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I wholeheartedly agree that parking is the worst utilization of space period. But, anyone who would be able to afford these is used to traveling by car. Potential residents expect parking otherwise they'll pass. The waterfront line comes maybe every 30 min? And then, where to? We have to face the fact that Cleveland is not New York City. RTA is drastically underfunded and thus traveling thereby is extremely limited. My wife and I live and work downtown, but unfortunately we still need one car between the two of us for certain errands/trips. For example, to take the dogs to the vet, to go grocery shopping where it isn't outrageously priced, and to get to our parents' houses in the suburbs.

Pretty sure it's the community lounge/rooftop deck for the residents. https://www.terminaltower.com/amenities/

These additional two renderings were on Stan's LinkedIn post but not in the article. At least it's density. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/another-developer-lines-up-project-near-resurgent-cuyahoga-bullard?articleId=6555529913720467457#comments-6555529913720467457&trk=public_profile_post

East 4th street also fits into this category and is doing just fine.

I am under the impression traffic circles are worse for pedestrians. It makes the overall route longer, makes more crossings for pedestrians and drivers think they don't have to yield/slow down for pedestrians trying to cross. Source: having to traverse the traffic circle YaBoi posted on my walk to work every day. Check out that double cross, just to get into the circle, then two more to get out of it on the other side. Alternatively, if you wanted to walk all the way around DuPont circle, it's out of the way, and had to cross several additional streets. I understand that the traffic circle here wouldn't be fed by as many streets as DuPont, but I still think this would be worse for pedestrians. I get that traffic circles increase safety for drivers. They increase the amount of crashes, but due to the traffic calming nature of forcing people to slow down, the severity of each accident is decreased. But, if drivers think they don't have to stop anymore, they're going to be looking to the left for oncoming traffic and not necessarily the other direction for pedestrians.

I have no idea how reliable this is, but someone told me Heinen's pulled the trigger when they thought they could earn back their investment within 2 years. In reality, it only took them 6 months. I think the downtown Heinen's is doing just fine.

I for one, will accept full credit for when Target opens a store downtown ?

This is great. If only it also included the one-story portion of Winton Manor, instead of having that little notch cut off the corner. But I'll take it!

I hope to buy one of these in about 2 years after student loans are paid off and have enough for a down payment. My wife and I both work downtown, place a premium on walking to work, and want to own. These are exactly what we're looking for.

I'm a moron for not checking to see if the picture was blurry before I left, but the BoA consists of only two ATMs.

The Jersey Barriers are coming down!!! They are moving them to block the entrance to the road, so this might just be temporary. It looks like they are setting up for an event this weekend.

Ah, I see what you're saying. Yeah, I just don't feel like that at all. My wife works in Key Tower, which is immediately adjacent. Transit access is at public square, which is immediately adjacent. We went to the winter Beerfest at the convention center, which is cati-corner to our building. West 6th is two blocks away, etc.

In my opinion, the Standard is the best location in the city. Nothing else is as centrally located. I can easily walk west to get to West 6th or the flats. I can easily walk east to East 4th, Playhouse Square or the Stadiums. I can easily walk to Public Square to get on the RTA or the Healthline. I also can easily walk my dogs to either Public Square or the Mall. Every weeknight around 5:30, the downtown dog owners all congregate to let the dogs play on the Mall. If I'm driving, I can hit the highway easily without getting caught in Indian's or Cav's traffic--which is not the same as when I lived on East 9th. Anyone who thinks living across from the jail is an issue hasn't actually considered it. You sound like my suburban 55-year-old mother, who said: "wow, you guys are awfully close to the jail," the first time she came to visit. Do you know who makes good neighbors? The Cleveland Police Department and inmates. The police are in and out of that building all day and the inmates don't make a peep. Honestly, I don't think there I could feel any safer. As said earlier, the apartments are absolutely spectacular. The amenities are great, they have a gym, free Starbucks machine, and an indoor dog park. If you live on the upper floors, the views are incredible. There's hardly ever any traffic on St. Clair and Ontario after 7 pm, so you don't get woken up in the night. While they don't have their own attached garage, the parking really isn't that bad. I park in one of Westin's lots on W3 for $170 a month, but there's a back door out of the building which makes the walk not that far. The valet service is $225 per month. Honestly, parking in the surface lot here is way better and cheaper than parking at my previous apartment. I used to park in the PNC garage for $225 a month and it took way longer to drive up and down 4-5 floors every time I needed to either get the car or come home. Oh, and I just saw someone come tour the first-floor space with the owners yesterday. Not sure what they were looking to do with it just yet but I know they're actively trying to lease the space. P.S. If anyone chooses to move to the Standard from this post, DM me because I get $500 for any new referral to the building ? Edit: can't seem to scale down the video size VID_346670504_130103_322.mp4

I don't think they're trying to use this picture to show the might of the project. Rather, they are promoting the location as the heart of the city, close to whatever it is that you want to do. Page 2: https://starkenterprises.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Property-Flyer-nuCLEus-2019.pdf

I started at Case in 2016 and have waited three years for a place to get margaritas in UC. Finally, the Tacologist is here.

For what it's worth, I spotted two construction workers with a third man walk out of the building this morning while I was out walking the dogs.

The other side of the blank wall is a bank of elevators that line that entire side of the building. I can't imagine they would do that unless they thought another high rise would go in behind the Old Stone Church. Also, the Standard building is a great building to live in, my wife and I love it.

The mayor's budget includes an overview of many projects the city is implementing, starts around page 37 of the pdf, 31 of the document. http://clevelandohio.gov/sites/default/files/cleNowPDFs/2019MayorsEstimate_0.pdf

This is incredible news, KJP! My only thought, is there enough space to relocate the Greyhound bus station there? The current Greyhound building alone (without the parking and bus lane) is about 250x170ft = 42.5k sq ft. By my (very) rough google maps measurements, this plot is only 115x430ft, or about 50k sq ft.

The reason for the Target fascination is because downtown residents have opted for a walkable lifestyle. While going to Target is easy if you live outside of downtown and have a driveway, the process is restrictive if you live downtown. For downtowners, here is what the process looks like: walking to the garage where your car is located, driving 10 min to Steelyard, loading up the car, driving 10 min back, somehow find a place to idle the car, unload the car, schlepp everything up to your apartment, go back to the car, move it back to the garage, walk back to your apartment and go upstairs. When I was living at the Schofield, even if I wanted to drive to Target (or any other store, Costco, Aldi, etc.), I couldn't because there was no loading zone for residents. Compare this with walking 5 min, grabbing a couple things, and walking 5 min back. The reason for the fascination about Target, in particular, is that you can get almost anything there, including items that people don't usually buy online (e.g. food, clothing, shoes, shampoo, cosmetics, etc.).

I was looking at Centric, but it was hard to pull the trigger when one-bedrooms start at $1430/mo. Instead, my fiance' and I are moving into a two-bedroom at The Standard for the same price. Because of it's proximity to Case, I would imagine the leasing comes in waves, with most people starting in the summer.

Until all of the parking lots downtown, the flats, the north coast harbor area, the Superior Arts District, and Asiantown are all filled in, I can't believe that repurposing Burke is a good idea. I think public greenspace is fantastic, but a park would not have the same economic impact as the airport. According to the Ohio DOT, Burke had an economic impact of $106.9MM and supported 953 full-time jobs. I just don't think a park would produce the same benefits. Eventually, sure. But, just not yet. I guess I can't post external links on here yet, but just search "economic impact of Burke Lakefront airport" and it's the first link to come up.

I think the biggest issue is how this project is framed. The city pushes this as an opportunity for the forgotten triangle area, while everyone really knows the funding for this comes from reducing commute time to University Circle. I really think this project does both. Just look at the innovation square project linked above. This will allow for continued expansion from UC, and help breathe some life in this area. The fact that E79th street has two RTA stations and there's not that much there is amazing. Chester is great for getting to downtown from UC. But getting to the outer eastern suburbs from University Circle is terrible. If I drive out to Solon, I have to snake through the side streets of Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, then Beachwood before I can finally pick up the freeway. The opportunity corridor, while still an interesting route, would cut down that time down probably by 10 minutes, and relieve congestion driving through the inner suburbs. Then you could even connect the corridor with Shaker Boulevard, where Shaker just kind of ends at Buckeye Rd. Long time lurker, but that's my 2 cents.

I am a student at the law school now and did my undergrad at Ohio State. Very rarely have I ever been excited that OSU is in second place.