KJP

Agreed. Nice and messy organic density!

I should make that my new pen name!

Bibb rejected it because he thought it was premature. He wanted to get the temperature of the city (aka the electorate) first before casting away FES and before committing to a specific new site. Not sure why WKYC turned down the Haslams other than they really love that building. My sister worked for WKYC before, during and after that building was built in 2000. I got a tour of it and it really is a well thought-out building with terrific technology. The amount of wiring in the building is breathtaking. All of the floor panels are easily removable so you can access the wiring in case of a malfunction. During my tour, they lifted up one of the panels and the extent of wiring in the floors was pretty incredible. To replace that building would be a costly and monumental task. Unless they get a lot more money for their property and relocation, or enough people who were still around in 2000 retire and WKYC loses the institutional memory of the huge effort it takes to build a new, major TV station, that station may not be going anywhere.

Cold/snowy weather is becoming less of a "problem." Still, I wouldn't focus too much on the Super Bowl. Think about Final Fours, US soccer friendlies, RRHOF inductions, etc. Anything else?

Nice shot of European tracks. Yep, I'm a rail nerd.

Regarding the evolution of today's article... I rewrote significant portions of that article three times today as people got back to me throughout the day with more information. As I got more info, it became clearer as to what the preferred site was. And to me, at this stage of the Browns stadium situation, that was the most important angle of this story -- not the shenanigans between the Browns and Bibb Administration. Although the Browns are trying their damndest to claim otherwise, their feasibility study of FirstEnergy Stadium is simply a document to justify abandoning it. They made their choice to leave FES a long time ago. Some of the most interesting news came to me when I was about to hit the "publish" button. That was the info about the FBI HQ and WKYC's studios. I'd like to look into that more.

@zbaris87is who he says he is. Regarding the evolution of today's story, I will comment on it in the Lakefront thread.

Posted here....

Sources: Browns want new stadium; Mayor wants community input By Ken Prendergast / February 27, 2023 According to several sources, the Cleveland Browns and its majority owner, the Haslam Sports Group, want to move faster than City Hall on what happens before the team’s lease at FirstEnergy Stadium expires at the end of 2028. That reportedly includes a new football/multi-purpose stadium and supportive development in downtown Cleveland. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/02/27/sources-browns-want-new-stadium-mayor-wants-community-input/

Yep, my bad. Here it is...

Unfortunately, Midtown hotels of that scale are proving to be very difficult to do.

That's a significant scale-down. I like the new plan. I loved the old plan.

It's quite mind blowing to me to see the extent of construction in UC.

Me no likey

Which Cities Have the Best Deals for Single Renters? Where single renters paid the greatest and smallest portion of income for rent on studio apartments. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/realestate/single-tenants-apartments-rent.html

I would have if I could have. Hopefully soon.

Only two of those hotel projects are definites. One is a maybe. Two others aren't looking very good anymore.

Huh

Ahem...

That's not behind the Artcraft Building. Artcraft is the next block east.

201 more apartments for Lorain Ave. By Ken Prendergast / February 24, 2023 With the paint still drying on its latest development along Lorain Avenue in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, real estate developer My Place Group is already planning its next investments which would extend that thoroughfare’s rebirth westward. Conceptual plans are being shopped around and among community stakeholders to get their input on two new developments that would add a total of 201 apartments plus additional ground-level retail spaces to the section of Lorain between West 44th and West 52nd streets. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/02/24/201-more-apartments-for-lorain-ave/

@Jax Have you tried Loopnet and set the search to "lease"? BTW welcome back.

Let's talk about it here