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Construction about to start on The Foundry Phase Two.

It was posted on LinkedIn. There was no report issued. Just the chart and some explanatory text. I would also like to see the complete data set. Maybe they'll release it at some point. But they showed the top 10 cities with apartments under construction and the bottom 10, with Cleveland at the bottom. I would like to know why they cut off their data set at the number of metro areas selected. The contact at M&M (IPA's parent company) wasn't sure either.

Love this. Do we have cozy piano bars anymore? Maybe the one at Pier W?

Cleveland adds fewest apartments among major metros By Ken Prendergast / March 16, 2023 New data from a leading North American real estate services firm shows that Greater Cleveland had the smallest number of new apartment units under construction in the USA in the fourth quarter of 2022. That snapshot of construction activity in America’s multi-family rental market shows that, not only is Greater Cleveland lagging way behind the nation’s largest metropolitan areas in adding new apartments, it’s also lagging behind many of its peer metros. The report comes as the City of Cleveland considers reducing its financial incentives for new developments. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/03/16/cleveland-adds-fewest-apartments-among-major-metros/

Yes, a number of developers who supported him aren't very happy with him right now. Anyway, the TIF for Bridgeworks passed unanimously on Monday.

A couple of views on a sunny evening in Lakewood. To paraphrase Sarah Palin, I can almost see Canada from my house! And a view from my living room balcony this morning

Can you see the SHW HQ crane from my building in Lakewood? No? Let me zoom in a bit for ya....

Another example of Ohio hating its big cities

Most of Bedrock's properties are along Prospect and they could add another if K&D doesn't beat them to it.

This should be posted in the developments section. Congrats to Mr. Litt on his scoop.

Uh, the loan wasn't on yesterday's council agenda. It will be on the agenda for the next meeting on the 28th "Due to internal agenda processing times," according to Paul Herdeg, Director, Cuyahoga County Dept. of Development. I had updated the article a few days ago with the correct date. And it should be noted that, at that time, it will be on first reading on March 28th. Although it is possible that council could suspend the 3 readings ruled and passed it on emergency. But even then, that's not the entire financing that's required. It also depends on the city of Cleveland approving a TIF for the project. Given the mayor's questioning of public support for development projects, the TIF has been held up since November on administrative review.

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marie Zickefoose [email protected] Cleveland selects vendors for citywide smart parking system Wednesday, March 15, 2023 — Cleveland — Through a detailed RFP and review process, the City of Cleveland has selected Flowbird and ParkMobile, LLC to modernize its on-street parking system. Across the city, coin operated meters will be replaced with smart parking meters provided by Flowbird. A new mobile parking payment service platform, operated by ParkMobile, will allow customers to pay for their parking through an app, text message, or by scanning a QR code. “This project will provide more convenient and accessible parking options for all who spend time in Cleveland’s commercial and cultural centers,” said Mayor Justin M. Bibb. “Smart parking is a significant step towards my administration’s vision to modernize operations across the city.” The new system of parking will be a seamless network of single-space and multi-space smart, credit card enabled meters and kiosks. An estimated 600 multi-space meters and 100 single space meters will be installed across downtown and in neighborhoods on both the east and west sides of the city. The total estimated cost of the project will be just over $5 million including the cost of equipment, software, and tools for monitoring. “This investment in our city will improve the parking experience for residents and visitors as well as help us improve our efficiency in enforcement,” said Chief Operating Officer Bonnie Teeuwen. “We expect to see an increase in revenue through better enforcement as well as additional payment options that smart meters will offer users.” In the coming weeks, the Bibb administration will put forth legislation to Cleveland City Council for approval of the contracts with Flowbird and ParkMobile. After passing through council, the contracts will require administrative approval from the Consultant Review Committee and the Board of Control. It is estimated that both the software and equipment will be ready for public use within six months of the agreements being signed. ###

Apartment conversion of 700 Prospect Ave

Cleveland Habitat for Humanity opens first union-built home By Emma Wind / March 15, 2023 A new home on Grandview Avenue was the first all-union-built home in Greater Cleveland to be provided by the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity program. And yesterday its residents got the keys to it. Thanks to the Habitat for Humanity program, the 14th house was built on Grandview Avenue in Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood. The resident, Sierra, mother of six, couldn’t hold back her tears of happiness. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/03/15/new-home-for-the-family-of-greater-cleveland-from-habitat-for-humanity/

Or even a winter one....

Thank you Brian. I can speak for my wife and son who moved to the USA in 2016. My son who was age 3 when he came to this country has completely assimilated although he still loves Ukrainian and other Eastern European foods (as do I, and one branch of my family has been here since 1632). My wife refers to our son as Americanized and definitely not humble as are children his age in Ukraine. But my wife has already started one business and has been a tremendous help and encouragement to me in growing my business to where it is now self-supporting. Without her, I would've been content to simply live off a modest journalism job working for someone else and count my days until retirement. She's the one with the entrepreneurial spirit. Not me.

Tom Patton has a hyperlocal viewpoint in which he -- once again -- addresses a local issue by applying it to the whole state for which he has no concern...

Tom Patton strikes again.... Brunswick officials call proposed highway interchange policy ‘disastrous’ Published: Mar. 14, 2023, 7:42 a.m. By Brian Lisik, special to cleveland.com BRUNSWICK, Ohio --- A section of Ohio House Bill 23, which has passed the House of Representatives and is headed to the state Senate, could be “disastrous” for Brunswick residents, according to Brunswick City Council President and Ward 1 Councilman, Nicholas Hanek. “This legislation specifically opposes a section of the transportation bill that is currently in the Senate that would mandate there to be interstate highway interchanges every 4.5 miles,” Hanek said of a Brunswick City Council resolution passed unanimously March 13. “That would put an interchange [off Interstate 71 south] at either Boston or Grafton Road or Drake Road in Strongsville. Many residents from both cities may be surprised that a representative for Cuyahoga County [bill sponsor Tom Patton, R-Strongsville] has proposed a highway interchange, potentially into a neighborhood.” MORE: https://www.cleveland.com/community/2023/03/brunswick-officials-call-proposed-highway-interchange-policy-disastrous.html

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The rail connection is pretty crucial. The Port recently built a rail loop within the port ground to improve the flexibility of the port's rail operations. There is a rail infrastructure improvement that could further improve rail access to the existing port and allow more than one passenger train to serve Cleveland's Amtrak station at one time. Believe it or not, two or three Amtrak trains show up within minutes of each other at Cleveland on many nights, forcing them to wait outside the station on the mainline and delaying freight traffic. Amtrak expansion at Cleveland would require an investment that would also help the existing port site. I like your list of proposed lakefront improvements @StapHanger. But if you build an intermodal transportation center over the tracks, why not incorporate a green roof onto it, as an extension of the Malls? With that, you get a land bridge.

Cimperman is right about the secondary migration data. My wife says that many Ukrainians come to cities like New York, Chicago, Miami or Los Angeles first because those are the only cities in America they know. But when they arrive and begin learning more about America, including how expensive those other cities are and how inexpensive Cleveland/Parma is and that there is a large Ukrainian presence here already, many Ukrainian refugees make a second move.

There's only two choices: I can be a part of the solution or I can be a part of the problem. There is no neutral when it comes to our community.

That's one option. My understanding is that the Browns are going to propose a mostly privately financed stadium. I don't know what that actually means but I suspect that they wil ask thar the sin tax be continued and that there will be some state funding involved.

Lots of land to be developed on the lakefront whether that includes renovating the existing stadium which the Browns hate or building a new stadium which the Browns wants. The public's response will determine which way things go. But if the Browns don't like the public's option, then they leave and someone else will have to develop the lakefront.