Kimolos

Mendo, another positive as I see it is employment growth in industries I believe will continue to collaborate and expand. Institutional employers in UC that we all know of; the startups in recent years like Cleveland HeartLab and others; an IBM business is coming; Midtown is expanding (faster than most anticipated, right?); new med school at Clinic; think[box]...great seeing startups like Everykey in Little Italy also. Nottingham Spirk just above Little Italy on Overlook is incredibly valuable (and interesting). CIA's industrial design program is another hub of talent...all of these assets together allow for leveraging a ton of specialized talent, knowledge, skill and capital of all types. With this huge concentration of science/research/medicine it is also impressive to have these sort of cerebral aspects of UC coupled with art, history, botanical garden, music and more. This is much more difficult to build than sky scrapers.

Bravo Dimit, windows are perfect. Balconies nice also.

Good news on Brassica! Also, a "Mercer Van Aken" recently filed. Hunch: the promised, new Jonathon Sawyer concept, but could easily be a boutique or ? dor all I know - but "Mercer* is historically tied to Shaker Heights I believe. Lots of leasing competition on east side right now, though. Container Store, Kendra Scott, Bonobos, Brassica all originally meant for Pinecrest, but ended up at La Place, Eton, Van Aken, among others. Pinecrest's reliance on a significant # of locally owned franchises and boutiques concerns me. It screams of desperation, not vision. Despite some big names like West Elm, Vineyard Vines and REI, the opening year tenants are far different than some big names previously in play in leasing talks. If they could have signed big-name, deeper pocketed national names, I surely think they would have. We don't need another First Watch franchised restaurant, etc... Or a Scout & Molly franchised boutique (another of which closed in Crocker Park in mere months, recently..). And the trendy (and cheap) Warby Parker eyewear shop on a past leasing plan - which would have been a big draw - becomes a local "Eye Candy" glasses shop instead. What national retailers do you want? I don't follow your "desperation" comment ...is it locally owned businesses in general or just specific ones? Is it the Pinecrest location?

http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2018/04/greater_cleveland_rta_ridershi_3.html Do we have more people living by transit now but less ridership?

What was promised? I can't remember. Any idea how the retailers are doing? It was supposed to be a mixed-use development with urban form. But instead, a suburban blah shopping strip. I don't see market rate housing being a huge hit there. Maybe if University Square across the street gets that overhaul it could create some interest in housing? Again though, not sure who they would draw? JCU students maybe? The design...not my cup of tea but not the easiest doing those type of retail developments with a focus on design. Going after credit tenants like a panera, starbucks, petsmart, bob evans, chipotle, jimmy johns, five guys, piada, and now panda is the goal for a deal like what was built; maximizing the value of their leases. And honestly the project was probably viewed as a success for developer and the city. And I remember people being fairly excited for certain tenants, even though those are generally everywhere (Chipotle, Panera, jimmy johms, but Five Guys and Piada are not in every new retail center). With the housing density in this area and outward, retail was a no brainer. This final product/project as-built is of course more suburban and is the other end of the spectrum with respect to what I was talking about in the previous retail thread regarding shops in dense urban neighorhoods. I think ultimately they will do better in the face of Amazon than the big box, national credit tenants will be able to, maybe they will do better then too.

What was promised? I can't remember. Any idea how the retailers are doing?

5Th Street Arcades is a good space. More of an 'enclosed side street' than typical indoor retail like a suburban mall. Again, goes to types of businesses there; individually there are some cool and unique options, together they create the overall appeal. I know what you mean with "curated." I can't immediately think of a word to replace it that conveys the same thought. "Chosen" or "Selected" doesn't do it. Personally, there is the connotation of: (1) authority based on experience (aka expertise?), and (2) creativity with "curator" that isn't there with other words. From a tenant standpoint, Van Aken is coming together: http://www.shakeronline.com/assets/downloads/city-projects/vanakenontrackp.10.pdf It says, "...James Beard Award-winning chef Jonathon Sawyer will partner with them as a tenant and curator of food experiences in the Van Aken District." (emphasis added). And further down, "Sawyer and RMS are finalizing negotiations with a thoughtfully assembled tenant roster that will complement already-named tenants such as Shinola Detroit, Mitchell’s Ice Cream, Rising Star Coffee Roasters, Restore Cold Pressed, and Luna Crepes, as well as Sawyer’s restaurant." (emphasis added). Two things: (1) RMS is smart to work with him, and his curatorial role (prefer "thoughtful assembler?!") is a good idea. Thought and planning are important yet often overlooked. (2) RMS has some good tenants so far. Not all local, although there are quite a few, but the mix looks thoughtful and, dare I say, curated? Hope it continues, good for them.

"Microboutiques." Just another trendy name? Has Cleveland been there, done that? Something similar? http://communitynewspapers.com/brickell/miamis-first-micro-boutique-destination-upper-buena-vista-to-open-in-february/ https://www.timeout.com/miami/news/upper-buena-vistas-new-microboutiques-finally-have-an-opening-date-010318 Should landlords/CDCs do more to curate the mix of businesses in a mixed-use development? Which is Cleveland's (and surround) best from diversity of tenancy perspective? [i'm differentiating between an urban, organically grown collection of businesses/retailers in places like W.25th and large-scale mixed-use than projects such as Flats EB, Van Aken or Pinecrest].

Hi, I am not sure if this is the appropriate method of starting a conversation/post as I am relatively new to UO so please forgive me if I have made a mistake and/or send me a message so that I may correct it. I am doing some research on branding and marketing of semi-recent (within the last 5 years?) residential projects around Northeast Ohio and would appreciate hearing about anyone's thoughts/likes/dislikes. Thanks in advance! -Kimolos/(Κίμωλος)

Can you elaborate on why you believe Glenville has good branding and University Circle does not? Just curious!

This is a still from one of a few short promo videos Aerial Agents is creating. I have seen this image and a couple others from the shoot on a few different sites/social media. Aerial Agents does fantastic work and are always fun to collaborate with.

That was one (of a few!) of the City's typos. It should read 34', not 60'.