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For some context, the last two stadiums built were SoFi in LA and Allegiant in Las Vegas. SoFi was entirely privately funded. Allegiant was about 66% publicly funded and about 33% funded by a Clark County (NV) bond issue that was financed by a new hotel tax.

Seems like everyone is doing the right thing. Haslam wants a new stadium DOWNTOWN asap. Bibb wants to make sure the city doesn’t get screwed over too much. There’s still a lot that can go wrong, but this is pretty appropriate positioning for a negotiation.

Hey! It’s…..basically good news!

FTFY ;)

I'm crossing my fingers it's this, but based on the Twitter interactions, seems much more likely Jimmy Haslam is going to torpedo lakefront plans, or ask the city to give him two billion dollars, or move the stadium to Berea or some bull**** like that...

If the Haslams are about to whine about being too poor to invest money because they just bought the Bucks...Maybe they should sell the team. That'd be short-term devastating for lakefront plans but a long term win for the city.

The $/sq.ft is what enables developers to build, but from an affordability standpoint, I think what's more important is just the total per-unit rent. The Artisan's smallest units are about 10% smaller than OUC's and are $150/mo cheaper. On the general topic of affordability-- There's still a lot of affordability if you look at small units, even in some new construction. The Foundry has studios for less than $900/mo. People are so much more likely to live alone now, and if you're a young person who lives alone in a building with decent amenities and a walkable area, there's really no reason you should *need* more than about 400 sq.ft. As long as those kinds of units keep getting built, we should maintain affordability. People who want a sub $1000/mo apartment will have the choice between an older, probably a little dilapidated unit that may be a 1 br and 700+ sq. ft. or a new nice unit with great amenities that's very small. And for what it's worth, the small units seem to be selling very well across the board, so I would imagine they'll keep getting built. I'm really looking forward to Stokes West for all the above reasons.

Massive credit to everyone who wrote. I think it's also good to keep in mind what this says about the state government. I know it's easy to get cynical because there are some genuine crazies in the Ohio Republican Party and there's a lot of self-interested decision making and unscrupulous power grabbing. BUT many of the Republicans in power in Ohio do genuinely care about governing the state well, even if they have beliefs about what that looks like that we might not agree with. I'll specifically call out Mike DeWine and Jon Husted in that category as two people that I really believe want all Ohioans to succeed. If we look at all Ohio Republicans as people that cannot be reasoned with and simply have to be beaten, we'll miss out on a lot of opportunities for genuine collaboration, change of heart, and compromise.

The EUV lithography machines are pretty big (like 200 tons). So big that I would imagine they may need to be incorporated at a fairly early stage of construction with the building sort of built around them. But that's just a guess.

Tom Patton. He lives in Strongsville in what I like to call the "fake country" which to me means one-acre lots in insulated subdivisions, nicely paved streets with mailboxes, every second person drives an F-150, listens to country music, and talks like they live on a ranch in Texas, not a cushy suburb.

F&C is already going to be doing the Meadowbrook-Lee project next. Construction hasn't even started, but that's gonna add another 200+ apartments. And I don't think Ascent is more than about 50% leased out yet. I know the city pushed very hard to get these two sites occupied, which was an essential part of their completion. Do you think there's enough confidence in the development community to go for a third big project before we know how the second one did? EDIT: I did the math, and if the website is correct and up-to-date the now available units are 70% rented out, while the unavailable units are like 16% rented out. Those seem like pretty respectable numbers.

Thanks for sharing, I filled it out. The thing that I find so galling is the erosion of home rule. These hypocritical republicans talk about limited government and then pass all the legislation they possibly can to force everyone else to live just like they do. There's a common complaint in the rural areas "why won't the government just leave us alone so we can live our lives?" And I get it, I really do. Those people are right (at least some of the time) in just wanting to be left alone! But then their representatives turn around and support every single piece of litigation gutting the power of cities.

It’s been said before but bears repeating. National college enrollment peaked in 2010 and is down 10% since then. There’s little reason to expect the trend to reverse given our demographic trajectory and stubbornly strong entry-level low-skill job market. (College is a lot less appealing when there’s any number of places you can immediately make $20 an hour plus a $5000 sign on bonus as an 18 year old. Maybe not the best long-term decision, but tell that to an 18 year old.) So having an anchor university that’s continuing to grow is EXTREMELY important for the region long-term. I think it’s pretty hard to overstate its importance.

Dang, I forgot how tall this thing was gonna be!

While the tone of the quotes in this article are negative, I think reading between the lines, it’s either encouraging or neutral. You can learn a lot from the airing of grievances. There is ALWAYS something to complain about. The staffing issues are (I’m sure) annoying, but I don’t get the impression they actually threaten any projects. If Whalen needs to get approval this year, he has 10 months to do that. Squeaky wheel gets the grease, and I read his complaint as a (legitimate) attempt to get to the top of the pile. The complaints about the standard abatement are also to be expected. But the new program is comparable to what already exists in many similar markets. If you look at how much rents have gone up here, I’m pretty confident the impact of the lower abatement will be minimal. The city needs revenue. Maybe the lower abatement will let the city address the staffing shortages down the pike. 🙂

One to win $500 and one to lose it again!

Where are these people getting the thing about "you can't leave your zone without a permit"? Does that have some sliver of a basis in any sort of reality related to the UK plans?

Technically, Jack doesn't own the casino. It's just the licensed operator and presumably rents the space. As long as Jack managed both locations, I think they could plausibly be called one "facility" even under separate ownership.

Correct! And this is a very, very interesting point, particularly given that Gilbert sold the casino recently. You want to know where the casino is allowed? Here's where: That's a lot of parcels! But you know what isn't in that list? (you can control F to confirm) Parcel 101-23-050B! Wanna guess where most of the Jack Casino is located? So, say Gilbert were to try and build a new casino entirely situated on one of the many parcels that is listed in the constitutional amendment. Which casino is the legitimate casino? It seems Gilbert has at least an interesting argument. Now would trying this be a good idea? No comment! Another much less sleazy option is that Gilbert could build a separate casino, have Jack manage it, and argue that it's actually the same "facility" for purposes of the Ohio Constitution.

This is a pretty neat detail. Depending on what "500" actually means, these could be the 8th and 9th tallest buildings in the state when completed.

I think the comments at the Global Pathogen Center presentation today were going the right direction. I thought Joyce Huang's comments were very well put about how you need public-facing gathering spaces to maximize innovation! If this is an "innovation district" you need coffee shops, and gyms and other "third spaces" (my word not hers) where people can bump into each other and form new relationships and develop new ideas together.

Maybe it's just taste, but to me none of these have a particularly welcoming aesthetic. I know they're less set back, but does that really matter if people aren't walking to them? The main problem I see with the Clinic (and many hospitals) is it's on such a large campus with only one dedicated use that walking is much less practical. It's not like CWRU's campus where you have school buildings and other businesses interspersed. The Clinic's campus is one contiguous block with nothing else there. It's more than 1 km across, so if you live on one side of the Clinic and want to talk to a restaurant, etc. on the other, you're spending 15 minutes of your walk just to get across the Clinic's campus. I think THAT is the real problem with the Clinic's layout, and I don't see setbacks as making it any better or worse.

@KJP Do we know target start and completion dates? I'm completely satisfied with the design (which fwiw is just an artist rendering, not a architectural rendering). This (like all Clinic activites) does have to be judged by HOSPITAL standards. If you look at the campuses of other world-class hospitals like NYU, or Columbia Presbyterian, or Brigham & Women's, or Cedars-Sinai, the architecture is anywhere from pleasant looking and boring to super ugly. The Cleveland Clinic's new buildings over the last decade are more in the pleasant but boring category than the ugly category.

Any idea abt specific number of new full-time jobs?

My only point is that there’s a widely held assumption that urban living is basically unnatural or even inhuman and that the assumption is counterfactual.