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http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/duckisland100715.aspx High-End and Ultra Green: The new face of Duck Island ERIN O'BRIEN | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2015

Michelle had these from the meeting. Michelle J. McFee ‏mjarboe[/member] Weston has no plans, at this point, to replace or mimic onetime "The Standard Building" sign on building's big, blank south face. 24h24 hours ago Michelle J. McFee ‏mjarboe[/member] Weston exec estimates that developer will replace 1,320 windows in Standard Building north of Public Square as part of apartment conversion. 24h24 hours ago Michelle J. McFee ‏mjarboe[/member] At a #CLE Landmarks Commission presentation re: Standard Building redo. Plans for 285 apartments. Addy's, PNC stay on ground floor for now. I would consider using the wall as a video display. But the video 'mesh' type display that they used at the Cle Institute of Art. You see it used a lot in Time Square. They are much more energy efficient and less expensive than traditional video display. And they look great.

Not yet....I was told there are technical issues with the site. OK thnx. btw the CPC twitter account is worthless and never maintained. That's a bad look.

^Has anyone been able to access the10/8 Landmarks commision agenda. Not up yet. No pics, nothing.

Nice piece of inside info. Thanks for sharing. And I am trying to remain optimistic about Stark as he is about to add to his rendering collection. Hopefully at some point he can take a break from his love affair with suburbia and get something done downtown.

By strong rumor do you mean the Scene story posted 2 hours ago... http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/10/06/ken-stewarts-to-close-in-flats-east-bank-bold-food-and-drink-to-open Edit- Damn it...lol

^Bleh I wonder though if the Willard expansion is still being discussed. Then it would just be a matter of building a combined waiting/ticket structure on top of the garage which would be at street level. In that same space would be the bus idling/boarding area. The garage would have reserved spaces for the combined services. While you could use the existing RTA platform for all train boardings. The only added expense would be the covered walkway from the garage to the platform. Oh well maybe I will still get 'some' of my green space. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,17673.msg743686.html#msg743686

Well I like that they are moving away from the Muni lot site. I have so many thoughts on this but briefly my biggest fear in using the current site is the sea of parked cars, idling busses, vehicle traffic and parking structure that this could bcome. I would hate to have that view from the top of the mall looking across to NCH. Hopefully if it ends up being built there any parking structure would have a green roof on it and no surface parking lots. And that the idling busses are also covered under a canopy. Also I proposed a site just north of Willard Park that I wish would be considered. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,17673.msg735887.html#msg735887 btw last year I did a rendering of an elevator from the bridge that is now being considered. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3638.msg732740.html#msg732740

^Ahh OK I was wondering what was going on at Penton. Also HSB is the architect.

LeBron thinking bout TT tonight on Instagram. 18m kingjames Get it done!!!! Straight up. #MissMyBrother @realtristan13

mjarboe[/member] goes into a lot more detail (as always) about the development in her piece today. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/10/hemingway_development_expects.html#incart_m-rpt-1 btw I have no problem with the vision. Seems very well thought out. I'm going to trust Geis on this one. This along with the UH development will be a boon to the area. And parking lots are always available to be built on in the future if the demand is there.

You missed the point. I didn't miss the point as there was no point made. Again what would you suggest? Traditional retail is on it's way out. I see two type surviving, the lower end(dollar stores/outlets), and high end which the majority of us don't frequent on a regular basis. Online shopping continues to explode. The old way of doing business brick and mortar style will have to adjust.

Can anything besides a bar or restaurant be built in this town? It's getting old. You mean besides the hundreds of new residences under construction or about to be, the 1200+ new hotels rooms set to open by this time next summer, a massive public square makeover, a half a billion dollars in new bridges, new convention ctr, improvements along the river-boardwalk/rowing center/water taxi/canal pathway, further improvement to Edgewater park/beach house/ shore way conversion, downtown grocery store, Giegers Sports... What would you suggest?

I hear what you are saying but I think so far FEB has gotten somewhat of a bad rap. And I am not saying you but many ppl here believe that this project is loaded with nothing but chain businesses when in fact most of what Is there so far Is local. And this is just off the top of my head but Lago, Ken Stewart's, Willeyville, Flipside, Alleycat, Crop Rocks, Crop Stix, On-Air, FWD, Coastal Taco(ugh that name), EB Fitness, Constantino's are all local. Leaving PunchBowl, Beer head, and BigBang as the chains. So I think they are doing OK trying to fill up spaces. I don't think we will see any traditional retailers until more residences go up.

Accompanying video from Litt's piece. I think it is a beautiful building. Also interesting that the Dental School will be in a new structure just north of the Medical campus on Chester. Described as a 2-3 story building about 80,000 sq ft to be designed by WRL. Looking forward to seeing that.

Oh god no...

Haven't seen this anywhere yet but WEWS is reporting that FEB has signed an LOI with a major retailer at the Toby Keith spot. Expect announcement in next couple of weeks.

Cleveland is not unique in having an ugly jail tower in the downtown area. Just do an image search for 'downtown jails'. Problem is they all look the same, a fortress like structure with small windows and very little street presence. I would keep the jail downtown if it didn't have to look like a jail. Why can't it look like the Hilton for example, lots of glass, atrium with public spaces.

Yep that's why the region is so divided as you suggest because I want a separate thread for Cleveland Retail...lol as the kids say

^Thanks for bringing this discussion back to 'Cleveland' retail news. There should be a separate thread for the burbs.

Yes I was thinking about that spot. Remember the old Courthouse Plaza proposal. That would work, courts and jail. Done.

Well I am happy that discussions are moving forward on this as I posted the first article on this over a 1 year ago. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3323.msg700350.html#msg700350 I am still trying to wrap my head around the possibilities here. I have always dreamed of the inJustice Ctr coming down. Although if feasible I would be open to a total rehab only if it included a re-cladd of the exterior, something like what is being done to the Celabreeze bldg. But that probably isn't cost effective. My thought is to have the courts downtown and the jail complex away from the city ctr. Available land along the OC would seem to be a good fit for the jail, closer to the Juvenile complex. It would be huge for the Warehouse District if this land became available.

mrnyc[/member] the studio you site in KC is smaller than http://www.creativehousestudios.com/ downtown Cle which claims to be the largest in Ohio. But who knows what metrics are used when these claims are made. I think we all agree that a more substantial film infrastructure in Cle would be great. We already have a very aggressive film commission, so that helps. It would be nice if some of our more successful film makers (Russo Brothers for ex.) could get together and put together a plan. But who knows maybe they have.

Early rumor Department! Look for a new hotel flag 'Canopy by Hilton' to sign an LOI for the 925 Euclid conversion. Sometime late in the year or early '16.

September update. Through September 2015, a total of approximately 664,190 manhours have been performed on the project, and more than 1,606 people have come onsite for construction. SCHEDULE Construction continues to remain on-schedule!• All structural concrete is complete.• Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fi re protection conduits, duct, and piping are progressing through Level 29 and will continue up the building as areas become available.• Interior walls are progressing through Level 25 and will continue up the building as areas become available.• Glass curtainwall panel installation is progressing through Level 30 of the Tower.• Metal panel façade installation is complete.• North elevation canopy steel is fully erected, detailed, and painted.• Installation of the interior elevators is progressing in both concrete elevator cores.• Installation of the Podium escalators is continuing.• Interior painting, fl ooring, and drywall are progressing in the Podium.• Painting and wallcovering are progressing in the Tower.• Installation of kitchen equipment in the Podium is progressing.• The temporary construction hoists are operational to Level 32.• Exterior sitework is progressing.• Top-of-Tower structural steel is being set on Level 33