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I would wager that we are going to hear a lot about that leadership campaign fund over the next year. Cleveland City Council president Martin J. Sweeney comes up in FBI’s Forlani wiretap James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer on January 08, 2013 at 9:21 PM AKRON, Ohio -- An FBI wiretap captured crooked contractor Michael Forlani talking in 2008 about arranging for donations to Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney's leadership campaign fund before a council vote on unspecified business. Forlani mentions the $20,000 in donations after the man on the other end of the line, identified by federal prosecutors as developer John Ferchill, tallies the votes needed for the then 21-member council to approve legislation. "We need 11 votes to win," Ferchill said. "We got 14." Forlani replied: "Money cures a lot of evils." ... Sweeney was one of three people included in the pyramid-shaped prop who had not been charged with corruption-related crimes. And prosecutors did not include his photo in a similar pyramid used to open Dimora's trial seven weeks earlier. Mike Tobin, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, declined at the time to comment on why prosecutors added the council president for their closing arguments. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/cleveland_city_council_preside_1.html#incart_river_default

Im loving the Euclid attention. Would love to visit Mom and take rapid transit downtown

Cleveland Cavaliers fall to Chicago Bulls for 11th straight time http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2013/01/whats_new_cleveland_cavaliers.html#incart_river_default Insert your own meme for that one

OK, lets bring this thread back to the topic of the Richmond Brothers Site Redevelopment

If Cleveland did not learn the lesson that it should not tear down buildings for parking from its decades of decline, and rebirths of threatened areas like Playhouse Square, did the city learn anything?

Just kills me

moonloop: Fox Sports purchases STO for an estimated $230 million; will pay Indians $400 million in rights fees over next 10 years http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/12/fox_sports_purchases_sto_for_a.html

Was the site selection process done like a sealed bid auction, or was it more like a request for proposals? If it was more like a RFP, why shouldn't the county listen to participants who want to revise their offer to give the them a better deal?

^Per Michelle's article, Optima updated their proposal "In a letter sent to FitzGerald on Dec. 20 and distributed to council members Wednesday, Schochet increased his offer for the Ameritrust complex to $30 million. He offered the county a 26-year-lease at the former Huntington Building, with rent starting at $21.25 per square foot per year and increasing by 3 percent every three years, through year 19. And he offered to sell the county its portion of the building after 26 years, for $10 million. " http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/01/optima_ventures_challenges_cuy.html#incart_river_default#incart_m-rpt-2

Would you need a large facility in order to have end of the line station?

Euclid Mall is next to Lincoln Electric, which is growing by gangbusters. There is also another industrial park on the other side of the mall, but I don't think anyone has set up shop there yet. Lakeshore Blvd would be a good candidate for BRT, but I don't know how it would be an extension of the healthline, maybe a spur of it? I don't see how the Red Line could come anywhere near E.185th and LSB

looking at the picture....can the Marriott be expanded into a "convention sized" hotel?

It makes me think he may have something already lined up for the property if he is willing to throw down $30MM Did any other bidders come forward at the meeting?

hey, let the games start, if the county gets the best deal

For concers that it would be an expressway, I count 13 traffic lights

^^Im pretty sure they are still paying Savage. Now that there is so much competition for coaches and GMs, will we wind up on the short end of the stick?

Lets get back to construction related developments on E. 4th. Restaurant reviews can be put in the restaurant review thread. Thanks, and Happy New Year!

I am starting to think that Forbes baits Cleveland into checking out what was said and driving people to their website

^That is a good point. The barons were before my time (which I rarely get to say anymore).

The Gund family owned the Cavs, the same family as the Gund foundation. They would have never sold unless there were an iron clad agreement that they could not move.

Cleveland has lost too many buildings for parking. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/cleavelands-warehouse-district-1960s-vs-t

I have a few interviews coming up (one in the Cleve) and I picked up a pair of To Boots and a J. Crew Ludlow suit. Thanks y'all

The former Stanley Block

The Stanley Block, casinofied http://www.stanleyblock.net/

Contractor fails in last-minute attempt to save Stanley Block building in downtown Cleveland By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer on December 21, 2012 at 6:09 PM, updated December 21, 2012 at 6:52 PM http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/12/contractor_fails_in_last-minut.html#incart_river_default "The preservation of the historic Stanley Block building is an unusual circumstance that might favor intervention if it were accompanied by a credible plan to restore the building," Pianka wrote. "But it is too late to re-open this case without proof that the building's owner has the will to save it. "With regret for the loss of the historic Stanley Block building, this court must deny the requested motion to intervene." Built in the 1870s, the Stanley Block is a rare stone-faced structure at the edge of the city's Gateway district. Neglected for years, the building became the subject of a nasty ownership dispute when casino developer Rock Ohio Caesars LLC bought up surrounding real estate for a parking garage. The casino group also acquired half the shares in Macron Investment Co., which owns the Stanley Block.