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It's this lack of the city's/county's/state's strategic thinking that has created NEO's current situation. These elected officials and their minions never seem to get the big picture; or do they?

Now that Gilbert owns that entire section of Ontario, why not add opportunities for community engagement vs building a bridge that further isolates?

Is it laziness or is it an opportunity to bypass the current unpleasant street atmosphere? Wouldn't it be better to improve the street vs trying to circumvent it?

It would be the final link that connects all of the Gilbert properties to one another.

If that stretch of Ontario was more brightly lit, with more retail and foot traffic, it would not attract panhandlers, drug dealers and other undesirable denizens. The reason they're attracted to that area is because it is dark, isolated and desolate. I don't see another skybridge over the area doing anything but making a bad situation worse.

I've never seen Ontario so brightly lit. Since when does so much light iminate from the blacked-out windows of Jack?

Even though it's twice the height, the design similarity is amazing; Skyline Tower in Queens, NY

Unfortunately this is what most "new-build," urban high-rise, developments provide.

Hoboken or Weehawken for Manhattan. Edgewater for Cleveland.

Does anyone have any idea as to why the verticle white strips are only on the east and south sides of the building; those being the sides facing away from the downtown area?

"The amount of east-west traffic and north-south traffic through this area is incredible." When you say "traffic" do you mean automobile traffic or pedestrian traffic?

The easy access and proximity of BKL may be advantageous for the officers and could be a benefit of having a downtown CLE location. The rank & file however would be stuck with Hopkins, which would only be a 20 minute rapid ride from corporate. Those "experts" from NJ however don't have an appreciation for how easy it is to get from downtown CLE to a major international city, via RTA, a short flight to O'hare or JFK, with a brief layover.

It's great to see the inclusion of affordable housing with market rate in this Slavic Village development. https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/university-settlement-embarks-on-game-changing-plan-for-housing-with/article_8f586ec4-e2f8-11e9-9f86-ff61395d9c82.html

Detroit's "The Mid" is reminiscent of NuCLEus in terms of appearance and cost, but Detroit project includes $1M condos. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/voices-chad-livengood/detroit-rising-high-rise-condos-mid-may-reach-1m-cost

According to the article above: "One category where Cleveland could lose some points, however, is its air service, several site-selection experts said. Sherwin-Williams operates some 4,900 facilities across the world and sells its products in 120 countries, so connectivity to international flights could be important. “International air service really is a common denominator among cities attracting these types of trophy headquarters today,” said John Boyd, principal at New Jersey-based Boyd Co. Being airport hubs is one reason cities such as Dallas and Atlanta frequently attract corporate headquarters, he said." That being said, CLE has always had brief, convenient international connections through JFK/EWR and ORD.

Retention of their 3K+ employees is high on the list along with talent. They also mention, as was mentioned upthread, airport hub status and how ATL, DFW and CLT have used their hub status to fuel growth. This continues to be a challenge and CLE being ranked as the 2nd worst medium-sized airport doesn't help matters. I've always found CLE to be a breeze, but I've mostly flown in/out of LGA, EWR and MIA, which are the worst of the worst.

Perhaps by 2023-2026, the market will have changed to support such a mixed use development. With a downtown hotel surplus and numerous retail vacancies, today's market doesn't support it. SW will not develop anything that doesn't make sense financially.

It would still be a dead zone. W. Superior is not conducive to shopping.

If currently there are numerous vacant retail sites, especially in high traffic downtown areas, it will be a tough sell for new development. That area however could use a grocery or convenience store.

If retail is incorporated, the only streets that may support it would be W. 3rd & 6th, Frankfort and St. Clair. Superior is already a dead zone (Renaissance and garage on one side, parking crater on the other and a very wide Avenue in between the two); ever try crossing Superior there? Retail on the parking crater side of Superior would more than likely be unsuccessful.

Agreed and I appreciate the value however, I don't know of many urban corporate HQs that include retail as part of their developments (form follows function). That's not their purpose. A retail or mixed-use requirement placed on an "urban campus" may force them to look at suburban options. One urban, mixed-use HQ however, that's not a campus, but that does immediately come to mind is Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle in Manhattan.

What is the status of the Lake Erie Wind Turbine project? As the first project on the Great Lakes, does it provide an opportunity for development of supporting industry and infrastructure? This project could put Cleveland at the forefront of the technology. What's taking them so long?

Good luck with that!

What is the status of the Lake Erie Wind Turbine project? As the first project on the Great Lakes, does it provide an opportunity for development of supporting industry and infrastructure?

I don't mean to be a downer but I simply see no justification for SW to include retail in their development, unless it is a new branded SW/Valspar retail concept and perhaps a cafeteria, gym or day care, but those would be for employees.