November 19, 200816 yr I actually see a parking garage as a step in the right direction, again, if it's integrated into something mixed-use. Right now, that area is so barren ... really, it's not like said garage would detract from super-pressing demands for developable land. Even without the current financial situation, it would take years to build out that stretch. Moreover, adding parking spaces can drive down demand for surface lots nearby, thus pushing down the market value of said lots and making it more likely that they will be bought and redeveloped as something that's not parking. Plus, it's also worth noting that a parking garage next to the Rapid Station could actually increase transit ridership, as it makes it possible for people to drive in and then use transit for errands downtown, or for residents to use transit when it's convenient and drive to locations that trains and buses don't travel as frequently or as easily. Just glad to see UCI is still pushing for projects to keep moving.
November 19, 200816 yr A tower crane is going up at the VA in University Circle. We're up to three tower cranes in the UC.
November 19, 200816 yr I'm missing something about why people don't want a parking lot. Perhaps it could be used for people to drive to UC so that they can access the health line.
November 21, 200816 yr Anyone know the status of Maron's Tudor Arms bldg near Carnegie and 105th? It's an absolutely beautiful building and it would definitely help with the lack of hotels in the area (I wish it were a little more centrally located, but it's a start). Re Cleveland.com, it's nothing short of a faux race-war, where the Bob "the ex-bouncer" Frantz's, the Sean "the ex-drywaller" Hannity's, and the Rush "the ex PR guy" Limbaugh's of the world can spew their crap. The PD does a great disservice to not only itself, but also the city, by allowing a majority of those comments to be posted. (nothing against drywallers or PR guys by the way).
December 2, 200816 yr Video link: http://www.wkyc.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=articleplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=944927347 Between the Lines: University Circle projects on track despite credit crunch CLEVELAND -- University Circle is pushing ahead with many projects, despite the recession. University Circle Incorporated has changed its role from a landholder to an active partner in many of these deals. New buildings at the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals will be home to new research and new jobs. And more lab work is being done at Case Western Reserve University. Five developers are vying for the right to build a new hotel near University Hospital's planned cancer center. And the same development team behind downtown's East 4th Street is still planning to put new life in the old Tudor Arms Hotel on Carnegie Avenue. A visitor and housing center offers information on playing and living in the district. University Circle workers can get extra financial incentives for housing there. UCI President Chris Ronayne says stalled projects elsewhere have caused the district, "to get broader shoulders." Tom Beres, Channel 3 Political Analyst Bill Patmon and Political/Public Relations Consultant Jim Trakas discuss University Circle progress with Ronayne. They also ask about his possible future political plans on this segment of Between the Lines. © 2008 WKYC-TV
December 9, 200816 yr <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2008/12/university_circle_condos_desig.html">University Circle condos designed by Studio Techne for Donald Gest embody fresh concepts: Steven Litt's review </a> Posted by Steven Litt December 09, 2008 17:04PM Categories: Architecture, Arts Impact, City Planning, Real Time News, Steven Litt A popular scientific theory holds that a huge asteroid smashed into the Yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago and ruined the weather for big dinosaurs. Small, warm-blooded creatures survived the change in climate and evolved into big mammals that eventually dominated the food chain. Not to stretch the point, but something similar could be happening in Cleveland residential development. The economic crisis that hit the nation in September has stymied big real estate projects in Cleveland, including the $522 million Flats East Bank development and the proposed $200 million renovation of the downtown Ameritrust complex... http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2008/12/university_circle_condos_desig.html
December 10, 200816 yr I like this design a lot. It looks a bit Battery Park-ish, but it's really great that it will mesh well with the surrounding neighborhood .. but bring some uniqueness at the same time.
December 10, 200816 yr Are you kidding? This design is awesome and brings a fresh new look to Cleveland. Can anyone from Cleveland give praise without some sort of dig??
December 10, 200816 yr Are you kidding? This design is awesome and brings a fresh new look to Cleveland. Can anyone from Cleveland give praise without some sort of dig?? we do. this isn't the cleveland.bomb crowd.
December 10, 200816 yr It's a nice infill project that would be well received in any neighborhood. Litt got it right when he called it "mildly contemporary."
December 10, 200816 yr I think it is much better than the Battery Park designs. Still, I think that it looks too choppy--it looks like a bunch of different shapes that have been put together without any logical sequencing.
December 10, 200816 yr I think it is much better than the Battery Park designs. Still, I think that it looks too choppy--it looks like a bunch of different shapes that have been put together without any logical sequencing. agreed.
December 10, 200816 yr If this project goes forward (as well as Circle 118), East 118th St will be a radically different street. Just two years ago, there wasn't much hope for 118. Considering that it is sort of an gateway area, this is real progress.
December 10, 200816 yr This project looks great! Anyone know which lot the second building will be built on? The renderings all show the same site, just north of the new townhouses (which, incidentally, wasn't vacant as of the last googlemaps streetview photos: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.514739,-81.602274&spn=0,359.997586&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.515075,-81.602717&panoid=9DXbiEkXzuxwkRPBPb5ddg&cbp=12,67.2796533451268,,0,-1.435696527157864).
December 10, 200816 yr When the heck did they build those other townhomes (to the right in the picture)? Shows how often I venture to that side of campus!!!!
December 10, 200816 yr A little too contemporary for my taste, but I love the movement towards more infill in this area of UC.... so I'll take it. Architect Marc Cicarelli, a principal of Studio Techne, has designed the Wade Park Flats as large, generally rectangular forms enclosed within panels of cement designed to resemble traditional clapboard siding. Does anyone know what this ^ means? I have seen siding made to resemble other material, but never some other material made to resemble siding.
December 10, 200816 yr A little too contemporary for my taste, but I love the movement towards more infill in this area of UC.... so I'll take it. Architect Marc Cicarelli, a principal of Studio Techne, has designed the Wade Park Flats as large, generally rectangular forms enclosed within panels of cement designed to resemble traditional clapboard siding. Does anyone know what this ^ means? I have seen siding made to resemble other material, but never some other material made to resemble siding. It's probably the pre-dyed concrete composite siding (Hardie-Plank) like we have on the Avenue District townhomes. It looks more like wood siding without the maintenance headaches.
March 21, 200916 yr FYI: I don't know if this as been posted before, but there is a University Circle newsletter: UC website: http://www.universitycircle.org/ Subscription link: http://www.universitycircle.org/mailinglist.aspx March 2009 Newsletter: http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001a1eZz_gPjx07eV0re-XeWg2iDBzyW8A07Vccj8qrB7TriqBokkY1JC5RdYbLUV32fFwFopG_ODoT_HbNMsG30tejMpAYZtGvlLdY31xuCHygF0MKS-25HrIGys4P6G3BPcZUKk_ZOAY%3D#LETTER.BLOCK6
March 23, 200916 yr Dirt moving for two housing projects 4:30 am, March 23, 2009 http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090323/FREE/903209944/1004&Profile=1004 Without the fanfare of a groundbreaking, construction workers began clearing ground last week for Circle 118, a 17-unit townhome community at Euclid Avenue and East 118th Street in University Circle. Developer Jim Wymer said he started work quietly because he’s “tired of seeing ceremonial shovels and nothing happens” for projects that did not come to fruition. He also feels getting started will lend credibility with prospective buyers. Look for the first units, costing upwards of $320,000, to be available in the fall. Meantime, another project soon will ramp up nearby. Andrew Brickman, developer of 27 Coltman in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood, said workers would start moving dirt on his condo project immediately after his ceremonial groundbreaking this Friday, March 27.
March 23, 200916 yr Dirt moving for two housing projects 4:30 am, March 23, 2009 http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090323/FREE/903209944/1004&Profile=1004 Without the fanfare of a groundbreaking, construction workers began clearing ground last week for Circle 118, a 17-unit townhome community at Euclid Avenue and East 118th Street in University Circle. Developer Jim Wymer said he started work quietly because hes tired of seeing ceremonial shovels and nothing happens for projects that did not come to fruition. He also feels getting started will lend credibility with prospective buyers. Look for the first units, costing upwards of $320,000, to be available in the fall. Meantime, another project soon will ramp up nearby. Andrew Brickman, developer of 27 Coltman in Clevelands Little Italy neighborhood, said workers would start moving dirt on his condo project immediately after his ceremonial groundbreaking this Friday, March 27. Wow! That's kind of suprising. Great news however!
March 25, 200916 yr We don't really have a Rockefeller Park page, so I'll post this here. I just came across this...the meeting is TONIGHT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Community Meeting on Rockefeller Park March 23, 2009 March 25, 2009 6:00-8:00 p.m. Hitchcock Center for Women 1227 Ansel Road (north of Superior) University Circle Inc. and ParkWorks invite friends and neighbors to a community meeting to discuss recent planning efforts for Rockefeller Park. The Rockefeller Park Strategic Plan- the result of a two-year long effort involving numerous stakeholder groups- envisions a revitalized park with enhanced connections to adjoining neighborhoods and the institutions of University Circle, as well as other recreational and ecological improvements. The meeting is being hosted by City Council members Sabra Pierce Scott, Kevin Conwell, TJ Dow, and Mamie Mitchell in partnership with University Circle Inc., ParkWorks, Famicos Foundation, Glenville Development Corporation, and St. Clair Superior Development Corporation. Free parking is available on-site. RTA route #3 stops at Superior Avenue and Ansel Road. Visit www.rideRTA.com for additional transit information. http://universitycircle.org/news.aspx?page=1&newsID=82
March 27, 200916 yr Cleveland Foundation awards $10 million in grants, targets University Circle Posted by Margaret Bernstein/Plain Dealer Reporter March 26, 2009 21:22PM Can jobs transform lives? The Cleveland Foundation is betting $2.25 million that the answer is yes. The foundation awarded $10 million in grants during a board meeting Thursday, earmarking the biggest chunk to help create a network of businesses for residents living in the low-income neighborhoods surrounding University Circle. More at Cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/cleveland_foundation_awards_10.html
March 27, 200916 yr That sounds fantastic! What a great, out-of-the-box way to garner business in a progressive way.
March 28, 200916 yr ^This is a very good project. As much as we may want a hip, trendy and gentrified U.Circle, the area simply cannot turn its back its low-mod income neighbors that abut the Circle. As the article notes, many of these low income folks are employees of hospitals and institutions of the Circle. When people see substandard housing sitting next to boarded up buildings and/or empty weed-y lots, we're often talking about hard working, law abiding citizens who are trying to make it in life, not simply the drug dealing scum which too often comes to mind.
March 28, 200916 yr I also accidentally posted this under the random Cleveland developments thread if anyone wants to take care of that post. University Circle Inc. unveils plans for Lot 45, a key element of the Uptown development by Steven Litt/Plain Dealer Architecture Critic Friday March 27, 2009, 4:33 PM The linchpin of the Uptown development in University Circle is coming into focus. In an exclusive to this blog, University Circle Inc. is sharing for the first time publicly images of a multi-use project on a wedge of land known as Lot 45. The project -- still in early stages of conceptual design -- includes a 1,000-space parking garage, a residence hall intended largely for students at the adjacent Cleveland Institute of Art, 100,000 square feet of office space and a neighborhood grocery. Lot 45 is a key element in the larger Uptown development, aimed at transforming eight acres at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road from an urban dead zone into a lively, mixed-use development with housing, retail, entertainment and culture... http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2009/03/university_circle_inc_unveils.html
March 28, 200916 yr They should upsize the apartment building so it more completely conceals that garage.
March 28, 200916 yr They should upsize the apartment building so it more completely conceals that garage. Thanks! In addition, every new project has "parking" attached. How much is too much and why allow this within a stones throw of the HL? Why are they allowed to apply for transportation money for a parking lot? :wtf: :wtf: 1k parking space?? Please :roll: :roll:
March 28, 200916 yr Suprisingly the massing does not look totally horrible, which is what I expect of City Arch. It's also unfortunate that RTA has taken a step back in terms of who is designing their Rapid stations. I guess this is an opportunity for Volpe to utilize his "contemporary style" motif.
March 30, 200916 yr When the heck did they build those other townhomes (to the right in the picture)? Shows how often I venture to that side of campus!!!! I think I recall them being under construction about a year and a half ago when I used to park on E. 118th to visit a friend that lived in the then brand new dorms surrounding the football field.
March 30, 200916 yr They should upsize the apartment building so it more completely conceals that garage. I hear that, but I suspect even at 4 stories the residential part would be tall enough to obscure the parking deck from most ground level views. Would be nice to see some sections with site lines like the VA hospital did for its new parking deck.
March 30, 200916 yr Yeah but the top of that parking deck could offer some nice skyline shots for our UO photogs :wink:
March 30, 200916 yr so would the roof decks of public areas and party rooms, etc., in taller lot45 buildings! :wink:
April 2, 200916 yr I know a while ago people were talking about this aweful property. It looks like it could finally be taken care of and "removed". http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2009/04/keybank_hopes_to_demolish_a_ne.html KeyBank hopes to demolish neighborhood eyesore and put in a branch office Posted by Michelle Jarboe/ Plain Dealer Reporter April 02, 2009 11:42AM Categories: Economic development, Real Estate News Impact, Real Time News CLEVELAND -- A proposal for a new local bank branch typically might not merit attention -- much less, enthusiastic applause -- from the surrounding neighborhood. Not so in University Circle, where KeyBank hopes to demolish a neighborhood eyesore that sits amid a flurry of medical, educational and cultural activity. The bank plans to open a branch at the southwest corner of East 105th Street and Chester Avenue, where an abandoned gas station has been decaying since 1998...
April 2, 200916 yr If that bank branch is in the middle of the block surrounded by parking, I will be very angry. I worry because some of the most offensive structures in that area are bank branches. Please, please don't blow this. I kind of think anything built on that corner should be no less than 4 stories, but that's just me.
April 2, 200916 yr Well, a bank isn't really that big of a deal, but anything is better than that d@mn abandoned gas station. Why is the land owner being such an @ss? Doesn't he realize what that property looks like in terms of the rest of the neighborhood!?!
April 2, 200916 yr If all we get on that prime parcel is a branch bank, then we have failed to realize the potential of one of the best situated sites in the city. I hope UCI works with Key to push for something more ambitious.
April 2, 200916 yr If all we get on that prime parcel is a branch bank, then we have failed to realize the potential of one of the best situated sites in the city. I hope UCI works with Key to push for something more ambitious. Possibly a 4-5 story building with a bank branch on the first floor...?
April 2, 200916 yr If all we get on that prime parcel is a branch bank, then we have failed to realize the potential of one of the best situated sites in the city. I hope UCI works with Key to push for something more ambitious. Possibly a 4-5 story building with a bank branch on the first floor...? Precisely. The standard suburban bank branch design should be disallowed within Cleveland city limits, along with the standard suburban drug stores that should never have been permitted on Euclid or Chester.
April 2, 200916 yr I don't know what the size or use of the building should be offhand, but we should at least investigate the possibilities for such a prominent site. Really, we should have already investigated the possibilities in a planning study. Someone at UCI may already have done just that. I hope that is so.
April 2, 200916 yr If a crappy structure goes on that site, it will for me be a microcosm of what's wrong with this town. We need people in charge who realize how inappropriate that kind of structure would be, and how damaging to our long term potential. A new crappy building on a choice lot is much worse than an old deserted one.
April 2, 200916 yr It went before design review in March and goes before the planning commission tomorrow. Im not sure (havent found anything) if there is an actual design or if so far just concept. Although if it went before design review doesnt that mean there is a design? From March 19 Euclid Corridor design review meeting: 2. EC(2009-005)-Key Bank East Construction © Euclid Corridor Design Review Region 105th & Chester Micheal A. DeMarco Vocon Design
April 2, 200916 yr Apartments with the bank on the bottom floor to start building upon Park Lane. The Clinic is putting in a new hotel somewhere along there, too.
April 2, 200916 yr Heres what Vocon has done for Key :cry:. I really really hope they are pressured to do more/better in this spot.
April 2, 200916 yr God. I don't just want a basic building with a plot of green grass surrounding it. I could easily see something like that in Bath.
April 2, 200916 yr I have a feeling everyone on here (myself included) is going to be really, really, really disapointed in this. It's highly unfortunate that this scumbag still actually owns the property and can only get key to lease and do something. I know people tried every way imaginable to pry this property away from this guy, and failed. As long as he still owns it he can do what he wants. And everything around this area save Parkl lane 2-3ish blocks away is 1 or 2 stories with big grass setbacks and parking lots. So I'm guessing that's what this will be. Sometimes this crap happens, not because it's "cleveland", or because powers that be don't have vision... it's because jerks like this guy own property and refuse to do the right thing with it. UCI has shown to be very good with making plans for properties that they have gotten their hands on recently... if they can't get their hands on the propert, well... then sometimes we're going to be forced to eat a sh*t sandwhich. At least this is a sh*t sandwhich with ketchup on it, as opposed to the one we've been chewing on here for the past decade. As a side note, I actually like a lot of the work vocon does on interiors, I think they lack a lot when it comes to urban planning principals.
April 2, 200916 yr As a side note, I actually like a lot of the work vocon does on interiors, I think they lack a lot when it comes to urban planning principals. I was going to say that their strength seems to be interiors.
April 2, 200916 yr God. I don't just want a basic building with a plot of green grass surrounding it. I could easily see something like that in Bath. You don't have to worry about that. It will be surrounded by asphalt. ;) Unfortunately, I have heard that it will be a standard suburban-style bank branch.
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