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Woah, those are pretty grim... The basic site plan could be much better if they incorporated more townhomes to create a neighborhood feel. They could have some alleyways to create more intimate spaces, etc., rather than it just being two big apartment buildings surrounded by parking.

That's my view as well. It would be great to see people living in that area, paired with some things common in actual communities (like schools, stores, placed to work, etc.) and this does a lot of those things in a potentially deliverable package. Keeping the buildings low-rise makes construction much cheaper.

I'm also not a big fan of this, although in trying to see the positive: (1) this is just an abandoned field, so several hundred residents is better; (2) this hopefully spurs some mixed use development on the other plots; and (3) the parking is largely shielded from street view and lines the train tracks.

New group of houses proposed north of University Circle: http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2019/PDF/NE_Agenda_7-16-19.pdf 2. NE 2019-028 – Orville-Lee Single Family Homes – New Construction (N) Location: 10702 Orville Ave Seeking schematic approval for 8 single-family homes and a pedestrian connector. Project Representative: Westleigh Harper, Horton Harper Architects With Horton Harper's involvement, these might be fairly nice.

Good to see this going forward!

It really will be. The development of that area will help connect Hingetown to the main stretch on W 25th.

Update on the Cleveland Rocks project in the Masonic Temple: https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/masonic-temple-get-new-start Sounds like a cool project, and glad to see some interesting stuff going in there, although no details on timing in the article.

For real? There are numerous vacant/underused buildings within visual distance of the current location that it could move to and still serve the same exact population.

Wow, that's awesome. An area that didn't seem anywhere close to development pretty recently.

Do you know what is planned for the southwest corner (the empty lot)?

It wouldn't be my top location for downtown, but a vertical residential building would have great views of the river/flats, and potentially into Progressive Field. It would also be the shortest walk/bike ride from downtown into Ohio City.

Assuming it was built in a way that the entrance was onto Ontario or Eagle, I could see a first floor sports bar, with residential above, doing very well in that location.

Totally agree. A big reason why that stretch of road feels so uninviting is that it is so car focused. It would also be great if they could find a way to reconnect the neighborhoods along W 25th south of I-90 with Tremont. They are so geographically close, but I-71 completely divides the two areas. Even just reconnecting some of the cut-off streets would go a long way.

Wow, that's a huge number. And if a lot of those people are younger, they may be more inclined to look for housing in the city.

Plan by Metro to build apartments and also encourage renovation of existing homes by employees near the hospital: https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/06/metrohealth-announces-60-million-investment-in-clark-fulton-neighborhood-apartments.html This will really go a long way to adding some street level vitality to that neighborhood along W 25th.

Yeah, that's right. It is going in reverse order this year. I'm hopeful that it proceeds quickly in the House given it was passed there just a few months ago in the prior cycle.

SB39 was passed in the Senate yesterday and introduced in the House today: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-status?id=GA133-SB-39

Does that mean the financing issue was resolved? I was under the impression it is on hold indefinitely now.

Yeah, I'd have to think there are some pretty serious limits on overall costs for that area. It's great to see projects like this going up around that area.

The city has been digging up stuff all around that area for a few weeks, so I bet it is just part of that.

I doubt the city would be willing to make that loan because the rest of the project wouldn't pay a prevailing wage. It seems a matter of principle for the city. I find it hard to believe there isn't some other source of a few million dollars of funding for such a large project.

That's a good point. Projects may have to wait, or get started not knowing for certain how many credits will be up for grabs.

Relevant to both this building and Nucleus, SB39 was voted out of committee yesterday and should now be considered by the full senate. Good to see that it is still moving ahead.

I agree. People who think these areas are getting "too hot" or have self-sustaining development need to spend some time in cities that are actually seeing growth. We are just now seeing the benefits of these programs and pulling the cord on them would be seriously short-sighted. The massive amount of new housing being built in the suburbs v. the tiny amount in Cleveland proper pretty clearly depicts how any benefits to building in Cleveland shouldn't be taken away any time soon.

It looks like David Rotenberg from Bixby Bridge Capital, LLC is the buyer. He is listed on the incorporation documents for R&L Ohio City LLC.