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The comment section after Michelle's story are just exceptional today. LMAO...

I thought this property was a couple years away from starting. Unless this is just some prelim work. Idk would you look for subs this early? 12 mil is a good amount. The Leader Apartment Building (Convert Historic Office Bldg) Bid Ends: Dec 19, 2014 Valuation: $12,000,000 Owner Type: Private Location: OH (Cuyahoga) DodgeReport #: 201400616665 v. 2 Description: Existing 16 Story 322,600' sq ft Project Type: Apartments/Condominiums Type of Work: Alterations, Interiors

Haven't seen this project animation yet. http://youtu.be/ihWm1VEP7mU

So this is for traffic signal upgrade across the city. Hopefully a good majority of these will focus on the CBD and some of the popular neighborhoods. 4 mil dollars should buy a lot of traffic signals. Maybe this will replace a lot of the span-wire signals downtown with a more updated look. Idk I'm just quessing. Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Valuation: $4,000,000 Owner Type: Public Location: OH (Cuyahoga) Report #: 201000499431 v. Project Type: Tower/Signal System Type of Work: Alterations

I don't know how they do it but ForestCity always gets top dollar for their holdings. They fleeced Gilbert a couple of times. Would be nice if they would dump some of that back into Cleveland and not NY/San Fran/ DC etc.

^Always interested to see what your ideas are when thinking about the NCTC. But here are my concerns when anything is proposed for the area that Amtrak now occupies. I believe that one of the best views we have of NCH is looking down from the mall. It's bad enough that we have to look past RR tracks/highways, but by adding Greyhound we would now be looking at the tops of rows and rows of parked buses and cars. Since you have something of a 'voice' in these discussion please try and avoid adding more 'visable' vehicles to that area. Without adding a parking garage with a green roof I don't see how Greyhound would work there. I am OK with keeping Greyhound separate from Amtrak and the land east of E9th would be my choice for them. And although I don't like it I can live with Amtrak where they are if a new contemporary station can be built closer to E9th with the small parking area that they need. Also below is a photo of the preferred site for a parking garage that the city has identified through a study by Desmond Associates. How about that site as a possibility for either both Greyhound/Amtrak or just Greyhound alone. Spaces in the garage could be reserved for Greyhound/Amtrak cars and buses. If Amtrak was a part of it an enclosed walkway would bring passengers to the boarding area. This would clear up the area now occupied by Amtrak and provide a much better view from the mall and the banquet hall at the CC.

Surf do you know if it is being done in-house? Also below are some screenshots from the presentation, gives an idea of.the site. Some of the print is hard to read, I tried to sharpen it a bit.

RNC by the Numbers. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/republican_national_convention.html 300,000: Square footage needed for a media center. Gateway East is an option. "We asked the city if we could tear it apart, use it and give it back, and the city said yes,". Referenced in this article, Gateway East the parking garage next to Progressive Field is being 'eyed' as a potential media center for the RNC. A facility of 300,000 sq ft is needed. So they will take this parking garage and turn it into a building with walls and windows and air conditioning? And will it remain that or revert back to parking. Parking at gateway will be in a crunch sometime next year when nuCLEus is under way and this conversion takes place. Will Stark have his parking component complete to help ease the shortage of garage space.

^^And if this was England the Edgewater bath house would still be standing.

Cavs waive Will Cherry, resign A.J Price who I thought looked good during camp. He is coming off a 10 dayer with the Pacers. He was productive in his time there. Should be an upgrade at this point till Dellavedova comes back.

November Update: CONSTRUCTION Topping Out Ceremony - 11/13/14 • Structural concrete slabs through Level 4 are complete.-To date, more than 14,000 cubic yards of concrete has been placed. • Steel erection is complete.-More than 1,300 tons of steel have been erected and approximately 28,000 bolts have been installed. • Approximately 20,000 onsite working manhours are anticipated for the month of November, totaling nearly 130,000 for the entire project to date. • To date, more than 570 people have come onsite for construction. DESIGN • The design team continues to work through, coordinate, and finalize the design for permitting and construction. • Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination between Turner, the design team, and certain Subcontractors is progressing, and as more information becomes available and coordinated, the BIM model will be updated with ‘real-time’ design. SCHEDULE Construction continues to remain on-schedule! • Concrete construction (floors, beams, columns) are continuing above Level 4. • Steel fabrication and erection is complete. Decking and detailing are slated to be complete in early December. • Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection rough-ins, conduits, sleeves, and piping continue as areas are available throughout the project. • Spray-on fireproofing of structural steel has begun and will continue into 2015. • Interior wall layout and installation has begun in the basement. • Masonry wall layout and installation has begun in the basement. • Roofing of the Podium is slated to begin in late November. • Precast facade panel installation is slated to begin in December and glass curtainwall panel installation is slated to begin in January 2015. • Installation and connection to public utilities has begun and is progressing

I think the design for the Health Education Campus is beautiful. How will you not be inspired to attend class there every day. This willl position Case at the forefront of med schools. An incredible recruitment tool. Understand this project started at a modest 80k sq ft and 100m. It is now a true campus at over 400k sq ft and 250m dollars. With upper chester and this project that area is going thru a huge transformation.

^Here is some reference to that EB-5 Funding. https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140811193339-44436547-eb-5-funding-will-build-luxury-le-m%C3%A9ridien-hotel-in-cleveland?_mSplash=1 Also has anyone heard how the Vestor.co fund raising went, the project is no longer a part of the 'current offering'. The link to that page just goes to a login. Maybe it's over.

Looks like Intesa has gone the Vestor route. It's only for 1.5m so maybe they are just filling in some shortfall in the financing. http://www.vestor.co/offerings?t=potential

Superior Avenue portfolio sees ownership change; ArtCraft Building first to be renovated By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An ownership shift on Cleveland's Superior Avenue could lead to large investments in existing buildings - and longer-term development prospects - along one of the major corridors leading into downtown. Global X, a company that specializes in tax credits and other real estate financing tools, recently acquired a stake in a cluster of buildings, land and parking lots just east of the central business district. The quiet deal gives Global X a significant say over what will happen north and south of Superior between East 22nd Street and the Inner Belt http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/superior_avenue_portfolio_sees.html#incart_river

RFQ/CM: Edgewater Beach Bath House Valuation: $4,000,000 Owner Type: Public Location: OH (Cuyahoga) Dodge Report Description: Development of a new bath house to be located at Edgewater Beach in the Lakefront Reservation, Cleveland OH. The Bath House shall be the ?hub? of activity for the Edgewater Beach portion of Edgewater Park. The Bath House shall incorporate several complimentary uses, including but not limited to event space,open air and reservable picnic space, sundry and retail sales, recreational equipment rental, educational and interpretive space, changing stations, restrooms, food and beverage operations, entertainment spaces, viewing decks and other recreational uses.The design of the Bath House shall incorporate LEED design principles and embrace the Cleveland Metroparks' Green Infrastructure and Sustainability guiding principles recognized in the Cleveland Metroparks 2020 Emerald Necklace Centennial Plan. Additionally, the design shall recognize the historic nature of the site, the adjacent residential, commercial, and industrial neighborhood, and the multiple modes of transportation that allow park users to utilize the park and Bath House. Plazas,patios, hardscapes, softscapes, and sustainable stormwater management practices shall beincorporated.<

idk so I ask does the RTA board ride every morning? And if not-why not. Why the People in Charge of Transit Systems Should Be Required To Actually Ride Transit. http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2014/09/why-the-people-in-charge-of-transit-systems-should-be-required-to-actually-ride-transit/379931/ In 2008, the vice chair of New York's MTA board famously asked: "Why should I ride and inconvenience myself when I can ride in a car?"

Just snooping around and found the Pinterest page of an urban designer who works out of the NBBJ Boston office. The subject is NuCLEus Precedent Research. The examples are most likely what we might see whenever the first design is released. Take note of the facade on some of the garage images as that is a big part of this project. So it might be that the work will be done by NBBJ/Boston unless this designer was just doing some work for the CBus office. http://www.pinterest.com/kevconant/nucleus-precedent-research/

Yes I was thinking that also but as you read a few more articles about this you discover that they are simply hanging fiber-optic cable along CPP utility poles. Not very cutting edge but cheap. And if there is a category that Cle leads the civilized world in, it's the amount of utility poles per square mile, or it might just seem that way. It kind of tempers my enthusiasm for this somewhat. Meaning it might be harder to bury some utility lines somewhere if it is part of this network.

How can that drawing be released with the outline of the old municipal stadium. Seriously...

Regarding Lebron I would sit him down for a month if needed. The first 30 games of an NBA season are just about meaningless. If he is hurt why risk it, we can survive at this point in the season w/o him. Let the others work together. Also I don't understand the Joe Harris Experience. Why is my second round draft choice playing these crucial minutes. How he is playing over Marion who is off to a good start or taking away minutes from Dion is beyond me. Harris has like 9 baskets so far. Does Blatt think that any team is worried about Joe Harris in the corner, especially the world champs. He's active on defense, well ok. It was Marion who disrupted Rondo in the Boston game after he switched off with Harris with about 5 sec to go. I not busting on Harris but when your a 2nd rounder with a 4 year college career that usually means you sit on the bench until your needed. I want Marion in for the final minutes, give the other team someone to worry about.

I always hoped someone would build something very modern and glassy on top of the flatiron building, and complete the triangle. Well they did mention maybe a rooftop patio, I guess we will start there. btw mjarboe[/member] posted these two early photos of that intersection. The first from the late 1800`s the other from the early 1900`s.

Cleveland will seek to become a "gig city" with super fast Internet, starting in the Health-Tech Corridor http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/cleveland_will_seek_to_become.html OneCommunity is aiming for a 100-gigabit-per-second system, which would be one of the fastest in the world, according to sources familiar with the project. Details of the new communications network are to be presented at a press conference Friday. City officials and OneCommunity executives were not commenting Tuesday, but sources said the city will announce a major federal grant that will allow the project to go forward. Jay Williams, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce of Economic Development, is scheduled to speak at the press conference.

Crazy time lapse of storm rolling into Buffalo this a.m.

Something called Beach Taco slated for FEB over at design review. That came out of nowhere. What's confusing though is that it shows it to be located where I thought Paninis was supposed to go with a two story location on the river. Has anyone heard that they are out. The FEB website still does list Paninis as a part of phase 2 so I am not sure what the plan is. There are other photos at design review including what appears to be an updated leasing plan. http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/11212014/index.php