March 29, 20169 yr ^The new Juvenile Justice Center opened 4.5 years ago. Was the old one vacant before then?
March 29, 20169 yr Driving east on Prospect yesterday morning, I did a drive-by shooting of the construction work on the Salvation Army family services center on East 14th in Cleveland.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 29, 20169 yr whilst ur fotos are much more serene , we took a walk around this recently of the same construction site
March 30, 20169 yr Seeing the progress in this area makes me think the Wolstein Center will be taken down sooner than later. It's a dead weight financially for the university and is a terrible use of increasingly valuable property
April 8, 20169 yr I doubt the Juvenile Justice highrise on Quincy has been open longer than five years.
April 8, 20169 yr ^ 2011 I believe . That's correct. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 8, 20169 yr Seeing the progress in this area makes me think the Wolstein Center will be taken down sooner than later. It's a dead weight financially for the university and is a terrible use of increasingly valuable property There's still enough property in much poorer shape close by so I doubt it. It could certainly be promoted better though.
April 8, 20169 yr quicken loans arena has taken over marketing for the wolstein center.... so I believe that should help....
April 16, 20169 yr Seeing the progress in this area makes me think the Wolstein Center will be taken down sooner than later. It's a dead weight financially for the university and is a terrible use of increasingly valuable property ...with the Salvation Army and its new family services building going up in the background? You think that is a good use of increasingly valuable property? A bit contradictory with your downbeat take on the Wolstein Center. If anything, the Wolstein Center should be used more to attract crowds to that corner of downtown.
April 16, 20169 yr quicken loans arena has taken over marketing for the wolstein center.... so I believe that should help.... That's good news.
May 19, 20169 yr Tower crane being set up today at Clayco's Edge project. I saw it for the first time going northbound on the interstates yesterday. Looks good! Can't wait til the RNC is done to see more!!!
May 23, 20169 yr It looks like things are heating up for another potential development... You may remember this article? http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/superior_avenue_portfolio_sees.html This one is on the north side of Superior Avenue, east of the former Plain Dealer building and involves multiple properties possibly as far east as the Inner Belt. It is across the street from the many large, old, brick warehouse buildings that line the south side of Superior and provide an impressive street presence. But they are not matched on the north side of Superior where the only building of similar scale is the ex-PD offices built in the 1990s. I noticed it when a public right of way was proposed to be vacated last week.... City Planning Commission Agenda for January 15, 2016 Resolution No. 1512-15(Ward 7/Councilmember Dow): Declaring the intent to vacate a portion of the first un-named alley north of Superior Avenue N.E., and east of East 21st Street. It's a nothing alleyway -- but it divides properties within the block for a potentially large development. And vacating it signals that there is progress happening. How big is the potential development site? Well... Let's start with the property on the northeast corner of Superior and East 21st, between the alley to be vacated and Superior. It was bought in December 2014, after mjarboe[/member]'s article by a company bearing the address of the parcel: 2101 SUPERIOR AVENUE, LLC. The company's attorney is a man named Cary Zabell. Mr. Zabell is/was the statutory agent for 200+ companies. The company name that appears most frequently is WXZ Development which has many projects throughout the metro area, perhaps the most well known of which are in University Circle and include Hazel 8, Circle 118, and 118 Flats. But Zabell is affiliated with another client and he's right across the street... They don't appear to be the only players here. Consider the properties listing to 1423 E21ST, LLC. That lists to a company called MAVSTAR. The address of that company lists to a condo in The Cloak Factory where Jon Mavrakis lives. He's the developer of the Pinnacle tower condos in the Warehouse District and his company, Citiroc, is the leasing agent for The Creswell at 1220 Huron in Playhouse Square. http://www.citiroc.com/ Perhaps the biggest property owner in the block is a 70-year-old company called C & J Realty Corp. That firm lists to a 65+ year old lady named Rose Kubicek of Mayfield Village. I find nothing else listing to her so the revenue from these properties appear to be her bread and butter. Sounds like a candidate for a buyout/retirement package! Some of the recent property acquisition in this block or immediately adjacent blocks in the past year or two were made by: CLEVELAND CHINATOWN DEVELOPMENT LLC lists to Shao Jia Huang HARPER ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, LLC - lists to a industrialist named David Harper 2125 SUPERIOR HOLDINGS, LLC lists to two tax attorneys... KEVIN M. CZERWONKA & DANIEL I. BERGRIN 2125 SUPERIOR, LLC lists to two guys Jason Laver & Ryan Sommers 2435 SUPERIOR AVENUE, LLC lists to Bruce Madorsky, owner of the Art Craft Building across the street, who's getting a big influx of financing from Global X Tax per mjarboe[/member]'s article. 2530 SUPERIOR LLC lists to KEVIN M. CZERWONKA - taxes mailed to this company for property at 2335 Superior Ave. 2530 SUPERIOR INVESTMENT LLC lists to KEVIN M. CZERWONKA 2331 SUPERIOR AVENUE, LLC lists to Bruce Madorsky. 1400 EAST 30TH STREET, LLC lists to Bruce Madorsky (this is the building that has Tastebuds Restaurant on the ground floor). SUPERIOR MANAGER LLC lists to KEVIN M. CZERWONKA. Superior Manager has recently acquired MANY properties along the north side of Superior and even quite a few north of those that have addresses on Superior. That name Kevin Czerwonka keeps showing up. Who is he? He's Chief Legal Officer of Global X Tax. The other name that shows up with him a few times is Daniel Bergrin. He's Director & Tax Counsel of Global X Tax. So given the confluence of names -- Bruce Madorsky, his attorney Cary Zabell, and the firm Global X Tax -- it appears these folks are involved in a potential, brewing development on the north side of Superior Avenue east of the former Plain Dealer building east to the Inner Belt (and even beyond). With the alley being vacated last week, it signals that there is movement on the north side of Superior for.... something. What? Only the participants know right now. Another public street being vacated -- Perry Court, which is the alley along and just north of Superior west of the Inner Belt.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2016/05202016/index.php MANDATORY REFERRALS Resolution No. 546-16(Ward 7/Councilmember Dow): Declaring the intent to vacate a portion of the first un-named alley north of Superior Avenue N.E., west of East 25th Street, now known as Perry Court. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 25, 20169 yr I've been watching the construction cam on The Edge project. Can anyone explain to me this construction method. They started out with structural steel on floor one then a concrete floor for the second floor. Now it appears as though they are erecting pre-fab pieces and parts. I have never seen this in a high rise building. They will have 10 floors of pre-fab walls. Is this at all common? Thanks to anyone who can explain.
June 3, 20169 yr Here's a ground level update of the project. Interesting construction method. (Sorry for the bad quality pic) Also, right across the street, the Comfort Inn is getting a new paint job.
June 3, 20169 yr Here's a ground level update of the project. Interesting construction method. (Sorry for the bad quality pic) Also, right across the street, the Comfort Inn is getting a new paint job. Just what Cleveland needs at the Comfort Inn, more Cleveland ''brown-beige''.
June 3, 20169 yr ^^ PHS, the brown-beige is what is being painted over. The gray color scheme is the new one. I think it looks much better.
June 3, 20169 yr I think your monitor might be playing tricks on you, this is definitely gray. I'd say the old, rather garish, color was much more in the brown-beige area. Comfort Inns are going through a bit of a re-branding and upgrading (not hard to do!) and the interior palette is very neutral. My hovercraft is full of eels
June 3, 20169 yr ^^ PHS, the brown-beige is what is being painted over. The gray color scheme is the new one. I think it looks much better. Got it, thanks. Then its more Cleveland gray then. Oh well, at least the building is being cleaned-up. Hopefully some $$ is going into the inside as well.
June 6, 20169 yr View of crane from the Innerbelt and construction update from today. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
June 7, 20169 yr Hey, with this whole "construction moratorium" downtown for the RNC, at we'll still have one crane in the sky!
June 21, 20168 yr Walked past this am and took a couple quick pictures. I don't know much about construction techniques but I swear it looks like they're using used parts to build this
June 21, 20168 yr It's pretty efficient. There is a lot less waste involved and quality is often higher when components are prefabricated.
June 24, 20168 yr More steel....... Campus District, Inc @CDICleveland 8m8 minutes ago Cleveland, OH New Campus International School rising before our eyes! Yay! @PresBerkman @CLE_State @EricGordon_CEO @cis_explorers "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 24, 20168 yr Where exactly on campus is this Campus International School and what is it's purpose?
June 24, 20168 yr Where exactly on campus is this Campus International School and what is it's purpose? The interwebz iz ur frend. https://www.csuohio.edu/cehs/campusinternational/campus-international-school
June 24, 20168 yr Where exactly on campus is this Campus International School and what is it's purpose? Between 21st/22nd and Payne. Right next to Norton Furniture on an expansive parking lot no less. They converted two outdated Cleveland State buildings into temporary classes. K thru 4 in one building and 5-8 in another. It's the most successful K-8 in the Cleveland school system. They have a lottery to see who gets in. They needed a new school which will leave plenty of room for future student expansion. http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2016/02/design_for_campus_internationa.html
June 25, 20168 yr Is it part of the CMSD, and therefore free to attend? Or I should say no private tuition?
June 25, 20168 yr Is it part of the CMSD, and therefore free to attend? Or I should say no private tuition? It is part of the CMSD and free to attend. My six year old goes to Campus International. It's a great school.
June 29, 20168 yr Something tells me this area along Superior inside the Inner Belt is going to be the next hot residential downtown neighborhood.... _______ A roughly 64-unit apartment redevelopment of two vacant buildings at 2125 Superior Ave., just east of downtown Cleveland. Local investors plan to turn the complex into market-rate housing aimed at graduate students, faculty and other renters who want to live close to Cleveland State University, on a corridor that's seeing a flurry of redevelopment activity. Construction might start in the fall, and the apartments could open a year later. The state awarded $826,667 in tax credits to the $13.6 million project. The century-old buildings were part of Cleveland's once-bustling clothing-manufacturing and textile industry. More: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/06/joseph_feiss_factory_revamp_7.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 29, 20168 yr Superior in the 20's and Euclid in the 30's are the next closest areas to Downtown with lots of Historic Preservation Tax Credit eligible structures that could make good apt conversions. The Mueller building on East 31st is just a stone's throw beyond, too.
July 24, 20168 yr From last night. Playhouse Square/CSU wasn't too active, but the rest of downtown was.... CSU-Edge21-072316-1 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 24, 20168 yr Even though I am not in love with this building (especially the Prospect end) I am glad to see that plaza in front of the old building gone. Now if PlayHouse Square would just kick start that development on the parking lot next to the Hanna. I think I hate this lot as much as the Jacobs' lot on PS and Lot 45 in University Circle.
July 24, 20168 yr Even though I am not in love with this building (especially the Prospect end) I am glad to see that plaza in front of the old building gone. Now if PlayHouse Square would just kick start that development on the parking lot next to the Hanna. I think I hate this lot as much as the Jacobs' lot on PS and Lot 45 in University Circle. I hate no lot more than the Jacobs' lot on Public Square. But seeing Edge 21 climbing past the seventh floor toward 11, I realized last night how great it would be for the street wall and sidewalk life if that lot at Euclid/17th was developed vertically. Edge 21 and the Hanna building to the west (and hopefully the PS high-rise) make that two story building on the SE corner of Euclid/17th seem even more puny. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 17, 20168 yr Bit of a glare from the glass, but progressing along nicely. I does have a great presence, especially compared to what was there, and it much larger than I expected from the renderings.
August 18, 20168 yr Does it still have 2 floors to go? Yes "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 19, 20168 yr Looks like there's a strike going on at this site. Giant inflatable rat, and picketers with signs for IBEW 38 (electrician's union) standing out front.
August 19, 20168 yr Don't think it's a strike, I think it's a union protest against non-local (and maybe non-Union) workers on the job site. My hovercraft is full of eels
August 19, 20168 yr Looks like there's a strike going on at this site. Giant inflatable rat, and picketers with signs for IBEW 38 (electrician's union) standing out front. I love that rat.
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