Any New updates on Bridgeview Commons Shopping Center? We already know Jcpenny's,Target,and lowes is going there anything else?

 

State finds explosive City View gas levels

Parking lots at issue, not Garfield stores

Monday, April 14, 2008

Michael O'Malley

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Garfield Heights- At City View Center, a big-box shopping plaza built on a dump, state inspectors have found explosive levels of methane gas in sewer basins under parking lots and in a nearby mound of dirt-covered garbage.

Any New updates on Bridgeview Commons Shopping Center? We already know Jcpenny's,Target,and lowes is going there anything else?

 

They started the Target back in November, but it looks like construction stopped and no one has been out there since.  Seems a little fishy.

Built on landfill, City View Center subject of pollution lawsuit

 

Posted by Sarena McRae July 07, 2008 22:54PM

Categories: News Impact

 

The owners and operators of the City View Shopping Center in Garfield Heights could face up to $270 million in penalties for violating state pollution laws, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the Ohio attorney general.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/bulit_on_landfill_city_view_sh.html

^ geez louise -- look at all the energy they spent & want to spend on roadwork.

 

so a question to whoever has been to cityview...when you get out of the car and walk around is it still stinky or no?

^ geez louise -- look at all the energy they spent & want to spend on roadwork.

 

so a question to whoever has been to cityview...when you get out of the car and walk around is it still stinky or no?

 

I'm probably over reacting (and I also don't live/work near there), but I don't ever want to step foot on that area.

My sister lives right off of Turney - I'd say about a mile from Cityview Center, and she hasn't had any complaints of smell either during construction or the five or six times that I've been there with her - to me it seems like a standard strip mall. 

 

However, I could imagine that depending on the direction of the wind blowing, there could be some awful stench - that just seems logical. 

I have been there several times and have never noticed any odor.  However, I have noticed that depending on the wind direction, it can be VERY stinky in Valley View.  Both before and after the construction of the shopping center I have been greeted with a foul stench after exiting the Cinemark on many occasions.

thx for the reportage. i guess we cant hold the steenky smells blowing around the plaza against it too much. i was just curious if any stinky was wafting up from under your feet in the parking lots or inside the stores or something else from the site itself.

I've never noticed an odor there.

My mom refuses to eat at the restaurants in City View Center because of the location's past as a landfill.

 

I haven't smelled any foul odors there though.

I work across the street from the shopping center, and there is a faint stench after a very heavy rainstorm. Anyone who actually believes that you can smell any odor in any of the buildings is on drugs and are likely to be uneducated and superstitious people. The shopping center is always busy with shoppers and diners. The problem with people today, is that they feel the need to complain; why don't we focus on the positive things about the shopping center?

Like oversaturation of retail in the region? ;-)

I work across the street from the shopping center, and there is a faint stench after a very heavy rainstorm. Anyone who actually believes that you can smell any odor in any of the buildings is on drugs and are likely to be uneducated and superstitious people. The shopping center is always busy with shoppers and diners. The problem with people today, is that they feel the need to complain; why don't we focus on the positive things about the shopping center?

 

I think some of us remember the old days of the dump in its previous life when that stank could be smelled throughout the valley. I remember many mornings getting off at the Transportation Blvd. exit and gagging.

^exactly.

 

at least stink does not seem to be a problem anymore.

 

that's kind of amazing.

 

does anyone know how the stink removal was done exactly? did they just do a good job of removing landfill and/or burying it and paving it over? or maybe they built wells in the ground to do that -- as someone mentioned above?

 

i am curious because they are trying to do something like this in lorain too. they are turning the old dump on the east side by the black river there into a business park. i find that kinda funny because its just across the river from the huge stinky steel plant.

 

 

 

I would imagine it involved a two-story can of Lysol spray.

 

:)

They "capped" it with a thick heavy layer of impervious plastic, then dumped 5 feet of clean dirt on top of it. Once that was complete they poked 8" diameter PVC pipes at the base for venting the huge mound so that it does not explode being sealed essentially in a huge airtight garbage bag.

Yeah, that sounds like there's no way there could be any sort of leak whatsoever...  :roll:

 

Is that standard practice for this kind of thing?  Do the pipes just vent out into the open?  Is this ventilation all over the place or hidden out of the way at the site (I've never been to City View... I try to avoid Garfield and Maple -- even before I became anti-burb)?

lol! thx barch. interesting to say the least. almost clever

The vents stick up at the base of the hill about 4 feet above the ground.

Ohio sues over shopping mall built on old landfill

Herald-Dispatch, July 08, 2008

 

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — The state has sued a Cleveland suburb and a shopping center built atop a former dump, alleging erosion of polluted soil and failure to monitor escaping methane gas.

 

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit was filed Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against City View Center and Garfield Heights. The city had agreed to maintain the shopping center if the owners and operators didn’t.

 

Mayor Thomas Longo declined comment on the lawsuit. He said Tuesday that the mall didn’t pose a health hazard. He said he was working to resolve the legal dispute and said the project was important to the community.....

 

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x655255742/Ohio-sues-over-shopping-mall-built-on-old-landfill

 

 

Whoops, that was basically a duplication of a longer article. Delete if you feel like it.

 

My comments: The developer has gone on the cheap with this. I've been on developments that were placed over landfills; parks over landfills. There was not a trace of stench, no remnants of its lackluster past. Virginia Beach has a great example of this, as well as New York City. There was no improper grading of trash and dirt caps that resulted in serious EPA violations; there was no cheap plastic lining with fill dirt placed on top (you need much more than that for an adequate cap); there was no plastic pipes simply poked into the ground for methane relief.

 

One development captures the methane for power generation. Hell, even a landfill near my hometown does that. There was no recorded risks of methane gas build up -- which is very dangerous if left unattended. That's not the case with City View. Methane buildups, cheap construction practices, and the reported stench because of an inadequate cap.

 

Go cheap and this is what happens :(

^This was a pre-1974 landfill which as we know is basically throw the garbage in the ground and cover it.  Had this landfill been built after that date, I am sure it would have had a subsurface drainage layer, adequete leachate collection system along with some type of double composite clay liner or a 60 mil HDPE liner.  It is a municipal waste landfill.  Again, the problem is it is pre 74.  New laws today would not allow to go in and re-excavate and remediate. 

Some Garfield council members angry over liability for shopping center

 

Posted by Mike O'Malley July 22, 2008 11:41AM

Categories: Breaking News

 

Garfield Heights -- Some council members want to know why the mayor, without council's approval, signed an agreement that makes the city liable for explosive gases and liquid pollution at a private shopping center built atop two landfills.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/some_garfield_council_members.html

Why are they just venting this damn gas? Being from the land of granola crunching, I-brake-for-whales environmentalists, they use the methane from landfills to generate power.

 

http://www.pngc.com/future/coffin_butte.aspx

Garfield council president wants meeting on City View agreement

 

Posted by Michael O’Malley August 07, 2008 17:57PM

Categories: Breaking News, Business Impact, Environment

Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer

 

Garfield Heights -- Council President Frank Wagner wants to get to the bottom of why Mayor Thomas Longo made the city potentially liable for environmental violations at a private shopping center built atop two landfills.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/garfield_council_president_wan.html

 

^the mayor looks like he was huffing too much landfill gas

^LOL!!

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency threatens to shut City View Center over methane gas

 

Posted by Michael O'Malley September 04, 2008 21:50PM

Categories: Business Impact, News Impact

 

GARFIELD HEIGHTS -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has threatened to shut down City View Center shopping plaza soon if the owners do not step up efforts to monitor and vent dangerous levels of underground explosive gases.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/09/ohio_environmental_protection.html

Wal-Mart closes store at City View mall

 

by Plain Dealer staff

Monday September 15, 2008, 10:19 AM

 

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said this morning it has indefinitely closed its store at 5638 Transportation Blvd. because of safety concerns at the site, part of the troubled City View mall.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/realtimenews/index.ssf/2008/09/walmart_closes_store_at_city_v.html

could this be the nail in the coffin of this development?

^I would hope so... I just hope that the individuals who are employed there are able to find other work.

Anyone here patronize this "development" on the regular?

when i use to live in Tremont and prior to Steelyard - I would go to City View.  I found it to be an expansive and convienient shopping center.  I'm boggled by the fact that the EPA gives them the OK to open up (after controlling the entire development along) and then a few years later is threatening to shut the entire thing down.

 

The demise of this shopping center would be very bad for Garfield Heights.

The 9/4/08 article pretty clearly explains that they threatened to shut them down after the operators of the mall clearly disregarded the controls put in place by the EPA.

I occasionally go there for 1:00 AM grocery shopping trips.  I grant that it isn't an attractive shopping center, and it is a huge waste of one of the few view spots in NEO, but I'd rather not see Garfield Hts, an inner-ring suburb, take a nasty hit like having this thing close down.

^ I agree, it is a nice asset for the residents of Garfield Heights, and I hope that it can remain open.

EPA report behind decision to close Wal-Mart store Posted by dsims September 15, 2008 21:33PM   Lonnie Timmons III/The Plain Dealer 

The Wal-Mart at City View Center was closed permenantly Monday beacuse concerns of methane gas. The store was evacuated in December 2006 due to leaking gas. 

GARFIELD HEIGHTS -- Wal-Mart closed its store at City View Center on Monday, saying explosive gas at the site, built atop two toxic dumps, poses a danger to customers and employees.

 

The announcement comes less than two weeks after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency threatened to shut down the big-box plaza off Interstate 480 if the owners did not step up efforts to monitor and vent the methane from underground sewer lines.

 

If trapped, the odorless gas generated by rotting garbage can explode.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/09/epa_report_behind_decsiion_to.html

"Now it's all gone up in smoke," Longo said.

 

Perhaps not the best choice of words considering the situation :roll: They have nobody to blame but themselves for neglecting to properly maintain the facilities.

As has been pointed out, Giant Eagle at Methane Hills....errrr....Cityview is an excellent wee hours shopping destination.  One thing I found wierd:  we drove one of Holly's friends home after work one night and decided to pick up a couple things at Wallyworld there.  To our suprise, it was closed, unlike the stores in Macedonia and now Bedford which are 24 hour operations.

 

I think Longo had a point in that once the Bedford store opened up the corporate commitment to Garfield wavered. 

 

BTW, I'm a confirmed Wallyworld hater during the daytime (I swear that if there are three checkouts open with five people in each line, Target will open at least one more counter while Walmart is likelier to close one), but during the wee hours its not a bad place at all.

"On a recent visit to the site"

Glad to know the EPA is makin raids!  FREEZE EPA!  Love to be there. 

This just arrived in my inbox....

 

City View Center retail complex in hands of a receiver

By STAN BULLARD

10:38 am, March 10, 2009

 

A receiver now is running City View Center after the project’s lender charged in U.S. District Court in Cleveland that City View’s owner defaulted on the $80 million loan used to buy the Garfield Heights shopping complex.

 

U.S. District Judge Kathleen O’Malley has appointed Donald Rosenberg, CEO of Foresight Realty Partners LLC of Chicago, as receiver of the property at the request of Bank of New York Trust Co., which serves as the trustee for bonds that were sold to support the mortgage. Bank of New York Trust filed the lawsuit Feb. 19, saying City View Center LLC, an investor group based in Monsey, N.Y., defaulted on an $80 million loan it provided for the Dec. 29, 2006, property purchase....

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090310/FREE/903109953

 

 

 

 

Very preliminary... but Berea's mayor is thinking in the right terms:

 

 

http://www.cleveland.com/newssun/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/123740693218810.xml&coll=4

Overpass is bridge to the future'

Thursday, March 19, 2009

By Jaime Anton [email protected]

The News Sun

 

BEREAThe Front Street overpass could be a bridge of possibilities for the north end of town.

 

Imagine driving north over a finished railroad overpass and heading straight into a Crocker Park style shopping district, where streets are lined with mixed use commercial and office space complete with townhouse and apartment style living above.

 

Mayor Cyril Kleem said this is but a glimpse of what Berea's north end could be...

 

 

Its good to see that some elected officials are thinking with long term stratagies and not just pandering to the here and now.  Granted many Mayors and city councils are not full time politicians so the part-time aspect lets them focus on what is going to be a good idea for the next 10 years not the next term.

This thing was supposed to be built years ago... but the city lost their federal money for the project after choosing the same incompetent contractor that got every job in the city for years under previous mayors caused delays.

 

I will be extremely happy when the project is completed and I can actually drive down Front Street without waiting for two or more trains almost every time. Of course, seeing some new development in the area would also be great - right now, it consists of some ugly light industrial and abandoned car dealerships and fast food places.

that is an awesome read. bravo to the mayor. he's certainly more forward thinking than whoever was in charge 10 years ago.

If you think about it, Berea was way ahead of the curve with the whole "lifestyle" concept. When Berea Commons was originally proposed and then built its intent was an outdoor shopping and entertainment district. I seem to remember a couple of night clubs and restaurants located there along with retail. I don't recall specifically the mix but an open shopping and entertainment complex did last a few years before it mostly became professional offices and such. If you ever walked in and around it you can get the vibe of what it was originally meant to be.

Excellent point, freethink!!!  That is still a nice spot of town, but it really could be so much more.

Brecksville mixed-use development would include hotel, apartments, restaurants and assisted living

By Bob Sandrick, Northeast Ohio Media Group

on September 05, 2014 at 4:01 PM, updated September 05, 2014 at 4:07 PM

 

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Wojno Development in Uniontown wants develop 23 acres near I-77 and Ohio 82, west of a proposed MetroHealth System outpatient center, with an extended-stay hotel, restaurants, stores, luxury "senior-oriented" apartments and assisted living.

 

Wojno is working with MetroHealth Systems, which plans to build an outpatient clinic on 20 acres to the east, and Signet Enterprises, which hopes to construct a medical-related facility – possibly a medical office building – on 10 acres next to MetroHealth.

 

Wojno believes its development will complement the MetroHealth and Signet proposals -- and one by Deville Developments next door in Broadview Heights, where a Bob Evans and Chipotle Mexican Grill are planned.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.cleveland.com/brecksville/index.ssf/2014/09/brecksville_mixed-use_developm.html

The only thing positive i can say is, at least its still in Cuyahoga County.

 

Also, it seams like just about all of the apartment developments in the suburbs lately have been senior living, while all of the mixed income/mixed age developments (apart from off the top of my head the Vue in Beachwood) have been in the city of Cleveland and the very close in suburbs.