January 27, 20214 yr An establishment called Grille 55 to move into where Chicago’s Chicken and Waffles used to be on Prospect Ave. Glad to see a new restaurant going into this space!
January 27, 20214 yr 34 minutes ago, inlovewithCLE said: I wonder why Chicago’s went out of business. It was a great restaurant The chef from there opened Exotic Cuisine in the old Lion’s Pub on Lorain. Serving Jamaican food. Ate there last night. The Oxtail was awesome.
March 16, 20214 yr Cross posted from hotel dev thread: unfortunate but expected news, AT&T / Ohio Bell renovation as a Curio hotel project seems to be dead: When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
March 16, 20214 yr Bummer, I think my crains subscription lapsed, do they have any insight on how much the conversion was estimated to cost? That would make an absolutely awesome hotel looking over the Jake, Q, and just over downtown in general. Also the steel plants! Ugh, I hope someone converts it.
March 20, 20214 yr Work is being done on the future home of A.J. Rocco's! We're very excited for the unveiling of the building's makeover! Planning to head downtown for a Cavs game or other event? We invite you to take a walk and see the many ways our businesses are changing and have adapted over the past year! https://www.facebook.com/DowntownClevelandAlliance/posts/10158045258440959 Edited March 20, 20214 yr by MuRrAy HiLL
March 26, 20214 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 29, 20214 yr On 1/13/2021 at 3:16 PM, KJP said: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 Seeds & Sprouts XV - City Club tower groundbreaking & more Downtown gas station to add retail spaces One of downtown's main entrances will soon gain some new business activity. The BP gas station at Carnegie Avenue and East 9th Street plus the adjacent Carnegie Ballroom are proposed to be renovated with up to four retail spaces, available for lease, according to a LoopNet listing. The pending renovation follows the November acquisition of the Carnegie Ballroom by Four Aqua Holdings LLC which has owned the gas station since 2008. Four Aqua Holdings of Wadsworth bought the ballroom for $950,000, county records show. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/01/seeds-sprouts-xv-city-club-tower.html Building permit applications were submitted to the city for this project last week. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 16, 20214 yr Hotel Indigo opens in downtown Cleveland Mary Vanac - Cleveland Business Journal - Apr. 15, 2021
April 16, 20214 yr Author Wait....did we know this was happening? I thought it was just a renovation of their rooms. Very exciting!!
April 17, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, jjames0408 said: Wait....did we know this was happening? I thought it was just a renovation of their rooms. Very exciting!! Yeah I remember this I just forgot due to so much else going on in Cleveland.
April 20, 20214 yr Hotel Indigo TV News Spot: https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/04/19/cleveland-comeback-downtowns-hotel-indigo-reopens-following-significant-transformation/ I've stayed in a handful of HI's and they're quality hotels with above board stuff. I think it's quite the 'mid-level' hotel to have, especially so close to RMFH. Edited April 20, 20214 yr by GISguy
April 20, 20214 yr Indigo is a curious brand. It was conceived as Intercontinental's luxury boutique -- and operates as such in some foreign locations. But since Intercontinental bought Kimpton, it seems to have been brought down just a notch in the US.
April 20, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, gruver said: Indigo is a curious brand. It was conceived as Intercontinental's luxury boutique -- and operates as such in some foreign locations. But since Intercontinental bought Kimpton, it seems to have been brought down just a notch in the US. totally agree. that said, here in the states its a cool mid-range hotel with interesting new builds and renos. off the top of my head i remember we stayed in a really nice new one downtown in athens, ga. -- it had a big art gallery with good local stuff in it. i wouldn't hesitate to rec it.
May 10, 20214 yr Carter Manor Apartments building purchased by a Chicago group. They intend to perform $18 million in improvements while preserving "the affordable housing aspects of the building". The building is beautiful on the outside but could definitely use some love. https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2021/05/chicago-real-estate-group-buys-downtown-cleveland-affordable-housing-apartment-building-with-ties-to-chef-boyardee.html Edited May 10, 20214 yr by downtownjoe
May 10, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, downtownjoe said: Carter Manor Apartments building purchased by a Chicago group. They intend to perform $18 million in improvements while preserving "the affordable housing aspects of the building". The building is beautiful on the outside but could definitely use some love. https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2021/05/chicago-real-estate-group-buys-downtown-cleveland-affordable-housing-apartment-building-with-ties-to-chef-boyardee.html I saw an entry on the Dodge Reports saying something about $50+ million worth of improvements to Carter Manor. Perhaps that included some future phases? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 11, 20214 yr I think it was just changes to the existing building. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 11, 20214 yr On 5/11/2021 at 8:53 AM, skiwest said: Maybe add a Chef Boyardee museum. 😀 A tribute to the Hotel Winton / Pick-Carter / Ettore Boiardi would surely be appropriate. At one time it was one of the city's great storied "society" hotels. Some swank & celebrity fun was to be had there, with ice skating demonstrations, live radio broadcasts from the Rainbow Room Orchestra and more. Winton Automobiles were just the thing back then. The Winton family/luxury automobile/hotel name lives on today at Winton Place, the former site of the Winton Estate on Lake Erie - (known at that time as Rosenheath.) (ballroom + images shown below / still handsome outside, although somewhat faded.) https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/934 Edited May 12, 20214 yr by ExPatClevGuy Grammar + Added some images
May 15, 20214 yr East Fourth I Limited Partnership is moving forward with work to add a new restaurant called Indie, at 2038 East 4th St. An alteration permit was submitted for a 4,500 SF space at that address. This was the site of the since-closed Greenhouse Tavern. Background...... https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/former-greenhouse-tavern-restaurant-space-to-become-new-restaurant-called-indie.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 15, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, KJP said: East Fourth I Limited Partnership is moving forward with work to add a new restaurant called Indie, at 2038 East 4th St. An alteration permit was submitted for a 4,500 SF space at that address. This was the site of the since-closed Greenhouse Tavern. Background...... https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/former-greenhouse-tavern-restaurant-space-to-become-new-restaurant-called-indie.html It’s the same couple that opened Avo in the former Bakersfield spot.
May 15, 20214 yr "Zeller said that he plans to open Indie in October, and to get the rooftop patio up and running in 2022." So no rooftop patio this summer. But its great there will be live music there.
May 21, 20214 yr Here is a rendering of the proposed renovation to the Carnegie Ballroom for the BP and additional retail space from the 5-21-21 Planning Commission meeting. The small project received final approval from the commission. @KJP wrote about the development earlier this year.
May 21, 20214 yr That's a huge improvement over the current building! Still not the greatest looking building, but the screen at least makes it interesting. The ballroom/BP was such an eyesore as the first thing you see heading into the city on E 9th. Hopefully it gets filled with some interesting retail, but that lot always seems a bit isolated for some reason.
July 23, 20213 yr Now that would’ve been a logo! Edited July 24, 20213 yr by CleveFan Simplified comment
July 26, 20213 yr On 1/27/2021 at 2:43 PM, urbanetics_ said: An establishment called Grille 55 to move into where Chicago’s Chicken and Waffles used to be on Prospect Ave. Glad to see a new restaurant going into this space! Have driven by this place a few times…don’t know what is going on in there, but it draws huge crowds. Based on the logo that they placed on this announcement, it appears that this is a 2nd location for a place in South Euclid…https://www.yelp.com/biz/grill-55-south-euclid
July 26, 20213 yr Great to see the space being used again. As far as I can tell, it's as much as club as it is a restaurant. Probably for that reason, they installed mirrored windows so you can't see into the place from the street. Makes it look tacky and not particularly welcoming IMO, but I'm well past my club-going days... My hovercraft is full of eels
September 10, 20213 yr Not sure why the poster deleted it, but there was a post above linking to a PDF for the downtown design review agenda. It had massings from SomeraRoad of 5 floors of new construction over an existing 1 and 2 story garage on Boliver. Site plan looks good to me.
September 10, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Mendo said: Not sure why the poster deleted it, but there was a post above linking to a PDF for the downtown design review agenda. It had massings from SomeraRoad of 5 floors of new construction over an existing 1 and 2 story garage on Boliver. Site plan looks good to me. Any clue how many residential units this project consists of?
September 10, 20213 yr 16 minutes ago, tykaps said: Any clue how many residential units this project consists of? I will have an article shortly. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 10, 20213 yr I've always felt that these parcels are underutilized. Residential units looking over the cemetery seems like a no brainer.
September 10, 20213 yr 51 minutes ago, tykaps said: Any clue how many residential units this project consists of? 203 apartments, 254 parking spaces.
September 10, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, freefourur said: I've always felt that these parcels are underutilized. Residential units looking over the cemetery seems like a no brainer. Who doesn't like quiet neighbors? 😀
September 10, 20213 yr That neighborhood is dead. They're all stiffs. Still, people are dying to get in. My need for this respite in writing my article was a dead giveaway. Ok, back to work... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 10, 20213 yr There sure are a lot of underutilized parcels in that area as well as in other parts of downtown. I would love to see those developed before any towers are built on the lakefront. Edited September 10, 20213 yr by LibertyBlvd
September 10, 20213 yr Im always thrilled to see new development downtown - but, and I’m just asking (not sure what’s realistic ) isn’t that area appropriate for more vertical development? Something The height and scale of a Church & State would be great.
September 10, 20213 yr FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 Gateway live-work apartments planned, more possible New York City-based real estate firm SomeraRoad is proposing a big addition to several downtown properties it acquired two years ago along Bolivar Road east of East 9th Street and Progressive Field. According to documents submitted to the city prior to seeking conceptual approval from Cleveland City Planning Commission, SomeraRoad wants to construct a seven-story apartment building with 203 units. The project would consist of a two-level parking garage with ground-floor retail and topped by the new apartments. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/09/gateway-live-work-apartments-planned.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 10, 20213 yr 19 minutes ago, KJP said: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 Gateway live-work apartments planned, more possible New York City-based real estate firm SomeraRoad is proposing a big addition to several downtown properties it acquired two years ago along Bolivar Road east of East 9th Street and Progressive Field. According to documents submitted to the city prior to seeking conceptual approval from Cleveland City Planning Commission, SomeraRoad wants to construct a seven-story apartment building with 203 units. The project would consist of a two-level parking garage with ground-floor retail and topped by the new apartments. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/09/gateway-live-work-apartments-planned.html Wow ground floor retail, huh? That's awesome. This neck of the woods is so dead!
September 10, 20213 yr Ahhh... Refreshing to think of a sidewalk cafe downtown on Bolivar, with shade and "fresher breezes" blowing over the park-like Erie Street Cemetery. Famous early Clevelanders Lorenzo & Rebecca Carter, and Joc-O-Sot are all interred there and will hopeful send their spiritual blessings over any spirits served to Cleveland and her visitors. Bolivar might just make for a great residential thoroughfare. Edited September 10, 20213 yr by ExPatClevGuy
September 10, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, KJP said: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 Gateway live-work apartments planned, more possible New York City-based real estate firm SomeraRoad is proposing a big addition to several downtown properties it acquired two years ago along Bolivar Road east of East 9th Street and Progressive Field. According to documents submitted to the city prior to seeking conceptual approval from Cleveland City Planning Commission, SomeraRoad wants to construct a seven-story apartment building with 203 units. The project would consist of a two-level parking garage with ground-floor retail and topped by the new apartments. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/09/gateway-live-work-apartments-planned.html This would be excellent for this area.
September 17, 20213 yr A mini-bomb coming this afternoon... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 17, 20213 yr On 9/10/2021 at 4:26 PM, KJP said: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 Gateway live-work apartments planned, more possible The SomeraRoad apartment development just got conceptual approval from the Planning Commission at todays meeting. The project seemed to be very well received by the commission. Here is a "design aesthetic/precedent image" from their presentation:
September 17, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, KJP said: A mini-bomb coming this afternoon... So a pipe bomb like you promised yesterday, nice! lol
September 17, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, cadmen said: I like it. Looks like something you would see in New York. To be fair, those aren't renderings of what they are proposing here. They're merely samples of other similar projects. Looking forward to seeing detailed rendering now that the planning commission endorsed their conceptual idea. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 17, 20213 yr Too bad. Based on most of the architectural renderings of planned projects AND the final results l'm often disappointed with the ultimate product. I think CLE all too often settles for second rate designs. I really liked the look of this one. What we get (if anything) will probably not be half as interesting
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