Firenze98

No. It's much deeper, which explains the number of 350'-400' skyscrapers we have along East 9th street. It's much more expensive to build taller in Cleveland, which is why we only have four skyscrapers taller than 500'. You can see evidence of that in New York City too. That's why there are concentrations of skyscrapers near Battery Park, then several blocks of low-rise buildings, then back to the Empires and Chrysler type skyscrapers.

What confuses you?

If the proposed tax credit is used, the developer could afford to pay for that and be a big marketing incentive for prospect tenants. Is the Weston site under 7 acres in the WHD? I know different thread but just wondering if the credit could potentially jump-start that project as well.

It's possible they went to steel to speed up the construction time since you don't have to wait for the concrete columns, etc. to set. It may have been easier to tie into the existing structure by just embedding steel column anchor bolts instead of trying to expose existing reinforcing, in order to tie new concrete column reinforcing in with it. Plus you usually don't see a parking garage constructed of steel framing.

Very nice photos! I just got the Pixel 2XL myself and love the camera!

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The Ohio Theatre George Gund Foundation will be hosting a groundbreaking event for a new apartment tower on Thursday, April 5 called The Lumen at Playhouse Square. There is an event at 4 p.m. in the Ohio Theatre Gund Foundation lobby. Then, weather permitting, leaders will move to the construction site. The building has not yet been publicly named, but is expected to be a 34-story glass tower that will change not only the look of Playhouse Square, but will also add to the city's skyline. http://m.cleveland19.com/story/37884686/groundbreaking-set-for-new-high-rise-apartment-building-in-playhouse-square

Could be a gr8 concept and I wonder if it will be open L8.

Is this a for sure thing now or just generally mentioning the retail since it's been considered?

Should we rename this tread to The Beacon?

If Weston is having a difficult time getting financing, they and Cleveland should scale back the residential part and pursue the new Amazon HQ2 to fill up that site. The residential adjacent to the HQ, a win for the employees. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4861452/Prime-real-estate-Amazon-opens-search-2nd-HQ.html

Downtown Cleveland Alliance road closure notice for crane erection. The notice states a completion date of February 2019. http://www.downtowncleveland.com/news/september-2017/temporary-road-closure-on-euclid-avenue

Was the drone flying along the eave of the Rose building? It could have just been surveillance to check condition of the building to comply with the new requirements to maintain building exteriors.

One nice thing about this is that there will be an outdoor seating area, which creates more activity facing the Mall after normal working hours.

Bingham building under construction.

Cleveland has come under federal scrutiny after closing Superior Avenue through Public Square. In not permitting buses to cross the square, RTA is in "breach" of a funding deal it made years ago for the Healthline that stated that the bus rapid transit line along Euclid Avenue would end in Public Square, the Federal Transit Administration asserts. Umm doesn't the Healthline still end at PS?

Looks like it was more of a cost issue instead of an FAA height issue. A second iteration was taller, with foundations driven deep into the ground. But the construction costs were too high. The newest designs show a simpler, less costly project, one that will require digging down only 5 feet. The change in foundation type will save roughly $500,000, said Pace, who also has shifted to lighter construction materials, drawing lessons from the Nuevo project. http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2016/12/cleveland_lakefront_developer.html#incart_river_home_pop

Whatever happened with the FTA stating that closing this is a violation of the Healthline BRT funding Cleveland received? Does this just go away? http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/08/federal_agency_says_closed_pub.html

^Yep. The new engineering building shall start to rise in the near future.

I'm not totally against the design but that color palette.....ugh. :-o

Well if this never comes to fruition, you can at least sit in a proposed skylift cab.

Hanna Commercial newsletter promoting downtown retail with nuCLEus featured as well. Although they made a mistake on page 3 by noting nuCLEus will have 5,000 apartments :-o That would have to rival Burj Khalifa to fit that many units. http://hhhc.reapplications.com/filecabinet/Contact/000062/HannaCRE-Newsletter-3rdQ-2016%281%29.pdf

My preference would have been to continue the glass curtain wall detailing all the way up. This design doesn't tie into the existing garage at all.

It works with Crain's Cleveland articles as well.

Doppler 5 Radar just picked up a trace of pigs flying.

I'm liking it....I took this last night.