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^I would be in favor; Lakeside remains the most underutilized street downtown east of E. 9th St. with the most potential.

New project for Glenville- E. 120th/Ashbury Townhomes. Nice to see momentum coming from University Circle north along E. 105th.

Outstanding- one less vacant downtown block after this phase is completed ?

Took a couple from around 1pm today... it's coming along nicely ?

The Pelicans are where the Cavs were a couple years ago with the #1 and #4 in the same draft (then giving us Kyrie and Tristan). That's the beginning of a strong rebuild for them- and they definitely made out very well with this trade deal. Sports Illustrated's mock draft has us taking De'Andre Hunter- 15.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 52% FG. Could be a solid pick-up, if we don't trade down.

^Give me this project multiplied by 1000 across the city.

I can't believe I'm a week late on seeing the renderings for Shoreline Phase II. Here's something that hasn't happened before (or in a long time)- there's more development going on right now in Cleveland than we can keep up with!

Outstanding KJP!!!

^That lot footprint os small- my guess is its at least 14 stories, probably more.

^Thanks KJP for your insight- Ive been refreshing thos thread on my phone waiting for your blog to drop!

^^World Class Glass, and World Class Signage in the same pic. We need some of this new construction on the lots between Chester and Payne, around E. 12th. Not changing the topic- I'll have to go there and take a pic to show just how much those lots suck when compared to the surrounding activity.

Though the city continues to decline, I feel the city is truly positioned for growth in the near future. One of the reasons, if not the biggest reason why a person will relocate and choose to move here will always be jobs. The region's economy as of today is much more stable than when compared to the Clinton years, which had the highest levels of regional employment. The Clinton years were still dominated by manufacturing before NAFTA, which began to affect the regional economy after he left office. in June of 1990, the Cleveland region had 214,600 employed in manufacturing. Today, roughly 123,100 are employed in that sector. After the 2002 recession and NAFTA beginning to have an effect, by 2005 the region lost 50,000 manufacturing jobs which were never recovered. Robotics no doubt played into the job losses as well. Between 2005 and 2010, regional manufacturing employment dropped to 117,500 total jobs. That's a loss of almost 100,000 jobs in a single economic sector over the course of 20 years. Of those jobs, to date the region has only recovered 5,600. In 1990 the manufacturing sector took up 20% of the available jobs within the regional economy. The number was even larger before 1990, with manufacturing being one of the sectors most affected by global recessions. Today, the manufacturing sector takes up roughly 11% of the regional economy- which is much healthier for the region in today's world and on par with many other metros. The Education and Health Services sector had roughly 120,200 jobs in 1990, or roughly 11% of the total regional economy. Today, that sector employs 207,200, or roughly 19% of the regional economy. Education and Health Care wasn't affected locally by any recession since 1990. Education and Health Services has taken the place of manufacturing by an almost 1-to-1 basis. The region IS poised for growth in the future (finally). There's definitely issues which still need to be addressed- but even with the losses, the sky isn't falling anymore.

^Then we could change the name from the Warehouse District (aka Parking Lot District) to the Sherwin Williams District!! J/K If the company decides it wants to stay in Cleveland- that's a major plus altogether. What a positive for the city- in what for years has been a negative with the parking lots languishing for decades. Remember what could have been with Amazon? Think of what could be possible with an albeit smaller Sherwin Williams? If Sherwin Williams went with the Jacobs Lot to build a tower, the tower itself would be a fantastic addition to the city's image. But i can't disagree that the surrounding lots being developed may have a greater impact on the Parking Lot District. I'm on the tower side of Sim-Cleveland at this point ?

^^Good point. I think with Amazon the city was showing major employers what it may be willing to do in order to keep or draw employment. Having said that, I hope that they build on Jacob's lot, but will expect them to move to the suburbs- that way I'm not disappointed.

? Nice to see this is beginning to move along quickly now. Makes me want more construction!!

I spy a Great Lakes cruise ship (just now)... ...Which would have a greater impact on visitors if it was located at E. 9th.

The Greater Cleveland Partnership is in the beginning stages of looking at government consolidation. This is becoming a big deal. If the business community is beginning to push for consolidation with the County, this could have a chance of coming to a vote by the people.

Pics from today...

Looks like consolidation thoughts are beginning to heat up again... Cleveland and St. Louis, two Rust Belt cities with a lot in common: Cleveland 2030: A Way Forward By Peter Krouse, cleveland.com | Posted May 06, 2019 at 05:45 AM Over the next year and a half, some big thinkers in Greater Cleveland will be paying close attention to the possible merger of the City of St. Louis and neighboring St. Louis County into a single metro government. The merger, if approved by a statewide vote in November 2020, also would convert 88 smaller cities and towns within the county into “municipal districts,” and combine 55 municipal police departments into a single force. Why is this of interest to people here? Because Greater Cleveland and the St.Louis region face similar problems - a fragmented political landscape, a stagnant economy, population loss, racial inequality - and some people here and there believe consolidation is the solution. More at: https://expo.cleveland.com/news/g66l-2019/05/2bc54825cf42/cleveland-and-st-louis-two-rust-belt-cities-with-a-lot-in-common-cleveland-2030-a-way-forward.html

Nice- though I was hoping for something regarding Phase 2... with all of the Cleveland updates we've seen pop up recently ?

Are there enough transit advocates left in Cleveland who could organize themselves and call RTA to a public meeting about preserving the right-of- way for the future?

True- I think the developer is taking a risk- however, if the project is successful, then spin-off development could easily occur. There are enough vacant lots and abandoned houses around Ansel/Wade Park/ Hough Ave. for another development of this size to be built on.

Renderings for the Hough-Ansel Residences are out...

I'm surprised the money was found to take this building down. I wonder if there are plans for the site...this building has sat in this condition for a looooong time.