Construction is starting today on the new playground for the Child Care Center that will be opening this fall. It is located in what use to be Parking Lot C on Chester Avenue in front of the Stillwell Hall.

Musky,

 

Any info on the child care center? Rates, etc? (I'm always doing research for the future)

http://www.csuohio.edu/childcare/

thanks

From CSU's website:

 

 

New Buildings Take Shape

Growth Spurt

 

Another new building has opened! The latest jewel to brighten campus and downtown Cleveland is the Parker Hannifin Administration Building at East 24th Street and Euclid Avenue.

Administration Center

 

This 40,000-square-foot office building opened in March and houses many of the University’s administrative units. A full-service restaurant on the first floor should open by fall. The three-story structure features a brick and stone facade, outdoor restaurant seating, several balconies, and plenty of large windows to let in natural light.

 

Next door, Parker Hannifin Hall, formerly Howe Mansion, is being renovated and will open later this year as a home for the College of Graduate Studies and sponsored programs and research activities. A new addition on the back will house several other departments, and conference space will occupy the first floor. This 25,000-square-foot, three-story structure will be linked to the administration center by an outdoor courtyard.

 

“From the front, these look like very nice urban buildings. But the courtyard adds the look and feel of a park,” says Jack Boyle, vice president for business affairs and finance. “The restaurant will feature outdoor seating on the courtyard and Parker Hannifin Hall has French doors that open onto the courtyard. It will be a very inviting area and likely will become a favorite spot for anyone looking for an oasis in the heart of the city.”

 

Both the administration center and hall feature a geothermal system for heating and cooling and like all new structures on campus, adhere to environmentally friendly, “green” construction practices. Both buildings were named in recognition of a $4 million gift from the Parker Hannifin Corporation.

 

Across Euclid Avenue, renovations are well underway at the Main Classroom Building (CBLH Design, architect) — the first step in a multiyear project that will involve the demolition of University Center and the creation of a Student Center.

 

Main Classroom began with the demolition of stairs and classrooms that had been on the plaza level and continues with the enclosing and build-out of more than 50,000 square feet of space for student-oriented administrative functions.

 

When the Main Classroom plaza level reopens in fall 2007, it will be a temporary home for student services, including Campus411, student life, the bursar, a computer lounge, the Mobile Campus laptop loaner program and dining facilities.

 

A new stair and elevator tower entrance to Main Classroom on Chester Avenue opened this spring. And three fourth-floor classrooms, now windowless, are getting windows as part of a new four-story atrium facing the existing plaza between University Center and Rhodes Tower. The rooms, which jut out over the plaza, will become a home for the University’s honors program.

 

“The atrium will be spectacular, provide excellent views of downtown Cleveland from all four floors, and give a totally new look to that part of campus,” says Boyle.

 

When the Main Classroom plaza opens, University Center will close and be demolished. Construction of a new Student Center is expected to begin in spring 2008; famed New York architectural firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates has been hired to design a building that will give the campus a signature look it has never had. Gwathmey Siegel will partner with Braun & Steidl Architects who also designed Parker Hannifin Hall and Administration Center.

 

When the Student Center opens in fall 2009, it will house student life, student government and organizations, a first-floor bookstore, dining facilities and more.

 

At the western end of campus, construction is underway at Bert L. Wolstein Hall. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is getting a new Euclid Avenue entrance and new offices for legal clinics and student organizations. In addition, the inner-link walkway to the Nance College of Business is being relocated to the north wall to make way for four new classrooms. A $5 million gift from Iris S. Wolstein is helping to fund the College of Law project; Bostwick Design Partners is the architect.

 

A much-needed home for the College of Education and Human Services is in the design phase by architect NBBJ, with ground expected to be broken in early 2008. This building will be on the north side of Euclid Avenue between Fenn Tower and Mather Mansion.

 

And plans are underway to remodel the acquired Bakers Union building into a home for parking and the new Division of Campus Safety.

 

All the construction, and moving of offices and people involved, sometimes feels like a never-ending game of dominos, admits Boyle.

 

“Every move we make, every move we plan, affects something else,” he notes. “But it’s all coming together. Already, Fenn Tower and the Recreation Center have transformed the eastern end of campus. And there’s much more ahead.”

 

Building Blocks for the Future is indeed changing the face of Cleveland State University and downtown Cleveland.

Has that hideous Gwathmey design for the student center been officially approved, or are changes still possible? (I pray the latter.)

Pray all you want.

Let me know how that works for you.

:-)

Musky, what would the fieldhouse be used for that can't be done in the Wolstein Center or the new rec center.  Just curious.   

Think of the fieldhouse as a replacement for the old intramural dome. It will house offices for the sports program and reduce usage of the recreation center for those who are on CSU sports teams - the rec center being used more as tool for the general population. It is proposed to be connected to Wolstein via a bridge.

Read this in Crains.  I can not tell from the article if new construction will be underway in October, or if it is mostly renovation in this first phase.

 

Brothers’ lofts to mark CSU neighborhood

Cleveland printing duo says Euclid Avenue project is first phase of ‘Collegetown’ plan

 

  LINKED ARTICLES 

 

» Reporters' Notebook:

Printing brothers take lot of interest in lot

  ~Sep 25, 2006 

» Heartland's interest in area signals momentum for CSU plan

  ~Nov 15, 2004 

 

 

 

By STAN BULLARD

 

4:30 am, July 30, 2007

 

David “Joe” Kaufman and Jay Kaufman, the brothers who operate downtown’s Brothers Printing Co., share look-alike black moustaches and the desire to improve the area around Cleveland State University.

 

Moreover, they will do so even if it means donning the roles and risks of developers in addition to running the family-owned general business printing company at 2000 Euclid Ave.

 

The Kaufmans plan to start construction in October on 32 loft apartments at 2020 Euclid, a five-story building they own next door to their printing business. Work already is under way on the first phase of the project — improvements to the building’s first-floor retail space to allow it to house a college bookstore that Barnes & Noble will operate under the “University Lofts Bookstore” name.

 

However, the fast-talking, wisecracking brothers — Jay Kaufman says “we print anything legal” — who are known for printing yard signs and other printed political media for generations of Cleveland politicians will not stop with one building. They see their effort as a kickoff to the long-discussed “Collegetown” plan to provide a more collegial university and business environment at Cleveland State’s front doorstep.

 

Plans call for construction of a five-story building on a parking lot at 2030 Euclid Ave. and renovation of three other buildings that the brothers own. The new building’s four upper floors would consist of eight for-sale condominiums with 28,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor. The condo building would have what project architect Paul Volpe calls an “urban contemporary” design.

 

 

Other parts of the plan call for the conversion of upper floors of the three-story building Brothers Printing occupies to 24 rentals and another six units in a three-story building next door at 2010 Euclid. Plans for the 2010 Euclid building call for moving the indoor parking garage for Brothers Printing customers to the back portion of the building, freeing its Euclid frontage for more retail space and a building lobby.

 

The existing buildings will be renovated under historic preservation guidelines allowing the projects to be eligible for federal historic tax credits and, if approved for them, the new state historic tax credit, Jay Kaufman said.

 

 

 

Activity afoot

 

One thing will not change: The brothers vow their full-service printing business with a dozen employees will remain in place at 2000 Euclid in a storefront it has occupied since 1973.

 

Their late father, Bernard “Ben” Kaufman, bought into the company in the 1950s and moved it near CSU from occupied locations farther west on Euclid.

 

“We’d like to see feet on the street,” David Kaufman said. “We want it to be a place with a college atmosphere as opposed to a place where students go to school and go home.”

 

Though the brothers have yet to complete negotiations with a lender, Jay Kaufman said the lease with Barnes & Noble gives them an anchor for their project at 2030 Euclid. They have also been communicating with other stakeholders on the block — Heartland Developers and USA Parking, both of Cleveland — to work together to fulfill the 10-year-old Collegetown plan.

 

What’s more, the brothers said the activity level at Cleveland State under the presidency of Michael Schwartz has prompted them to move forward.

 

“They may not like our being the ones to put in a bookstore to compete with them,” David Kaufman said, but the brothers appreciate Dr. Schwartz’s efforts to make the university more of a center for community and student life than in the past.

 

Ned Hill, CSU vice president for economic development, noted that even though the new bookstore will compete with that of the university, the university is “really excited” the Kaufmans are prepared to proceed.

 

“You can’t have a neighborhood without neighbors,” Dr. Hill said.

 

 

 

Learning from stumbles

 

Other nearby projects have launched only to stumble of late.

 

The 1900 Euclid loft-apartment building is undergoing a foreclosure proceeding. The nearby Walker & Weeks project on Carnegie Avenue has struggled to land rental tenants and, more recently, condominium buyers.

 

“We see 1900 Euclid as our market study,” David Kaufman said. The 1900 project showed there is a rental market near CSU for students, downtown workers and others, which was an untested question a few years ago in the CSU neighborhood.

 

The brothers also want to stake their claim amidst real estate speculation along Euclid Avenue associated with Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s $230 million Silver Line. The plan will add a bus lane and spruced-up sidewalks from Public Square to University Circle.

 

“Whether you’re pessimistic or optimistic about Cleveland, we’ll find out,” David Kaufman said. “We’ll find out if the condos sell. We move forward with the idea that we are printers, not developers, but we have a good team in place.”

 

Besides Mr. Volpe’s City Architecture of Cleveland as their architect, the brothers have retained Strnisha Development of Cleveland as their development consultant.

 

Jay Kaufman said the brothers know what makes the neighborhood tick.

 

“We’ve seen the retail come and go. We’ve seen the office market come and go here,” he said. “We’ll be here.”

 

 

Thanks for posting. Nobady here relaized this was going to get started in October. We expected  something more like like a 2008 start.

Brothers’ lofts to mark CSU neighborhood

Cleveland printing duo says Euclid Avenue project is first phase of ‘Collegetown’ plan

By STAN BULLARD

 

4:30 am, July 30, 2007

 

 

David “Joe” Kaufman and Jay Kaufman, the brothers who operate downtown’s Brothers Printing Co., share look-alike black moustaches and the desire to improve the area around Cleveland State University.

 

Moreover, they will do so even if it means donning the roles and risks of developers in addition to running the family-owned general business printing company at 2000 Euclid Ave.

 

The Kaufmans plan to start construction in October on 32 loft apartments at 2020 Euclid, a five-story building they own next door to their printing business. Work already is under way on the first phase of the project — improvements to the building’s first-floor retail space to allow it to house a college bookstore that Barnes & Noble will operate under the “University Lofts Bookstore” name.

 

However, the fast-talking, wisecracking brothers — Jay Kaufman says “we print anything legal” — who are known for printing yard signs and other printed political media for generations of Cleveland politicians will not stop with one building. They see their effort as a kickoff to the long-discussed “Collegetown” plan to provide a more collegial university and business environment at Cleveland State’s front doorstep.

 

Plans call for construction of a five-story building on a parking lot at 2030 Euclid Ave. and renovation of three other buildings that the brothers own. The new building’s four upper floors would consist of eight for-sale condominiums with 28,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor. The condo building would have what project architect Paul Volpe calls an “urban contemporary” design.

 

Other parts of the plan call for the conversion of upper floors of the three-story building Brothers Printing occupies to 24 rentals and another six units in a three-story building next door at 2010 Euclid. Plans for the 2010 Euclid building call for moving the indoor parking garage for Brothers Printing customers to the back portion of the building, freeing its Euclid frontage for more retail space and a building lobby.

 

The existing buildings will be renovated under historic preservation guidelines allowing the projects to be eligible for federal historic tax credits and, if approved for them, the new state historic tax credit, Jay Kaufman said.

 

 

Activity afoot

 

One thing will not change: The brothers vow their full-service printing business with a dozen employees will remain in place at 2000 Euclid in a storefront it has occupied since 1973.

 

Their late father, Bernard “Ben” Kaufman, bought into the company in the 1950s and moved it near CSU from occupied locations farther west on Euclid.

 

“We’d like to see feet on the street,” David Kaufman said. “We want it to be a place with a college atmosphere as opposed to a place where students go to school and go home.”

 

Though the brothers have yet to complete negotiations with a lender, Jay Kaufman said the lease with Barnes & Noble gives them an anchor for their project at 2030 Euclid. They have also been communicating with other stakeholders on the block — Heartland Developers and USA Parking, both of Cleveland — to work together to fulfill the 10-year-old Collegetown plan.

 

What’s more, the brothers said the activity level at Cleveland State under the presidency of Michael Schwartz has prompted them to move forward.

 

“They may not like our being the ones to put in a bookstore to compete with them,” David Kaufman said, but the brothers appreciate Dr. Schwartz’s efforts to make the university more of a center for community and student life than in the past.

 

Ned Hill, CSU vice president for economic development, noted that even though the new bookstore will compete with that of the university, the university is “really excited” the Kaufmans are prepared to proceed.

 

“You can’t have a neighborhood without neighbors,” Dr. Hill said.

 

 

Learning from stumbles

 

Other nearby projects have launched only to stumble of late.

 

The 1900 Euclid loft-apartment building is undergoing a foreclosure proceeding. The nearby Walker & Weeks project on Carnegie Avenue has struggled to land rental tenants and, more recently, condominium buyers.

 

“We see 1900 Euclid as our market study,” David Kaufman said. The 1900 project showed there is a rental market near CSU for students, downtown workers and others, which was an untested question a few years ago in the CSU neighborhood.

 

The brothers also want to stake their claim amidst real estate speculation along Euclid Avenue associated with Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s $230 million Silver Line. The plan will add a bus lane and spruced-up sidewalks from Public Square to University Circle.

 

“Whether you’re pessimistic or optimistic about Cleveland, we’ll find out,” David Kaufman said. “We’ll find out if the condos sell. We move forward with the idea that we are printers, not developers, but we have a good team in place.”

 

Besides Mr. Volpe’s City Architecture of Cleveland as their architect, the brothers have retained Strnisha Development of Cleveland as their development consultant.

 

Jay Kaufman said the brothers know what makes the neighborhood tick.

 

“We’ve seen the retail come and go. We’ve seen the office market come and go here,” he said. “We’ll be here.”

 

 

 

 

PRINTED FROM: http://crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070730/SUB1/70727006/graphics/global/navbar/headlines_r.gif&template=printart © 2007 Crain Communications Inc.

Musky, are they starting the construction of the new 5 story resedential building in this phase also. 

It doesn't appear that there is a timeline for the new construction. The renovation will start in October, but I'm sure that they'll try to get some presales before starting the new portion of the project. Still, very positive news for Euclid Ave.

Musky, are they starting the construction of the new 5 story resedential building in this phase also. 

 

I do not know the answer to that.

Gut tells me no. It is a good spot for staging during the other phases - but really, who knows.

Great project, but unfortunately I have to be pessimistic because Paul Volpe is everywhere.  "Urban Contemporary?"  Any architect naming a style as something they are designing around is a sham.  Hopefully "urban contemporary" doesn't include fake cornices and lots of eifs.

and what is going on with 1900 lofts foreclosure and walker-weeks?  it seems that these types of big bets just aren't paying off yet for the original developers.  are they the wrong price points?  just bad locations?  not managed properl

 

imo, developers are creating a product that is too expensive (walker weeks, pinnacle) and that the sales don't follow through.  unfortunately, it seems to have a chilling effect of others developing properties.  i'm glad the brothers printing people are still optimistic on converting their properties.

Quick question .. I know this isn't the thread .. but is Pinnacle not doing well?

Walker Weeks was a bad idea from the get go. Horrible location. I'm not too sure about 1900, but people definitely live there. I don't think that the vacancy level was that high.

Quick question .. I know this isn't the thread .. but is Pinnacle not doing well?

 

Not sure. I never really hear much about its sales figures. I thought that it was 2/3 sold a while back. I could be wrong.

Cool. I'm always interested to know what's going with these new developments .. is interest in them sustaining for a good period of time? Or are they just building new developments, and people are flocking from one new development to another? That sorta thing. That doesn't necessarily require a response. Just a hypothetical question on my part.

If the units listed are truly sold, I'd say it's doing well:

 

http://www.pinnacle701.com/pricing.htm

 

I think Walker Weeks could take off once CSU gets the ball rolling on the College Town. I just remember going to the open house and the units were nicely done, with fantastic decks but the immediate neighborhood is nothing but parking lots.

Yeah, that whole area definitely needs some infusion. It's great that CSU is trying to make more of a friendly, open campus type of feel with these projects. I wish they would step up their general designs a bit more. I love the design for the new performing arts building. That would make such a great addition to the area, and to Cleveland in general

Cool. I'm always interested to know what's going with these new developments .. is interest in them sustaining for a good period of time? Or are they just building new developments, and people are flocking from one new development to another? That sorta thing. That doesn't necessarily require a response. Just a hypothetical question on my part.

 

If its a rental, there might be a few folks looking for something "bigger" or "better" who leave.  But a good management team should be able to keep the majority of renters happy by running a sound building from top to bottom.  I would like to believe if a unit is vacated, a current tenant who like the building might want to upgrade to a large unit.  Lastly, if its in a hot 'hood, then there will be people on the waiting list to move into a building.

 

If its a purchase issues, I don't see people moving from development to development in DT Cleveland.

Nice, i think once people see concrete in the ground around CSU, some of the rental developments around will fill up and have very low vacancy rates.

Walker Weeks might do really well if CSU ends up buying it and goes ahead with the plan to extend East 24th from Euclid Avenue to Carnegie Avenue sometime around.....

 

Whoops

 

Too much info.

 

Disregard

Thanks for telling us to disregard that info. Is there anything else that we should disregard if you happened to tell us?

If its a rental, there might be a few folks looking for something "bigger" or "better" who leave.  But a good management team should be able to keep the majority of renters happy by running a sound building from top to bottom.  I would like to believe if a unit is vacated, a current tenant who like the building might want to upgrade to a large unit.  Lastly, if its in a hot 'hood, then there will be people on the waiting list to move into a building.

 

If its a purchase issues, I don't see people moving from development to development in DT Cleveland.

 

Gotcha. Cool. Thanks!

I don't remember. Did I ever tell you about the plan to turn Mather into a hotel and that it might begin before the year is done?

If I did, um... never mind.

^A hotel or bed and breakfast.

To be determined.

didn't an idea float* at one time about turning the mather into a youth hostel?

 

speaking of that, whatever happened to downtown youth hostel plans? seemed like a hot idea for awhile but it fizzled away. the cleve desperately needs one, the hostel in peninsula is excellent, but off in the valley and too far away.

 

*edited by k j. jonah jamison p

 

Float around?

^Yeah, that is what is lacking at CSU, concrete ;)

I think one of the Leadership Cleveland classes was taking up that charge, but I think the effort quickly fizzled. Or maybe it's just dormant.

The new bookstore on Euclid is looking good, they have a nice big green banner up promotion its opening in August.

 

Also, it's really cleaning up in that phase of the ECP, by the time Fall semester begins, most of the area should be done besides the installing of the bus traffic signals and station seating/weather sheltering for passengers.

So, are they going to sell regular books or just textbooks?! Someone tell me, pleeeezz. ::end internets whine::

^Yeah, that is what is lacking at CSU, concrete ;)

Hush!  You know what I mean   :-P 

 

Concrete and steel rising from what was once a parking lot! 

 

Is that better Mr. Punch?   :-D

I'm sure Musky could answer this better then anyone, but I'd imagine that it'll be a mixture of both.

I'm sure Musky could answer this better then anyone, but I'd imagine that it'll be a mixture of both.

 

You rang.

 

 

So, are they going to sell regular books or just textbooks?! Someone tell me, pleeeezz. ::end internets whine::

 

I am being led to believe it will be a full bookstore; heavy on the textbooks in the beginning of the semesters, but more balanced throughout the rest of the year.

 

 

Picture from today:

 

Is the bookstore taking up that whole building? That would be amazing..

^Yeah, that is what is lacking at CSU, concrete ;)

Hush!  You know what I mean  :-P 

 

Concrete and steel rising from what was once a parking lot! 

 

Is that better Mr. Punch?  :-D

 

Speaking of concrete...

 

Last week, CSU installed permeable concrete in the parking lot for the Administration Center Building for demonstration purposes.

 

 

I think just the first floor. but I do not know for sure.

Two floors would be awfully nice, though.

Is the bookstore taking up that whole building? That would be amazing..

I think just the first floor. but I do not know for sure.

Two floors would be awfully nice, though.

Excerpt from the article posted above:

The Kaufmans plan to start construction in October on 32 loft apartments at 2020 Euclid, a five-story building they own next door to their printing business. Work already is under way on the first phase of the project — improvements to the building’s first-floor retail space to allow it to house a college bookstore that Barnes & Noble will operate under the “University Lofts Bookstore” name.

Gotcha .. knew I should've read the article for the answer. Sorry about that.

 

That stinks. I was hoping for something more akin to the Barnes & Noble here on 17th Street in Manhattan. The Cleveland building reminds me a lot of that place.

It would be nice if this bookstore has knowledgeable employees.. not that I'm saying the CSU bookstore employees aren't of the finest education..  :lol:

8Shades, being the novice that he is at the building trades, asks a dumb question: what is permeable concrete, and why are we displaying it?

It's porous, thus making water and air able to flow through the concrete.

8Shades, being the novice that he is at the building trades, asks a dumb question: what is permeable concrete, and why are we displaying it?

 

and it does a small part to reduce runoff, which in turn reduces combined sewer overflows, which in turn makes our lakes and rivers potentially cleaner. 

 

it's good to see CSU at least experimenting with this technology.  hopefully they also identify it and provide an explanation on the amount of runoff prevented.  small steps like this, done by many parties, could go a long way to reducing significant combined sewer overflows without (and in addition to) spending serious money on sewer system capacity and treatment expansion.

Permeable concrete  enables a more elegant solution to NEO's nasty problem of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) then the one being employed by our regional sewer district, NEORSD.  A CSO occurs when a big a** thunderstorm rocks the city with massive amounts of rain, which due to many impermeable surfaces, namely roof tops and pavement, cannot infiltrate the ground and is instead directed into the sewer system.  In the case of a large thunderstorm, the sewer system cannot handle the massive volume of run-off water, so it overflows into the sanitary sewers (residential and industrial waste) due to how our rather ancient sewer system was constructed.  This massive volume of water has no where to go, so it is released, UNTREATED, into streams, rivers, and lakes.  This of course is one reason why you should not go swimming in Lake Erie after a thunderstorm!

 

http://www.epa.gov/weatherchannel/stormwater.html  < Stormwater Run-off

http://www.epa.gov/nbh/html/glossary.html  < CSO

 

So, if pavement can be built in a way that enables water to infiltrate back into the ground, ala permeable pavement, then the possibility of CSO events is reduced. Pavement run-off can also be reduced through the use of bioswales and/or retention ponds.  Run-off from impermeable roof tops can be reduced by employing  green roofs, rain-barrels, & rain gardens.

 

CSU installed their first permeable pavement behind the book store as a test project with Fenn College of Engineering.  Fenn students installed all sorts of measuring equipment under the pavement to measure how the pavement reacts to rain and perhaps more importantly, snow and ice.  I believe RTA has the largest permeable pavement installation at their Parmatown Transit Center.

 

One can learn lots by looking up info on Low Impact Design (LID) which I often refer to as functional landscaping.  I for one, wish more retail and housing projects in NEO would employ functional landscaping as a way of creating aesthetic beauty that serves a critical function.

 

http://www.epa.gov/weatherchannel/stormwater.html < EPA on LID

http://www.lid-stormwater.net < the State of Maryland pioneered LID