January 19Jan 19 Just moved here a few months ago, but whats keeping more hotels out of Ohio City? Seems like between the amount of things to do here, and its proximity to downtown would make it a prime neighborhood for at least some smaller-sized hotels. The only planned ones I know of are the Whalen one behind GLBC, and the off and on again Hulett (seems to be "off" as of now?). Is it because the neighborhood's "turn around" has been relatively recent and hotels take longer to plan? Something more political like anti-hotel residents? Is it just easier and more economical to throw up multi-unit apartment buildings?
January 19Jan 19 2 minutes ago, daybreaker said: Just moved here a few months ago, but whats keeping more hotels out of Ohio City? Seems like between the amount of things to do here, and its proximity to downtown would make it a prime neighborhood for at least some smaller-sized hotels. The only planned ones I know of are the Whalen one behind GLBC, and the off and on again Hulett (seems to be "off" as of now?). Is it because the neighborhood's "turn around" has been relatively recent and hotels take longer to plan? Something more political like anti-hotel residents? Is it just easier and more economical to throw up multi-unit apartment buildings? Not sure of the answer daybreaker, but welcome to The Land! I know there was originally a hotel as a part of the Bridgeworks project (25th/Detroit) but it's been cost-engineered out to a smaller apartment building that just looks like a Courtyard by Marriott.
January 19Jan 19 Until recently, hospitality expansions were not getting financed. Now apparently some are. BTW, there's a pulse at the Hulett Hotel project. Mark Raymond, developer and owner of the property at 1468 W. 25th St. recently submitted a request for a certificate of disclosure for the neighboring property at 1452 W. 25th St., suggesting he was going through the due diligence necessary to acquire the property. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 20Jan 20 6 hours ago, KJP said: Until recently, hospitality expansions were not getting financed. Now apparently some are. BTW, there's a pulse at the Hulett Hotel project. Mark Raymond, developer and owner of the property at 1468 W. 25th St. recently submitted a request for a certificate of disclosure for the neighboring property at 1452 W. 25th St., suggesting he was going through the due diligence necessary to acquire the property. While we love the hotel idea and location we get the big time sads each time we hear the word Hulett. Hopefully they will incorporate the Huletts in each room and public area design themes, otherwise they should try another name. Maybe they can buy some the of the scraps if still available for use in an art or placemaking effort.
January 20Jan 20 8 hours ago, daybreaker said: Just moved here a few months ago, but whats keeping more hotels out of Ohio City? Seems like between the amount of things to do here, and its proximity to downtown would make it a prime neighborhood for at least some smaller-sized hotels. The only planned ones I know of are the Whalen one behind GLBC, and the off and on again Hulett (seems to be "off" as of now?). Is it because the neighborhood's "turn around" has been relatively recent and hotels take longer to plan? Something more political like anti-hotel residents? Is it just easier and more economical to throw up multi-unit apartment buildings? Surprisingly very little pushback against the Hullett, but Mark is a neighborhood guy and people like/trust him.
January 23Jan 23 Marriott expands luxury W brand to Ohio with hotel, residences The $218 million project will take shape in downtown Cleveland as Marriott grows its W Hotels portfolio to new markets nationwide. https://www.hoteldive.com/news/marriott-expands-luxury-w-hotels-residences-brand-ohio-/736885/
January 26Jan 26 https://www.wkyc.com/video/entertainment/places/first-look/fidelity-hotel-opens-in-downtown-cleveland-in-century-old-building-steeped-in-history-first-look/95-2eb1c798-3d3e-4abe-ac05-da0c3bf57067
January 27Jan 27 37 minutes ago, dave2017 said: The Fidelity Hotel looks amazing! Really does. We live a few mins walk away, but will totally be taking a staycation there soon. My hovercraft is full of eels
January 28Jan 28 This Great Lakes City's Newest Hotel Is Bringing Old-school Charm and Luxury Back to a Historic Nightlife District... travel + leisure https://www.travelandleisure.com/fidelity-hotel-now-open-cleveland-8780957
January 28Jan 28 it's odd that theve been going with the short vincent angle for PR. that street is now just 4 parking garages and several stinky dumpsters. I'd be playing up heart of the action on euclid ave more
January 28Jan 28 7 minutes ago, Whipjacka said: it's odd that theve been going with the short vincent angle for PR. that street is now just 4 parking garages and several stinky dumpsters. I'd be playing up heart of the action on euclid ave more Short Vincent history fits their theme/design better. Short Vincent is also more living and restaurants than it is parking garages... sure, there are garages but there are also three massive apartment buildings, potbelly/shake shack on a corner, pizza on the other corner, hotel dining, hotel living... calling it parking garages and dumpsters is silly. This street, with some more infill, will be one the most lively streets downtown. Edited January 28Jan 28 by downtownjoe
January 28Jan 28 Bit of a photo dump from last night's ribbon cutting. I only saw the ground floor and the second floor; didn't make it on a room tour. But a lovely place! I'll be posting a few short videos on Bluesky; feel free to follow me there at: https://bsky.app/profile/paulheney.bsky.social
January 28Jan 28 Great photos @Paul in Cleveland this place is gorgeous! Went to their website and they offer Ohio Resident Rates so I will absolutely be planning a staycation once the weather gets better
January 28Jan 28 and no wonder i am drawn to it i just noticed the walls are the color of our home walls lol. muddy green is a thing. 🎉
January 28Jan 28 5 hours ago, mrnyc said: and no wonder i am drawn to it i just noticed the walls are the color of our home walls lol. muddy green is a thing. 🎉 Yeah in the 60s "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 29Jan 29 1 hour ago, KJP said: Yeah in the 60s and in 2023 staten and 2025 cleveland. come on you are old enough to know things come back around. although i wouldn’t go as far as getting an avocado refridgerator. 😂
January 29Jan 29 I flipped a condo in 2019. It was built and equipped with appliances in 1965 and it wasn't significantly updated since. To enter it was a trip back in time -- and I found a buyer for the avocado green appliances who was practically foaming at the mouth over them! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 29Jan 29 3 hours ago, KJP said: I flipped a condo in 2019. It was built and equipped with appliances in 1965 and it wasn't significantly updated since. To enter it was a trip back in time -- and I found a buyer for the avocado green appliances who was practically foaming at the mouth over them! well yeah there were actually pretty groovy versions too --
January 31Jan 31 Downtown hotel to have new operator By Ken Prendergast / January 31, 2025 After 26 years in business, Downtown Cleveland’s Holiday Inn Express, 629 Euclid Ave., will close. But its already got a replacement lined up in the form of an AC Hotel by Marriott, according to a developer leading the transformation. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/01/31/downtown-hotel-to-have-new-operator/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 31Jan 31 Wow Marriott seems to be on a spree here. I think within the past month there's been coverage of three new hotels from them: W Hotel (Erieview/Downtown) Tribute Hotel (Berea) AC Hotel (Euclid/Downtown) Edited January 31Jan 31 by Geowizical
January 31Jan 31 32 minutes ago, Geowizical said: Wow Marriott seems to be on a spree here. I think within the past month there's been coverage of three new hotels from them: W Hotel (Erieview/Downtown) Tribute Hotel (Berea) AC Hotel (Euclid/Downtown) Also a Marriott Tribute in the Rose building. And Marriott already had a high portion of the downtown hotels (Marriott, Westin, Residence, the 9, Ritz Carlton, Hotel Cleveland, Aloft). I know Marriott is king but this seems like an even higher than normal saturation especially when you add these 3 new hotels downtown.
January 31Jan 31 This is a really nice upgrade. AC hotels are usually very nice, sleek and modern with a public bar or restaurant component.
February 1Feb 1 want to stay here! — i mean its not cle, but for inspiration this hotel room would be hard to top — 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFYm249zntG/?igsh=MXhidHkxMTJidjJsbA==
February 1Feb 1 22 hours ago, mrclifton88 said: This is a really nice upgrade. AC hotels are usually very nice, sleek and modern with a public bar or restaurant component. Agree. I travel for work quite a bit and stay at AC when I can as they are reasonably priced, well designed and clean. It’s the perfect combo. The last time I visited Cleveland, which was in August, I thought it was interesting that so many of the peer cities had an AC in the downtown area but Cleveland did not. I’m very happy to see that Cleveland is getting one.
February 5Feb 5 On 2/1/2025 at 4:55 PM, jeremyck01 said: Agree. I travel for work quite a bit and stay at AC when I can as they are reasonably priced, well designed and clean. It’s the perfect combo. The last time I visited Cleveland, which was in August, I thought it was interesting that so many of the peer cities had an AC in the downtown area but Cleveland did not. I’m very happy to see that Cleveland is getting one. FYI: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cleak-metropolitan-at-the-9-autograph-collection/overview/
February 5Feb 5 1 hour ago, Mov2Ohio said: FYI: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cleak-metropolitan-at-the-9-autograph-collection/overview/ Thanks. I’m familiar with the Met at the 9, but haven’t had a chance to stay there yet. Different than an AC.
February 5Feb 5 48 minutes ago, Mov2Ohio said: FYI: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cleak-metropolitan-at-the-9-autograph-collection/overview/ AC Hotels are different than Autograph Collection.
February 5Feb 5 11 hours ago, jeremyck01 said: Thanks. I’m familiar with the Met at the 9, but haven’t had a chance to stay there yet. Different than an AC. My bad! All this time I thought the "AC" was shorthand for Autograph Collection! Shows you how much I know. I get that hotel brands/networks want to cater to niche crowds. Having an economy, mid-level and luxury offering makes sense. But then when they start to excessively segment those aforementioned segments, it's starts to get a bit ridiculous in my opinion. Like, why deal with all the costs associated with that separate branding? I guess it works for them though 🤷🏾♂️
February 5Feb 5 For someone like myself who isn't too knowledgeable with different Hotel brands, how would you say the Autograph Collection differs from the AC Collection?
February 5Feb 5 And another Marriott brand soon to come as a Crain headline this morning (can't read more than the first sentence of the article-paywall) is trumpeting that Project Scarlet at the Rose Building in breaking ground in a month. Will that make 5 Marriott brands downtown? Que Blaine Griffin.😉
February 5Feb 5 https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/project-scarlet-work-rose-building-begins-cleveland Project Scarlet, Downtown Cleveland's latest big redevelopment, gets the green light TL;DR Selective demo begins in March, full construction in August 123-room Marriott Tribute opens Dec 2026 145 apartments open 2027 Talking with two possible tenants for first floor space, a "who-wants-it-more" process for who they'll ultimately pick Mostly 1 and 2-bed apartments, some studios Starting $2.20/sqft rents "In addition, Patel said he and his partners are heartened by other developments nearby, including Urban Meyer’s Pint House and Tom’s Watch Bar, which are set to open within easy walking distance of the Rose Building." Edited February 5Feb 5 by Geowizical
February 5Feb 5 29 minutes ago, GREGinPARMA said: For someone like myself who isn't too knowledgeable with different Hotel brands, how would you say the Autograph Collection differs from the AC Collection? Basically Autograph Collection Hotels all have their own identities. The hotels have all different designs etc. none of them are the same. They kind of are all built with the personality of the host city or the building that it’s taking over (many are conversions). Autograph as in Signature* all signatures are thought of as different. AC hotels on the other hand are nice I like them a lot but the feel is VERY the same on all properties simplistic modern clean as a matter of fact that brand is one of the most copy and paste out there but it’s done RIGHT. Edited February 5Feb 5 by 646empire
February 5Feb 5 1 hour ago, Geowizical said: https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/project-scarlet-work-rose-building-begins-cleveland Project Scarlet, Downtown Cleveland's latest big redevelopment, gets the green light TL;DR Selective demo begins in March, full construction in August 123-room Marriott Tribute opens Dec 2026 145 apartments open 2027 Talking with two possible tenants for first floor space, a "who-wants-it-more" process for who they'll ultimately pick Mostly 1 and 2-bed apartments, some studios Starting $2.20/sqft rents "In addition, Patel said he and his partners are heartened by other developments nearby, including Urban Meyer’s Pint House and Tom’s Watch Bar, which are set to open within easy walking distance of the Rose Building." This is great. It will do mich to help pick up the momentum and help add some energy to this part of downtown. Covid and the move of MMO have really killed the energy in that part of Prospect on non game days.
February 23Feb 23 looks like you can stay in frank lloyd wright’s final house — There's a New Frank Lloyd Wright House in Cleveland, and You Can Stay There By Scene Staff on Thu, Feb 20, 2025 Construction recently finished on a new Frank Lloyd Wright house in Willoughby Hills, which is news not least of which because the famed architect died in 1959. "RiverRock," as it's called, is something of a miracle, as well as a passion project, and the story of what the owners say is Wright's last residential home design is fascinating. more: https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/theres-a-new-frank-lloyd-wright-house-in-cleveland-and-you-can-stay-there/Slideshow/46097976/46097984
February 24Feb 24 I've stayed at a few of these. They are nice and usually in interesting/walkable areas of the city. It would be awesome if Cleveland could land one. It would be perfect downtown or in Ohio City. https://www.hotelmanagement-network.com/news/hyatt-centric-35-hotels-2028/?cf-view
March 17Mar 17 The Ohio City thread is locked so I am posting here. It fits here as well, although the full discussion probably relates more to Ohio City in general given what occurred as outline below. Dan Whalen was before the Board of Zoning Appeals this morning for a use variance for the hotel proposed on Lorain in Ohio City. First the good news. The variance was approved unanimously. The troubling part was that Dan Conway and a Great Lakes Brewery attorney, among others, appeared before the Board to voice opposition to the granting of the variance. This apparently came out of nowhere according to the rep from OCI. The main issue was parking. Blah Blah Blah. You can view all the hand wringing on line. Also, it was noted that the hotel design still has to win final approval from Landmarks, but apparently the Landmarks Commission wanted the zoning variance issue resolved before they considered it. So I guess that is next. I imagine Whalen's financing was/is contingent on the use variance being granted so hopefully that came now move forward smoothly. Edited March 17Mar 17 by Htsguy
March 17Mar 17 Just now, Htsguy said: The Ohio City thread is locked so I am posting here. It fits here as well, although the full discussion probably relates more to Ohio City in general given what occurred as outline below. Dan Whalen was before the Board of Zoning Appeals this morning for a use variance for the hotel proposed on Lorain in Ohio City. First the good news. The various was approved unanimously. The troubling part was that Dan Conway and a Great Lakes Brewery attorney, among others, appeared before the Board to voice opposition to the granting of the variance. This apparently came out of nowhere according to the rep from OCI. The main issue was parking. Blah Blah Blah. You can view all the hand wringing on line. Also, it was noted that the hotel design still has to win final approval from Landmarks, but apparently the Landmarks Commission wanted the zoning variance issue resolved before they considered it. So I guess that is next. I imagine Whalen's financing was/is contingent on the use variance being granted so hopefully that came now move forward smoothly. I just asked about a streamlined process in the zoning thread. I thought the variance process was supposed to be fixed due to developers complaining about them and the extra cost. Also I hope this doesn't slow down anything.
March 18Mar 18 Surprised there haven't been any comments or discussions regarding Dan Conway and Great Lakes failed attempt to torpedo the Whalen hotel project in Ohio City.
March 31Mar 31 best in the midwest awards — https://www.instagram.com/p/DHquqLEvFXJ/?igsh=MWwxMzJxaWdzMXN0eQ==
April 2Apr 2 Question for Zabaris mostly but for anyone who might know. Is the Browns stadium drama having any influence on the possible skyline changing hotels mentioned previously?
April 2Apr 2 The drama surrounding the Browns will have no affect on the skyline hotel project. If anything, the new stadium will bring many new hotel rooms downtown over the next few years. Personally, I'd prefer the Browns stay downtown in a domed stadium, although that wasn't possible. Brookpark is a better solution for the market than renovating a deteriorating outdoor downtown stadium
April 2Apr 2 10 hours ago, zbaris87 said: Brookpark is a better solution for the market than renovating a deteriorating outdoor downtown stadium Lol.
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