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Cleveland and suburban Cuyahoga County home prices up in January over a year ago Today 7:11 AM By Rich Exner, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio - Home sale prices in Cuyahoga County were up in January over a year ago in both the suburbs and the city of Cleveland. In the suburbs, the median price for a single-family home was $136,750 last month, up from $125,000 from January 2019, cleveland.com’s monthly tracking of county home sales data found. In the city of Cleveland, the median price last month was $47,500, up from $39,900 in January 2019. https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2020/02/cleveland-and-suburban-cuyahoga-county-home-prices-up-in-january-over-a-year-ago.html

Don’t think this was posted: Westlake firm moves to 15,000-square-foot spot in Ohio City January 19, 2020 04:00 AM by: Stan Bullard, Senior Reporter [email protected], 216-771-5228 Clear Choice Photo Booth, which provides camera kiosks and setups for people to take digital photos of themselves at events, has traded its location in a Westlake office/warehouse building for a 1900-vintage warehouse on a side street in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood. David Hobrath, who owns Clear Choice Photo but takes the title of national sales manager, said the 8-year-old company needed more space to grow but also sought a more central location to attract talent in the future. When a staffer found the two-building complex with about 15,000 square feet of space on the Loopnet real estate listing site, it just clicked. Its new office space is on the second floor of a warehouse at 2067 W. 41st St., nestled in the corner of a residential area but backing up to the Lorain Avenue commercial district. Originally, the brick building served as a fruit-packing house for a surrounding area that preceded many of the surrounding houses and the city's zoning code.. https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/westlake-firm-moves-15000-square-foot-spot-ohio-city

@Pigmeat I think you hit the nail on the head here. So many properties in Little Italy have been allowed to be chopped up and left to slowly degrade for decades and decades. Most of these 120-year old wood frame houses absolutely NEED upgrades. All these shiny new housing options are certainly putting pressure on the old guard to do something with these old houses. Hopefully the answer is to remodel in order to compete.

WHOA this would be absolutely transformational for that part of town. Also love the nod to Luna Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park,_Cleveland

I guess my answer is you gotta build for the future to keep up with all the projections. Case Western Reserve has grown by over 2,000 students in the past 15 years (plus I'm sure an equal percentage increase in professors and staff). Cleveland Clinic / UH continue to hire 100's if not 1000's more each year...IMO these two alone can fuel the needed housing expansion. With all the other University Circle institutions (40+) inside this small area, I'd bet many others have seen some sort of growth or planned growth. Plus it's all being built near the intersection of public transit of the Red Line and Healthline, plenty of bike lanes, Opportunity Corridor under construction, etc IMO it's literally being set up to be built properly in a smart, dense way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- If your question is about Little Italy specifically, the growth seems to be going on directions in "Greater University Circle." This isn't specific to Little Italy.

Some incredible impressive stats for President Babs -- she will be missed: https://thedaily.case.edu/case-western-reserve-president-barbara-r-snyder-to-lead-association-of-american-universities/ - Entered when the university was in the red, raised $1.82 billion over several years beginning in 2014 - 11 new buildings and renovation projects, including the Tinkham Veale University Center, the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] in the Richey-Mixon Building, and the Frank N. and Jocelyn K. Linsalata Alumni Center - Worked with The Temple-Tifereth Israel to acquire and restore its historic Cleveland structure for use as performance spaces within the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, which also includes a second phase of new construction begun last year. - Worked to build and support the Nord Greenway - Aligned with Cleveland Clinic to develop the $500 million Health Education Campus - Incoming class’ average SAT from 1302 -> 1424 and ACT from 28.6 -> 32 - International students from under 3 to over 15 percent.

Here’s a better version:

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Big stars can’t come from small towns -- or can they? Rocky River’s own Michael Chernus is well on his way Updated 5:38 PM; Today 5:10 PM By Linda Gandee/special to cleveland.com ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- His name may not ring a bell with some people, but that is certainly about to change as former Rocky River resident Michael Chernus will be seen in a new TV series with Emmy Award-winning actress Edie Falco. The series is called “Tommy.” The crime drama will be seen on CBS on Thursdays beginning Feb. 6. Chernus spoke recently about the new series, the character he plays, his lengthy acting resume, and his fond memories and ongoing connections with his hometown of Rocky River. https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/02/big-stars-cant-come-from-small-townsor-can-they-rocky-rivers-own-michael-chernus-is-well-on-his-way.html

Shout out to the NEO guys: https://mobile.twitter.com/wkyc/status/1224182471413174272?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet Also, two related Cleveland Heights nods: https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/02/02/two-girl-kickers-cleveland-heights-be-featured-super-bowl-liv-commercial/ https://fox8.com/2020/01/30/cleveland-heights-lights-up-red-for-travis-kelce/

Downtown Cleveland Alliance pushes to renew Downtown Cleveland Special Improvement District Posted: 4:31 PM, Jan 31, 2020 By: Kevin Barry LEVELAND — The Downtown Cleveland Alliance (DCA) is urging the community to "Build Something" while working to renew the Downtown Cleveland Special Improvement District (SID). Much of what keeps downtown Cleveland safe and clean is paid for by the SID, where downtown businesses pay into a program that runs initiatives like the Clean and Safe Ambassador Program. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/downtown-cleveland-alliance-pushes-to-renew-downtown-cleveland-special-improvement-district

Crossed posted from the Cleveland: Movie and TV thread:l Ladies, lighten up: Cleveland belongs right up there with any Bachelor destination https://matadornetwork.com/read/cleveland-bachelor-destination/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

These will be apartments, correct? Not CIA dormitories?

@PuguThere is a Parker Hannifin thread....$3.5 Billion in quarterly sales...not bad!

Ladies, lighten up: Cleveland belongs right up there with any Bachelor destination https://matadornetwork.com/read/cleveland-bachelor-destination/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

^ @Pugu can’t answer that one, but found a crappily recorded intro to the city: https://mobile.twitter.com/Brownsnuggets/status/1221980970330574848

Besides their initial reaction of confusion and shock, it's almost like they played up Cleveland too much throughout the episode. As Cleveland fanboy, I was almost uncomfortable about the amount of praise the show was giving Cleveland for two hours. Can I say that..? But at the same time, the city of Cleveland looked fantastic on a show that gets 7-8 million views internationally each episode.

Lakewood plans extensive update of commercial and residential construction design guidelines Updated 12:31 PM; Today 5:43 AM By John Benson, special to cleveland.com LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Eliminating contractor and resident confusion while expediting the construction process is what Mayor Meghan George is hoping to accomplish with the city beginning an update to its architecture and design guidelines. https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/01/lakewood-plans-extensive-update-of-commercial-and-residential-construction-design-guidelines.html

And one final reminder for tonight's Cleveland episode: ‘The Bachelor’ Cleveland episode airs tonight: How to watch Updated 10:37 AM; Today 10:24 AM By Joey Morona, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Early on during tonight’s episode of “The Bachelor,” Peter Weber tells the remaining 15 women they’re leaving the mansion and going to... Cleveland! We can’t wait to see their reaction either. We’re betting, though, like most tourists that come here, they’ll be pleasantly surprised at what they find. The episode, taped back in October, features two one-on-one dates and a group date. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/01/the-bachelor-cleveland-episode-airs-tonight-how-to-watch.html

Here's where these plans would exist: https://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/2020/01/martin-hauser-has-made-a-career-as-the-keeper-of-clevelands-history-documenting-city-government-and-life-of-the-people.html --- This two story penthouse adder is such a pleasant surprise. To not only get the complete, gorgeous renovation, but also tack on some more luxury units....bravo, bravo

A HUGE social media following as well:

Comedy taking place in Cleveland and Ohio coming to Amazon Prime Video...perhaps our version of Always Sunny...? 'Making It... In Ohio' is a new sitcom that will be filmed in Cleveland and air on Amazon Prime Video Conrad Faraj will primarily cast and shoot the television series in Cleveland, and the entire first season is expected to drop in the fall. Author: Stephanie Haney (WKYC) Published: 3:52 PM EST January 20, 2020 Updated: 5:46 PM EST January 20, 2020 CLEVELAND — Cleveland just landed a sitcom coming to Amazon Prime Video in the fall, called "Making It… In Ohio," from creator Conrad Faraj of Conrad Studios in Avon. Faraj talked with 3News about the scripted show, which he describes as "Parks and Recreation meets Friends," born from his own experiences trying to "make it" in the entertainment industry. (Spoiler alert: Faraj has made it, and then some.) "We're taking a lot of our experiences as filmmakers throughout the last couple years, and doing it as a situational comedy, and it's going to be hilarious. And it's going to resonate with a lot of people trying to also break into the industry." https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/whats-new/making-it-in-ohio-is-a-new-sitcom-that-will-be-filmed-in-cleveland-and-air-on-amazon-prime-video/95-fe68acbb-1278-4ad6-bd52-684090fb2e18

Documentary has Cleveland premiere Jan. 30 https://thedaily.case.edu/documentary-has-cleveland-premiere-jan-30/

Interview of Coach Debs — some cool insight of the CWRU student athlete.