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Another option was added, which is good because I was too young to recommend it to anyone after the first time I rode it (back before there was an RTA). Nice graphic. Should be able to get 50 years use out of it since It may be 2075 before we see another new rail car order. 😜

Haven't seen anything since this terrific report was released: https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/coastal/Highland Bluffs Shoreline Access Plan.pdf

To my knowledge there is not.

They have tenants for these spaces... https://neo-trans.blog/2023/06/22/city-club-tower-tenants-announced/

BTW, in case you were wondering what land uses the Metroparks is looking for, here is a section from the RFP..... Cleveland Metroparks is seeking proposals that are responsive to, but are not limited to, the following development priorities: 1. Aligns with Core Goals and Core Values of Cleveland Metroparks, Vision for the Valley plan, and goals of neighborhood entities; 2. Meets proposal requirements outlined in Section E(5); 3. Provides a mixed-use facility (or facilities) that enhances the Flats neighborhood offerings; 4. Provides and expands opportunities for activated, connected, and accessible public spaces; 5. Respects and compliments the Cleveland Centre National Register Historic District; 6. Demonstrates adaptive reuse of historic structure(s), if economically and structurally possible; 7. Considers community feedback and recent planning efforts; 8. Incorporates sustainable and innovative development principles and building standards, including stormwater management and green building practices; 9. Features meaningful participation of Minority, Disadvantaged, EDGE and/or Woman-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) in the Project execution team; 10. Maximizes economic impact and maximizes the ability to attract incentives and creative financing in the current development environment to accomplish execution in the near-term; notwithstanding, any tax abatement or tax increment financing (TIF) incentive sought or received for the Project shall include a payment in lieu of taxes directly to the Cleveland Metroparks for funds surrendered as part of the abatement or TIF package. 11. Encourages visitor and pedestrian traffic in the Flats; 12. Economic viability and provides Cleveland Metroparks recoupment of the investment made to assemble the Property; and; 13. Incentivizes alternative modes of transportation connecting to the site with Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies. Possible strategies may include but are not limited to visible, sheltered short-term bicycle parking for visitors and customers; secure, indoor bicycle parking for residents, guests and employees; unbundling parking costs from residential and commercial lease costs; on-site car share and/or bike share facilities; and transit pass incentives for tenants and employees. And here are a couple more graphics from the RFP which may be of interest...

Even worse are data centers. The Site Readiness Fund has received a number of inquiries from developers seeking to build data centers, and they've turned them all down.

Metroparks seeks to redevelop riverfront lands By Ken Prendergast / April 22, 2025 When the Cleveland Metroparks began seeking state funds in January to help clean up and possibly demolish a 19th-century flour mill in the Flats, there was a bit of a pushback. The Metroparks, which has done a lot of demolition along the Cuyahoga River to create public spaces, was urged by preservationists to take a different approach here. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/22/metroparks-seeks-to-redevelop-riverfront-lands/

No, because the city doesn't want to see a foundation or the first floor or two be built and then the building stops. When you travel the world, especially to developing nations, you will see partially completed buildings everywhere that haven't seen any further construction in months or years based on the amount of vegetation sprouting up in them. That's something you don't see in North America or Western Europe (I assume it's the same in Japan, Australia, etc but I haven't been there yet). The reason is that cities and lenders insist on having everything (except cosmetic things like signage or landscaping permits) in place before getting all of the permits necessary to start construction. Cities and lenders insist on it. The last thing that both want to babysit for years is the shell of an unfinished building.

Yep, saw that. Since I posted the article on some developers have asked me some more information. One of them is a residential developer. I don't know if I'd like a big site like that for residential, especially downwind of the mills. But I'll let him figure that out.

Yep. I'd pour a jug of bleach on the stairs and in the elevator at 6 a.m. every other day followed by a bucket of salt water on the stairs on days when it's 32 degrees or warmer. After about a week, the smell would probably go away.

This is very interesting article that also gets into locations where indigenous earthworks were located in the Cleveland area. But it also mentions a native American town of some 2,000 people existed until the 1700s, somewhere along the Cuyahoga River between Brecksville and Boston Heights. Given the prohibition of development of this area, I would think that there would still be some remnants to find of so many people living there. https://sites.google.com/site/deepcovercleveland/home/prehistoric-indian-earthworks-in-the-city-of-cleveland-and-environs

Slavic Village site quietly back on the market By Ken Prendergast / April 21, 2025 It’s not the first time Morabito Companies has had its large swath of land in Cleveland’s Slavic Village be put on the market for development. But it is the first time they’re trying it as a FSBO, or for sale by owner — without listing it via a real estate brokerage. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/21/slavic-village-site-quietly-back-on-the-market/

We took the 55 down to the game on Saturday and visited a friend's tailgate party in the Muny Lot. I was surprised to see that there were some two-car Blue/Green Line trains.

Progress has been slow on Woodhill Station East.

Take those two sections on either side of the crane and stack them and you've got a 30-story building. Then add the stuff that's behind and it's probably a 50-story tower. As impressive as that would be, I think I'd still prefer to keep the block-filling density.

It's going vertical! 😉

Immigrants don't take jobs (they create them); automation does ‘AI will cause mass unemployment’: Bill Gates, Barack Obama warn in grim forecast https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/ai-will-cause-mass-unemployment-bill-gates-barack-obama-warn-in-grim-forecast/3816486/

1. Trump is an idiot. 2. Trump is not a skilled marketer. He is a skilled manipulator to the easily manipulated. 3. At last I agree.

400 apartments, retail space could be coming to one of N.J.’s oldest train stations https://www.nj.com/news/2025/04/400-apartments-retail-space-could-be-coming-to-one-of-njs-oldest-train-stations.html

I wouldn't be surprised at all

Congrats young man! 👴

I updated that graphic so that the RTA would have three tracks in case of track/platform repairs/construction/etc on one of them....

And they walked away from a $100,000 deposit plus a "free" building albeit having to take over the payments on the financing. My guess is that this was a dangle to see what the proprietary numbers (including the existing residential and tenant leases) were for a future move, which they aren't ready to do right now. And they apparently didn't want to be a landlord for however long until they were ready for the next expansion.

This will absolutely blow you away!!

Here's an update.... One week ago today, the city denied a building permit to the project per an adjudication order from the Building Department. Unfortunately, this is a pretty common thing with large projects, especially on complicated sites. The order has recommendations for the development team to fix in its plans before it will accept them and issue a permit. But even that doesn't guarantee the city will accept them, especially if it finds more things that need to be corrected. The now-under construction Shoreway Tower went through many of these, resulting in 40 back-and-forth filings with the Building Department. So far, Bridgeworks is only up to 25 such filings. So I guess the point here is, there's documented activity.