November 13, 20195 yr Author 1 hour ago, audidave said: There is no way a stadium could be squeezed into the pit. Also off topic here-ish, i saw that google has a massive project called ‘Operation Nightingale’ that is picking up and analyzing most everyone’s medical data in AI. Perhaps they want to locate that group in Cleveland or maybe many are already here? They said it is currently 150 employees. But it sounds like it could expand rapidly. That's sounds like a very potential addition to CityBlock. It's digital, so it fits in with CityBlock's original concept and it healthcare so it leverages off Cleveland's largest employment base. But I don't have any insights about it. But remember that Google Healthcare was supposed to come to Uptown about 5-6 years ago. So Google has had their eyes on Cleveland for a while, especially from a healthcare-related perspective. BTW, @MayDay or @X -- can this thread be renamed as "Cleveland: Tower City/City Block developments"? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 19, 20195 yr Architect Tom Vecchione on Reality TV Stardom, 30 Years at Gensler and Moving to Vocon “Since starting at Vocon in September, Vecchione has helped spearhead the master-planning effort for a 350,000-square-foot former train station in Downtown Cleveland called Tower City Center from his perch in the New York office. The $110 million renovation will include new corporate office space, coworking areas, cafes and a new public plaza, in addition to Tower City’s existing shopping complex and light rail station. Bedrock Detroit, Dan Gilbert’s real estate company, purchased the property in 2016 and is funding much of the renovation. Vecchione, who has family in Cleveland, sees the development as an opportunity to help reshape the city’s sleepy downtown. “Cleveland has an amazing evolution right now of young people moving downtown,” he explained. “It’s got tons of apartments, and it’s turning into a bit of a lifestyle center. But we gotta keep the jobs there and we gotta keep the businesses there to turn it from an eight-hour city into a 15-hour city.” https://commercialobserver.com/2019/11/tom-vecchione-architect-gensler-vocon/
November 21, 20195 yr One of the under construction storefronts we all poked our heads up to at one point or another was for Bedrocks customer offices, it's probably been done a while but first time I noticed
November 26, 20195 yr There was movement in the old Victoria Secret space this evening. The black covering was gone—not sure if they’re just adding additional Cleveland Water marketing mumbo jumbo or if they’re actually doing something, but I’ll see if there’s anymore to report tomorrow morning.
November 27, 20195 yr 4 hours ago, Clevecane said: There was movement in the old Victoria Secret space this evening. The black covering was gone—not sure if they’re just adding additional Cleveland Water marketing mumbo jumbo or if they’re actually doing something, but I’ll see if there’s anymore to report tomorrow morning. The Winterfest "Kids' Village" is going to be in there this weekend.
November 28, 20195 yr Not sure if this is the right spot to post, but apparently Salesforce will be participating in the Blockland conference this year. Does anyone know if they participated in any previous year?
November 28, 20195 yr 45 minutes ago, LlamaLawyer said: Not sure if this is the right spot to post, but apparently Salesforce will be participating in the Blockland conference this year. Does anyone know if they participated in any previous year? I’m gonna hope that they’re @KJP‘s mega project.
November 28, 20195 yr Author 6 minutes ago, marty15 said: I’m gonna hope that they’re @KJP‘s mega project. Not Salesforce. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 28, 20195 yr Salesforce just finished an "iconic" hq - should be enough to house them all without going to another city
November 28, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, KJP said: Not Salesforce. Correct sector? I notice Google, IBM, Verizon, and Visa (CardinalCommerce) are also on the speaker list.
November 28, 20195 yr Author 1 hour ago, Clevecane said: Correct sector? I notice Google, IBM, Verizon, and Visa (CardinalCommerce) are also on the speaker list. No "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 28, 20195 yr 11 hours ago, bjk said: Salesforce just finished an "iconic" hq - should be enough to house them all without going to another city Doesn't Salesforce also have a big presence in Indy?
November 28, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, Frmr CLEder said: Doesn't Salesforce also have a big presence in Indy? Yes from their purchase of ExactTarget 5 or so years ago.
November 28, 20195 yr 9 hours ago, KJP said: No I assume this means the magical mystery project is distinct from the assortment of tech firm outposts (or hopefully some hq2s) that are coming in CityBlock. If so, that is very exciting.
November 28, 20195 yr 13 hours ago, bjk said: Salesforce just finished an "iconic" hq - should be enough to house them all without going to another city Salesforce is building or going to be a tenant in a huge building at Wolfe Point on the Chicago river which is probably going to break ground next year.
November 28, 20195 yr 19 hours ago, bjk said: Salesforce just finished an "iconic" hq - should be enough to house them all without going to another city They have several large office buildings across the country including one in Indianapolis.
December 1, 20195 yr In Crains today there is a piece about the upcoming Blockland conference. But a short sentence regarding CityBlock saying that there will be an announcement on Tues. Dec 3rd. Might be just more of what we already know or something new. Stay tuned.
December 3, 20195 yr Author 12 minutes ago, tj111 said: Anyone know what time the announcement is? There's nothing on the Blockland Cleveland Facebook page, and they usually keep that pretty up-to-date. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 3, 20195 yr It looks like Crains updated their article to reflect the announcement coming during the Blockland conference next week. Per Crains, the new announcement date is next Tuesday, 12/10. https://www.crainscleveland.com/technology/four-day-blockland-conference-will-bring-1500-guests Edited December 3, 20195 yr by misco182 Forgot to post link
December 3, 20195 yr 6 minutes ago, misco182 said: It looks like Crains updated their article to reflect the announcement coming during the Blockland conference. Per Crains, the new announcement date is next Tuesday, 12/3. https://www.crainscleveland.com/technology/four-day-blockland-conference-will-bring-1500-guests According to the updated article an announcement is due on Tuesday 12/10/19
December 10, 20195 yr Blockland Solutions Conference.https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-blockland-solutions-conference/95-54c49533-5a07-49b6-9ead-b7fd1fd03c4c
December 10, 20195 yr https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-blockland-solutions-conference/95-54c49533-5a07-49b6-9ead-b7fd1fd03c4c
December 10, 20195 yr I have a feeling the announcement will be about possible tenants. According to the story below, Moreno says they are on track to open this time next year. https://www.wksu.org/post/blockland-organizer-bernie-moreno-says-proposed-city-block-tech-hub-track#stream/0
December 10, 20195 yr Can someone smarter than me explain this? Because all I hear is “WeWork” and that doesn’t sound great?
December 10, 20195 yr 39 minutes ago, Enginerd said: Can someone smarter than me explain this? Because all I hear is “WeWork” and that doesn’t sound great? Not to get this off track, but WeWork's issues were really centered around them leasing, not owning, some of the most expensive real estate in the country, as well as a total disregard for any financial discipline. Here they own the real estate and I'm sure it won't be as lavish and extravagant as a WeWork, it will just be "nice". Coworking spaces in and of themselves are very popular and successful. Edited December 10, 20195 yr by tj111
December 10, 20195 yr So no news of a tenant at this point? I agree that coworking spaces are popular—but I wonder if there here to stay or ephemeral. Sure, they’ve been around in SF for years now, but it doesn’t feel like a long-term strategy to me. There was something about the access to capital and sandboxes to play in that really felt coordinated and long-lasting when Bernie first outlined CityBlock. Without the resources of a Google, Facebook, or MasterCard-type entity, I worry this will pan out as an undersaturated assemblage of non-scalable, unsuccessful start-ups.
December 10, 20195 yr https://vimeo.com/377417449/f9c64ee132 this was shared this morning at the conference
December 10, 20195 yr 7 minutes ago, Sapper Daddy said: https://vimeo.com/377417449/f9c64ee132 this was shared this morning at the conference Looks like Moreno has been hard at work on his libertarian mod for Sims 4.
December 10, 20195 yr 12 minutes ago, Clevecane said: So no news of a tenant at this point? I agree that coworking spaces are popular—but I wonder if there here to stay or ephemeral. Sure, they’ve been around in SF for years now, but it doesn’t feel like a long-term strategy to me. There was something about the access to capital and sandboxes to play in that really felt coordinated and long-lasting when Bernie first outlined CityBlock. Without the resources of a Google, Facebook, or MasterCard-type entity, I worry this will pan out as an undersaturated assemblage of non-scalable, unsuccessful start-ups. I do find it interesting that the CEO of Google Cloud is the keynote speaker according to Crains.... ...maybe I'm reading too much into a possible announcement from him during his speech? That would be cool Edited December 10, 20195 yr by Geowizical
December 10, 20195 yr That's what I'm hoping for. I don't see CityBlock working at the proposed scale, unless there's a large anchor like Google to help draw other startups.
December 10, 20195 yr 17 minutes ago, Pugu said: Interesting video---though no one is working everyone is just walking around! Without a description I'm not even sure what the purpose of the video is. There should be some commentary as it's going through the spaces.
December 10, 20195 yr 18 minutes ago, Pugu said: Interesting video---though no one is working everyone is just walking around! no! they're collaborating and s y n e r g i z i n g
December 10, 20195 yr 4 minutes ago, yanni_gogolak said: Without a description I'm not even sure what the purpose of the video is. There should be some commentary as it's going through the spaces. Was difficult to watch that without remembering all of those zany, ornate Christmas decorations rotating from the ceiling.
December 10, 20195 yr 8 minutes ago, surfohio said: Was difficult to watch that without remembering all of those zany, ornate Christmas decorations rotating from the ceiling. I always like going there during the holidays to see the decorations.
December 10, 20195 yr 19 minutes ago, GISguy said: no! they're collaborating and s y n e r g i z i n g The RTA station will still be there, so transit riders will be passing through constantly. Hopefully, they won't disrupt the collaborating and synergizing. ? Edited December 10, 20195 yr by skiwest
December 10, 20195 yr Now that TT is being converted into apartments, at a minimum, a convenience/drug store, a dry cleaners and a liquor store somewhere in that complex would serve the tenants well.
December 10, 20195 yr TT is getting a new office tenant next year, so I'm guessing it's not going to be 100% apartments.
December 10, 20195 yr 7 hours ago, ASPhotoman said: I have a feeling the announcement will be about possible tenants. According to the story below, Moreno says they are on track to open this time next year. https://www.wksu.org/post/blockland-organizer-bernie-moreno-says-proposed-city-block-tech-hub-track#stream/0 Well, I know for certain a particular event will not be happening at that general location after 2020
December 10, 20195 yr 2 minutes ago, musky said: Well, I know for certain a particular event will not be happening at that general location after 2020 Hmm. That sounds like it could be a bad thing.
December 10, 20195 yr Author 30 minutes ago, Terdolph said: It isn't. Just the bottom ten floors I believe. Yes, bottom 12 floors. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 10, 20195 yr Author So not much news thus far except for them announcing that Tower City will offer subsidized office rents in the "teens" per square foot.... Developers moving ahead with entrepreneur-focused complex at Tower City https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/developers-moving-ahead-entrepreneur-focused-complex-tower-city "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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