February 16, 20187 yr This building has been owned by KNIGHT CENTER CORP since at least 1975 (computerized real estate records in Cuyahoga County do go back any further). No sales or other transfers are publicly listed at this time. That's affiliated with the Cleveland Council of the Knights of Columbus. They also own the adjacent building that contains the Clevelander
February 17, 20187 yr Jobs center gets a fresh start The joint city-county Cleveland jobs center of Ohio Means Jobs, the state workforce program, is finally back on solid ground downtown. Before moving in December into its new offices at 1910 Carnegie Ave., the jobs program spent eight months in limbo, sharing space at its suburban office at 11699 Brookpark Road in Parma. At a grand opening on Friday, Feb. 16, Micki Tubbs, chair of the Cleveland/Cuyahoga Workforce Development Board, the city-county agency that is the local affiliate of the state's Ohio Means Jobs program, said she was glad the program was back downtown. per http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180216/news/152271/jobs-center-gets-fresh-start
February 22, 20187 yr Gateway Panini's is apparently staying put. That's interesting. What's wild to me is that Brickstone appears to be vacant for the foreseeable future.
February 22, 20187 yr Gateway Panini's is apparently staying put. This Panini's is closing up at the end of year when their lease expires. I heard about this directly from the owner.
February 22, 20187 yr Gateway Panini's is apparently staying put. This Panini's is closing up at the end of year when their lease expires. I heard about this directly from the owner. Fair enough. Owner > Bartender
February 23, 20187 yr Author ^That will put some employees in a precarious position... no? Isn't it just moving to Prospect and Ontario?
February 24, 20187 yr Has anyone heard of interested developers for the surface lot on the southeast corner of Carnegie and East 9th? Given it’s proximity to Progressive Field I would think it would have to be coveted for vertical development with a sports bar component in the lower levels.
February 24, 20187 yr Has anyone heard of interested developers for the surface lot on the southeast corner of Carnegie and East 9th? Given it’s proximity to Progressive Field I would think it would have to be coveted for vertical development with a sports bar component in the lower levels. Do you mean the northeast? Isn't the SE corner a BP?
February 24, 20187 yr I doubt anything will get developed there in the near future. Rising occupancy downtown is putting more pressure on parking and outlying lots are starting to fill up and raise their rates.
February 24, 20187 yr I doubt anything will get developed there in the new future. Rising occupancy downtown is putting more pressure on parking and outlying lots are starting to fill up and raise their rates. Great. So that will cause downtown rents to rise and push tenants out of downtown. If we had decent transit, it could keep downtown rents high while restraining or decreasing the value of parking lots. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 24, 20187 yr Has anyone heard of interested developers for the surface lot on the southeast corner of Carnegie and East 9th? Given it’s proximity to Progressive Field I would think it would have to be coveted for vertical development with a sports bar component in the lower levels. I think that may be one of the last surface lots downtown to develop (if ever) because its proximity to the Jake. That area is unfortunately a dead zone with the freeway there and the Jake which is vacant 6 months of the year which deters foot traffic during the off times of the year. Regarding the bar idea: there's been numerous sports bars (alice coopers, brickstone, just for 2 names), at the southeast corner of Boliver and 9th over the past 15 years but they tend to only survive a year or 2 and close because there's honestly not enough foot traffic over that area despite the two arenas in other parts of downtown. My guess is that a slight majority of the attendees (to the Q and jake) enter on the northern sides of the entrances. Heck, TRI-C's parking garage (right across from the Jake) is already paid off after being built within the past 10 years because of the parking revenue of baseball games.
February 24, 20187 yr I've often wondered why a parking deck wasn't built on the northeast corner of Carnegie and East 9th. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 24, 20187 yr Yes. No. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 9, 20187 yr Something new is going into E 8th spot (a-bar, black dog, one before that is escaping me ). Sign was being installed today, but all I could read was something with an 8 on the end. Maybe someone here knows more?
March 9, 20187 yr ^It was Machu Pichu. Peruvian restaurant. It unfortunately closed before I was able to try it!
March 10, 20187 yr It was a good restaurant, good Peruvian food....if it was opening in today's climate downtown it would have done better.
March 12, 20187 yr A-bar was pretty solid - good food and beer with in a comfortable environment, I tucked in several times when a lot of downtown was too busy. The location makes it difficult, but hopefully the undoing was just the name last time. I talked to the owner right when they opened and he said something to the affect of "we want to be at the top of the list when people look for bars in Cleveland", implying people look at things alphabetically anymore. "A bar Cleveland" was impossible to Google for, as it just showed a list of all the bars in town.
March 12, 20187 yr I used to work in the City Club building and I never understood why the restaurant du jour in the back didn't have a prominent sign on the front of the building. Just because it's in the back doesn't mean it can't have a presence on Euclid Avenue. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 12, 20187 yr I used to work in the City Club building and I never understood why the restaurant du jour in the back didn't have a prominent sign on the front of the building. Just because it's in the back doesn't mean it can't have a presence on Euclid Avenue. Call me crazy, but I think that spot should go the OPPOSITE direction. No signage, no wall paint, nothing. Just make it a "well-known secret" style speakeasy. Specialize the place in high-end cocktails, reduce the food to just small bites. A Velvet Tango Room of sorts Downtown
March 12, 20187 yr Something new is going into E 8th spot (a-bar, black dog, one before that is escaping me ). Sign was being installed today, but all I could read was something with an 8 on the end. Maybe someone here knows more? http://captiv8cleveland.com
March 12, 20187 yr A-bar was pretty solid - good food and beer with in a comfortable environment, I tucked in several times when a lot of downtown was too busy. The location makes it difficult, but hopefully the undoing was just the name last time. I talked to the owner right when they opened and he said something to the affect of "we want to be at the top of the list when people look for bars in Cleveland", implying people look at things alphabetically anymore. "A bar Cleveland" was impossible to Google for, as it just showed a list of all the bars in town. Are people looking things up in the phone book or something? ;D
March 12, 20187 yr I used to work in the City Club building and I never understood why the restaurant du jour in the back didn't have a prominent sign on the front of the building. Just because it's in the back doesn't mean it can't have a presence on Euclid Avenue. I like this idea. They could even put a menu out on Euclid Avenue. Similar to how Hodge's does it.
March 12, 20187 yr ^^^ "Potato bar"?! I think Cleveland may have jumped the shark... “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
March 12, 20187 yr What exactly is a potato bar? I am assuming like a salad bar but with potatoes and various toppings
March 12, 20187 yr What exactly is a potato bar? I am assuming like a salad bar but with potatoes and various toppings Looks like it... http://captiv8cleveland.com/ Also...looks like they consider the martini glass to be an I and not a Y.
March 12, 20187 yr As an Irish American, I could honestly eat potatoes at every meal so I'm all in here.
March 12, 20187 yr Call me crazy, but I think that spot should go the OPPOSITE direction. No signage, no wall paint, nothing. Just make it a "well-known secret" style speakeasy. Specialize the place in high-end cocktails, reduce the food to just small bites. A Velvet Tango Room of sorts Downtown Spoken to the shadowy figure on the other side of the sliding peep hole...."Sweeney sent me" "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 12, 20187 yr I remember the “mash potini” concept from like 10 years ago. It’s gimicky, but who knows it could work. BYW I think Yabo has the right idea. Anti-advertising approach would work out well in that space. Or how about the WILD EAGLE SALOON II haha.
March 12, 20187 yr When bars try to make clever spellings with words it's never a good sign for their long term survival. Just an observ8-ion.
March 13, 20187 yr Could be a gr8 concept and I wonder if it will be open L8. https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
March 14, 20187 yr I remember the “mash potini” concept from like 10 years ago. It’s gimicky, but who knows it could work. BYW I think Yabo has the right idea. Anti-advertising approach would work out well in that space. Or how about the WILD EAGLE SALOON II haha. Already being taken in Broadview Heights. Lol.
March 17, 20187 yr https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/red-restaurant-group-sells-downtown-space/article_f790affe-220d-11e8-abd2-07c04f71c5c0.html RED Restaurant Group sells downtown space BECKY RASPE | SPECIAL SECTIONS STAFF REPORTER [email protected] Red Restaurant Group is seeing changes as it sells the downtown Cleveland location of RED, The Steakhouse. According to Brad Friedlander, founder of RED Restaurant Group, he sold the second Northeast Ohio location to the group’s partner company, YLT, however he and current employees of the location will still remain involved.
June 15, 20186 yr Southern Tier Brewing Co. to open brewery, tasting room in downtown Cleveland http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180118/news/149026/southern-tier-brewing-co-open-brewery-tasting-room-downtown-cleveland I recently heard that Southern Tier will be opening on July 11th.
August 4, 20186 yr Stella's Music Club to open in downtown Cleveland on Aug. 11 http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180803/news/170756/stellas-music-club-open-downtown-cleveland-aug-11 "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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