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I always thought that that part of the property was going to be residential? Residential is not allowed as part of the re-zoning referendum that created Legacy Village. The entire development is zoned office and commercial while historically it was single family residential. There's a small sliver of land adjacent to LV that was developed into housing at about the same time LV was built but First Interstate did not develop that.

^ The original plan was to build the hotel and parking garage adjacent to the remaining estate buildings. The carriage house and quarters were going to be restored and used as part of the hotel. The garage was going to be underground. That was scrapped when the economy crashed. A couple years ago, they looked at putting a boutique hotel on that property. This proposal is much different than any of the hotels they've looked at building in the past.

More like that's Ebbets Field Flannels for you. All of Ebbets merchandise is handmade in Seattle. It's also authentic to when those hats were actually worn. The old baseball hats weren't fitted. To stay authentic, Ebbets still makes their stuff lke they did back in the day. They rotate logos in and out and also do custom hats and jerseys. For a while, they had an Cleveland Barons hockey jersey available. Ebbets.com is their actual website. The J.Crew line is a special one made just for them.

For a suburb, Mayfield Heights is fairly dense. It's on par with Euclid and South Euclid. Much of that is due to the large number amount of apartments in the city although most of the housing is on top of each other except for a couple neighborhoods largely off of Cedar. I lived in MH for a few years without a car, walking everywhere. It can certainly be done if you live in the right part of the city. When you look at how much Cuyahoga and NEO have sprawled, Mayfield is virtually inner ring. Most of its housing stock is pretty dated and who knows how much longer it will be attractive. The area has attracted a ton of Asian immigrants so it's added lots of new ethnic businesses which makes me think MH has a decent future. Getting back on topic, Winking Lizard has been scoping out MH for years. They couldn't find a suitable location. There's not much space in the city to build a new restaurant, especially a large one like the Lizard is. This is about the best you can find in the city. The locals will know how to get there and that's all that matters. Bucca di Beppo died because the food sucked and it was surrounded by local Italian places that have been around for decades. The Lizard will thrive especially with the amount of young people who are living in the nearby apartments.

It's actually the Euclid Beach Boys that are now in charge of it. The city has donated use of the tennis courts to them and work with the Beach Boys to keep the tradition going. Tentatively, they do plan on displaying it again this year at Lyndhurst Park. I believe it is planned for the week leading up to Easter Sunday as the city has several events planned at the community center in conjunction with the display.

I'd hold the phone on US Steel. Their last CEO had plans to build a campus in the burbs for many years. Their lease is up next year. It's unknown if the current CEO will follow through with the campus, stay put or go somewhere else. And when PPG bought Akzo Nobel Paint, they shifted the HQ from Strongsville to ultra exurb Cranberry Twp., nowhere near downtown. And when Dicks Sporting Goods built their new HQ, again, it was in the burbs. Either way, all markets see a little bit of both. Not every single company is placing offices in the inner city, no matter what market it is. There's benefits and reasons for both. I don't think every single young professional wants to be downtown just like I don't think every old white guy wants to be in the burbs. Enough with the stereotyping.

The real issue is the ineptness of the ODP. They have no idea how to run a competent campaign. Things aren't much better at the county level either. Sherrod Brown has the benefit of the national DNC behind him. The statewide Dems are relying on an incompetent group who can't raise money and are lousy coordinators. The whole ODP needs to be scrubbed. 2006 was a unique situation with a well experienced group at the top of the ticket. That masked the defenencies of the party. It would probably be helpful if both the state and county parties stopped endorsing people pre-primary. I've never understood that and it is a waste of party resources. I know someone above used Michigan as an example of a blue state but at the statewide level, it's all GOP. Jennifer Granholm is the only Dem to be elected for a state office since the 90s. None of their candidates have won anything else in a supposed blue state. The state House has also been solidly GOP for most of this time period. The MDP tries to placate their bases by putting Union and minority backed people on their tickets often over better financially backed candidates or ones that have been actively campaigning for months. I see the same in Ohio. Endorsing candidates is a terrible idea especially with the party's track record. Save the resources and let the voters decide and then maybe the Dems would field better tickets.

^ You make good points about the Mayo Clinic and we've discussed them before. But it also takes private companies to develop areas. Many of the buildings you show aren't owned by the Mayo Clinic. They are privately owned and were privately developed. In the case of that Starbucks, it's attached to a very old hotel that is connected to Mayo by both a skywalk and an underground walkway. Certainly, Mayo encourages urban type development but the market has supported them. That's not really the case here. Most of the nearby buildings built by private landowners were also decidedly non-urban. Is that really the Clinic's fault?

Well said. Even worse, CCF doesn't seem to care. I agree the campus and new building could use a little more pizazz, wish they would attempt something bold like they did with their Las Vegas building. That building is bold. But the Clinic didn't build it - Lou Ruvo did. It was under construction well before the Clinic was chosen to operate it. They operate it but they didn't design or build it. They basically won a competition to put their name on a Gehry building.

^ Same owner but not under the same editorial staff and they don't share newsrooms. NEOMG has a bevy of young reporters. They tend to focus most on crime, sports and politics. I'm pretty sure they are in charge of Sun News. The PD is made up of more traditional beats and most of the more experienced reporters are under their masthead. Its a dwindling staff but in my eyes, the PD writing is much more polished and informative. The gossipy stuff comes from NEOMG.

I think its worth noting that the PD isn't the one behind these stories. Its non-union cousin NEOMG is the culprit. There's plenty of occasions where stories that gets tons of hits don't get any play in the printed paper. Until recently, the Richmond Hts story was one of them. Those stories ended up in the Sun. It wasn't until Scene and TV jumped on it did the PD start to print stories on it. Back in the old disorganized Cleveland.com, stories were often hidden especially crime reports. The new format changes this and NEOMG is giving these stories big play. What used to draw very few comments is drawing hundreds today. Anything with potential racial overtones gets attention. The RH story is a perfect example. How many people spend any time in RH? It's not a major center of commerce. In general it's a small burb that few outsiders are familiar with. Yet NEOMG couldn't get enough of it since it had all the elements to draw people in. That's not to say it wasnt important but you can't tell me that the racial overtones weren't a big reason the media and readers ate that story up. Same goes for anything that makes a community look like its headed downhill. Shopliftings at Beachwood Place used to buried, now its front page news.

NEOMG has about seven "reporters" who do nothing but sift through police blotters and write crime reports. The reason CH is focused on more is simple. They rile people up and generate many more hits than the others. Just take a look at the amount of comments they get. Most of the other crime stories and blotters they post draw flies. I read the blotters each week and it's obvious very few other people do because nobody comments not even when its something notable. Under NEOMG, it's all about the clicks and since CH stories draw them in (just like the Richmond Hts mayoral "scandal"), they will keep promoting them.

As far as I know, it is complete. Might not be open to the public but HIMSS, UH and others are already operating. I'm not aware of any parts of it that haven't been completed. HIMSS has been using their space since around April.

I doubt it just because I don't think Flay would go head to head with his buddy, Michael Symon. Would be really cool though. Upscale burger joint can really mean anything these days since there's so many out there franchising. In other news, I'm not sure if this is considered "retail" but Tesla is building a service center at the former Infiniti dealer on Mayfield in Lyndhurst. I'd have to think a dealership isn't that far behind.

^Indeed, they do. And not only that but the Mayo is involved in an ambitious urban development plan to help attract not just patients but employees too. I don't have a good reason as to why the Clinic doesn't get more involved in that way. I assume they believe that's up to the private market. But I can tell you from my personal dealings with the Clinic, why some things are done a certain way. Most of their patients are overwhelmingly happy with their surroundings. That's their key and what matters most to them. Perhaps they should see if their employees and future employees feel the same.

In fairness, the Clinic builds for their patients and families first. I know people here complain about stuff like this but the guests of the Clinic like the convenience of having Au Bon Pain right next to the tower elevators especially when its 3am and freezing outside. It's something that's remarked on time and time again. Same goes for all the greenery around the campus. Those setbacks are atrocious but guests like them. They would rather see grass, trees and shrubbery than a building up on the street. Greenery tends to calm patients and put them at ease. That's scientifically proven. I don't necessarily like how the Clinic builds things but they have their reasons.

^ They are separate schools but Case hands out degrees to both. They are separate programs and separate tracks with very little overlap. CWRU's Med School is more traditional and will continue to be affiliated with UH for at least the next 40 years. Lerner is a research based 5 year program and spends much more time in labs and hospitals than a traditional medical school does. Basically, if you want to be a research or academic doc, Lerner is the way to go. CWRU is the route for clinicians with some research thrown in.

"The homicides this weekend bumped up Cleveland's homicide number to 51 this year, Cleveland police spokesman Ali Pillow said." http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/06/cleveland_councilmen_demand_th.html The PD's data central stats came from the county medical examiner. The issue is that the medical examiner just shows the victims home address, not where the homicide occurred. For instance Theodore Wright of North Royalton did die in a shooting but it was in Cleveland, not where he lived. The PD is reading the record wrong and thinks he died where he lived. It's flat out poor journalism. I don't know how many homicides have been in the burbs but I doubt it's even in double digits.

I agree. I think the data is out of date. I'm just not seeing much suburban development going on, and what is going on is more walkable, like the two new developments in Solon or the new Van Aken District at the end of the Blue Line light-rail in Shaker Heights. In fact, the PD has been running a series regarding suburban developments, the theme of which is "Development is happening more than just downtown"! Yet most of the developments they cite seem to be pretty small and not very transformative. Most of the development is happening on the outer fringes. Correct me if I'm wrong but that series is pretty much focusing only on Cuyahoga County which limits things quite a bit. Summit, Medina, Lorain and Lake are all seeing an uptick in new subdivisions over the past year or so. It seems like many of the developments that had been stalled are back with a vengeance. There hasn't been much in the way of major retail in those areas but residential seems to be moving once again.

You're blaming the wrong guy and have a bad timeline. They had been debated in Columbus for months to fill a budget hole before Gilbert even started gathering signatures. Harrah's (the corporate predecessor to Caesars and Horseshoe operator) bought Thistledown in 2008 in anticipation of racinos being passed in Cbus.Ted Strickland and the Ohio legislature passed racinos back in July 2009. Gilbert's casino proposal was passed afterwards in November. The only reasons the racinos took so long to launch were because of court challenges. Anyone who voted in November already knew that racinos were likely on the way barring legal issues As part of Thistledown staying put, Rock must invest $60 mil as required by the state. Unlike other tracks, they were originally exempted from construction requirements because of a possible move.

^ I think their websites need to be changed first. They look like something from 1998. If the Global Center is supposed to be so innovative and high-tech why is their website so clunky? It seems to be the exact opposite of what they are trying to sell to potential visitors and customers.

^ the Market is a staple of most new Marriott properties, especially Courtyard locations. Some are nothing but a nook but I've been in several where it is a small mini mart.

Kinda sad how little attention the county exec race is getting. Armond Budish is basically being handed the Democratic nomination even though his plans are extremely vague. So far, the only things he's come out for specifically are almost all state issues, not county ones. Among his few public comments are that he wants the Cuyahoga Land Bank to focus on rehab, instead of demolition and he was to spread casino money around the county as Sunny Simon once proposed. Of course, that's the exact opposite of Fitzgerald. Oddly, his Republican opponent, Jack Schron doesn't favor distributing the casino money or changing the land bank's focus. I doubt Schron has much of a shot but it's beyond ridiculous to see Budish being fawned upon just because he can raise loads of cash. His viewpoints don't seem to follow what Fitz started when it comes to urban development.

That's Trammell Crow, Pace's partner on the project. Crow seems to be high on NEO since they are also working with the Clinic on a couple different projects in the region.

Anyone else getting the Keep Cleveland Strong e-mails? They suddenly started showing up in my inbox unsolicited. When you click on the "Why am I getting this" you are sent to a page that says - You were subscribed to this list because: You are receiving this email because you believe in keeping Cleveland strong. You can opt out of this mailing at any time. Seems like they think every person who subscribes to team e-mails or has bought tickets should automatically support this. That tactic alone has me seriously considering voting no. I didn't buy tix to sign up for a political campaign.