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Be our fan on Facebook Follow us on Twitter THE FACTOR November 2010 ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ASPECTS OF TYLER VILLAGE IS its appeal to creative types. We're highlighting two of our very talented tenants in this edition of our newsletter. Design: Mike Moritz. Metalwork: Moritz Wood and Metal. MORITZ CELEBRATES ROLE AS TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SILVERSMITH We don't often think of silversmiths these days. The Wild West is far behind us. Yet, Mike Moritz, fine artist, silversmith, boutique metal fabricator and owner of Tyler Village tenant Moritz Wood and Metal finds his art is very much in demand. His most recent installation? A public art sculpture at the entry of Tyler Village tenant E-Prep. "It's an outdoor art installation at the entranceway of E-Prep," Moritz explains. "It's functional in that it defines the entryway. It prevents cars from parking too close to the door. It keeps the students corralled, too." Moritz's original concept introduced two rows of books. "I've added a cityscape reference and a bar graph reference, implying growth and rising up." The 10' x 2' sculpture covers 200 feet of E-Prep's entrance. To be sure, public artist one of Moritz's many talents, yet he defines himself a silversmith and fine artist. After studying silversmithing at the University of Akron, he discovered that he possessed a niche talent. "There are jobs where silversmiths are needed that are too small for the ‘big guys' or too specialized and not appropriate for tinsmiths or blacksmiths," he explains. Through local architects and builders, Moritz found his niche. He began creating lighting fixtures and reproducing "wonderful, old objects" for architectural projects and older homes in the Gates Mills area. "In a way, I'm a metal fabricator but I think aesthetically and functionally. Once a group finds out about me they begin to incorporate specialty metal projects into their work." Now in business for 15 years, Moritz also assists on public art projects building other people's art. After having a studio in Little Italy, he relocated to his 5,000 square foot Tyler Village loft space three and a half years ago. "I wanted to be closer to the freeway and I needed more space and loading docks. ________________________________________ GALLERY FEATURES UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS As a photographer, Paul Sobota and his clothing designer girlfriend Dana Hardy, are what most people perceive to be stereotypic loft space tenants. What they might not imagine is that the two have also opened Front Room Gallery, a showcase for early career artists and that they have rental space available within their space for eight other artists. And, that they're doing all of this at Tyler Village. Located in a 6,300 square foot space in Building 42, Sobota and Hardy leased the space in August, 2006 after hearing about Tyler Village from a friend. "We liked the size of the space and the people at Tyler built it out the way that we wanted it. The overall atmosphere and the location of the complex were appealing, too," he says. Today, in addition to their own work, they are featuring young and emerging artists at their Front Room Gallery (www.frontroomcleveland.com). Painters, photographers, videographers, sculptors and multi-media artists are highlighted on an ongoing basis. "We usually find friends of friends of other artists," Sobota explains. The gallery changes shows every couple of months with guest artists typically attending openings. Information about Front Room Gallery's shows are featured on Facebook, advertised on flyers, postcards, posters and distributed through its sizeable e-mail list. Front Room Gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Sobota, an Indianapolis native, met Clevelander Hardy while both were attending Cleveland Institute of Art. They first opened Front Room in September, 2005 on East 72nd Street and St. Clair Avenue. "And that," he says, "turned into this." Image: A past show at Front Room Gallery. Photography by Paul Sobota

I think you will always have a barrier to the west created by Ignatius. No way around it . That said, I do think you could get some tie in from Momocho's, Johnny Mangos, Nicks, maybe this Chili place.

http://palookavillechili.com/ Didn't see this mentioned, but Palookaville Chili should be opening soon close to Nick's Diner on Lorain. Now I need something at 4309 Lorain and we can have the start of a nice little string of spots to link Fulton dining up to 44th.

so, recent updates: The Arts Academy has signed a lease with Tyler Village, expanding on our brand: Tech, Arts and Education. A young start-up called Syntec are completing the finishing touches on their suite. We just installed a public art piece in front of E Prep's entrance done by tenant Moritz Wood and Metal: I hope to have more real soon (perhaps a new company or two coming to Cleveland? I'm working on it)

oh. Is it going to be a grade school, middle school, HS? Charter, private or public? I should know more about this.. but I don't. Thanks.

anybody know what's going on with the school over on Orchard between 41st and 44th, South of Lorain? Is it renovations or demolition?

that is a tough spot.. it's a nice venue but it needs to be a destination place, it seems. Hi-Lite and Jazz 28 felt like neighborhood bars in a non-neighborhood area (ok, sort of a neighborhood but also a business sector). If the same building/venue was on Bridge, it probably would have lasted. Hopefully the Thai place does well.

no, I'll be part of that tour, though.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/cliffs_natural_resources_gives.html Tyler Village tenant E Prep and Village Prep got some good news!

NOT IN MY BACK YARD! (joking)

We send an email out to brokers and other interested parties. IM me if you want to be added to our monthly mailing list updates. NULIFE TAKES ON THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE Meisha Nelson's philosophy is simple. "Stand naked in front of a mirror. Don't like what you see? Keep on moving." The owner of Tyler Village tenant NuLife Fitness speaks from experience. After gaining 70 pounds following the birth of her daughter, Meisha weighed 204 pounds. "I worked out at a boot camp facility, got inspired, got a certificate in group fitness and then became a certified trainer," she says. This highly motivated businesswoman was also completing her M.B.A. at Indiana Wesleyan at the same time. "It all kind of came together." After opening her first facility on Waterloo, Meisha decided to open her second at Tyler Village. The 4,500 square foot space includes a weight room, cardio facility, circuit training, classes, a sauna and showers and is open seven days a week. Classes beginning at 6:00 a.m. are offered on weekdays, while Saturday classes begin at 7:30 a.m. and Sunday at 8:00 a.m. Special 30-minute lunchtime express classes are available as is daycare. A natural smoothie bar is open to the public. Many of NuLife's female members are success stories featured on its website, www.nulifefitnesscamp.com, however, Meisha is discovering that more and more men are interested in joining this boot camp facility. In 2009, NuLife became a corporate partner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. "This is a weight management program. Clients are required to complete three high impact cardio and resistance classes a week, are measured for their weight and body fat and assess their goals on an ongoing basis," Meisha says. BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE CARD GAME Every wonder what happens behind the scenes when a merchant processes your credit cards and gift cards? Look beyond the merchant and the folks producing the cards and you just might find Tyler tenant SparkBase. SparkBase President Geoff Hardman explains that his company "writes the software that works on multiple terminal systems that communicate back to a data center." In other others, they make the cards work for banks and other financial institutions as well as some smaller end users. After opening offices in Chagrin Falls, SparkBase moved to Solon and then discovered Tyler. "We wanted to be near other tech people," Hardman admits. "We also were looking for a space that gave us the option for expansion." (SparkBase currently occupies 3,200 square feet at Tyler Village with an option for the 2,500 square foot adjacent space.) "We looked in the Warehouse District, but realized that the parking would kill us. We have a lot of young employees that can't afford the downtown parking rates. Since we've been here, we've realized that the access to the highway is an unbelievable asset. It's amazing how fast we can get anywhere from here." For more information about or to contact SparkBase, log on to www.sparkbase.com. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Look what's happening in and around Tyler Village. Pulley's Coffeehouse 36. Tyler's own coffee house and more. Outstanding sandwiches and salads. WiFi. Open daily from 7:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. NuLife Fitness. On-site, boot camp fitness facility. Classes. Sauna. Showers. Daycare. Smoothie bar. Open weekdays 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 8:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. NuLife offers discounts to Tyler Village tenants. Academy of Excellence. Childcare. 1541 East 38th Street. 1999 Payne Avenue. Coming soon! Blue Pike Farm. First farm started in the 21st century in Cleveland proper. Farmers' Market on Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. 900 East 72nd Street, 1/2 mile south of the Shoreway. Indigo Imp Brewery Ltd. At Tyler Village. 3615 Superior. Open to the Public Fridays Only: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Six-pack: $9.39 plus tax, cash only.

couple of photos of the market set up:

I think it might be monthly or bi-weekly.. I'll find out and post. Weekly: Wednesdays 11-1, cash only.

I think it might be monthly or bi-weekly.. I'll find out and post.

Tyler Tenant Solutions At Work (SAW) who has been operating an urban farm up on East 55th will have a farmers market at Tyler Village on Wednesday the 11th from 11 Am until 1 PM. (cash only, fyi)

New Tyler Village promotional pieces we recently developed: Indigo Imp E Prep COO tyler_bethany.mkv

Geis has a design/build team, so he has an architect and an engineer on staff. Geis also bids out all their construction costs at the start of the year(is my understanding). So they can stay true to their credo: on time and on budget. Geis makes their money in multiple spots, is my guess. Be it land, rent, sale, construction supervision, etc. The key to their success is that they are one of the easiest companies to work with from the clients perspective. They check egos at the door and approach everything from the clients perspective. So, when people ask Geis why a 2 story building, not a 4 story building, they should be asking whoever signed those letters of intent. That's who drives all of Geis developments. End users. And believe me, what they have on the drawings is always what is being constructed. The difference is the engineer/builder isn't fighting with the architect and pointing fingers at each other on cost over-runs. * like how I go from Geis the individual to Geis the company in half a sentence? I need to brush up on my writing skills!

Whatever. I'm happy Fred's working in Cleveland and putting his money into the city. If I had to do a design build somewhere in the city I'd happily hire his company for it. I've worked with other architects and builders in Cleveland and none of them provide the kind of professionalism and customer service to the level Geis does. At least from my experience working with tenants, owners, contractors and designers.

I need this guys name. $12-$14 is what you will see in the market for the area they are talking. We've found at Tyler that building out brand new space (including new systems, windows, new power..new, new, new, except for the exterior brick wall and concrete floor and ceilings) has brought us $65 to $85 PSF project costs (remember, have to pay the brokers, lawyers, designers, builders etc.. not just the contractor). That gets you to $15 PSF net pretty quickly if you want to get paid back in a reasonable amount of time (most people do). Anyway, I don't know enough about the nuances of Geis' project, but I can assume he's been beating up his own guys to get to the $14 mark he's at. And pot shots asides about suburban office parks (which is admittedly been their wheel house), if you've ever worked with either the architect or engineer from Geis you'd have little to nothing negative to say about them. Absolutely class from start to finish.

To quote from the Parkworks thread: "Ann Zoller believes creating exciting public spaces is not just about carefree recreation — it’s a key to making Cleveland a place more people want to live. She’s emerging as a key ally of younger politicians, such as Joe Cimperman and Chris Ronayne, who are gaining in influence and trying to put their optimistic stamp on the city. " It's great to see the next generation(s) ready to push Cleveland forward, because like punch alluded to, most of us see Cleveland as a clean slate. However, we honor and appreciate our history at the same time. IMO the most influential next generation Clevelanders right now are: Joe Cimperman Chris Ronayne Baiju Shah Joe Marinucci Ari Maron Ann Zoller Also, Dr. Toby Cosgrove (good at what he does...just stop knocking over old buildings!!) President Barbara Snyder (CWRU) President Ronald Berkman (CSU) I know people will be ready to throw out more names! (I'm guessing Zaremba, Symon, Welser-Möst, Bruell, Lebron!...but I'm sticking to my top 6 list right now) I'd say Fred Geis who may or may not be influential politically, but is putting his money down pretty hard in MidTown.

All scheduled demo pretty much done. Now in clean up stage and soon landscaping etc. 700+ car parking lot will hopefully maintain the client need for a while and drive more tenants to Tyler Village.

Hey, it would be a start. At least you would be thinking about it instead of spending all your economic development staff's time, energy and budget chasing biotech jobs from Israel and fool's errand LED jobs from Asia. You might start to look to Michigan, Wisconsin, even exurb Columbus manufacturing that needs to expand. Look, I don't want to get suspended again so I will stop now. Except that there is a reason these jobs went to the suburbs, exurbs, overseas.. chasing biotech is a pretty smart move, what with the Clinic, UH, Case all sitting at the circle. That's the future. You won't see manufacturing jobs back in this region without ties to biotech for the most part. Not to mention manufacturing has been moving away from labor toward automation for a while. I sat in on a discussion at State Chemical a while ago talking about how manufacturing productivity in this region has gone up a good deal while it's labor pool had dropped. Not to mention that the manufacturing jobs that are available in the city are often times hard to actually fill with the residents (talk to employers, you will hear that story more than a few times). So you get an unemployed, uneducated, dispersed population in as competitive a job market as we've had since perhaps the great depression, with few ways out for most. Pretty hopeless situation. The only way to solve it is basically sacrificing multiple generations for the good of the future.. and there's a tough sell if ever there was one. I guess my point is that you won't see a return to a place where a High School diploma affords you a middle class lifestyle as it once did in the manufacturing heyday. So the notion that you just need those kinds of jobs in the city to curb crime, to me, isn't a valid one because it ain't gonna happen. 327's idea is much better. More foot patrols more cops on the beat. Perhaps bring in the bicycle patrols you see in cities like Boston.

the best answer for crime is concerned citizens who pay attention and report things that are happening on their streets. Unfortunately we live in a city that is down to 400,000 people or so in an area that once held over a million. It means a good deal of empty area, populated with varying degrees of concerned citizens. We need more people who hold their fellow citizens accountable and help make their neighborhoods safe. That said, without safe neighborhoods it's very hard to get the people back.

shoulda circled back and asked what the question was.

Well the CPD don't seem to be there at the right times judging from the hold ups that are happening. I get the "too sanitized" notion. But relatively safe would be nice. I don't get why nobody can do an underground show before 10 PM either. You'll get 4 acts on a bill and next thing you know you're leaving a bar at 2 AM.