December 28, 20168 yr A handsome building to be sure. I wonder if we'll see a recreation of that early 20th century glass and steel canopy at lower left. I only learned this afternoon that J. Milton Dyer was also the architect of Cleveland City Hall.
December 28, 20168 yr ^I never realized there were windows and a full facade down the side along the E12th alleyway. Gotta be a great view of the solid red brick wall of the Halle Building.
March 30, 20178 yr I have a bunch of pics of the inside on my phone - what's the quickest/easiest way to post them?
March 30, 20178 yr I have a bunch of pics of the inside on my phone - what's the quickest/easiest way to post them? If you can reduce the photos to no more than 1.2 mb each, then click "preview" next to the white reply rectangle at the bottom of the page. When the preview page shows up, you'll see the "attach" feature appear as one of your options. To add more than one photo, click the "more attachments" below the "choose file." "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 30, 20178 yr I have a bunch of pics of the inside on my phone - what's the quickest/easiest way to post them? If you can reduce the photos to no more than 1.2 mb each, then click "preview" next to the white reply rectangle at the bottom of the page. When the preview page shows up, you'll see the "attach" feature appear as one of your options. To add more than one photo, click the "more attachments" below the "choose file." No idea how to reduce file size. Doesn't this site get enough clicks on the Trump thread that it can afford to let people post pics directly from their phones by now??
March 30, 20178 yr Then upload them to Flickr or some other free hosting site. Then copy the links to the pics that are no more than 1024 pixels wide. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 30, 20178 yr Then upload them to Flickr or some other free hosting site. Then copy the links to the pics that are no more than 1024 pixels wide. Again, looking for an easy way. Topic for another thread, and I recognize this is a free website and I realize there is a cost to storage, but my biggest gripe is the difficulty in posting pics on this website. Anyway - toured the building today. In rough shape to say the least, but very cool to see. Definitely a lot of potential. Like all Cleveland projects, they are still working on the financing, which they feel they are close and hope to have secured this summer for a late 2018 delivery of 165 apartments and some office space (not sure how much). Given current condition, late 2018 seems aggressive. Pool will stay, can't remember about the bowling lanes, but don't think they were staying. But a very cool project and I'm optimistic they'll pull it off.
March 30, 20178 yr Here's one photo and some info from @PrecisionEnv Preserving what's left of the Cleveland Athletic Club bowling alley ?....Will be incorporated into design as we rebuild here https://t.co/Kfh9AojAql "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 30, 20178 yr Then upload them to Flickr or some other free hosting site. Then copy the links to the pics that are no more than 1024 pixels wide. Again, looking for an easy way. Topic for another thread, and I recognize this is a free website and I realize there is a cost to storage, but my biggest gripe is the difficulty in posting pics on this website. My biggest gripe as well. So many pictures that I have left un-uploaded because of how much of a pain it is to upload them. Even when you get them to the correct size and resolution, the site then won't even let you upload ".jpeg" because it isn't ".jpg" or maybe it is the other way around...either way its the exact same file and it gets picky about the extension being used. Back on topic: I played many a games in those bowling lanes, cool to know they are preserving them. And even better to know that they are saving the pool. That is going to be a huge competitive advantage over other properties.
April 26, 20178 yr How did this project get a building permit without having this variance? Board of Zoning Appeals MAY 8, 2017 9:30 Calendar No. 17-82: 1148 Euclid Ave. Ward 3 Kerry McCormack 13 Notices CAC Project 2014 LLC, owner, proposes to change use from office and assembly to multi-family and assembly in an E5 General Retail Business District. The owner appeals for relief from the strict application of the following sections of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances: 1. Section 357.09(b)(2)© which states that one fourth the height of the building is required for side yard and 0’ proposed. 2. Section 355.04 which states that the maximum gross floor area of building cannot exceed 3 times lot area. 58,500 square feet are allowed and 260,437 square feet are proposed. 3. Section 357.08(b)(2) which states that a 47 foot (1/2 of height of building) rear yard is required and 0’ is proposed. (Filed March 30, 2017) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 27, 20178 yr I don't recall; is it to be apartments or hotel, or both? All decent hotels today seem to have canopies or portes-cocheres of some sort.
April 27, 20178 yr 171 apartments over ground floor retail and event space. The pool is supposedly being redone for the renters.
September 26, 20177 yr Cleveland just approved a TIF for the non-school portion of the property taxes. The project is supposed to be under construction late October. I know they've been working in there since the Spring. I guess it wasn't clear the extent of what was happening. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/09/cleveland_city_council_clears.html Cleveland City Council clears way for renovation of downtown Cleveland Athletic Club building CLEVELAND, Ohio - A project aimed at converting a long-vacant landmark into downtown Cleveland's latest residential and retail center cleared a key hurdle Monday before City Council. The city agreed to legislation that should make way for the last piece of financing on the $62-million-plus renovation of the Cleveland Athletic Club on Euclid Avenue. The building, vacant since 2007, will be converted into retail space and apartments. The legislation pledges the city's cooperation with a plan that helps finance the project by tapping future non-school tax revenue generated by the improvements ...
September 26, 20177 yr It'll be great to not get a whiff of building rot every time I walk past that building.
September 26, 20177 yr That entire block used to smell like that. What a transformation of euclid avenue over even the last 5 years.
October 12, 20177 yr :-) Cleveland just approved a TIF for the non-school portion of the property taxes. The project is supposed to be under construction late October. I know they've been working in there since the Spring. I guess it wasn't clear the extent of what was happening. cleveland com CLEVELAND, Ohio - A project aimed at converting a long-vacant landmark into downtown Cleveland's latest residential and retail center cleared a key hurdle Monday before City Council. The city agreed to legislation that should make way for the last piece of financing on the $62-million-plus renovation of the Cleveland Athletic Club on Euclid Avenue. The building, vacant since 2007, will be converted into retail space and apartments. The legislation pledges the city's cooperation with a plan that helps finance the project by tapping future non-school tax revenue generated by the improvements ... Historic Cleveland Athletic Club will get $62 million facelift - ... news5cleveland com The Cleveland Athletic Club, by all accounts, was the last project to get the go-ahead in the stretch of Euclid Avenue from Playhouse Square to Public Square in Downtown Cleveland. ..
October 12, 20177 yr ^ Link to the above story: http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/historic-cleveland-athletic-club-will-get-62-million-facelift
October 31, 20177 yr cleveland.com City Council approves tax deal to aid Cleveland Athletic Club renovation Updated on October 31, 2017 at 10:45 AM Posted on October 30, 2017 at 7:20 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio - City Council on Monday approved a tax deal that clears the way for renovation of the former Cleveland Athletic Club building on Euclid Avenue into retail space and apartments. Council signed off on a tax increment financing plan that will use new tax revenues generated by the improvements to the building to help finance the renovation. The deal only includes taxes that would go to the city. School revenue is unaffected. The renovation, expected to cost about $62 million, will add about 165 apartments in the 50,000-square-foot building and is expected to ultimately generate more than $544,600 in annual property taxes for the Cleveland schools. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/09/cleveland_city_council_clears.html
December 7, 20177 yr Nice article about the progress being made on the CAC Building: http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/CleAthleticClub120717.aspx Really shows what kind of shape the building was in and why it has taken so long to get to where were at today. This is going to fill in a very significant patch of Euclid. Now just waiting on JHB Building and 925 and we've got a complete street!
December 7, 20177 yr Nice article about the progress being made on the CAC Building: http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/CleAthleticClub120717.aspx Really shows what kind of shape the building was in and why it has taken so long to get to where were at today. This is going to fill in a very significant patch of Euclid. Now just waiting on JHB Building and 925 and we've got a complete street! I honestly think we say JHB demolished in the next 2-3 years.
December 7, 20177 yr Nice article about the progress being made on the CAC Building: http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/CleAthleticClub120717.aspx Really shows what kind of shape the building was in and why it has taken so long to get to where were at today. This is going to fill in a very significant patch of Euclid. Now just waiting on JHB Building and 925 and we've got a complete street! Very sobering to read that this entire building was one bad winter away from being completely unsavable. I can not fathom why in this day and age the city couldn't employ a skeleton crew of architects or engineers to make sure that buildings aren't being destroyed by water damage, holes in the roof, etc. In this instance the clogged roof drains resulted in untold millions worth of damage. Crazy!
December 7, 20177 yr Very informative article. This whole project reads like a mini Playhouse Square theaters story-historic, saved just in the knick of time and what appears to be a careful renovation by a dedicated group of Clevelanders who care for the city. I recall I attended my first office Christmas party at the CAC as a law clerk in the early 80s. I felt like a real grown up.
December 7, 20177 yr Very informative article. This whole project reads like a mini Playhouse Square theaters story-historic, saved just in the knick of time and what appears to be a careful renovation by a dedicated group of Clevelanders who care for the city. I recall I attended my first office Christmas party at the CAC as a law clerk in the early 80s. I felt like a real grown up. I thought it must have been heart-wrenching to be a member and seeing the gradual decline of the place. But like a slowly sinking version of the Titanic, I don't think it ever dawned on anyone that the place would end up in such bad condition.
December 7, 20177 yr Very informative article. This whole project reads like a mini Playhouse Square theaters story-historic, saved just in the knick of time and what appears to be a careful renovation by a dedicated group of Clevelanders who care for the city. I recall I attended my first office Christmas party at the CAC as a law clerk in the early 80s. I felt like a real grown up. I thought it must have been heart-wrenching to be a member and seeing the gradual decline of the place. But like a slowly sinking version of the Titanic, I don't think it ever dawned on anyone that the place would end up in such bad condition. I was in the CAC once back in the early 2000's. A friend of a friend was a member and took a few of us there for some drinks between a wedding & reception that we were at downtown. We were only on one floor and from what I remember it was still in decent condition. Always thought back to that time when driving down Euclid and seeing the CAC sit there empty all those years. Glad the building is finally getting some attention!!!
December 14, 20177 yr 2 million restoration loan for CAC. http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2017/12/cleveland_athletic_club_renovation_and_two_other_projects_slated_to_receive_loans_from_cuyahoga_county.html#incart_river_home
December 14, 20177 yr ^"Cleveland Euclid Hotel Associates, LLC: $2 million toward restoration of the Cleveland Athletic Club complex. The 15 story, 253,000-square-foot building has been vacant since 2008 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The redevelopment ultimately will provide 161 units of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments......" FINALLY some residential units that are larger than 2brs. You can't keep families Downtown without them--and they're likely to skip the inner neighborhoods for the burbs if they're not provided.
December 15, 20177 yr Financing for long-delayed and tortured #CLE Athletic Club renovation as apartments finally scheduled to close - in late January. https://t.co/6zQTL3pakE "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 15, 20177 yr Financing for long-delayed and tortured #CLE Athletic Club renovation as apartments finally scheduled to close - in late January. https://t.co/6zQTL3pakE Another CLE historic gem about to restore the grandeur of Euclid Ave w/ renovation of The Cleveland Athletic Club Good P3 w/ @portofcleveland @CuyahogaCounty & @CityofCleveland using innovative PILOTs. Future looking model against loss of HTCs PILOTs?
January 23, 20187 yr http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2018/01/cuyahoga_county_to_provide_final_2_million_for_563_million_renovation_of_cleveland_athletic_club.html#incart_river_home Finally, this project seems to be on the fast track. County council is expected to approve the final piece of financing ($2M loan) TODAY, the complete financing package is scheduled to close Feb. 15, leasing will begin in August, and construction is expected to be done by the end of the year! Details are also exciting--140 one BR units leasing at $1,250-1,700/month, 26 two-BR units at $2,000-2,900/month. 8,000 SF of street-level retail on Euclid Ave. 8,000 more SF of"commercial space" on the 7th floor as well. Plus, a brand new 16th floor of penthouse units on the current building's roof. Great news for what should become the centerpiece of Euclid Avenue's revival between E. 9th St. and Playhouse Square!
April 10, 20187 yr Construction update photo from today.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 10, 20187 yr Members of the Cleveland Restoration Society took a tour yesterday and they posted some pics to their Facebook page:
April 10, 20187 yr Wow, that interior look Detroitesque.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 22, 20187 yr Update from today..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 19, 20186 yr http://theathloncac.com Small gripe, I wish they would have used a rendering for the website instead of a picture of the CAC pre-renovation. It looks bad because the CAC lettering is incomplete in the picture, it looks bad imo.
June 23, 20186 yr The historic Cleveland Athletic Club building, built in 1911, is under total renovation. With the help of a county loan, the 50,000 sq. ft. building will be complete this year & is expected to generate more than $500k in property taxes for the @CityofCleveland & @CLEMetroSchools Video https://t.co/aje78ZsXY1 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 29, 20186 yr Cleveland Athletic Club revamp nears finish with 163 new apartments (photos) CLEVELAND, Ohio - The bowling balls and gym bags are gone. So are the bowling alley and the gym, for that matter. Once a mecca for networking, revelry and sport, the Cleveland Athletic Club building is a shell. Inside, 140 to 200 construction workers labor each day to meet a looming Oct. 1 deadline for bringing life - the first apartment tenants - back to one of downtown's best-known addresses. By mid-March, a team of local developers hopes to finish their long-awaited conversion of the building into 163 apartments. The seventh-floor ballroom, which hosted its last Christmas party in 2007 just before the private club closed, will become office space. Storefronts will line the street at 1118-1148 Euclid Ave. https://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2018/07/cleveland_athletic_club_buildi.html
August 15, 20186 yr Channel 5 story. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/e-team/transformation-continues-on-euclid-avenue-of-cleveland-athletic-club-into-the-athlon
August 17, 20186 yr I took a tour of the model 2 bedroom apartment today. Gorgeous apartment....and the indoor pool is a nice perk. They are really going high end on this one!!
October 26, 20186 yr Was on a hard hat tour today of the building and took some pics. First apartments open up in January, and the rest of the building opens in March.
October 26, 20186 yr Outstanding photos!! This is going to be one of downtown's best places to live :-)
October 26, 20186 yr One exterior pic from today -- looks a lot cleaner which brings out the detail in the masonry Edited October 26, 20186 yr by KJP "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 26, 20186 yr I believe they said 163 units total. Also, the floor with the fire place is 9,000 SQ ft designed specifically for office space. 60 different floor plans, which I found fascinating. They already have multiple units leased according to the management company.
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