In case anyone wanted to see the FINAL(approved) renderings of the hospital redevelopment.The Architectural Review Board put a lot of (volunteer) work into this....

 

 

 

Wish they would’ve opted for the high rise. 

16 minutes ago, marty15 said:

Wish they would’ve opted for the high rise. 

Me too. But I think it'll turn out nice the way it's designed. 

Maybe they should have been paid.  I like the conceptuals a lot better.

So they are NOT opening up windows and doorways on the side of the existing building. That’s very unfortunate. 

This is bad design

So has the main building been cut down to only 6 stories? That's super disappointing if so. 

That doesn’t look great. ?

Awful. Good observation @surfohio

Wow that's pretty bad compared to the earlier renders. 

13 hours ago, surfohio said:

This is bad design

Which part? The Curtis block isn’t part of this project. 

^ Why did the original renderings show that building with a refaced wall?  It was shown with new retail frontage (large windows and at least one door) facing the new square. I was very excited for that part of the project. 

Just now, ethlaw said:

^ Why did the original renderings show that building with a refaced wall?  It was shown with new retail frontage (large windows and at least one door) facing the new square. I was very excited for that part of the project. 

All I know is that the current phase of development does not include the Curtis Block. 

7 minutes ago, Klingaling87 said:

Which part? The Curtis block isn’t part of this project. 

It is part of the project. It’s been owned by LHA for years. I believe the earlier renderings showed a 3rd floor added to Curtis Block.

The existing old portion of the hospital is 5 floors. This is six. What are we really gaining in all this? I always thought the old portion, or at least facade should be salvaged for this. Plenty of room to develop around and behind it. 

For reference. Original rendering.

Here’s the one with the 3rd floor added to Curtis.

I hope they don't include those silly columns at the corner.

Very disappointed about the blank wall and the lack of rooftop activity -  that would really have made this a destination in my opinion.  This looks like a scaled down Gemini tower.  

A disappointment  compared to the previous renderings which never previously featured a prominent blank wall. The high rise version would’ve been way cool... 

The Curtis Block will be dealt with at a later date.  It is a complex project with many moving parts and so the focus has been on making the rest of it work and folding in the historic building later.  

26 minutes ago, GCity25 said:

The Curtis Block will be dealt with at a later date.  It is a complex project with many moving parts and so the focus has been on making the rest of it work and folding in the historic building later.  

Thank you

 

Lakewood City Council expected to approve $72 million One Lakewood Place project

Updated 7:23 AM; Today 6:28 AM

By John Benson, special to cleveland.com

 

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- City Council early next month is expected to approve the proposed $72 million One Lakewood Place. The major mixed-use project is set for the city-owned former Lakewood Hospital site located at the southwest corner of Detroit and Belle avenues.

 

“We’re at the final approval stage for basically what amounts to a rezoning of the property to a planned development (PD) district designation in our code,” City Council President Sam O’Leary said. “The underlying PD has been approved by our planning commission and architectural review board.

 

The city council president noted the entire process has been resident-driven with community-visioning sessions through various boards, commissions and public meetings.

 

“We’ve had really a number of opportunities for robust conversation with adjacent residents and businesses to make sure the development is reflective of what they want to see and sensitive to what they need,” O’Leary said.

 

https://www.cleveland.com/community/2019/06/lakewood-city-council-expected-to-approve-72-million-one-lakewood-place-project.html

Just thought I would update this thread and let everyone know that half of the old Cleveland Clinic building has been demoed. I know this project is shovel ready and I think a late September early October groundbreaking is realistic. 

From today. 

Lakewood Hospital is almost entirely demolished. Thanks for serving the community. I wish Cleveland Clinic would have kept it open and fully staffed. Now, the next chapter begins, One Lakewood Place. It is the largest development in the city since the Lakewood Center North high-rise was built in the 1970s. And this  is just one of several significant developments that are planned for Lakewood.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 16, 20195 yr by KJP

Thank god that building is gone! On to bigger and better things! Wish Lakewood would have went with the taller building proposal. 

7 minutes ago, Cleveland said:

Thank god that building is gone! On to bigger and better things! Wish Lakewood would have went with the taller building proposal. 

 

And a better overall design.

1 hour ago, Clefan98 said:

 

And a better overall design.

I think the design is good. I also think they significantly upgraded the plaza area, which will be a big boon for public events and gatherings in downtown Lakewood. I know light up Lakewood will be moved over to there. 

Edited August 16, 20195 yr by KFM44107

Now someone build a hotel where Einstein’s bagels is. How does Lakewood not have a decent hotel? So much demand for one.

Edited August 16, 20195 yr by marty15

8 hours ago, marty15 said:

Now someone build a hotel where Einstein’s bagels is. How does Lakewood not have a decent hotel? So much demand for one.

Every time i drive by this place i always think what a waste of land that is..  move that place and build something there.

Residents claiming vibrations from former Lakewood Hospital site damaged homes

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/11/residents-claiming-vibrations-from-former-lakewood-hospital-site-damaged-homes.html

Turner Construction:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/turner-construction-company-cleveland_buildingthefuture-lakewood-community-activity-6610197889408917505-cwi3

 

 

 

Yikes:

 

“Unforeseen environmental problems at Lakewood Hospital site cost $1.7 million”

 

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/01/lakewood-will-spend-17-million-on-lakewood-hospital-sites-unforeseen-environmental-problems.html

 

”The unexpected environmental remediation totaled $1,725,000. Where this money would come from was not immediately available. Cleveland.com has requested this information.”

1 minute ago, Boomerang_Brian said:

Yikes:

 

“Unforeseen environmental problems at Lakewood Hospital site cost $1.7 million”

 

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/01/lakewood-will-spend-17-million-on-lakewood-hospital-sites-unforeseen-environmental-problems.html

 

”The unexpected environmental remediation totaled $1,725,000. Where this money would come from was not immediately available. Cleveland.com has requested this information.”

Literal money pit. The Clinic raked Lakewood.

^ Lakewood raked itself. Good thing we pay so much in taxes.

Did a dry cleaner used to be located on this site? That's what the chemical mentioned in the article (tetrachloroethylene) is mainly used for.

5 minutes ago, musky said:

Did a dry cleaner used to be located on this site? That's what the chemical mentioned in the article (tetrachloroethylene) is mainly used for.

The hospital might have used it to clean linens?

https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/hotel-operator-joins-lakewood-megaproject

This could be huge! From the article there could be a 90-100 hotel room inn rise in this project. But the bigger news is that they are in talks with a “major out-ot-town insurance company that is considering moving its national headquarters to about 88,000 square feet of the project.’” The CEO of the group developing the project (Ruston Khouri)  “would not identify the company because the company is negotiating incentives with the city and the deal hasn't been signed yet.”

 

Based on the size of sq for we are looking at between 300-500 employees coming in from out of town! Any guesses on who it could be?

 

 

Edited February 7, 20205 yr by cle_guy90

On 10/30/2019 at 9:41 AM, freefourur said:

 

There is a good chance you will get your wish for a boutique hotel at a different site in Lakewood.

?

 

I had seen some information about this back in September but I didn't give it a lot of thought because I heard the hotel would go in the Curtis Block and I didn't think it was a big enough building for it. 

Edited February 7, 20205 yr by freefourur

37 minutes ago, cle_guy90 said:

https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/hotel-operator-joins-lakewood-megaproject

This could be huge! From the article there could be a 90-100 hotel room inn rise in this project. But the bigger news is that they are in talks with a “major out-ot-town insurance company that is considering moving its national headquarters to about 88,000 square feet of the project.’” The CEO of the group developing the project (Ruston Khouri)  “would not identify the company because the company is negotiating incentives with the city and the deal hasn't been signed yet.”

 

Based on the size of sq for we are looking at between 300-500 employees coming in from out of town! Any guesses on who it could be?

 

 

If true, that is great for Lakewood and good for them.  However (and again if true) it would be nice to see them re-locate to the delayed office component of Market Square to possibly kick start that building now scheduled for Phase 2 in the unknown future.

 

Have no idea who the alleged insurance company is but if this would truly be their national headquarters, at 88,000 sq. feet it is probably a smaller company.  Maybe some type of specialty insurer.

Edited February 7, 20205 yr by Htsguy

Yeah, for comparison, Progressive has about 10,000 employees in Cleveland so this would be a much smaller player but, still, 300-400 hq-type employees coming to the region would be a nice add.

9 hours ago, Htsguy said:

If true, that is great for Lakewood and good for them.  However (and again if true) it would be nice to see them re-locate to the delayed office component of Market Square to possibly kick start that building now scheduled for Phase 2 in the unknown future.

 

Have no idea who the alleged insurance company is but if this would truly be their national headquarters, at 88,000 sq. feet it is probably a smaller company.  Maybe some type of specialty insurer.

Lakewood really needs this. They recently lost Lakewood Hospital and supporting services (1000+ jobs) and then New York Life (400 jobs) to the Huntington building downtown. 

^Well CLE needs it too as it lost over 1,000+ jobs over the years to the burbs (and China and Mexico and Alabama....) and of course, people could still LIVE in Lakewood while working in Ohio City. Lakewood would still get tax revenue from such people even if they work in the City (CLE would take 2.5% and Lakewood would take around 1.5%.).  But either way, it'd be great for a new HQ to move to the area, whether CLE or Lakewood. I'd take either....but not Brecksville.

Ya, it’s really not a zero-sum game. Any out-of-state businesses moving into any city in the county is a win for the region and every city within. 
 

Some employees of a Lakewood HQ will live in Cleveland. More will shop in Cleveland, go to Edgewater and Indians games, etc. All will pay county taxes that help subsidize tax credits that attract more business to the urban core. 
 

Cleveland has less than 1/3 of the region’s population. Maybe historically that’s because the suburbs pilfered, but now it means that Cleveland’s success in the next decade is dependent on the region’s success.

13 hours ago, marty15 said:

Lakewood really needs this. They recently lost Lakewood Hospital and supporting services (1000+ jobs) and then New York Life (400 jobs) to the Huntington building downtown. 

Idk if I would call Lakewood hospital 1000+ jobs lost. Ya it definitely lost jobs, but they did build a clinic with a smaller ER right across the street which certainly offset some of the total job loss. It's probably closer to 500 than 1000. Either way a hotel and new hq plus retail would definitely help to offset some of that loss. Lakewood is one of the older suburbs and is built with some serious density and this project just adds even more of that. It replaced an old structure and it doesn't proliferate sprawl. Not to mention I'm biased towards this project because I live a few blocks away, so there's that too. 

Not good. 

16 minutes ago, surfohio said:

Not good. 

Boy does that letter require a lot of reading between the lines.

 

I wonder what if anything this situation means for the proposed Carnegie development in Ohio City which @KJP has mentioned and which seems as big if not bigger.  I certainly don't know that much about the company but I never really considered them a major player who could really handle and/or had the resources to a develop a transformative project.

I'm not sure what this means but the signs have apparently been removed.