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I think there's definitely importance to a Landmarks Commission ruling on buildings in significant, historical areas. They would encourage historic touches to the design to complement it's surroundings like the incorporation of arches and bricks in Bridgeworks. But they're missing something extremely important. Historic building design doesn't have setbacks. Commercial buildings are pushed right up to the sidewalk and contribute to the historic charm. They should be forcing developers to NOT have setbacks, not the other way around.

Well that's a pretty disappointing change :/

Some newer renderings:

https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/Affordablehousing111220.aspx FreshWater's new article has a few exciting hints about new development in Glenville. "Churchill Gateway is just one of many projects currently under way in Glenville, in addition to the recent opening of the GlenVillage retail incubator and the 2019 redevelopment of the East Side Market. Other projects still in the planning stages include Gold Coast Lofts, which will be a mixed-use development with approximately 60 units of rental apartments. Additionally, more townhouses and condos will be located on the streets immediately surrounding Churchill Gateway. Glenville Homes will be a 63-unit apartment development, and the Orlean Company is planning 25 new construction projects throughout the neighborhood." I'm assuming the Orlean Co projects are just all the houses they're building, but I haven't heard anything about these other developments they're talking about.

The Baricelli Inn apartments are coming along nicely. The developers also own the Washington Place Bistro next door which is finally getting a new purpose after closing down. According to a city permit uploaded today, the 7 units of the inn are being renovated and the kitchen/dining area is being converted into 6 more units.

Richman Brothers Building is now for sale for $3.5 million dollars. Sad the old plans never fully materialized, but hopefully, someone new will pick up the torch and do something with it. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1600-E-55th-St-Cleveland-OH/21363582/

It is now for sale for $3.5 million. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1600-E-55th-St-Cleveland-OH/21363582/

I could imagine a smaller Wolstein design with apartments built around it up to the street.

Add these two towers, the SHW HQ buildings, and a couple other towers being considered, and the Westside of Public Square will have a pretty substantial skyline in the near future. If all of it pans out of course.

Just seeing Mavrek's portfolio of developments, I'm already super excited for this one.

Dunham Tavern preliminary plans:

Lots of stuff going on in Midtown with so amazing plans coming together. One interesting one worth noting is a Rail Trail being proposed for the railway that runs through the neighborhood. Apparently it's very early on, but it could be a great resource to better connect the neighborhood and act as something to attract development. I hope it actually happens.

Bucchieri (2087 Random architect) developed his style from the 1960s/70s modernist architecture movement and it shows. I honestly have no clue how this project got approved and wasn't protested by NIMBYs. Especially with all that visible parking and main door set back so far on the side of the building.

Looks like the grocery store project will be 40k sq ft grocery store and approximately 170 apartments spread over 130,000 sq ft with workforce targeted pricing. $52 million total cost.

Not quite the same but some great pics and info as well: https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/about/headquarters/ Some info from the paywalled article: Initial plans for the innovation district next to the foundation HQ call for $400 million of investment for 2 million square feet in seven buildings. First building is scheduled to finish 2022, same year as the HQ. They're planning to revamp the Dunham Tavern and its land. It mentions the Allen Estates in Hough which is apparently breaking ground today on 6 houses. It may eventually expand to be 144 units (mix between houses/townhouses/apartments). And the article also just talks a lot about architecture and inspirations for the design.

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Not exactly development news but this seems pretty important... So News 5 wrote an article on abandoned apartment buildings in Cleveland and on trying to get them redeveloped. It says there are 571 vacant apartment buildings here and shows a map with them all. I've only looked through a few dozen of them so far, but big issue is, majority of them are completely wrong. Quite a lot of addresses that don't exist and a few addresses that I can personally confirm are NOT vacant. Is someone really bad with typos or data entry? Are there far less vacant apartment buildings in CLE than people thought? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/cleveland-condemned-city-has-hundreds-of-abandoned-condemned-and-vacant-apartment-buildings

That's my bad then. Fixed it. Thanks!

Correct. I personally don't mind brick siding, keeps historic character while maintaining costs since brick masonry isn't feasible today. The townhomes design, on the other hand, is extremely disappointing. And those garage doors taking up most of their streetfront presence don't help. Edit: siding not veneer

The proposed brick structure is nice. I'd definitely love to see this in an empty lot on Lorain, though it's bittersweet considering it'd just replace another brick structure of the same height. But dear God are those townhomes ugly.

I took some screenshots from the meeting. Demolition was tabled. There was a lot of debate and dissent against demolishing the historic structure.

Neighborhoods like Glenville have extremely low housing prices that make market rate development difficult. Construction costs too much to be competitive with houses and apartments in the area. Beyond that, limited demand, especially among those in the income bracket you want, slows growth of housing prices. How often are people moving to the city recommended that they move to Glenville? The best chance is to bet on overflow development from places like University Circle, on trendsetter developers willing to take a risk (Knez), and on new developers willing to try something different (WRJ and their E 72nd project).

According to the Loopnet listing, 12550 Euclid Ave, across from the Circle East Townhomes, is now under contract. Not sure who is buying it or the agreed upon price, but the listing price was $750,000. A significant amount for East Cleveland. Rendering of structure (after hypothetical renovations) from loopnet: Just a couple blocks from Knez's Wade Park townhomes and their plans for the Hough Bakeries site. Also just a block away from the Zen124 site which was proposed 2016 but appears to be dead now.

Cleveland has always had to do a better job embracing the winter. This will be perfect to do that and better enliven this part of town

Architecture seems nice as well though. No absurd McMansion style designs. Hidden parking. Design varies from house to house preventing any kind of boring cookie cutter development. Plentiful front porches to enliven the experience. Historic motifs. But to be fair, 2.5/3 stories for houses would be nicer and give a more urban feel than it's 1-2. And there's definitely still some ugly ones. But something reminiscent of this plan would be incredible for just east of downtown.