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6/1/2025 The Hitchcock Center for Women

6/1/2025 Gordon Crossing Ninety-Four Ten Hough

5/31/2025 from top of JJ garage 6/1/2025 From M building 7th floor

Sorry for my ignorance, I don't pretend to understand laws regarding a Request for Proposals, or the viability of repurposing a skyscraper, but if the AJC won't be vacant for 3 years, can the committee just reject all current proposals and start the process again? None of the proposals were slam dunks anyway and the CPD plan has changed since then and has progressed, which could have a bearing on a re-do final decision? It has been 2 years of construction costs rising since the first request, and the AJC won't be vacant for another 3 years. Does that timeline help or hurt the AJC for consideration, or is it just not a possibility to even consider it?

Cleveland welcomes first cruise ship of 2025, likely a record year for port calls https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2025/04/cleveland-welcomes-first-cruise-ship-of-2025-likely-a-record-year-for-port-calls-photos.html I think you can see it on the TT earthcam https://www.earthcam.com/usa/ohio/cleveland/terminaltower/?cam=terminaltower

I don't disagree with the point you are making, but comparing 2 places isn't as simple as this, and Willoughby Hills is probably the worst example to argue this point. (as a resident trying not to be biased) per the 2020 census: 10,019 people on 10.76 sq mi (931 people / sq mi.) "Willoughby Hills is 72% residentially zoned which means there are 5035 acres zoned for this use. Of these 5035 acres of residential land, 2998 acres (60%) are developed." "The second largest category of land in the City is land devoted to public or semi-public open space/recreation, (20.5%) The Cleveland Metroparks owns 990 acres in the city." "5% of city acreage is devoted to interstate highway right-of-way for Interstate 90 and Interstate 271" There is also no independent school system, no sidewalks, no city pool or a post office for tax $$ to have to maintain. This is for context that Willoughby Hills may seem like it isn't paying it's fair share to maintain itself, but there isn't as much infrastructure as there appears. How many cities have devoted over 20% of their total land area to parkland and green spaces? There are also 5 apartment buildings over 10 stories, and 4 more at 9 stories tall in the city, which is obviously rare for a suburb, but helps boost the density. Most of Willoughby Hills does not have sewers or storm drains. Most roads have ditches for stormwater and in the majority of the city, each house is required to maintain it's own septic system and per Lake County, must have it inspected and registered every year. It is a $40 yearly permit and it requires at least 1 inspection per year, which runs about $100. Also, most of the cul-de-sacs you can see on google maps are private roads who pay for their own maintenance and city snow plowing, so no cost to tax payers. No public sewer means you need an individual septic system. That takes up space, so decreasing the minimum lot size forces a sewer to be built. In areas where sewers were retroactively installed (I had family on Skyline Dr. in Richmond heights) residents were hit with a non-negotiable $15,000 bill per house back in the 1990's to have their septic systems removed and the sewer installed. This is why the 1 acre minimum is a hot topic in these types of communities. Electric and gas companies bill all their customers a service fee to maintain and expand the system. Looking at their yearly profits, suburban sprawl isn't part of that issue. So the point I was making here was that in rural suburban areas, the individual homeowners are responsible for more of their own utilities. When you get further out, each homeowner is responsible for their own well to provide their water, as well as potentially maintain their own natural gas tank and have to pay to have their gas delivered by truck (most of Geauga County). The added personal responsibility and liability is part of the reason why property taxes are lower.

Yes, 2 of the NDC dorms were built in 2008, and the old NDC library building was transitioned into more of a social space after the new branch of the South Euclid public library opened across the street. The old Regina building also has it's own indoor gymnasium and theater, and NDC spent quite a bit of time and money modernizing parts of the building. Plenty of room for multiple team HQs on that property. I wonder if they will allow the main college chapel to be usable for ceremonies again? Quite a few weddings happened on campus when I was a student there.

The Hitchcock Center for Women update 4/13

I know there is a tree in the way, but the glass around the balcony level has been progressing. (4/13)

Gordon Crossing 4/13 Update:

4/4/2025 from the JJ visitor parking garage

Gordon Crossing as seen from Chester 4/4/2025

I saw this for sale last month and wish I had a "12 car" outbuilding like that. Sadly, out of my price range. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8158-Kirtland-Chardon-Rd-Kirtland-OH-44094/34499437_zpid/? 8158 Kirtland Chardon Rd. was home to Dolence Electrical Technical Consultants. Kinda boring to know, it was more fun to speculate lol

Painesville is celebrating it's 225th Birthday this year and looking forward to the future: https://www.yahoo.com/news/painesville-anticipates-construction-grand-openings-035900163.html The new 250 person amphitheater should be done "by November" at the Kiwanis Recreation Park. Right next to the amphitheater, the new 111 unit Marous Development Group’s Grand River Walk "will begin construction in April, with an anticipated project completion in early 2027." but in this article, that project was scaled back https://finance.yahoo.com/news/developer-changes-plan-painesville-grand-035900212.html "The new proposal is for a four-story building at 257 E. Main St. with 110 residential units" "The plan removes one floor, 10 residential units, the majority of the commercial space, a parking garage and a breezeway that were included in the proposal that the planning commission reviewed in April 2023." Renew Partners remodeling of Victoria Place should start in June, "with completion in July 2027. That project is set to include 78 market-rate apartments, 60,000 square feet of office space and a couple of restaurants." The new Lake County Jail "Lake County Safety Center" will have 504 beds on three and a half floors and "be completed in mid-2027." Painesville is moving forward with the "plans to build a 35 megawatt solar facility and a 10 megawatt battery storage facility" to allow the city to close its coal fired power plant, now that the $80 million federal grant that was frozen has been released. "The city is also planning to welcome a Marriott TownePlace Suites extended-stay hotel on Brookstone Boulevard this August" which is on the border of Mentor near the Home Depot at Diamond Centre. Looks like 2027 will be a good year for the city

The view from I90: