Tudor Arms Building is one of my 5 favorite pieces of architecture in Cleveland and if it was in any other bigger city, it'd still be in my top 5. Absolutely amazing work and glad to see it being used again. What's more important is that the Cleveland Clinic and UC spillover is finally happening. The blocks surrounding Tudor Arms have plenty of potential and if I was to choose 1 area in all of NE Ohio where things can and will change very quickly, it's this area, Stokes/Carnegie.

"But of course, if it gets redeveloped well and restored to it's former beauty, than that is the most important thing."

 

That's what I was going for.

Efforts are afoot to add another hotel to the mix somewhere in the Circle. Stay tuned..

 

That didnt take long.  In this weeks Crains:

 

New Univ. Circle hotel in works

UH, advocacy group seek project proposal, aiming to boost area's 'destination' concept

By STAN BULLARD

 

4:30 am, July 28, 2008

 

University Hospitals and the University Circle Inc. nonprofit advocacy and development group are taking steps to fill another gap they believe exists in the busy museum, health care and educational district's offerings: a need for more hotel rooms.

 

UH and University Circle Inc. today, July 28, plan to begin seeking proposals from hotel developers for a new hotel at the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and Cornell Road, on a 1.3-acre site they control jointly. The deadline for developers to file a letter of interest in the project is Aug. 28; complete proposals, including a commitment from a hotel brand or franchise, are due Oct. 16.

 

The two institutions hope to select a developer in November, said Chris Ronayne, University Circle Inc. president.

 

“We're following a destination strategy for University Circle,” Mr. Ronayne said. “We want you to be able to find yourself doing something any weekend at University Circle. If we're legitimately going to see University Circle expand its number of out-of-town visitors, we have to have a place to put them.”

 

Steven Standley, UH senior vice president of system services, said UH believes families of many of its patients who come from outside the area for long-term stays would benefit from having a nearby hotel. He added that the hotel also would benefit the overall development of the neighborhood.

 

Debbie Berry, University Circle Inc. vice president of planning and development, said the request for proposals calls for a hotel of 160 to 200 rooms. It also calls for a hotel that will meet green design standards known as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), or explain why they cannot be met.

 

Mrs. Berry said plans also must provide for a parking garage to serve the hotel and replace the 118 parking spaces that would be lost when the hotel is built. Part of the hotel site incorporates a parking lot behind University Circle's University East retail and apartment building.

 

The remainder of the site consists of two temporary University Hospitals buildings next to the parking lot.

 

Mr. Standley said the hospital would move services in the buildings it owns elsewhere if the effort yields an acceptable plan.

 

The proposed hotel is not the only one afoot at University Circle.

 

Ari Maron, a partner at MRN Ltd. of Cleveland, said the developer plans to install a hotel in the 11- story Tudor Arms building, better known as the former home of the Cleveland Job Corps Center, which MRN purchased in 2007.

 

Mr. Maron said the family-owned development concern is deciding what type of hotel to put into the property, but is negotiating for financing and hopes to begin restoring the 1931-vintage building to its original use as a hotel by this fall and reopen it in 2011. The structure building can accommodate 157 units, he said.

 

Outside experts voice divergent opinions about whether University Circle can accommodate more hotels.

 

Vern Fuller, president of the Cleveland-based Marathon Associates hotel development and management company, said he believes University Circle can accommodate two hotels, particularly if MRN incorporates a budget flag at Tudor Arms like the Holiday Inn Express it operates downtown because existing hotels serve the higher-priced market.

 

However, Michael Sturges, a real estate consultant who operates Sturges Advisors of Rocky River, disagrees. Mr. Sturges said he believes there is a market for one new hotel at University Circle, but not two. 

 

 

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^Bingo

 

And some progress on the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, just down the street.  They will not be providing a public wading area, but they will have a waiting area with an entry right up on the sidewalk.

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Map Boy! Me like pictures!

 

This will be an exciting building for this area, I think.

When this area is fuly built out, it will have one of the most pleasing urban scales in the city.

cool shots map boy. the 'ol euc finally gets an 'urban appropriate' neighbor back.

Do you know what the last built structure was on that space (where CHSC is going up)?  It was 1-story motor motel.  Totally wack...

Not sure where else to put this...

 

From UCI's inner Circle monthly email:

 

University Circle Inc. To Open Ice Rink

An exciting new addition is coming to Wade Oval this winter as University Circle Inc. opens an outdoor ice rink. Best of all, admission is FREE. Bring your own skates, or rent them when you get here, and spend some time enjoying the tranquil beauty of Wade Oval in the winter. When you're finished skating, be sure to stop by the museums to warm up. Opening on Sunday, December 7, hours will vary. Look for more information coming soon to the UCI website. www.universitycircle.org.

 

Not sure where else to put this...

 

From UCI's inner Circle monthly email:

 

University Circle Inc. To Open Ice Rink

An exciting new addition is coming to Wade Oval this winter as University Circle Inc. opens an outdoor ice rink. Best of all, admission is FREE. Bring your own skates, or rent them when you get here, and spend some time enjoying the tranquil beauty of Wade Oval in the winter. When you're finished skating, be sure to stop by the museums to warm up. Opening on Sunday, December 7, hours will vary. Look for more information coming soon to the UCI website. www.universitycircle.org.

 

 

Where exactly will it be located. 

 

I was thinking that Cleveland could use an outdoor ice rink.  However, I was hoping it would be part of any plan to close public square off to traffic.

I'm assuming on Wade Lagoon.

I'm assuming on Wade Lagoon.

 

Despite the fact that it does freeze, I don't think they could get away with that.  It'd be pretty sweet, though!

I'm assuming on Wade Lagoon.

 

Despite the fact that it does freeze, I don't think they could get away with that.  It'd be pretty sweet, though!

 

I thought it froze enough to skate on back in the day?  Historians?

Considering that it is a shallow pond, I can't see why they couldn't have skating on it...barring that they check the ice depth daily. 

Considering that it is a shallow pond, I can't see why they couldn't have skating on it...barring that they check the ice depth daily.

 

But they actually set an opening date.  That makes it highly unlikely that it'll be on the lagoon.

Maybe it will be the new reflecting pool in front of the Clinic.  Can't be hard to freeze that!

Near E. 105th St., Rockefeller Park Lagoon, an artificial pond, provided facilities for fishing, rowing, and ice skating.

 

http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=RP1

 

 

 

I think that they were considering installing a ice rink that doesn't use ice. Some sort of polymer surface.

 

I think this is what it would be:

http://www.artificialiceevents.com/

I was thinking they would install a temporary rink like they do at bryant park.

^^ If I’m gonna come up there and fall on my @ss, it better be real ice! :whip:

It sounds to me like the rink will be located on the actual Wade Oval. It will probably be some kind of temporary setup for the winter season that will be removed in the Spring. I'm imagining something similar to what was at Crocker Park in the winter a couple years ago.

hmm. no bad or anything, but what's with the retro 60's-70's tower in the park look?

 

From the angle of the picture, it looks like the icon for the Gemini ride at Cedar Point, lol.  Or maybe it's not the Gemini.  I'll have to figure out what I'm thinking of.

I came from a Case talk today on sustainablity, and the university will be installing two 60kW solar panels on two of their buildings: Veale Center and MSASS by 2009 (feb?).

I suspect there will be a lot more where that came from throughout the rest of the Circle, but those will be some of the larger installations.

This is one of the coolest buildings on campus--it would be a sin if this were to get knocked down. Named after Edward Morley from the world-famous Michelson-Morley experiment conducted here at Case:

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Demolition or renovation of Morley building may cost university

Nicholas Vergatos

Issue date: 10/17/08 Section: News

 

The Morley building has not been used since 2002, when it was originally scheduled to be demolished. Currently, exact plans for the future of the building have not been set.

Media Credit: Denton Zhou

 

 

Here at Case, most students are confident in their campus navigating abilities, and at least fairly aware of their surroundings. But how many of these students walk the path between Schmitt and Strosacker every day without a passing glance at the ivy-covered building nearby?

 

More than likely, the majority of passersby simply ignore the unused, dilapidated, seemingly nameless building tucked tightly between Eldred, Rockefeller, and Millis. This remnant of Case's past is the Morley Chemistry Laboratory. Those who have heard of it probably base their information on the accompanying apocryphal tale, which is some variation of the following: in the mid-1980s, four liters of mercury were mysteriously spilled down an elevator shaft with devastating results, contaminating the building and preventing its further use.

 

The actual story behind this historical building is much less sordid, according to Margaret Carney, university architect and campus planner. As she said, "There was some mercury that had been removed as part of the abatement process, but it's definitely not an issue. It's not what's holding us up now."

 

Decisions pertaining to the usage of buildings on campus are complicated, to say the least. The process is dependent on many factors such as the benefit of using or losing the building, the design of the building, and the resources available. The first step is to consult the master plan put together by Campus Planning and Operations. The plan serves as a guideline for the campus and lays out the priorities and future goals of the university. Being a research university, Case's building needs are restricted by footprint (the layout and configuration of a building) and building style.

 

"[The BioEnterprise building] has a footprint that is about 22,000 square feet per floor, and that is about the smallest footprint we would build at this point for an interdisciplinary research building," Carney states. The Morley building, if brought up to code, would only end up with 14,000 or 15,000 square feet of useable space per floor. This difference presents a contradiction to the design set forth by the master plan.

 

Research and classroom needs also dictate the appropriation of funds to either renovate a building or build a new one to specific needs. With continual emphasis on research and interchangeable lab space, new buildings are built that are open, flexible, and reconfigurable. Carney notes that Morley is not the kind of space that would currently be built by the university: "The walls are so thick, and the building is incredibly solid that the thought of even moving walls is very, very costly."

 

When planning a facility, an analysis is always done to compare the cost of renovating the building to that of building a new facility. Based on a recent six-month architectural study, the estimated cost to renovate and refurbish the Morley Laboratory is $7 million. So far, there has been no viable program presented that voices a strong interest in using the space in Morley and can use the resources effectively.

 

Inside Morley, there are tight hallways and many staircases connecting floors throughout the building. The building was built in 1910 and had six rooms on the third floor for geology laboratories and four built for chemistry. Each of the chemical labs could hold 36 students, and the entire building was designed for 300 chemistry students and 130 geology students.

 

Morley was the primary housing for the chemistry department until 1962 when Millis was built to accommodate the growing program. Classrooms and labs were split between the two buildings until 1995, when plans were made to renovate Millis and create the Agnar Pytte Science Center.

 

The project was set to be completed in 2002 and after its completion, Morley was to be demolished. Until that time, Morley continued to be an active academic building. The demolition date fell through, and the building was to be used as auxiliary space for the biology and chemistry departments if necessary.

 

The building still stands, abandoned and locked up, with uncertainty as to its future. Currently the campus's strategic planning process is moving into specifically defining how to implement its physical infrastructure goals, such as how they will be funded and on what timeline they will be completed. Carney says she would love to see the building used: "It's painful for all of us who look at this and we know that money is behind all of this, and I think it's amazing how this university, how the people here make use of what we have here and keep going."

 

http://media.www.cwruobserver.com/media/storage/paper1370/news/2008/10/17/News/Demolition.Or.Renovation.Of.Morley.Building.May.Cost.University-3492056.shtml

Four cranes over University Circle:

 

 

Cleveland Hearing & Speech is getting some exterior treatment:

 

Nice new banners in that last photo.

Big Kudos to Cleveland Hearing and Speech for having such urban sensibilities! 

^^ I'd really hate to see CWRU demolish the Morley.  That portion of campus -- the old CIT quad, is rather drab with a lot of 50s-60s International Style boxes to which Morley offers a sharp contrast.  Aside from the gorgeous Amasa Stone chapel and Adelbert main, the oldest campus building, there's not much to look at on CIT quad (unlike Gothic the FSM College for Women campus on Northside ... You can't replace that type of architecture; it'd be a horrible waste.  I've got to believe there's some use for which this historic structure can be put to.

 

Big Kudos to Cleveland Hearing and Speech for having such urban sensibilities! 

... do you mean S & H is going to have street level biz/retail to mesh with the Euc nextdoor?

 

 

^^ I'd really hate to see CWRU demolish the Morley. That portion of campus -- the old CIT quad, is rather drab with a lot of 50s-60s International Style boxes to which Morley offers a sharp contrast. Aside from the gorgeous Amasa Stone chapel and Adelbert main, the oldest campus building, there's not much to look at on CIT quad (unlike Gothic the FSM College for Women campus on Northside ... You can't replace that type of architecture; it'd be a horrible waste. I've got to believe there's some use for which this historic structure can be put to.

 

Big Kudos to Cleveland Hearing and Speech for having such urban sensibilities!

... do you mean S & H is going to have street level biz/retail to mesh with the Euc nextdoor?

 

 

 

Aww, you mean you don't like the big ugly teal building that I work in?

 

 

University Circle townhouses to rise

WXZ Development of Fairview Park is preparing to break ground on the first of four sets of townhouses in the University Circle area.  Work on six homes in Circle 118 could start within the next month, said WXZ President Jim Wymer.  those homes could be available by next summer, with the remaining 11 townhomes to be built based on buyer demand.  Wymer said demand for new homes in the growing University Circle area makes the project possible, despite global economic tumult and problems in the housing market.  The four-story townhouses, to be built at Euclid Avenue and East 118th Street, are aimed at health-care employees and other workers in University Circle.  They are priced starting around $300,000 and include 15-year, 100 percent tax abatements.  Circle 118 also is part of the Greater Circle Living Program, a forgivable-loan offer available to full-time employees of nonprofit institutions in and near University Circle.

Circle 118's link:

 

http://www.circle118.com/index.html

 

Retail developer goes into condo business

 

4:30 am, November 10, 2008

WXZ Development Co. of Fairview Park historically has been a retail developer, but plans to move into the residential market with Circle 118, a collection of 17 condominiums in Cleveland costing upwards of $300,000.

 

Jim Wymer, WXZ president, said financing for the $4 million project is in place and he expects to break ground within the next four weeks.

 

WXZ recently bought the project site on the northeast corner of East 118th Street and Euclid Avenue from University Circle Inc., a nonprofit development organization for the city’s cultural and health care district.

 

Special incentives for University Circle workers to buy the nearby condos make the project attractive, he said, in addition to job growth in the area.

 

 

 

Sweet!

I sure hope the Circle 118 builders sufficiently soundproof the new condos as they will be directly adjacent to the busy, elevated NS freight corridor.

Doan Brook Watershed Partnership meeting Wednesday -- Happenings

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

 

The public is invited to attend the annual meeting of the Doan Brook Watershed Partnership at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, 2600 South Park Blvd. Architect Jim McKnight will talk about plans to connect Doan Brook and Rockefeller Park to local neighborhoods. He also will present plans for the new "Lake to Lakes" bike path, which will link Lower Lake paths in the Cleveland Heights-Shaker Heights area with Lake Erie. New watershed partnership board members will be introduced. To RSVP, call 216-321-5935, Ext. 235.

*Edited to add the updated article.*

 

University Circle pushes forward on hotel, other projects

Posted by Michelle Jarboe/Plain Dealer Reporter November 18, 2008 11:40AM

Categories: Breaking News, Real Estate News Impact, Real Time News, Real estate

 

Updated 7:37 p.m.

Plans for two hotels, homes and other projects in University Circle are moving forward, despite a financial crisis that has made development funding hard to come by.

 

Five developers are vying to build a hotel at Cornell Road and Euclid Avenue, near where the new University Hospitals cancer hospital will open in 2011. Another hotel could open at East 107th Street and Carnegie Avenue by late 2010. And despite limited access to financing, developers are negotiating with banks to fund construction of apartments, condominiums, stores and restaurants on either side of Euclid Avenue.

 

More at:

http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/11/university_circle_pushes_forwa.html

yes some good news!  Except for the parking lot next to the rapid!  WHY?  :whip: :whip:

If I'm correct, it's proposed to be a mixed-used project that will include a garage for guests coming to University Circle, Uptown, and Little Italy, in addition to commuters on the Red Line. 

 

I wouldn't get thrown off your wagon yet.

I don't mind a parking structure if it's behind other uses that face the street.  Sounds like that's what they're talking about here.

I am not anti parking garage, particuarly if there is good use of the street level space... and even more so if you find a way to make it mixed use...  parking garages = significantly less surface lots.  surface lots =  :evil:

There are a bazillion parking spots already.  For the love of God, another isn't needed!

With the surface lots disappearing and the amount of development happening, the garage will be needed. 

 

I agree and know that there is a lot of parking available in University Circle, but it currently isn't utitlized to its maximum potential, more demand will be created, and even at the Uptown public meeting a few months ago, majority of the questions were about that.

Why are these people being encourage to drive instead of turning them into public transporation riders or atleast reducing the amount of cars used?

 

I don't understand who the Clinic can build the largest garage in Ohio, yet another garage - even mixed use - is needed. All the project on the board seem to be expanding car/garage.

 

Why aren't these business coming together to promote public transporation, biking and riding in and around the area??????  The HL and the Red Line are right there?  Several buses run through the area.

well if we are going to be encouraging more people to live in this area... particuarly if this place is mixed use with housing potentially CIA student housing, they will need a place to park their cars.  And some people coming to this area from suburbs / exurbs are just never going to take public transportation.  At the time building parking spaces up reduces the need for parking spaces spread out over multiple lots and makes development of other surface lots more likely. This "site" is currently a surface parking lot.  If this garage has a grocery store and fitness center on the ground floor and residences on top... well then get started.

And MTS the Uptown project is going to be built rather creatively, parking wise, to encourage more transit use, and car sharing.  However, unless we're able to get UH/Clinic/Art Museum/et cetera to start sharing their garages, it needs to be there.

 

I'd love for parking collaboration, but I'm in no position to get that done, and I don't know many people who are.

Well as redbrick on cleveland.bomb states

Until there is a real driver to bring people to this area, the commute to the suburbs is too easy for the 10s of thousands of people that work in that area and they will continue to park in the myriad of parking garages and commute from the suburbs. Its simply too easy just to come and park your car for work and then leave and go back to Mentor. Until that enabler is removed, UC will only change very very slowly.

 

Ive rarely agreed with anything those people say, but that hit it right on the head.

 

The healthline, two rail stations, new bike lanes and several buses in the area.  YET the two leading organizations that bought naming rights to the line, build more garages.  Its laughable!

Great news!  UC definitely needs another hotel, and hopefully it will be Aloft, Element or something else with some mod design sensibilities.

 

As for the Lot 45 Project: as long as the architect/developer competently screens or obscures the parking from Mayfield, I agree with everyone else- stacking parking back there means less demand for surface lots in more prime locations.  That stretch of Mayfield is a total wreck, urban design wise, with huge garages set back from the street on the south and the ugly slabs oriented with Euclid's geometry on the north side.  Fingers crossed it can be turned into a real street to connect UC to the new rapid station and Little Italy.

Great news!  UC definitely needs another hotel, and hopefully it will be Aloft, Element or something else with some mod design sensibilities.

 

As for the Lot 45 Project: as long as the architect/developer competently screens or obscures the parking from Mayfield, I agree with everyone else- stacking parking back there means less demand for surface lots in more prime locations.  That stretch of Mayfield is a total wreck, urban design wise, with huge garages set back from the street on the south and the ugly slabs oriented with Euclid's geometry on the north side.  Fingers crossed it can be turned into a real street to connect UC to the new rapid station and Little Italy.

 

The Aloft and Elements aren't all that great. But interior design merits are for another thread.  LMAO!

 

The idea that a young (thats for you 327  ;)  ) hip/cool value brand would come to the area cements this as a destination not just a district.  There still needs to be a full service hotel in the area.  A solid Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Hilton or Marriott would do wonders as the Intercontinentals are a bit pricey and still a bit a way for the "main drag".

 

Now if we can get some development on E. 105, that could be a solid, retail, hotel and restaurant stip from Quincy to Superior.  I'd like to see Cedar to Wade Park to start.

The Aloft and Elements aren't all that great. But interior design merits are for another thread.  LMAO!

 

The idea that a young (thats for you 327  ;)  ) hip/cool value brand would come to the area cements this as a destination not just a district.  There still needs to be a full service hotel in the area.  A solid Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Hilton or Marriott would do wonders as the Intercontinentals are a bit pricey and still a bit a way for the "main drag".

 

Now if we can get some development on E. 105, that could be a solid, retail, hotel and restaurant stip from Quincy to Superior.  I'd like to see Cedar to Wade Park to start.

 

I'll take your word for it, regarding Aloft and Element- my only opinion is from their website which showed rooms that didn't look like stock chain hotel "traditional" crap that I imagine you'd see in pretty much every other Cleveland hotel open today.  The Intercontinental on Euclid is actually pretty cheap, by the way.  But the location is bleak if you aspire to walk to, or even look out on, anything particularly nice.  Hence the need for something a little hipper in central UC.

 

As for E105th as a solid strip of any kind: I don't think I can imagine that hard, at least not until we at least have Euclid in better shape.  With the recent demos at E105 and Wade Park, we're actually moving backwards.