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That's a very tough space to work with in terms of the height in creating a good atmosphere for a restaurant. If you have even been in Dante's in Tremont, it has a very similar circumstances. I don't really like it in Dante's, but the food is very good.

I guess they are still trying to rangle funding for the building. My only guess as to why they made the announcement without full funding was to try and drum up some more interest / investors.

CITY BRINGS MORE HOUSING TO DOWNTOWN The 401 Lofts to House 300+ Construction of a new $12 million five story apartment building on South Main Street will bring new jobs and new residents to Downtown Akron, Mayor Don Plusquellic announced today. The “401 Lofts” building on the site of the former Parrish McIntyre Tire store will offer more than 200 apartment suites - primarily for University of Akron students, but also for people who work Downtown or in the Biomedical Corridor. The more than 300 new residents will further enliven the south end of Downtown. Another developer, Jeff Lorenzo is presently building out 8,000 square feet of previously undeveloped retail space in the Richland building at the corner of Main and Exchange. His company, Club 349 LLC is investing over a million dollars in “ZAR,” which will be a 2-story nightclub appealing to young professionals, and is expected to open in the summer of 2011. http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/news_releases/Display.asp?RecNum=328

Some of the speculation was correct about the old tire bldg. site. Should be in the paper tomorrow.

KSU seeks more space, degrees for architecture: College applying for new master's program, wants to be in 1 building Ben Wolford February 21, 2011 And the lack of new facilities hasn’t seemed to drive away talented students. They grew just more than 2 percent between this spring and last to 747 undergraduate students (there are 74 grad students). “Our incoming freshmen have the highest high school GPA of any college in the university. We have the highest SAT/ACT scores of any college in the university. We make up 11 percent of the Honors College,” Steidl said. He listed three more statistics then said, “I could go on.” http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4984985

RESTAURANT WEEK! http://www.downtownclevelandalliance.com/events/restaurant-week.aspx participating restaurants and pricing: http://www.downtownclevelandalliance.com/events/restaurant-week/participating-restaurants-.aspx

Green considering townhome project Plan for retail, eatery gets planning panel's OK By George W. Davis Special to the Beacon Journal The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommending City Council approve a rezoning that could mean more retail, office and residential growth along Massillon Road. The commission made the recommendation Wednesday night to change 11.4 acres, now zoned for professional offices, and 11.9 acres, now zoned for single-family homes, to planned development use. The property is south of Graybill Road and Burgess Drive, on a private roadway on the east side of Massillon Road. http://www.ohio.com/news/116456938.html renderings there I can't figure out why they would put townhomes with retail below in this area. There is nowhere close to the density or walkability that would make this successful. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=burgess+dr,+green+ohio&aq=&sll=40.955206,-81.441393&sspn=0.036689,0.053215&g=massillon+rd,+green+ohio&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Burgess+Dr,+Green,+Summit,+Ohio+44685&ll=40.953788,-81.463623&spn=0.004586,0.006652&t=h&z=17

Looks like I had the wrong site, well I google mapped it landed on the Firestone site.

Transit center will go in Kent Eminent domain case settled for Portage RTA to build bus complex By Paula Schleis Beacon Journal staff writer Construction on a new $26 million transit center in Kent can begin now that an eminent domain case has been settled out of court. The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority will pay $775,000 to obtain the Car Parts Warehouse property at 115 S. Depeyster St. http://www.ohio.com/news/116456943.html This doesn't explain to well how much of the area they are taking. It looks like the Firestone garage, but there is also a frat house next to that and Euro Gyro building around it that I would think they would need to take down also.

APS board OKs King CLC design 2/17/2011 - West Side Leader WEST AKRON — The new King Community Learning Center (CLC) will retain elements that residents said were important: a classic design and a large front yard. Architect Mark Salopek, the GPD consortium architect who is overseeing the rebuilding program, displayed the new King CLC building plans, which were approved at the Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education meeting Feb. 14. http://akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=11626

What a difference a day makes, ha.

You really can't go wrong with anything at the Tap House, seriously. The only thing that didn't really pop out at me on the menu was the Trout, but I tried a bite at my table and it was really good. If you like mussels I would suggest the mussels and fries. Its steamed mussels with fries on top all in a garlic butter.

The City and the Developer worked together to get funding to get 22 Exchange off the ground. I believe the City did own the property originally, so I wouldn't be surprised if they still owned the Tire site. They may have just torn it down for speculative investors, but who knows. 22 Exchange is pretty much filled up, I believe they can fit about 500 residents. With how quickly they filled up, I wouldn't be surprised if they were thinking about another building. I don't know if there will be as much demand in the future with the new plans for dorms around the Exchange St. Residence Hall at the University.

new mediterranean restaurant to open in university circle Thursday, February 17, 2011 A new Mediterranean-themed restaurant will open this April in the Tudor Arms, a landmark at East 107th and Carnegie Avenue that is undergoing a $22-million makeover to a Double Tree Hotel. The restaurant will be owned by Samir Khouri, owner of Somer's restaurants in Cleveland, Bedford and North Ridgeville, and Serge Elias, owner of Cedarland at the Clinic, a popular Middle Eastern Restaurant. http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/tudorarmsrestaurant021711.aspx

I drove by the site yesterday. No movement on construction, they don't even have a project sign up.

I could try dig something up. I hope they are not building new housing, there are plenty of existing sites to build new or renovate more towards the core of the city.

It is nice. It's better when its warm out and you can see all the vegetation. I think they have these throughout the year, if I'm not mistaken.

XYZ Tavern to Open Next Friday Posted by Douglas Trattner on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM It's all but guaranteed, says Randy Kelley: XYZ the Tavern will open its doors next Friday (February 18) at 5 p.m. "It was a loooong time coming, I'll tell you what," Kelley said with a sigh of relief. The final inspections took place this week, finally clearing the way for the Detroit Shoreway restaurant's opening. http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2011/02/11/xyz-tavern-to-open-next-friday

market square park to undergo $1.5M makeover Thursday, February 10, 2011 At a public meeting held last week at Market Avenue Wine Bar, planners showed off designs for the future Market Square Park, an Ohio City park slated to receive a $1.5 million makeover this year from the city. http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/marketsquarepark021011.aspx maybe this is old news, but CPA has some renderings http://www.clevelandpublicart.org/projects/completed/market-square-district

Correct, S. Hawkins, NE Corner of the intersection w/Diagonal, here's the strip mall that is was before: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=rsvp&aq=&sll=41.068072,-81.569082&sspn=0.002443,0.003508&ie=UTF8&t=h&rq=1&ev=zi&split=1&radius=0.11&hq=rsvp&hnear=&ll=41.068558,-81.569565&spn=0.002443,0.003508&z=18 http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qvb87z862bfp&lvl=18.276259819060943&dir=97.59865501867435&sty=b&where1=1553%20S%20Hawkins%20Ave%2C%20Akron%2C%20OH%2044320-4054&q=1553%20South%20Hawkins%20Avenue%2C%20Akron%2C%20OH

No, it's West from Wallhaven on Hawkins. It is a really great project idea, just a strange design. The bottom floor was a strip mall, and from what I could tell during construction they built up from that footprint.

Update on the project on Hawkins Ave., previous pic one page back. Welcome to fabulous New Orleans....err...Akron, Ohio! Two projects top list for funds Goodyear, Bridgestone developments dominate Akron's proposed capital budget for 2011 By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer Nearly a third of Akron's proposed capital budget this year will go to two projects: Goodyear and Bridgestone. The budget includes about $83 million to support Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s new headquarters and $4.3 million for Bridgestone Americas' new technical center. http://www.ohio.com/news/115409114.html

I want to register my objection to all of the skywalks in Akron. Someone told me you can get from UA campus to Cascade Plaza without going outside. While that seems ideal for the winters we have, I don't think people really understand how much that kills retail and overall appearance of nobody outside downtown.

CVCA announces $6.6 million expansion plan Christian school in Falls to build new classrooms; offices; wrestling, weight, locker and fine arts rooms Published on Wednesday, Feb 02, 2011 Beacon Journal staff report CUYAHOGA FALLS: Citing a rise in enrollment and a desire to expand its academic offerings, the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy announced plans for its largest capital improvement project in the school's 42-year history. School officials on Tuesday publicly unveiled plans for a $6.6 million, 35,000-square-foot expansion to the private Christian school on Wyoga Lake Road. http://www.ohio.com/news/115092359.html renderings there

That's too bad. Both spots are good, but they would have been a nice addition to OC as it gains more high profile restaurants / bars. Think they missed out on an opportunity there.