May 5, 20178 yr Lakewood narrows field of developers vying to remake 6-acre hospital site May 04, 2017 UPDATED A DAY AGO By SCOTT SUTTELL The city of Lakewood has narrowed the field of developers who are in contention to remake the site of Lakewood Hospital as a mixed-use project. In a "community update" issued late Wednesday, May 3, the western suburb announced that a citizen-led advisory panel and the city administration have identified two development teams, from five on an initial shortlist, to move to the next round of consideration for the project on a 6-acre site on the southeast corner of Detroit and Belle avenues. The two that made the cut are Columbus-based Casto, working with Mayfield Heights-based North Pointe Realty; and Carnegie Management & Development Corp. of Westlake. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170504/NEWS/170509906/lakewood-narrows-field-of-developers-vying-to-remake-6-acre-hospital "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 15, 20178 yr A pair of significant downtown Lakewood development projects are seen here. In the foreground is where the Cleveland Clinic is building a $34 million Lakewood Family Health Center. In the background, renovations are underway on the conversion of the 1974-built Lakewood Center North office building into 153 apartments after New York Life Insurance relocated its 200 employees to downtown Cleveland. More windows are being cut into all four sides of the 15-story building. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 15, 20178 yr Constantino's Market plans Lakewood store at site of former Nature's Bin May 15, 2017 UPDATED 24 MINUTES AGO By SCOTT SUTTELL This story was updated at 3:10 p.m. on Monday, May 15. Lakewood is about to get a new food store to fill a hole in the market that was left with last fall's closing of Nature's Bin. Cornucopia Inc., a nonprofit serving people with disabilities that operated the Nature's Bin store for more than 40 years, on Monday, May 15, announced the "pending sale" of the Nature's Bin property on Sloane Avenue in the western suburb to Constantino's Market. Nancy Peppler, executive director of Cornucopia, said in a phone interview on Monday afternoon that Cornucopia and Constantino's have a signed purchase agreement that they expect to complete by the end of July. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170515/NEWS/170519887/constantinos-market-plans-lakewood-store-at-site-of-former-natures "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 15, 20178 yr It's too bad the top three floors of LCN will remain offices. The top floor with all those windows would have made some interesting penthouse apartments.
May 15, 20178 yr It's too bad the top three floors of LCN will remain offices. The top floor with all those windows would have made some interesting penthouse apartments. Probably will after the current tenant's lease runs out. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 19, 20178 yr Construction has started on the first row of Rockport Square Townhomes along the north side of Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 20, 20178 yr That lot has been sitting empty for the better part of the decade, hasn't it? Good to finally see some progress. I've checked out the portfolios of the developers that are expressing interest in redeveloping the soon-to-be-vacant hospital site. Quite a spread of suburban shopping centers and office parks. I know the development is still many years off but I hope that's not what gets put there, especially in that part of Lakewood. I'm personally envisioning sort of a mini NuCLEus for that site, with a residential highrise roughly the height of Lakewood Center North, but that's just me. :)
May 21, 20178 yr ^^ I really like the look of the ones they've built so far. ^ There's demand for newer housing here so that seems like a good idea. We definitely don't need a plaza, we already have one and it's more than enough.
May 21, 20178 yr I attended an initial meeting for the hospital site. The city is looking for an urban mixed use development. Likely with a higher density use closer to Detroit and scaling back as it nears the d single family homes to the south. They are considering office, retail and housibg
July 1, 20177 yr In quest for new development on Lakewood Hospital site, Ed FitzGerald consultant for finalist Posted on June 28, 2017 at 3:56 PM BY EMILY BAMFORTH, CLEVELAND.COM ebamforthCleveland[/member].com LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Lakewood is down to two choices to develop its former Lakewood Hospital. And one finalist has hired former Cuyahoga County Executive and Lakewood Mayor Ed FitzGerald as a consultant. Columbus-based Casto, working with North Pointe Realty Inc., and Westlake-based Carnegie Management and Development plan to submit proposals Friday containing the amount of proposed office, retail and residential space, sustainability measures and number of parking spots. These documents will give residents a clearer vision of possibilities for the six-acre spot in downtown Lakewood. The process of developing the site into what the city has pitched as "Lakewood's finest multi-functional outdoor community gathering space" followed controversy over the shuttering of Lakewood Hospital. The Cleveland Clinic broke ground on the new 62,000-square-foot $34 million Lakewood Family Health Center in April, which drew protesters. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2017/06/next_round_of_lakewood_hospita.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 3, 20177 yr Has anyone heard any info on this bouldering gym that's supposed to open in Lakewood early 2018? I did some digging but couldn't find much info on a building or anything. https://www.facebook.com/goNOSOTROS/
July 5, 20177 yr So after seeing the Flats development thread with the unknown Dimit project posted, I scrolled around the Dimit Facebook page and saw this picture posted on June 29 with the caption: "Busy week, but some very exciting projects in the works." Dimit unknown project by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr I saved the photo then zoomed in to try to figure out where it is. It includes a rather tall building based on the one building's shadow. And then it hit me -- it's the current site of Lakewood Hospital! Sometimes I amaze myself.... ;) Lakewood Hospital redevelopment-aerial1 by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr This is the construction site for the new family medical center. It was taken where the parking garage is shown in the aerial photo above. The building at left is the Lakewood Center North building that is being converted into apartments. The old Lakewood Hospital is at the right side of the photo and is due to be demolished for redevelopment... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 6, 20177 yr If the shadow of the proposed tall building is to scale with the shadow of the to-be-retained, existing two-story building fronting Detroit Avenue, then the new tall building looks to be about 12-14 stories tall. That's a bit shorter than the 15-story Lakewood Center North, and probably a smart move to win city approvals. Despite Lakewood's vibrant density, there are some who don't want Detroit Avenue in downtown Lakewood to become a shadowy canyon. The setback for this new high-rise would guard against a canyon effect. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 6, 20177 yr If the shadow of the proposed tall building is to scale with the shadow of the to-be-retained, existing two-story building fronting Detroit Avenue, then the new tall building looks to be about 12-14 stories tall. That's a bit shorter than the 15-story Lakewood Center North, and probably a smart move to win city approvals. Despite Lakewood's vibrant density, there are some who don't want Detroit Avenue in downtown Lakewood to become a shadowy canyon. The setback for this new high-rise would guard against a canyon effect. SMH....is this really an issue on Detroit in Lakewood? Lakewood residents should be embracing this density and welcoming more of it. Its one of the most desirable attributes of their community.
July 6, 20177 yr The mystery is over. Two finalists for the hospital site. http://www.onelakewood.com/downtownrfq/ I didn't like the idea of a setback at first either but I must admit that both proposals look great. Edit: nice sleuthing work KJP[/member]
July 6, 20177 yr I like both proposals, but I must say that Carnegie high-rise option is gorgeous and should provide more business for downtown Lakewood shops and restaurants. My wife doesn't like the high-rise. Says it's too much for that space. I think it would fit well scale-wise with the Lakewood Center North across Detroit Avenue. Anyway, here are the two proposals summarizes in a few graphics. But please read (or at least skim) the reports before coming to an opinion. There's lots of meat in those proposals including market data showing why the developers proposed what they proposed.... CARNEGIE MANAGEMENT -- OPTION ONE -- MID-RISE CONCEPT Lakewood-OneLkwdPlace-Carnegie-Mgmt-RENDER-MIDRISE-070517m by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr CARNEGIE MANAGEMENT -- OPTION TWO -- HIGH-RISE CONCEPT Lakewood-OneLkwdPlace-Carnegie-Mgmt-RENDER-HIRISE-070517m by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr +++++++++++++++ CASTO-NPR (HAS ONLY ONE OPTION) STREET-LEVEL VIEW SOUTHWARD FROM DETROIT AVE Lakewood-CASTO_NPR_RFP-070517-street1m by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr CASTO-NPR (HAS ONLY ONE OPTION) AERIAL VIEW NORTHWARD Lakewood-CASTO_NPR_RFP-070517-aerial1m by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 6, 20177 yr I looooooove the Carnegie high rise proposal but I could live with the mid rise as well. I like how the rounded corner pays homage to the Lakewood Hospital building. I don't love the Casto proposal as much but it is a great proposal still. I will be excited to see any of these pan out. I appreciate how the Curtis Block is being incorporated into the plan and the plaza in both proposals looks great.
July 6, 20177 yr I think Carnegie knocked it out of the park for either of their proposals. That plaza is exactly the kind of thing Lakewood needs in its city center. Now I really hope the developer tries to get Einstein's Bagels for one of its retail tenants, so that it can move from its location at Detroit & St. Charles and sell that land to a developer who will build something right up to the sidewalk there.
July 6, 20177 yr Both proposals are serious eye candy, but I favor the high rise because of the added bulk and density it brings. Plus high rise apartments, especially in great old walking districts like downtown Lakewood, add a visual excitement where the pedestrian is greeted at street level by older, shorter mixed use structures but is awed by the tower adjacent to (sometimes behind) them... the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago has numerous examples of high rise apartments in similar settings to this.
July 7, 20177 yr Did Carnegie's plan mention the price tag? I know Casto's was for $70M. Is the City of Lakewood retaining ownership or will there be a land sale?
July 7, 20177 yr See potential plans for Lakewood Hospital site redesign, including 18-story high rise Updated on July 7, 2017 at 11:10 AM Posted on July 6, 2017 at 5:50 PM BY EMILY BAMFORTH, CLEVELAND.COM ebamforthCleveland[/member].com LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Both finalists for redesigning the six-acre Lakewood Hospital site envision public spaces, flanked by office, retail and upscale residential space -- possibly 12 or 18 stories tall. Columbus-based Casto, working with North Pointe Realty Inc., is pitching a 12-story building on the western edge of the property, which would include office and residential floors, with a retail ground floor. Westlake-based Carnegie Management and Development, which hired former Lakewood Mayor and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald as a consultant, includes two plans, one for a 18-story high-rise building, another for a 6-story building. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2017/07/finalists_for_lakewood_hospita.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 8, 20177 yr Carnegie's proposal would be amazing for Lakewood. This is a great opportunity to transform downtown Lakewood, a plot of land this size doesn't open up every day. Keeping the arched entryway is a fantastic way of giving the site some character. Either proposal would be great but the high rise would truly transform Lakewood. I do agree with the statement "the lack of a central civic space was a glaring omission in the original plan for the City." I never really thought about it that way but I never felt compelled to specifically "go downtown" in Lakewood - it always just felt like another neighborhood. I didn't see this anywhere in the article - how is this being funded? Is any of it funded by the city or is this all private?
July 11, 20177 yr Carnegie's proposal, if built, would be Lakewood's first new residential highrise since the Gold Coast buildings were completed. We're talking a dry spell of almost half a century.
July 11, 20177 yr Like everyone, I immediately liked the Carnegie tower as THE option. However the Casto building is starting to grow on me. It looks unique and soulful to me. But hands down Carnegie's layout is really sweet. Check out how they open up the side of the Curtis building. If Casto wins out, that's certainly a design element they should steal from Carnegie.
July 18, 20177 yr On 7/25, we will be livestreaming our public meeting with the development teams! Watch it live or the recording at https://t.co/JoOhD1BCUF "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 18, 20177 yr On 7/25, we will be livestreaming our public meeting with the development teams! Watch it live or the recording at https://t.co/JoOhD1BCUF Oh I wish the Cleveland planning meetings were live on the internet....
July 18, 20177 yr On 7/25, we will be livestreaming our public meeting with the development teams! Watch it live or the recording at https://t.co/JoOhD1BCUF Oh I wish the Cleveland planning meetings were live on the internet.... That would be awesome to watch. And they could get the security guys from THe Jerry Springer show - I'm sure they're available!
July 19, 20177 yr Construction crane and new steel over downtown Lakewood. Hopefully the sign of more and bigger things to come. Gotta keep this ol' streetcar suburb fresh... Construction progress on the new family medical center in the foreground and the apartment conversion of Lakewood Center North in the background. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 25, 20177 yr Join @LakewoodOhio tomorrow at 6:30 pm at City Hall for an important meeting about @DowntwnLakewood redevelopment - https://t.co/zmYAcyfTbb "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20177 yr Way too many older people at this meeting. Where are the young people? The future? Don't let us older people design cities you will live in.... Packed house for the downtown Lakewood development community meeting. #1LKWD is engaged and passionate! https://t.co/rs2JfA3FyQ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20177 yr Way too many older people at this meeting. Where are the young people? The future? Don't let us older people design cities you will live in.... Packed house for the downtown Lakewood development community meeting. #1LKWD is engaged and passionate! https://t.co/rs2JfA3FyQ As a younger person, it's difficult to make it to these meetings that take place in the middle of a work day.
July 26, 20177 yr Which is why the city needs have more web-based methods of providing input. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20177 yr BTW, this meeting was from 6:30-9:15pm, and web-based feedback options are available at: https://t.co/YniYlUpDD3 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20177 yr BTW, this meeting was from 6:30-9:15pm, and web-based feedback options are available at: https://t.co/YniYlUpDD3 Link comes up as "Not found". Thanks for a fix. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 26, 20177 yr Link comes up as "Not found". Thanks for a fix. When I clicked the link, it took me to: http://www.lakewood.com Lakewood systems Ltd., remote data recording products. The city council president was passing that around as the link to provide input. Time for me to provide input to the council president.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20177 yr Here's the correct link: http://www.onelakewood.com/downtownrfq/ The video of the event will be posted here: http://www.onelakewood.com/videos-2/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 31, 20177 yr All 51 Rockport Square Townhomes with listing prices starting at $220,000 sold out in just one year. Makes me think Ryan Homes is going to want to try another housing development in Lakewood. Problem is there isn't a lot of open land for them to play with. There's the big empty parking lot off Hird Avenue behind Sapell's grocery store, or the lot that's now occupied by Value World and much parking behind it on Detroit Avenue, or maybe the old Union Carbide plant's unused land at Madison and Magee avenues. Perhaps there are other sites where Ryan might consider expanding on the success it had with Rockport Square. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 31, 20177 yr In my walks around the neighborhood I noticed that the used car portion of Barry Buick had been cleared of all cars. I haven't heard of any plans for this parcel.
August 8, 20177 yr Ceremony celebrates placement of last beam for new Lakewood Family Health Center structure http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2017/08/ceremony_celebrates_placement.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 1, 20177 yr October 01, 2017 4:00 am UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO Lakewood selects Westlake firm to redevelop former hospital site By STAN BULLARD A team of Lakewood city officials and residents has selected Carnegie Management & Development Corp.to partner with the city to redevelop the site of the former Lakewood Hospital as a multimillion-dollar mixed-use project. A letter from the team outlining why Westlake-based Carnegie emerged as its potential partner in an eight-month planning process is included on Lakewood City Council's docket for a meeting on Monday, Oct. 2. Up next in the process: negotiating a term sheet and development agreement for the 6-acre site at Belle and Detroit avenues. The committee chose Carnegie, a residential, retail and office developer, for the project over a joint venture formed by Casto Development of Columbus and North Pointe Realty, a Mayfield Heights firm that operated office properties in Lakewood for decades. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20171001/news/137356/lakewood-selects-westlake-firm-redevelop-former-hospital-site "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 1, 20177 yr Very nice. Interesting that they prefer to pursue the midrise plan at their first choice though. I'm certain the Lakewood market could support the added units in the highrise.
October 1, 20177 yr ^ I think they might be concerned with rental market given the timeline for this project. I believe that that a high quality residential highrise in DT Lakewood could attract young professionals easily.
October 1, 20177 yr I'm a bit torn. I thought Casto's building looked better. But like Carnegie's plaza design more. To me it looks more like a vibrant, large city. Though I imagine if they're going with the mid-rise, the "big city" visual aspect will be lessened significantly.
October 1, 20177 yr I liked Carnegie's plan. I love the building design and the overall site plan. I would love the arch going into the plaza personally and hate it be more open and inviting. I hope they go with the high rise plan but I'll be happy with the mid rise.
October 1, 20177 yr The taller building will also improve the business impact on downtown Lakewood, which needs more people to visit its restaurants and shops to make up for the loss of all of the Lakewood Hospital jobs. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 1, 20177 yr I do like the inclusion of office space which helps increase the day time activity.
October 1, 20177 yr How many stories was the Castro proposal? Carnegie submitted two, the taller of which is 18 stories. And lakewood hasn't sealed the deal for which one will go forward yet. I hope Lakewood goes for Carnegie's taller version. From Crain's: "...Carnegie submitted two plans for the site. One is a mid-rise plan with retail, "office-university" space and about 200 residences designed as flats or townhouses. That concept incorporates a six-story building with two floors of retail and four floors of office space, and two other buildings of four or five stories. In the high-rise plan, an 18-story building would go in with 12 stories of multifamily units over six floors of office and retail space, as well as the two additional multifamily buildings. That plan could incorporate 400 suites in the high-rise. Two of four or five stories each on the southern end of the site would contain a total of 200 more multifamily apartments.... ....City officials say they favor pursuing Carnegie's mid-rise proposal. However, Khouri said he would like to pursue the taller project if additional studies show market support for it, especially with more than 2,000 apartments bound for completion in the area before the proposed "One Lakewood Place" project could break ground." http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20171001/news/137356/lakewood-selects-westlake-firm-redevelop-former-hospital-site
October 1, 20177 yr The taller building will also improve the business impact on downtown Lakewood, which needs more people to visit its restaurants and shops to make up for the loss of all of the Lakewood Hospital jobs. Echo this. It's time that "the densest city between NY and CHI" start acting like it haha. Also I'd like to reiterate how much I like how Carnegie's plaza incorporates the existing building on Detroit. There's something magical about opening up old brick walls or bricked-over windows.
October 1, 20177 yr How feasible would a hotel in downtown Lakewood be? I know there is the Days Inn and the Travelodge in the Gold Coast area, but nothing near the center of Lakewood. A boutique hotel would be a good addition to this project IMO, and it would also provide a boost to nearby businesses that are within walking distance.
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