You did not label them as extremes.

 

Taking a moment to read every word probably would have spared us at least a few wars in the last 5,000 years.....

 

If I had to choose an extreme, I would rather Cleveland look like Prague than Legoland.

 

 

EDIT: BTW, regarding the cost-effectiveness.... I recognize this was no longer going to be a school building. The state's policies make that question moot. But that doesn't mean the building had to be knocked down. There are plenty of other places to build a school.

In terms of this specific building, from what I can see they are renovating the existing building, it is too small so they are adding to it.

 

Are you referring to the School of the Arts?  The old building was completely demolished.  There's zero renovation here-- it's total new build with the possible reuse of a few architectural fragments salvaged from the old old school building.

In terms of this specific building, from what I can see they are renovating the existing building, it is too small so they are adding to it.

 

Are you referring to the School of the Arts?  The old building was completely demolished.  There's zero renovation here-- it's total new build with the possible reuse of a few architectural fragments salvaged from the old old school building.

Gotcha

 

 

 

Edit:

The future Cleveland School of the Arts will be strategically placed in the heart of Cleveland’s cultural center.  The building will share a larger site with John Hay High School, a Neoclassical structure built in 1929, designed by George Hopkinson, a prominent Cleveland architect.  The formal relationship of the two high schools on a larger campus creates a large green space at the heart of the city.  The School of the Arts defines the eastern campus edge and creates a gateway and pedestrian connector to both bus and light rail at the prominent corner of Carnegie and Stearns Road.

http://www.moodynolan.com/#portfolio/project_5fadd9a6-9541-4421-9a24-3bd21485a04c

It's kind of hard to not go to extremes when you are labeling the design presented as Legoland

Case Western Reserve University - Tinkham Veale Student Center, from today:

 

 

 

Circle 118 townhouses next to 60 CSX daily freight trains, 20 daily NS freights, 80 daily RTA Rapid trains, and many HealthLine buses in Cleveland's University Circle. If you love transportation, this place is for you.

 

Listing:

http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=18376709&STID=CB0003&LL=true

 

Glitzy office building proposed near Cleveland Clinic and University Circle

By STAN BULLARD

8:30 am, October 14, 2013

 

A proposal for a $12 million, three-story office building on the southeast corner of East 105th Street and Cedar Avenue may kick-start redevelopment of a triangular area called “The New Economy Neighborhood” near the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Circle.

 

The site, currently a Cleveland Clinic parking lot on Clinic-owned land, is near the northern end of the proposed Opportunity Corridor, a boulevard that would provide improved access to University Circle from East 55th Street, where Interstate 490 abruptly ends.

 

Real estate broker CBRE Group is circulating a brochure for the proposed building, called “Opportunity105.” The brochure includes a logo for Trammell Crow Co., an independent subsidiary of CBRE that serves as a real estate developer and construction coordinator.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20131014/RENEWSLETTER/310149982/1276/newsletter07?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

Circle 118 townhouses next to 60 CSX daily freight trains, 20 daily NS freights, 80 daily RTA Rapid trains, and many HealthLine buses in Cleveland's University Circle. If you love transportation, this place is for you.

 

 

This photo, as well as all the other new development at/near this location in UC/Little Italy proves that TOD development can occur along a rapid transit line adjacent to busy freight railroad lines if zoning and planning are carefully coordinated.  The proof is in the pudding -- MRN is charging some of the steepest residential rents in Cleveland at Uptown just a few blocks from this photograph.

Glitzy office building proposed near Cleveland Clinic and University Circle[/b][/size][/color]

 

If this is "Glitzy" then a word does not exist for a building like MOCA.

 

If this is "Glitzy" then a word does not exist for a building like MOCA.

 

Yep, that's definitely a head-scratcher.

Listing:

http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=18376709&STID=CB0003&LL=true

 

Glitzy office building proposed near Cleveland Clinic and University Circle

By STAN BULLARD

8:30 am, October 14, 2013

 

A proposal for a $12 million, three-story office building on the southeast corner of East 105th Street and Cedar Avenue may kick-start redevelopment of a triangular area called “The New Economy Neighborhood” near the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Circle.

 

The site, currently a Cleveland Clinic parking lot on Clinic-owned land, is near the northern end of the proposed Opportunity Corridor, a boulevard that would provide improved access to University Circle from East 55th Street, where Interstate 490 abruptly ends.

 

Real estate broker CBRE Group is circulating a brochure for the proposed building, called “Opportunity105.” The brochure includes a logo for Trammell Crow Co., an independent subsidiary of CBRE that serves as a real estate developer and construction coordinator.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20131014/RENEWSLETTER/310149982/1276/newsletter07?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

Is this just a placeholder building or the final design?

Is this just a placeholder building or the final design?

 

Placeholder. It's not final until OK'd by Planning Commission. In fact, this project is being floated only as a trial balloon to see what kind of interest the realtors get from potential tenants. The quote from Heather Phillips tells you all you need to know.

What are the largest for profit employers in University Circle? I hear job growth is occurring but I'm just wondering if they are as big of a player in the private sector as we have read. Obviously the bulk of the employment comes from the hospitals, museums, and schools. What are some private companies? I think UC desperately needs office space to realize its full potential.  The major institutions are great, but UC shouldn't rely on them as their only form of job growth.

It's hardly the 'only form of job growth' in UC.  But it will always be the major driver, as it should be

Glitzy office building proposed near Cleveland Clinic and University Circle[/b][/size][/color]

 

If this is "Glitzy" then a word does not exist for a building like MOCA.

 

That wouldn't even be glitzy in Landerhaven.

That building is "glitzy" in the Clinic context: cold, institutional, Beachwood campus-like and would do little to enhance Cedar & 105th … except for eliminating a surface parking lot.  This may be a placeholder, but I’m not holding my breath that the final design will be a whole lot better given its CC neighbors.

Photo looks to me like a minimalist but powerful design - not a "placeholder" at all but a strong statement complimenting the Tudor Arms, etc.

 

Listing:

http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=18376709&STID=CB0003&LL=true

 

 

Reminds me of Olin Hall at the U of Akron

I have  mixed feelings about this.  I would love UC to emerge as a serious business address to inject more people and customers and activity into the area, but if we're just going to get Beachwood's Chagrin office corridor on East 105th, then, meh, the best I can say is good for the city to get the income tax revenue and good for the UC-area housing market, but a wasted opportunity to accommodate demand in a way that adds more to UC.  I have no fantasies about retail frontage or anything super awesome in this location, but there's a lot of room between that and blah suburban drek that's likely to be incrementally built out in a pretty uninspired way. Sort of like the Clinic, I guess.  Oh well, maybe this will take off and just make the pie bigger for all kinds of products to serve.

Not sure what building this is going in, 11607 Euclid Ave.

 

Cleveland is My Paris: Coquette Patisserie to Open Retail Shop in University Circle

 

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/cleveland-is-my-paris-coquette-patisserie-to-open-retail-shop-in-university-circle/Content?oid=3679229

Not sure what building this is going in, 11607 Euclid Ave.

 

Cleveland is My Paris: Coquette Patisserie to Open Retail Shop in University Circle

 

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/cleveland-is-my-paris-coquette-patisserie-to-open-retail-shop-in-university-circle/Content?oid=3679229

 

This one (former Maximum Independent Living).....

 

http://www.rent.com/ohio/cleveland-apartments/euclid-115-apartments-4-63215818

 

 

Yeah that's what I thought but the address seems further down, maybe not.

I can taste the st honores, croquembouches, mocha tortes, mille feuilles etc already.  BRING IT ON.

"Despite weak fundamentals, supply is coming here because there is a

severe dearth of newer office product in the market, particularly in the

CBD where the average age of existing inventory is over 80 years old

(the average age in the metro overall is 55 years). Case in point is the

Intesa building, which is expected to deliver 125,000 SF of Class A

space in the East submarket in late 2014. This building is being

marketed as a cutting-edge project that will cater to both traditional

and biotech tenants. The building will likely attract tenants from around

the metro, causing more outdated space to sit on the market."

 

http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/ResearchLevel1/Cleveland%20Office%20Insight%20-%20Q3%202013.pdf

 

I'm not a building expert, but Intesa with a deliver of late 2014 seems kind of quick.  Am I missing something here or is this just bad info?  :wtf:

^I'm pretty sure it was originally scheduled to open in 2014 but is delayed.

^that's an understatement.

Yeah that's what I thought but the address seems further down, maybe not.

 

The address thing is odd, but there will be a French bakery in the Euclid 115 project, so that is my best guess. There are one or two other projects still in the early stages for the "East End" area, but I don't think they involve a French bakery.

These "projects"... care to elaborate?? :-)

developer breaks ground on 20 new micro-apartments in university circle

 

Thursday, November 14, 2013

 

WXZ Development recently broke ground on 20 new micro-apartments on E. 118th Street in University Circle, adding to the wave of new housing in the area. Developer Jim Wymer says demand remains strong for efficiently designed, higher-end rental units geared towards professionals and students.

 

"We realized the true market that was untapped was an upscale rental product that was suited to the demographics of the Circle," says Wymer, who previously built and sold 12 townhomes at Circle 118. "There are people looking for nice, unique housing that feels like a for-sale product, but they want to rent."

 

The newest units, located on land previously owned by RTA, are actually Phase II of 118 Flats, a project that already brought 10 new units to E. 118th and Euclid.

 

http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/flats118project111413.aspx

^ Awesome, I passed by this site the other day and was wondering when ground would be broken. I feel like University Circle is at the start of a major building boom.

"The units at 118 Flats average about 800 square feet, but they are efficiently designed with high ceilings, little wasted space and plenty of natural light, making them feel less like cramped apartments and more like hip micro-units."

 

Um, OK.  Is this new developer speak?  Is 800 square feet suddenly small for an apartment?

^I was thinking the same thing, 800sqft is a decent size one bedroom apartment.  Micro would be more like 300-400sqft studio.

^I was thinking the same thing, 800sqft is a decent size one bedroom apartment.  Micro would be more like 300-400sqft studio.

 

Exactly.  Our large condo in DC was a whopping 525 sq. ft., and that was considered a pretty good size.  You spoiled Clevelanders!

 

800 feet is a large 1BD no matter where you live.

When I moved into 850sqft I had to buy furniture that I don't actually use to fill up the space, so the place didn't look ridiculous. That's the antithesis of the micro living philosophy.

Someone probably already mentioned this, but there's so many townhome projects moving east, it's easy to miss something. Apparently there's is a sign up and demolition occurring at Euclid and E117th for 19 new townhomes along the brick road. I love this!

"The units at 118 Flats average about 800 square feet, but they are efficiently designed with high ceilings, little wasted space and plenty of natural light, making them feel less like cramped apartments and more like hip micro-units."

 

Um, OK.  Is this new developer speak?  Is 800 square feet suddenly small for an apartment?

For reference, my shotgun HOUSE down here in NOLA is 780sqft.  I think its roomy (but I did have to buy a shed)

 

 

Maybe they are targeting empty nesters in the suburbs and exurbs who are used to McMansions?

Someone probably already mentioned this, but there's so many townhome projects moving east, it's easy to miss something. Apparently there's is a sign up and demolition occurring at Euclid and E117th for 19 new townhomes along the brick road. I love this!

Yeah, I missed that one. Thanks!

Where exactly? I can't picture the parcels

Must be the site of the now-closed Food COOP, just east of the CIA building.  Very interesting and amazing it escaped the UO radar till now!  I kind of wish we were going to see a lot more than 19 units on that site, but this is certainly good news.

I walked by the other day and didn't notice anything. Wouldn't it have been on design review?

 

Could the poster be confused with University Place Townhomes which is 19 units as well but is located on East 118th?

I walked by the other day and didn't notice anything. Wouldn't it have been on design review?

 

Could the poster be confused with University Place Townhomes which is 19 units as well but is located on East 118th?

 

Hey ClevelandOhio,

I live right down the road from here and I know which new project on 118th you are talking about. But, my roommate was just driving home and told me that they are demolishing the Food Coop building right now (I did see a bulldozer here a few days ago) and that there is a sign up for 19-new townhomes, starting in the $200,000-range. I was confused by this as well, so I asked him to specify the location. He described it as to the right of J and L market and the car lot. He seemed absolutely confident and I believe him, I will try to get some pictures on my way home to post!

There is demolition occurring.

 

 

 

Unfortunatly your friend probably got confused with this sign right next to the demolition.

 

 

Im scared that CIA is going to put a parking lot there to replace the one on the western side of their building where the expansion is underway.

Thanks for the photos DM4- and I'm sure you're right.  Bummer.  I totally let my optimism blind me.  I'm pretty sure UCI owns this land I'm betting it is indeed ticketed to become surface parking for CIA.  The old master plans for Uptown (as presented by Cleveland.com) show as much:

 

http://media.cleveland.com/ent_impact_arts/photo/09egmocajpg-05d85bb2f3e93fd6.jpg

Thanks for the photos DM4- and I'm sure you're right.  Bummer.  I totally let my optimism blind me.  I'm pretty sure UCI owns this land I'm betting it is indeed ticketed to become surface parking for CIA.  The old master plans for Uptown (as presented by Cleveland.com) show as much:

 

http://media.cleveland.com/ent_impact_arts/photo/09egmocajpg-05d85bb2f3e93fd6.jpg

 

I checked and UCI does own this land, which I see as a positive. They have stated in the past they don't want any visible parking lots, especially on Euclid Avenue. Seeing that they own it makes me believe they are clearing the land to make it more presentable to possible developers. This whole stretch from East 117th to the rail road tracks is prime real estate. I cant imagine it remaining the way it is for another 5 years.

^I use to think that about Lot 45 (Intesta).  Anybody know who owns the used car lot?

^I use to think that about Lot 45 (Intesta).  Anybody know who owns the used car lot?

 

Very true. With that said, there has been a lot of other development that has completely changed the area, making it more attractive. If Lot 45 remains the same for another 5 years, then we have a problem.

 

The majority of the land (used car lot and market) is owned by "LONDRICO JR, JOSEPH & ANTHONY"

The eastern portion of the lot, just east of where East 118th would be, is also owned by UCI.

^I use to think that about Lot 45 (Intesta).  Anybody know who owns the used car lot?

 

Very true. With that said, there has been a lot of other development that has completely changed the area, making it more attractive. If Lot 45 remains the same for another 5 years, then we have a problem.

 

The majority of the land (used car lot and market) is owned by "LONDRICO JR, JOSEPH & ANTHONY"

The eastern portion of the lot, just east of where East 118th would be, is also owned by UCI.

 

Ahh, thanks DM4  :| Well, at least he was HALF right. Disappointing, though.. no doubt.  :cry:

Sorry for the empty excitement everyone!

Thanks for the photos DM4- and I'm sure you're right.  Bummer.  I totally let my optimism blind me.  I'm pretty sure UCI owns this land I'm betting it is indeed ticketed to become surface parking for CIA.  The old master plans for Uptown (as presented by Cleveland.com) show as much:

 

http://media.cleveland.com/ent_impact_arts/photo/09egmocajpg-05d85bb2f3e93fd6.jpg

 

That parking lot isn't the land in question, it's an existing parking lot.  The Co-op site is just off the edge of that site plan.