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Progress as of this evening on FEB Phase 3a.

Don’t blame me, I voted for Zach Reed.

The article doesn’t really specify, but I don’t think they chose the 5 city names as examples of cities they’ll be expanding to.

? I get excited when I see the “BOOM” teases. This tease is next level!

Couldn’t agree more.. in fact I feel like Cleveland is in a better position to bounce back than most cities.

This could be posted in several threads. A lot of info on this website and hoping these presentations provide us with some good insight. https://visionforthevalleycle.com/overview/

Cheaper cities, including Cleveland, stand to gain in work-from-home shuffle https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/cheaper-cities-including-cleveland-stand-gain-work-home-shuffle

^I believe the new Neurological Institute (400,000 sf) and the Cole Eye Institute expansion (150,000 sf) are set to break ground in 2021 on the Clinic’s main campus.

I vaguely remember a Dream Hotel being pegged for downtown.. Any idea what drove this proposal east?

I hope the finished product is very similar to this advanced massing, and is vibrantly colored, Miami high rise style ?

Not specific to downtown, but.. Pandemic gives Cleveland an opportunity to attract remote workers “My friend Lee Zapis recently emailed me an article that ran in Crain's in 2001 titled, "Time to put tech at the top of the agenda." The article, written by Brian Tucker, laments the missed opportunities Mayor Jane Campbell's administration had on technology initiatives. Almost 20 years later, Cleveland has come a long way in the technology sector. Now the coronavirus gives us a new opportunity to make progress.“ “I'm sure many of you reading this column have been working from home. A recent CNBC/Survey Monkey survey found that 83% of tech workers were able to work from home during this pandemic. That same survey found that 27% of respondents want to continue to work from home when the pandemic ends. In fact, tech firms such as Google and Facebook have announced that workers can continue to work from home until the end of the year. Two firms, Square and Twitter, have announced workers can work from home permanently. This isn't the first time I've written about remote work and my bullish outlook on Cleveland's tech community. However, these unfortunate circumstances have given Cleveland an opportunity.” https://www.crainscleveland.com/young-professionals-blog/pandemic-gives-cleveland-opportunity-attract-remote-workers The author pretty simply suggests recruiting and incentivizing remote workers. I really hope this is not only under consideration but a plan that’s already in motion.

That’s a cool color for sure. Moscow is the real life sim city. Still, I wouldn’t trade Terminal Tower for all seven (maybe eight) towers in this view.

If this can happen over a 7 year stretch, I promise to go 14 years without a “poorly used/underused” Cleveland waterfront complaint!

It would surprise me a great deal. I believe the City is paying the County around $9 million a year in rent. That’s a bill they don’t want to foot long term.

This feels like a strange full page ad (inside Crain’s print edition. Which if you don’t have, I highly recommend paying the $5 every 5 weeks for). If nothing else we know Benesch and Stark are on the same page, literally.

Well now I hope the Sherwin-Williams tower will have a spire.

Ha.. terrific ? Edit: It actually looks like Kevin Mooney will be using this property for his catering business, per an article in today’s PD Travel section titled “Ohio is for Tree Lovers”. .. couldn’t find it on Cleveland.com

3885 Rocky River Dr., formerly a Fifth Third Bank branch, changed hands on December 31st. My BIL told me he believes the same people that own Treehouse in Tremont have been there serving up free meals to anyone effected by Covid-19. Anyone know if they’re in fact the new owners and is it known if there are plans to convert the building to a bar/restaurant?

“Rico Pietro, a principal of Cushman & Wakefield Cresco brokerage, said he believes there is an office building play possible in the post-COVID-19 era. Pietro's firm has the listing for nuCLEus, but he declined to discuss Stark's current plans.” https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/another-new-nucleus-plan-afoot Am I reading too much into this or does the Crain’s article reference another office project? (outside of Sherwin-Williams and nuCLEus)

Special Terminal Tower light show planned in Cleveland Wednesday night (watch only on WUAB) https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/04/22/special-terminal-tower-light-show-planned-cleveland-wednesday-night-watch-only-wuab/

Cleveland Establishes Loan Program to Help Businesses CLEVELAND, Ohio — The City of Cleveland is hoping a new business loan program can help calm the economic struggles that come with stay-at-home orders. •The City of Cleveland started the Emergency Working Capital Loan Fund •Businesses with no more than 500 employees can apply for a loan from the fund •The loan can be for up to $10,000 to reimburse operating costs like rent, payroll, utilities, inventory and marketing, starting from the month of March https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2020/04/16/cleveland-establishes-loan-program-to-help-businesses?fbclid=IwAR34IaaE4y0ZBcbKCFXnoRauZQuSKLKo2eaixnR-6AIWpofdttuJOmVbKjM

Bed, Sales Tax Revenues Hit Shortfalls CLEVELAND, Ohio- The impact of COVID-19 and stay at home orders has hurt the hotel and tourism industry. The tax revenue that comes from the industry supports many organizations that help define local communities. https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2020/04/18/bed--sales-tax-revenues-hit-shortfalls This comes as no surprise, I’ll be interested to see once the dust settles how much money was lost in tourism due to Covid-19. Really makes you feel for places like Las Vegas or Myrtle Beach who’s primary means of generating revenue is through tourism. While tourism has been on the rise in Cleveland the economy here is still carried on the back of the medical and biotech fields.