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It is a good building. It was in a pretty bad state, masonry spalling, etc... They put some money into fixing it up.

Hundreds line up for jobs at new call center in Akron By Jim Carney Beacon Journal staff writer POSTED: 05:40 p.m. EDT, Jun 18, 2009 Some wore suits. Others dressed in jeans. Some were fresh out of high school. Others had gray hair. To see more, click link www.ohio.com

The only thing is, it deals heavily with what property Jacobs owns. Very true, which is why the city should step in.

McCleveland, Don't you think a better location would be down by the Hall & Science Center. The Aquarium will be packaged as a destination for families who will have a member at the convention center for the weekend. Having all of those in one area would be convenient for adjacency, but lacking in density.

I didnt even think about that. I agree, there is no way that building could fit 1,500 people. It has a decent size footprint, maybe 10,000 s.f.? but, if I recall, its only 3-stories.

Wow, lame. I'm sure the Akron bloggers will be all over that.

One posted on the original article had an interesting perspective on the 1,500 supposed jobs:

Thats good, I would think you would want someone out there at least 4-8 hours a week for a project that size.

Are they doing any construction administration?

You didn't use a local Architect? :? :bang:

Josh, Who is the architect for the project?

/\/\ Thats great, Tony is pretty much trying to single-handedly make downtown Akron a great place. Sure, the new housing will help (Northside & Student Block), but saving all of these historic structures provides the bones for a great small city. http://www.1akron.com/home.htm

UA students filling up unfinished apartment complex Martin Mehall could use the motto, ''Build it and they will come.'' He did, and they have. University of Akron students have snapped up all 140 beds in the first phase of an apartment complex in downtown Akron.

It shows a front desk, so I would assume that it will be controlled access.

Sparx in the city kicks off tonight. http://www.cleveland.com/sparx/ Sparx Concert Series The Sparx Concert Series is an energetic performance art series that takes place LIVE on various open spaces of downtown Cleveland, from June 4th- September 11, 2009. Every week the sidewalks come alive with free concerts from an entire roster of local bands and performance groups. More at http://www.cleveland.com/sparx/

Unorthodox thinking filling Knight Center Car shows, roller skating plug gaps left by traditional conventions By Rick Armon Beacon Journal staff writer http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/46788712.html

http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=largekeybankakronelevat.jpg Very unispiring imo. I thought that downtown was moving in a great direction with the new buildings, but this one takes a step back.

thats much better. looks like they updated it.

i liked moody nolan's the best of all the entries. i think the fact that they were a little "dark" (as in erie) might have deterred them. http://archrecord.construction.com/community/diversity/0905/marryingcontent/marryingcontent.asp

http://www.kent.edu/universityarchitect/Associates/KSU206057MusicSpeechAdditionsRenovations.cfm pretty crappy if you ask me

this is going to be garbage. the p&z committee should never have allowed this to pass. the gave an approval even though it does not have the public green space required by the city code. there is no thought to public transportation, or even, god forbid, walking anywhere as they were not required to put in sidewalks in and out of the development. this is more low-income housing next to the existing indian village, not good news for the development of that area of kent/brimfield. this is not good news. my friend is doing some of the demo work here and i have been in it (only at night unfortunately). the spaces are great, and there is a lot of potential, but with the repairs sited in this article, it might be more economically feasible for the owner to just let the city foreclose on the building and have a new developer come in, get some incentives and tax breaks, and renovate the rest of the building.