close (hopefully). If the city/RTA can figure out a way to connect the Muni Lot to Burke then we'd have a vibrant area all around that would rival anything in the Midwest and potentially the country. I won't put any ideas I have on here for the Muni Lot because I feel that it all depends on what is built on the riverfront from now until the Browns stadium closes. With all of the available land opening up I'm not worried about the loss of the stadium, the revenue can be replaced and honestly increased if we really wanted to.

Are you implying this was not an accident?

The best neighborhoods in vibrant areas/cities have a balance, there is nothing wrong with having both. Look at Short North, it has a balance of both and is probably the most comparable when it comes to walkability and location to Downtown. If people don't want Ohio City Burrito they won't eat there, they will and probably already have simply made the trip to Steelyard or Downtown. Actually, Chipotle and Ohio City Burrito already coexist downtown, there is no reason they couldn't have here.

Residents like that are insufferable.

With a traditional Chipotle Downtown and a drive thru Chipotle in Steelyard I'd be surprised if they opened one here. Starbucks, I would be surprised with as well due to a coffee shop, which is owned by someone involved with Intro I believe, already being there.

The 9 is our most prominent brutalist building in the city.

University Hospitals being number 9 is extremely surprising. Especially with the troubles they are having.

Detroit has a very vibrant section of Downtown but after recently visiting they have a TON of parking lots. Due to a lot of those storefronts being owned by Bedrock, I wouldn't be surprised if they (at least initially) subsidized the rents to make it more enticing. I believe Cleveland will see the same retail surge on the Riverfront and within Tower City once those phases of the project come up.

Getting a jumpstart on this industry and becoming a leader has multiple effects. One is as the industry grows we become a leader in affordable housing and with our population (seemingly) finally increasing and the WFH model we could easily see a boom in population. This is especially possible with 2,000+ jobs coming online in University Circle. I know my Fiancé and I are looking at homes in the city but options are limited because we can't afford our 1st home purchase being in the $400,000 range. The second effect is if we get a jumpstart on this and become a leader in manufacturing in this industry it could attract other developers and business leaders to look to Cleveland to start their manufacturing business for the modular homes. We could be the Silicon Valley of home manufacturing, leading to more jobs which leads to population increase. I think it's important for Cleveland to look ahead and figure out which industries are the future of this country and jump on them before they begin to boom.

It's gorgeous in person, especially with the library lit up.

Wait they bulldozed homes to build Chester? That makes so much sense on why it isn't designed or flows like our other streetcar era streets. It's the Opportunity Corridor before that was ever thought of, a mini highway with poor urban design and layout.