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Metro-wide, it's growing slowly, but faster in Cuyahoga County. If we had more housing we could be growing faster... https://neo-trans.blog/2023/12/26/lowest-unemployment-rate-in-23-years/ https://neo-trans.blog/2023/12/12/cuyahoga-countys-economy-surges/ But I share your skepticism of Bedrock. They have big dreams and their reality has yet to match those dreams. They've done a nice job with renovating old buildings. New construction is a different matter.

Clinic has four cranes up, not including the Library Lofts crane.

The Downtown Lakewood project is not dead ar all. Quite the opposite.

The amount of walkable development along this line has been stunning. Native Clevelander and former GCRTA GM Ron Tober, who was banished to Charlotte, has done well there.

GCRTA has operated lines through downtown before like the 3 and the 26. But the route suffered serious on-time performance problems. This would work if GCRTA had more contactless fare payment and interactive traffic signals. Not only would this save GCRTA a lot of operating cost money, but also dramatically speed up transit services and make them more attractive.

Austin , USA. ( 2014 - 2023 )

Bedrock riverfront development reference at the end...

Royal Docks Brewing comes to Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / March 1, 2024 In a couple of months, Stark County-based brewpub chain Royal Docks Brewing Company plans to expand to Cleveland by opening a location in Ohio City’s booming Hingetown neighborhood. It’s a neighborhood with a half-dozen brewpubs already in operation. But with their planned Royal Docks Tied House + Kitchen, the proprietors are confident they can offer something the others don’t. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/03/01/royal-docks-brewing-comes-to-cleveland/

Awesome view! Thanks!!

I figured I'd better cover this story since I briefly mentioned it in my piece on 1100 Superior Jones Day’s downtown offices on the move? By Ken Prendergast / March 1, 2024 Aside from a few rarities like Sherwin-Williams, not many corporate citizens stay in one office building for multiple decades. They are constantly growing or shrinking, their buildings get new owners, their corporate culture changes, or their biggest clients move. Another rarity is Cleveland’s largest law firm, Jones Day, which is entering its fourth decade in the same building, 901 Lakeside Ave., called North Point I. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/03/01/jones-days-downtown-offices-on-the-move/

Money. Far too many landlords want to merely collect money from tenants, rather than pay money to retain them. They rather their properties than spend a few bucks to make them more attractive.

Another one?? Hmm, methinks we need some sort of traffic calming on Lorain.

Thanks but no thanks.

First look: new 3-story restaurant-speakeasy downtown By Ken Prendergast / February 29, 2024 Although the names and themes were previously announced, designs for a new French-themed restaurant and speakeasy in Downtown Cleveland were made publicly available for the first time yesterday. They show a well-appointed establishment with a construction budget to match. The hospitality offerings are due to open later this year at the new 23-story City Club Apartments, 776 Euclid Ave., to offer Clevelanders more le plaisir. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/02/29/first-look-new-3-story-restaurant-speakeasy-downtown/

Update from St. Louis where a street-running LRT (aka streetcar!) is advancing.... Good news! The Gateway Council of Governments has approved the Jefferson avenue alignment for the North/South MetroLink!!! Now we're waiting on engineering work to finish (soon, hopefully!) so we can get accurate the cost estimates and begin applying for federal funding!

Cleveland police SWAT building costs rise By Ken Prendergast / February 29, 2024 Plans for converting the city of Cleveland's former animal shelter at 2690 W, 7th St. near Clark Field into a new administrative and training center for the Cleveland Police Department's SWAT unit are moving forward. But those building renovation plans are coming at a higher price -- about 15 percent higher. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/02/29/cleveland-police-swat-building-costs-rise/

I'm confused because they also have a very generic looking building in their presentation. I'm hoping that the artistic screening that they propose in the image above is what they go with.

I think they're bigger than Benesch (square footage wise, locally). If so, I have to think a new building is an option. Whatever it is, they want their name on it.

The second Amtrak Twin Cities train will now be called the “Borealis” and hopefully begin soon. https://www.allaboardminnesota.org/about/news/blog/

They've already closed off one lane of MLK to make room for the work.

Downtown office tower bucks residential trend By Ken Prendergast / February 28, 2024 Since actions speak louder than words, the rumors of the 22-story office tower 1100 Superior Ave. turning residential are getting shouted down. The louder message is coming from the building’s owner who is re-signing existing office tenants and attracting new ones, despite recent tenant losses and other hardships. The actions are likely the result of a short-term strategy resulting in another sale, however. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/02/28/downtown-office-tower-bucks-residential-trend/

Just crazy last five minutes of last night's game.

Multiple angles with sound

The Lido Lounge, 3029 W. 117th St., in Cleveland is no more. Lido goes back to at least the 1930s. The adult nightclub was demolished yesterday for a new bank. Story: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/08/01/seeds-starting-point-center-opening-at-link59-lido-lounge-stripped-by-george-bofa/

The crossing gates on Flanders were put in months if not weeks before Conrail stopped using it.