Does anyone know of any interest in doing a building material reuse retail center in Cleveland? Perhaps expanding the HFH ReStore or starting a center closer to the scope and size of Pittsburgh Construction Junction (http://www.constructionjunction.org/) or numerous others?

 

I am serious, there is potential to start conversation with this and I wanted to see what you all have seen and heard on the streets?  Is there interest, is there a market, do we have people that can manage such a center?

 

There's a need just look at our (I work at City Hall) demolishing and ED strategy.

 

Any thoughts would be nice.

I had a major problem with that web site -- possibly a virus on it. Double-check that site please, Mr. Brownfield.

I had a major problem with that web site -- possibly a virus on it. Double-check that site please, Mr. Brownfield.

 

I double checked it.  It is working fine for me.

Old School Architectural Salvage is the only one I have heard of outside of HFH ReStore, though I don't know what exactly they carry and such.

I'm about as much of a handyman as Lovey Howell (Thurston's wife), but I definitely think there would be people interested in that.

I think there is definitely a market for this ... I can think of two people right off the top of my head that would be active buyers at such a center (one who is rehabbing their house and another that has rehabbed a number of adjacent buildings on the Near East Side), and a number of other people would be occasional patrons, including possibly myself. I also believe there would be a small but solid market of homebuyers who would prefer to work with developers that have reused materials. Keep us posted!

There are already a couple little places like this CLE/NE Ohio (2 in OB)...Off the top of my head I cannot remember their names, but they sell moldings and other period dated materials out of houses for the sole purpose of rehabbing.  There is also a place off of w150/71 that will sharpen custom router bits to reproduce moldings and have a large selection of pre 60's moldings to buy (which is generally the best way to go because of all the lead based paint in most older moldings).  As soon as I remember the names I'll post it...