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Also, there's a congressional election in the 11th district. Presumably that will boost turnout in downtown and on the east side but not the west side. That can't be good for Kelley.

Top of the Hill and College Club will both be lovely. Overlook Park looks even more ugly in person. Thankfully what's mostly wrong with it is the awful clashing colors of the vinyl siding, which won't be too hard to change at some point in the building's life.

It’s better than nothing, but it could also easily have been much less bad.

The student-oriented housing across from top of the hill is almost done and boy is it Uuuuuugly. I can’t believe the project got no pushback with top of the hill absorbing it all. A bit of pushback might have helped the student housing look way better.

Which would be more annoying if it weren't for the fact that the project exists partly as a convenient way to get rid of dredged material.

Love it! In light of the developer, hopefully they get Saucy Brew Works as a tenant. It is really amazing that University Circle has no true* brewpub. There's basically nothing between Goldhorn to the west and Bossdog/Voodoo/Bottlehouse to the east. *I recognize the Jolly Scholar exists and brews some decent beer, but if one is being honest, it's more of a college bar that happens to brew beer than it is a brewpub.

This one will be a big deal for whoever gets it.

I took his tweet as saying the projects he listed could still potentially happen.

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/cordelia-looks-to-replace-lola-bistro-on-e-4th-street-in-cleveland.html The restaurant replacing Lola on E. 4 will be called Cordelia, but that's basically all anyone knows about it.

I'm surprised this passed so smoothly, because the opposition to the dam removal has been overwhelming. Everybody wants to feel like an environmentalist, standing out in fields, and taking pictures of furry animals but when push comes to shove and being an environmentalist means giving up a bit of faux nature, people aren't so keen. I'm also glad this passed so smoothly because the current flood risk based on all analysis is just catastrophic.

With endorsements typically the more the better, but I'm not sure how much a Kucinich endorsement benefits either candidate. Whether or not you like Mayors White, Campbell or Jackson, I don't think any of them are so toxic that their endorsements hurt. Now, Dennis....

Basheer Jones just endorsed Kevin Kelley. I think the fact that Kevin Kelley did NOT get endorsed by Zack Reed is more significant than that he did get endorsed by Kevin Kelley. As I've stated before, based on primary vote totals it seems almost inevitable that Bibb outperforms Kelley in the east side suburbs all else being equal. Obviously the endorsement from Basheer Jones will help Kelley some, but I think he would really need unanimity in east side endorsements to stand a chance there.

Aren't these basically being announced because they will be the first opening? It strikes me as a timing announcement rather than an importance announcement. I agree with @freefourur. Nothing wrong with these retailers, but they're not exciting. It's impossible for me to imagine these are Tower City's flagship retailers. Bedrock is aware that Tower City was floundering under the previous tenants, and these are basically more of the same, albeit new to the region, which is important.

That's obviously a reason, it's just not a very good reason. Do a Google streetview basically anywhere in Portland and look at the trees they have towering over power lines. They somehow manage it. Look at Lake Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood. It's apparently a manageable problem there, so why not everywhere else? And there's lots of places we plant dwarf trees that don't realistically threaten power lines. On Chester through midtown there are a bunch of nine foot trees planted in the median even though three lanes of traffic separate the trees from any power lines. You could easily plant a bunch of 50 foot trees in the median and rarely if ever would they fall on a line.

There was an interesting comment I saw on this story that echoed something I've thought for a long time. One problem with tree canopy is that a lot of these old huge oaks, maples, sweet gums, sycamores etc. get replaced by some kind of semi dwarf tree that will never be more than 15 feet tall. I wish the city would focus more on planting big trees, as big trees do a lot more to restore the urban forest feel than small trees do.

Good acoustics for Gregorian chants though. Maybe we oughta host some of those.

It’s normal to use multiple firms for different things. They may use both.

Don't forget that Stark never publicly released details on the smallest version of NuCLEus (the version with no residential component). I always suspected that the one-tower version was created as a backup plan, probably to placate Benesch, where Stark could say "look, if all else fails, we still have the capital and commitments in hand to start building this ASAP."

One more point to tag on the above discussion of the TMUD. As I look again at the requirements for the economic impact statement, I am beginning to agree more with @Htsguythat the number of applications this year will be VERY limited, which is probably good for NuCLEus and the Centennial primarily. For upcoming years, I expect the floodgates to open, but given the deadline of October 29 for this year, I don't think a developer could have a compelling application for the TMUD unless they have multifaceted market analysis that goes beyond a traditional market analysis, well underway NOW. Some of the market impacts that the tax credit authority wants to consider are not items that developers would be researching in any event. These reports don't just come together in a week. If you're only noticing the TMUD opportunity now, I think you're too late for this year.

Last number I know is from 2017, when Benesch had over 220 staff and rented four floors (about 120,000 sq. ft.) at 200 Public Square. (See numbered pg. 6 of this appraisal report: https://mayafiles.tase.co.il/rpdf/1086001-1087000/P1086322-01.pdf ) Since then, they've added a decent number of attorneys. Also, as stated above, my information from someone who works at Benesch is that they will be requiring everyone to come in two days a week, and it will be the same two days for everyone. In other words, their long-term space needs should be the same even if they are utilizing work from home, because they (for understandable reasons) want at least a couple days where everybody is in the office. Frankly, if Benesch wants 200,000 sq. ft. (which they had indicated in the past they do), I'm not sure there's ANYWHERE they can get class A office space to fill that need.

I think this could be consistent with either a negotiating strategy or true cold feet.

FWIW Benesch has been remote or remote optional for the entire pandemic and is just now switching to a requirement that everybody come into the office at least a couple days a week. And the couple days of a week will NOT be staggered—as in everyone is supposed to be at the office at the same time at least a couple times a week. I’m not questioning any of what @KJP’s sources are saying, but I wonder if it’s partially a negotiating tactic, because based on the Benesch lawyers I have talked to, I don’t have the impression they’re downsizing. Also, maybe I missed it, but how do we know old NuCLEus isn’t happening? Benesch leaving could jeopardize the whole project, but if they stay with NuCLEus (which it sounds like they’re at least still considering) why couldn’t the original NuCLEus get built?

Now it's going to be even bigger, right? 😉

Here are some excerpts from the instructions on things the tax credit authority wants to know about. Looks like projects that are close to public transit and contain larger retail, office, and hotel components will score better. Stark should be happy.