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Thanks. I have not heard back from hidden cleveland about adding us to their hit list, I thought that would be a good tour to get on as well. My dog Sleuth is a great asset, agreed.

I haven't attended to it in a while, but my facebook profile has an entire "In the Cleve we..." photo album, basically talking about the cool things that are available to us in Cleveland. You can view it here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8940044&l=cf5d5622e9&id=751840216

Congrats, you know we love pics...hint..hint. lol ;) I have things posted on the old Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=157830&id=751840216&l=3c455926b6 I believe this is a public link, let me know if it isn't.

Major re-development at 43rd and Lorain nearing completion.. hopefully. And by major, I mean very small with minimal street impact. Regardless, my brother and my building: 4309 Lorain Ave, is in the finishing stage. We plan on putting it on the Ohio City home tours, and anybody who wants a personal tour is always welcome to contact me. (shameless promotion: anybody looking for a 1,000 square foot loft apartment with higher end finishes for reasonable rent, please contact!)

should have qualified downtown prices being for marquee spots (class A?). Obviously there are cheaper offices depending on buildings, sub-leases available etc, as well as more expensive suburban spaces in some cases.

That says it all. If you are going to be a single story manufacturing building set back from the street behind a surface lot, why do you even care about being on Euclid? Why would you pay a premium to be there instead of on Chester or Carnegie? Probably because you already control the parcel in question either outright or through some sort of purchase option. And there is obviously some perceived value of being on the health line as well. Not to mention the proximity to UH and the clinic being important to the potential clients. Or maybe because you just like Gallucci's. What would worry me, if I were "Cleveland," is that in order to build new in the city you will have priced yourself out of the region's market. You have tenants looking for $12 to $15 PSF space with particular amenities and the only place you can seemingly get is outside Cleveland proper. $20 to $21 PSF are downtown office prices. Why is it so much easier and cheaper to build outside of the city? If the zoning is that important, I would try to work with Geis to at least get the building to act as a street-wall, moving the parking onto Chester. I'd also want ODot to re-think taking away the Chester Ave ramp (since that will be where much of the traffic will be flowing from).

I'd say a multi-story building could pose a major problem for the companies they are going after. Maybe a building that's face acts like 4 stories on Euclid would work, but I know that one company that is in the market has a pretty strong shipping and receiving component. Many mid-level medical device manufactures won't look at upper floor space. I think my main point is that Geis and Coyne are reacting to what a market has asked them for. While the project may not have listed companies involved yet, it is coming out of direct discussions with potential clients. Ultimately the customer will drive the development. You want to protect against bad decisions, true, but you also want to make sure the customer gets what they want/need, since those are the ones who will ultimately foot the bill.

I know I'm a little late to the party here, but the issue for many developers is "what does my customer want." Believe me, nothing would please me more than to see a building built on Euclid that integrates itself perfectly with the fabric of the community and speak to the street. That said, Geis and Coyne tend to react to their customers. Geis sits down with a client, asks what they need to operate and builds to their specifications. Terry Coyne uses his market knowledge and vast network to get clients infront of companies like Geis so taht the client can run their business effectively. I know that there is one company in particular that was fed up with looking for space in the city to meet it's needs and had all but convinced themselves to move operations outside the area when Fred Geis told them to re-consider, and thus giving this project some actual legs. Design should always be considered, but let's not have the tail wag the dog.

http://www.wkyc.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=immersiveplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=9271045a646128edc214e46f9b102f3c3962bd5c&maven_referralObject=1276060340&maven_referrer=staf Tyler Village in the news (wkyc report)

It's because the guy who wrote the article didn't get that Michael did not want it printed that he "had fallen in love with the building" as it's the 1st rule of real estate... so Mike pressed on that issue.

1st vinyl record ever pressed at Tyler Village care of Gotta Groove Records!

Ha! It's me.

Cool Cleveland did a little story on our Lorain project.. http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php?n=Main.Lee09 Family Affair by Lee Chilcote Michael Fleming first noticed the solid brick façade and big, storefront windows of the former Oddfellows Hall on Lorain Avenue when he was training for a marathon. Wedged between a storefront church and a biker shop, the building seemed like a diamond in the rough. “I was running one day, and the building jumped out at me,” says Fleming. “Lorain may be shabby and a bit down-at-the-heels, but it’s a very pretty street, and it’s affordable.” Fleming saw that the property was for sale, and one day he ventured inside. The first thing he saw was the mahogany bar, covered in dust. That’s when he fell in love. “I’ve always wanted to live above a bar,” says Fleming, who worked as a chef in Boston and Miami before moving back to Cleveland, his hometown, to pursue development in 2005. Last year, Fleming bought the Ohio City building for $150,000 with his dad, his mom and his brother. The family members formed Solo Development LLC to invest in Cleveland real estate. They plan to renovate the first floor storefront and turn the upper two stories into loft apartments. Michael and his brother David will move into two of the apartments, and rent out the third. “We are making an investment in the center of Cleveland,” says Ken Fleming, Michael's father. “Since we purchased the building, we’ve seen other new developments sprout along Lorain.” Ken Fleming cited over $16 million in investment on Lorain Avenue, including such projects as the St. Ignatius Performing Arts Facility, Providence House Campus expansion, the D.H. Ellison Company, the Cleveland Environmental Center, and the United Office Building. The Flemings’ development was financed by Western Reserve Bank in Brecksville, in partnership with Cleveland Action to Support Housing (CASH), a non-profit whose mission is to provide low-interest loans to help spur reinvestment in Cleveland neighborhoods. “We helped to finance the project at a reduced interest rate,” says Marcia Nolan, Executive Director of CASH. “We made deposits with Western Reserve Bank, and this enabled the borrower to save money.” She added, “Our work helps to make projects like this feasible.” The developers will spend an additional $275,000 to create apartments in the building. The units will have a contemporary, loft-like feel, and will include such amenities as new kitchens and baths, in-suite laundry, and open floor plans. The third floor – which was originally used as a ballroom in its heyday, and has fourteen foot ceilings – is being transformed into a two bedroom, loft apartment. Michael plans to move into the apartment when it’s finished. Renovating the building has turned into a family project. “My dad, my brother and I came down on Saturday mornings to tear apart the old plaster and lath from the walls and ceiling,” says Michael Fleming. “We spent about four months doing that before hiring a crew.” During the redevelopment, the developers have coped with many challenges, including moving walls and reconfiguring electrical and plumbing systems. Michael is determined to restore the cove ceilings in the old ballroom, which were badly damaged by a leaky roof. “Rehab is like peeling off layers of an onion,” Michael says with a laugh. “It’s a good learning experience.” The Oddfellows building, which was built in 1870, has a rich, varied history. Over the years, it has housed the Hungarian Men’s Singing Society, the Communist Party of Northeast Ohio, and a hardcore music club called “Speak in Tongues,” among others. Now that his rehab project is in full swing, Michael has fallen out of love with the building. Yet he still believes that the investment in Lorain Avenue will pay off over time. “One of the reasons I moved back to Cleveland is because it is an affordable place for a young person to invest, and it has great, historic buildings,” he says. “There’s so much opportunity here.” Michael is already planning future dinner parties in his new home, and he has even talked about starting his own restaurant on the first floor. At the moment, however, refinishing the mahogany bar will have to wait. He’s got a lot of work to do before moving day. Editors Note: Lee Chilcote is a writer in Cleveland who works for Progressive Urban Real Estate (PURE), which brokered the initial sale of the building to the developers. PURE did have any ownership stake in this building at any time. The former Oddfellows Hall building is located at 4309 Lorain Avenue.

Today, at noon Cleveland Public Theater will be putting on a show at Tyler Village in the north parking lot off of 36th street. All are welcome to come, it's a free event. Rain or shine, if it rains we have an indoor option.

thank you. We believe that companies like Gotta Groove Records or Indigo Imp, though production facilities, mix well with companies like Sparkbase and DigiKnow. We hoped to convey that some in the presentation.

http://www.tylervillage.com/Tyler-Mac.swf FYI, this link is where our promo piece will be permanently.

HoJo needs to GoGo. That thing is hideous and if it couldn't get re-developed in the early 2000's when banks were giving money away for half a heartbeat and a signature, it won't get redeveloped ever. Knock it down. Hopefully Cimperman and Cloud can get this done.

sheesh.. you need a sense of humor. I was speaking more towards the homeless guys who hang out in front of the building, and the pimp and his lady who walk the street from 50th to 38th. I think we are trying to be that change by investing the neighborhood and putting close to half a million into improvements into an older building on Lorain road, a road that isn't exactly tee'd up and ready to go like other areas. If I couldn't laugh at some of the problems in the area, I'd probably have to cry, and for that matter simply not bother, because the hurdles are very real, very challenging and I can tell you that wanting to put your money into it with any kind of long vision isn't always palatable. I apologize if it feels classist to you.

I'm not really sure. I think most people in the area have laundry in their homes or apartments already.. and from what I can tell, the residents would like some kind of meth-lab or brothel operating in the storefront.

44th and lorain

Please move this question to it's proper home if need be, I'm not sure where I should put it: The building my brother and I are setting up in Ohio City has ground floor retail with walk up apartments. Assuming I can't find a good retail use, which so far seems to be the case, what could be some interesting ways of using this space? Maybe with the idea of adding it to the walk up apartments (work space?)

I guess I think most people want things laid out for them. Maybe not everything, but most things. I mean, if I'm not in development but instead in widget making, why do I want to spend my time working to get development done so I can make widgets here vs just heading off to NY, or Chicago or some other town that already has a widget section of town ready to go? A better argument for Kerry is to show what Cleveland has to offer and play on that. You have to sell what you have in place before selling the future. The lakefront has some pretty great spots that are either open to the pubic already or are available for not such an extravagant price.. Start there and it will build.. at least I'd hope.

uhg.. Kerry McCormack just made me a little depressed.

Teen Step program and Cleveland Public Theater will be performing at Tyler Village at noon on Tuesday August 4th.