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As JamesMatthew[/member] mentioned about a month ago: June 24, 2018 4:00 am Updated 10 hours ago Akron's East End development prepares for phase two and a major new office tenant By DAN SHINGLER Developer Stuart Lichter says he's preparing to move ahead with the redevelopment of what remains of Goodyear's former corporate complex on East Market Street, and he says that will mean a new business tenant taking up a large amount of space, along with more residential and retail development. "A major announcement is expected soon, but we're still in the confidentiality and nondisclosure phase," Lichter said on a recent visit, sitting in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn that he developed and owns as part of the big East End redevelopment project. The California developer — who tallies up nearly 8 million square feet of real estate he's either developing or has developed in Akron over nearly 40 years — was tight-lipped about providing further details. But he said the new tenant is not currently located in the area and likely will take up more than 100,000 square feet of space. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180624/news/166106/akrons-east-end-development-prepares-phase-two-and-major-new-office

June 20, 2018 11:58 am Updated 3 hours ago OuterBox expanding its downtown Akron location By CRAIN'S AKRON BUSINESS OuterBox, a digital marketing agency and web design company, is expanding its location in downtown Akron to accommodate an increasing staff, the firm announced Wednesday, June 20. The company, currently housed on the 6,000-square-foot third floor of the Kaiser Building on South Main Street, will expand its offices to the second floor as well, adding about 2,500 square feet of space, CEO Justin Smith said in an email. The new space includes three conference rooms, a video room and a new area of open-concept desks. The move allows the growing company to stay in its current building. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180620/news/165766/outerbox-expanding-its-downtown-akron-location

Cross posted article: Apartments with a downtown Akron view awarded $2 million in tax credits Among the buildings were three in Cuyahoga Falls: Alhambra at 2101 Front St., Snook at 127 Portage Trail and Porter at 127 Portage Trail. The state awarded $202,000 in credits for a $1.8 million project that would renovate these three buildings. The Alhambra, which now houses office space, was built in 1904 as a theater. It is to be rehabilitated for office use. The Snook and Porter buildings are in a block built in 1919. The project would update the vacant upper-floor apartments and add new stairs. https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/local/more-than-2-million-in-tax-credits-awarded-for-downtown-akron-apartments *It's actually 129 and 127 Portage Trail. Does anyone check these articles before they are published?

Apartments with a downtown Akron view awarded $2 million in tax credits Published: June 20, 2018 - 10:01 AM | Updated: June 20, 2018 - 9:52 PM By Katie Byard Another 112 apartments could be coming to downtown Akron across the street from where roughly 90 apartments are in the works. The projects — spearheaded by different developers — are directly across from each other on South Main Street. https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/local/more-than-2-million-in-tax-credits-awarded-for-downtown-akron-apartments

Demolition begins on 78-year-old Akron Rubber Bowl (photos, video) Updated Jun 20, 5:26 PM; Posted Jun 20, 5:26 PM By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com AKRON, Ohio - Like many Akronites, Mayor Dan Horrigan has fond memories of attending events at the Akron Rubber Bowl. Now, nearly 80 years after it opened its gates to football fans and music lovers, the bowl is coming down. "Today is a pretty bittersweet moment," Horrigan told a gathering of media Wednesday at the bowl. "This structure was once a beacon of engineering, of athletic skill and entertainment in our great city. The Rubber Bowl served as a gathering place." https://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2018/06/demolition_begins_on_80-year-o.html#incart_river_index

Misleading title: Akron is opposing a top-rated business in the medical marijuana industry Published: June 19, 2018 - 7:06 PM | Updated: June 19, 2018 - 11:15 PM By Doug Livingston Beacon Journal/Ohio.com Akron is fighting one of only three locations where patients can soon buy medical marijuana in Summit County. City Planner Jason Segedy and Zoning Manager Mike Antenucci told the Planning Commission last week that a “highly secure and unobtrusive” dispensary at 46 S. Summit St. “falls short of the land use characteristics expected within the Downtown Arts District and Northside Community Entertainment District.” https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/local/akron-is-opposing-a-top-rated-business-in-the-medical-marijuana-industry

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New $12 million housing development proposed for Akron Updated 6:39 AM; Posted 4:12 AM By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com jconnCleveland[/member].com AKRON, Ohio - Akronites could soon see the city's first new housing development built in the 21st Century. "It's a pretty big step forward for the city and the biggest development in the core of the city," said Akron Planning Director Jason Segedy. https://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2018/06/new_12_million_housing_develop.html

Plans move ahead to bring Menards and Meijer stores to Brimfield Published: June 14, 2018 - 9:26 AM | Updated: June 15, 2018 - 4:03 PM By Ellin Walsh Tallmadge Express-News GateHouse Media Ohio RAVENNA: The Portage County Regional Planning Commission has unanimously approved plans to subdivide the 132-acre former Maplecrest Golf Course in Brimfield to accommodate a new Menards home improvement store and a Meijer grocery and department store. “The project we have … has the ability to really be a game changer for Brimfield and for Portage County,” said Dan DeHoff, chief executive officer of DeHoff Development Co. https://www.ohio.com/akron/business/real-estate/menards-meijer-coming-to-former-maplecrest-golf-course-development-in-brimfield

New apartments planned for Middlebury By DAN SHINGLER June 17, 2018 4:01 am Akron's oldest neighborhood is getting a new apartment complex. Local businessman Nick Pamboukis has purchased a former senior living facility at 797 E. Market St., in the heart of the Middlebury neighborhood, and said he's working to turn it into high-end apartments. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180617/news/165371/new-apartments-planned-middlebury

Akron Community Revitalization Fund issues 4th development loan, investing $3.2 million since March Updated Jun 14, 6:19 PM; Posted Jun 14, 12:18 PM By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com AKRON, Ohio -- The Akron Community Revitalization Fund is on a roll. On Thursday, the fund announced its fourth loan to improve Akron's distressed business areas, bringing its investment in Akron to $3.2 million since March. And two more deals are on the horizon, officials say. This time, it's a $580,000 loan to update the former Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES) Building on South Main Street downtown. For two decades while housing Exxon Mobil Advanced Elastomer Systems, the AES building had a 90 percent occupancy rate. Exxon moved in 2016 pulling 200 jobs out of Akron and dropping the city's downtown occupancy rate to 20 percent. https://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2018/06/akron_community_revitalization_2.html

June 08, 2018 3:01 pm Updated 3 days ago Next phase of Flats East Bank surfaces By STAN BULLARD Designs that Wolstein Group has placed on the agenda for the June 14 meeting of the city's Downtown/Flats Design Review show a group of restaurants, many with exterior patios. The project consists of two buildings of three stories each. Each structure would contain about 6,000 square feet of space. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180608/news/164586/next-phase-flats-east-bank-surfaces

Akron seeks 20-year, $10 million loan to rebuild one of its newer firehouses Published: June 13, 2018 - 4:20 PM | Updated: June 13, 2018 - 8:54 PM By Doug Livingston Akron is preparing to borrow $10 million to replace one of its newer firehouses. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on Fire Station 4, which will be relocated from 25 E. Thornton St. to the west side of Main Street. The old firehouse will be sold for $659,170 to Rubber City Arches, which secured an option to buy the property in 2013. The private developer plans to knock down the 41-year-old fire station and replace it with a McDonald’s restaurant. https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/local/city-seeks-20-year-10-million-loan-to-rebuild-one-of-its-newer-firehouses

Visit Canton to move into Onesto By Robert Wang Posted Jun 7, 2018 at 7:23 PM For the first time in its history, the Stark County Convention & Visitors’ Bureau will be in its own office space. CANTON After 38 years, Stark County’s tourism bureau is leaving the nest. But it’s only going a short walk away. http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20180607/visit-canton-to-move-into-onesto

Missing Mountain Brewing Co. ready for grand opening in Cuyahoga Falls Updated Jun 6, 8:45 AM; Posted Jun 6, 7:04 AM By Marc Bona, cleveland.com mbonaCleveland[/member].com CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - When the owners of Missing Mountain Brewing Co. looked around for a site, it wasn't the main drag of Front Street or their dreams of envisioning people sipping good beer that convinced them they had the right space. While those things mattered, it actually was the back yard that sold them. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/06/missing_mountain_brewing_co_re.html

Kent State University trustees approve $44.9 million Design Innovation Hub, dining facility Updated Jun 6, 8:10 PM; Posted Jun 6, 5:19 PM By Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com ebamforthCleveland[/member].com KENT, Ohio -- Kent State University trustees on Wednesday approved a $44.9 million project to overhaul the former School of Art building into a "Design Innovation Hub" and dining hall. The 24-hour building will include 3D printers, workspaces where students can collaborate on projects, as well a dining hall to seat 350 people. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/06/kent_state_trustees_approve_ne.html

That's awesome news!

Ha, so the contractors just wanted to do it out of the goodness of their heart? Not sure what you're saying here. They got what they paid for.

To answer your question KJP, LA's did not require parking, surface parking, at least. I know because I just drove by LAPD HQ today. There may be some underground, but I don't think so. I think the choice of the PD building for CPD is a great use for that relatively new space and allows plenty of parking with nothing else having to be torn down and turned into lots. There are two levels of underground parking at the new HQ building. Source: I walk by it almost daily and https://www.vanir.com/projects/los-angeles-police-administration-building/ Most of the cop car fleet is parked at a garage about 2 blocks south, though. The LA building you keep mentioning is strictly public and administrative space.

Ha, exactly. In time we will see. Imagine if they would have invested $11 million in local business and facade grants instead of a road.

Rubber City McDonald's to move headquarters, training facility to downtown Akron Updated Jun 1; Posted Jun 1 By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com jconnCleveland[/member].com AKRON, Ohio - Rubber City McDonald's will soon set up operations in a building in the continually developing Northside District, thanks to a $700,000 loan from the Akron Community Revitalization Fund of the Development Fund of the Western Reserve (DFWR). The loan will enable Rubber City McDonald's to buy and renovate a building at 55 Furnace St. McDonald's will consolidate its headquarters and training operations at the site, bringing 25 employees there and drawing workers from 250 Northeast Ohio restaurants to Akron for classes and management training. https://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2018/06/rubber_city_mcdonalds_sites_op.html

Reopened Front Street a boon to new and old Cuyahoga Falls businesses (photos) Updated 6:49 AM; Posted Jun 3, 9:25 PM By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com jconnCleveland[/member].com CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - On Saturday, Cuyahoga Falls officially kicked off the opening of Front Street to vehicular traffic, after 40 years as a pedestrian mall. The roughly $10 million Downtown Transformation Project brought improvements to the city's oldest business section, which steadily declined after its closing. https://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2018/06/reopened_front_street_a_boon_t.html

Cuyahoga Falls council approves first phase of Sourek Trail development By PHIL KEREN / Reporter Posted May 30, 2018 at 12:01 AM Updated May 30, 2018 at 2:48 PM CUYAHOGA FALLS — Despite objections by a group of residents, city council on Tuesday night approved the first phase of a housing development in a rural area of the city near the national park. Council voted 7-3 in favor of a 40.8-acre, 40-lot final subdivision plat on Sourek Trail between Smith and Sand Run roads in the former Northampton Township part of the city. Council members Russ Iona (R-8), Vic Pallotta (R-3) and Mary Ellen Pyke (R-2) voted against the plan. Councilman Jerry James (D-7) was not present. http://www.mytownneo.com/news/20180530/cuyahoga-falls-council-approves-first-phase-of-sourek-trail-development

Here's some photos from Stark State's open house of their Akron campus. I call it "A study in mediocrity": How many material changes can we get on one facade? [/url] A study in disproportionate space. Stairwell looking towards the new Summa Hospital building under construction. The view towards Downtown. Notice the large expanse of parking setting it back from the urban street edge. Hallway The one cool thing Stark State did was put out a call for local artists who's art is found throughout the halls.

Why can't they have it on their existing campus? There are lots of people that commute from Richfield / Bath to Downtown Cleveland. Also, there is plenty of land around them if they really wanted to grow. (BTW, they are in Orrville) All of the parking at East End is underground now I assume? I've been through the factory area and underground, but I don't recall where a deck entrance and parking may be. Does everyone like this design? Is this type of design common/acceptable in Akron? I feel like in Cleveland it would be shredded. Typical, the bar has never been pushed except for a project here or there. I will post some pictures of the new Start State building and you will see what I mean. But, don't people think Dimit is doing some good things and yet they seem to be doing the same kind of work as this strip mall begin proposed: https://www.instagram.com/p/BiMoW5mHoxJ/?taken-by=dimitarchitects