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I think that between shows at playhouse, summer events such as Jazz Fest, etc the area is fine. Not really much in the photographed immediate area that caters to a non student population.

Little crane boy on W. 6th spotted form my desk.

I currently live in this building. They’ve been staked out for a while having their Beacon operations there. This is where they’ve been meeting with prospective tenants and such before showing them the building. Also, MRNs HQ is on the second floor (the Marons own the building, and one of them lives there).

Are there any plans for E. 119th St/the parking lot there? Seems like it could be a good place for a community parking garage with apartments above it?

I was coming to post this ?. It's the first step to an urban target/IKEA, hahahaha.

Honestly Cleveland needs more 24 hour spots. Even when I’m not out partying, it’s still nice to grab a bite at 3 am. Or there were those times when I had late night study sessions as a grad student that would have been amazing to grab a bite. I bough 3 vodka shots, a double Tito’s on the rocks, and a beer Friday for 25$ at the Map Room. Not sure what it would have cost me in the flats, haha. At least 50$. A dive bar in flats will be great.

I live next door. It bothers me, haha.

I just spoke with councilman McCormack at the DCR event, and there’s going to be a playground by the science center, and in the mall. The one by the science center will be a more traditional playground while the one in the mall will be a larger contiguous “playscape” with like mounds/obstacles and stuff.

^ the north and south side of Detroit east of W. 25th really need a lot of work. It’s the gateway to the west side / Ohio city. Hemingway is the perfect developer to have site control over the the NE corner of Detroit-W. 25th. Hopefully plans for that come out soon.

@KJP needs to release that article tho ?

Theres 5 active projects on Euclid alone, 3 renos and 2 new. 2 of those are nearing the finish line. These 5 will bring 1200ish new units that should push our population close 20,000 hypothetically if they were at capacity. This isn’t including 925 and the potential hippodrome site/cityclub apartments. Then there’s other projects through downtown (nucleus, feb, smaller projects, etc). Plus 100,000+ daytime employees which are growing. There’s supposedly a demand for nearly 7,000 new residential units by 2030. Condos really make sense. It’s time for some condos. Hopefully this geis project, and knezs smaller townhome development will be a catalyst to more for-sale units. Report shows demand for 6,800 more homes in downtown Cleveland by 2030 Also hopefully the 2020 census will yield good news for the city and downtown.

I thought they had financial issues and were completed around the economic downturn. They were sued by the construction company?

You'd be surprised. My dad is a boomer. He and many want to be in the throw of things. Between Playhouse Square, E. 4th, the stadiums, etc,. its a very attractive area for people of all ages. Boomers like sports and bars too, haha. My dad goes out just as much as I do, and is a member of Playhouse, museums, etc. He's also been a season pass ticket holder to the Browns for as long as I can remember. Plus, boomers have higher spending power, especially regarding expensive condos like these Geis ones will probably be.

Your username works well for this.

550 Spaces + Surface Parking ?. Wow. How many students are going to live here without cars? Seems fairly common in the area.

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2018/08172018/index.php - few pages over

Not sure if posted yet, but: DCA is pushing for a Downtown playground, which is extremely super long overdue. Idk where my brain is at, but I missed the cycle event this past weekend for it. It seems like they're having a series of events to raise funding for one. If a trend is really starting for downtown developments for sale continues, they really need to incorporate a lot more family amenities. Pour for a Playground - June 27th.

Cleveland passed a slew of zoning requirements that require liners for parking decks. If I recall correctly, they had to "force" the Lumen project to incorporate the retail along the first floor of their parking deck. Downtown Cleveland zoning tweaks shift height limits, boost potential for historic easements

But it’s more than a parking lot. It’s a storm water control feature!

The development potential in this area is great. There’s so many parking lots. E. 9th-E 18th south of Prospect, like the Parking Lot District, has a ton of potential. Hopefully, along with Knez’s townhouses, can spur more for-sale developments.

You're telling me that you don’t want a gerbil tunnel system like Minneapolis (or our own CSU). Although I will admit, as someone who walks across W. 3rd very frequently, that road is a pedestrian shit show. I just walk (on the diagonal xwalk at Frankfort) and expect cars to yield to me. Has worked out well enough over the past couple years. Only been almost hit a few times.

This is more or less how I was envisioning it. 3,000 spaces is a lot, but yeah. I would hope there would be first floor retail frontage along W 3 & W 6th in the garage, especially W 6th to be in line with the bar/restaurant district. That’s a huge lot, about 120K sq ft. The one north of it is even large at around 150K. Key Tower’s floor area is only around 30K sq ft. Lots of potential with these giant lots.

I ride the E-line almost every morning. I know it’s only a small percentage, but I see tons of kids my age getting off at public square with SHW gear. There’s a just a huge draw for such a huge company to be in an urban center. Access and public transit is just one of the many things. Cleveland lost a lot with other companies, but suburbanizing HQs seems to be a lot less popular now. What young, educated person wants to be in farmland?

I just don’t understand why a company would relocate out of an urban center to go to...brecksville. Yuck. Even for R&D there’s much better urban locations.

I take my cat to this clinic. They’re great. Excited to see this going up.