infrafreak

Sorry @CbusTransit ? Start of original conversation on the garage wrap from the renders:

@marty15 was that Google-coming-to-Cleveland project supposed to be connected to CityBlock, or some other site?

I jokingly was going to say that Geis's micro-units were leaking to the other side of the river. Having done the math, that comes to only 364 square feet per unit, so surely that seemed even smaller than the micro-units...until I looked again and Geis's are evidently only 350 sq ft... https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/05/flats-east-bank-project-moving-forward-with-design-approval-of-riverfront-restaurants-bars.html That is assuming that is the livable footprint of those buildings and not inclusive of mechanicals/hvac/storage/common areas, halls, etc...

This made me curious what the actual boundaries of the district are. Turns out the GIS system calls that layer "Design Review Committee Regions", whereas Design Review Districts are a different layer with non-contiguous regions. So in case anyone else needed a visual, here they are with an overlay of "Planning Districts" aka city neighborhoods so you can see where these demolitions are concentrated. Here's a slightly-cropped, zoomed-in version: If you want to look yourself, the interactive link is here: http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/gis/cpc.html

If the remainder of W64th to W58th between Cleveland Public Theater and Happy Dog can continue to fill in while respecting and serving the longtime and newer residents of the neighborhood alike, the continuity of Detroit will really feel impressive.

Take a walk 15 years back in time, ignore hindsight for a moment, and you'll see nearly the same arguments for/against this development as you do for Steelyard Commons on UrbanOhio, weighing the pros/cons of national retailers in a suburban, car-centric format located inside city limits...

(emphasis added)

What a great contributor to the urban fabric. Love the "looming" feeling the Lumen gives upon Euclid. I also really appreciate how much it makes CSU feel like an extension of Downtown in terms of the skyline rather than just the street grid. It starts to feel a lot less like a transition zone. The shots of Rhodes tower from the innerbelt hammer this home.

Let's get this show on the road! Thankfully this is past the point of Tudor-style squabbling, height issues, and parking concerns. If groundbreaking occurs in February, that will really get things moving.

@GISguy has stayed vigilant in reminding us how far Atlanta has come in this race, as evidenced by the article. Has there not been any movement on certificates of disclosure for the Jacob's lot still? Is that due to the due diligence that was already in play from the last go around prior to the Valspar acquisition? Thanks for the great article, Ken! As informative as it was lengthy!

But that's just steps away from Terdolph park! All of the recent activity there and closer to the Agora start to paint the picture of the overall neighborhood vision @KJP keeps nodding to. The Midtown Cleveland CDC has been very busy it seems.

Since this was mysteriously deflected and I don't see it already posted: Majority stake of Quality Electrodynamics is sold to Canon Inc. by Scott Suttell November 01, 2019 09:17 AM Quality Electrodynamics LLC, a Mayfield Village company that makes coils that go inside magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, announced it has sold a 70% stake in the company to Tokyo-based tech giant Canon Inc. Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Quality Electrodynamics, which is known as QED, will become a subsidiary of Canon but will retain its name, independent identity and local headquarters, the company said in a news release issued late Thursday, Oct. 31. https://www.crainscleveland.com/technology/majority-stake-quality-electrodynamics-sold-canon-inc

Looking back on @KJP's articles on Fairfax over the last year, I looked for any offhand "speculation" that perhaps is more informed than meets the eye. My initial thought when I heard IBM was Explorys: From "Leveraging the Boomtown": http://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2018/08/leveraging-boomtown.html I have no clue whether there is more growth or plans than their current presence here. In his "Seeking opportunity in the Opportunity Corridor" article: http://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2019/06/seeking-opportunity-in-opportunity.html Biomedical labs and advanced manufacturing could be just as much a throwaway nod to Cleveland's medical device and technology background as much as it could be perhaps an "informed hunch" ?. I spent some time looking at majority property owners in Fairfax to look for consolidated ownership of adjacent parcels, recent transfers, etc. Most are tied to known projects. There is a lot of city owned land spread across tons of slight variations of owner names. Ken has a "cropped (E105th & Quincy)" look at these ownership trends in the Fairfax thread, where this conversation might need to continue. In case anyone is inclined to do some sleuthing outside of the limits of Cuyahoga Myplace...you may find this resource helpful: https://landgrid.com/us/oh/cuyahoga/cleveland/fairfax#b=none

Something makes me think there's a fairly good chance we can say it is Fairfax ?

Whether it is appropriate or not, a place I used to live would convert handicap spots to regular ones as residents with relevant needs moved in/out.

Cue the Relevant twitter account: https://twitter.com/bollardsofctown This seems a little festive for the holidays:

Not an enjoyable experience for a flight longer than 2 hours. Between Spirit and Frontier as LCCs with big presences in the area, I'd give the edge to Frontier given the choice between the two.

Drove by on Saturday and saw it was no different than ever - thanks for the update; while the explanation is as unsurprising as it is disappointing, their transparency and candidness is welcome.

Between University Hospitals and MetroHealth and Cleveland Clinic down the road, Crystal Clinic getting in at this corridor does not come as a surprise. That area has seen so much development in the last 5 years. At least that area is served by the Metrohealth 51B line. Sounds like this project will be underway in time to overlap with the SR 82 widening project.

It's about development being thicker, not longer distances! Also, with respect to access:

Get a box of tissues and look at pictures of the Eagle Avenue Viaduct from the Cleveland Memory project. http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/search/field/subjec/searchterm/Eagle Avenue Viaduct (Cleveland, Ohio)/mode/exact

The Inter-Modell Center?!?!

Maybe not for long: Shaker Square for sale; proposal to close Shaker Boulevard put on hold Published 11/11/2019, 3:52 PM By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio - Shaker Square, the historic, 1920s-era shopping center on Cleveland’s East Side, is being offered for sale by the Coral Co., the Cleveland-based real estate company that has owned it since 2004. The Chicago-based commercial real estate firm of JLL Inc. confirmed Monday that the property is for sale. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/11/shaker-square-offered-for-sale-as-proposal-to-close-shaker-boulevard-is-put-on-hold.html

Sounds like the Richfield Coliseum all over again.

900' https://cityofcleveland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3318095&GUID=51FC9D7A-710C-4CA5-AC1A-974D65F5E89D&Options=ID|Text|&Search=height Within that page is a link to a PDF with a map. The recently simplified height districts have been discussed and shared elsewhere on the board. Cleveland.com article that discusses the height districts but no longer has a working map: https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2018/03/downtown_cleveland_zoning_chan.html