April 9, 20214 yr I did some googling and found this in a blog: The Health Museum tore down the Treadway Mansion at 8911 Euclid Avenue for its new building, which opened in 2003. The new museum didn't attract enough visitors to cover the construction debt, and it folded a few years later. The new structure is now part of the Cleveland Clinic and the Health Museum collections were absorbed into the Natural History Museum. This was the Treadway Mansion:
May 18, 20214 yr TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 New pathogen center heralds start of Innovation District Earlier this year, state and local officials announced the launch of the Cleveland Innovation District and the availability of $565 million in public funds to get it rolling. Not wasting any time, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to firms to design and build a research campus led by a new Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health. The RFP provides a little more clarity on what CCF has in mind for the research campus and pathogens center. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/05/new-pathogen-center-heralds-start-of.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 19, 20214 yr Perfect opportunity for TOD and putting it on Euclid. But instead it will go by the 490 extension known as Opportunity Corridor
May 19, 20214 yr I kinda thought they'd want it at E. 105 and Carnegie, but I guess Cedar makes sense too. It's gonna be a pretty substantial (tall) building, because I don't really think there's anywhere you could get more than a 40,000 sq. ft. floorplate. The most logical place on Cedar would probably be just east of IBM, which would require somewhat smaller floorplates. The other option is multiple connected buildings.
May 19, 20214 yr 58 minutes ago, LlamaLawyer said: The other option is multiple connected buildings. Which it may well be. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 18, 20213 yr FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 Cleveland Clinic advances its 'Big 3' projects Cleveland's largest employer is about to get even larger. While Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) is officially mum on expansion details, NEOtrans is hearing rumors from sources that one or more of their "Big 3" projects may be bigger than originally anticipated. The Clinic's Big 3 are the new Neurological Institute, expansion of the Cole Eye Institute and the new Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health. Combined they will add 1 million or more square feet of new medical, research and office facilities to University Circle, Ohio's fourth-largest employment district. And that's just the medical stuff CCF is pursuing. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/06/cleveland-clinic-advances-its-big-3.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 16, 20213 yr State board OKs $100 million loan for Cleveland Clinic pathogen center Michelle Jarboe - Crain's Cleveland Business - Aug. 16, 2021 "On Monday, Aug. 16, the Ohio Controlling Board signed off on funding for the estimated $445 million project. The building will serve as an anchor for the nascent Cleveland Innovation District, a public-private push to create 20,000 jobs and spur billions of dollars of investment. ... A project summary submitted to the controlling board shows that the loan will carry a 25-year term and an interest rate of 1.12%. The state will forgive the debt entirely if the Clinic lives up to its commitments to create 1,000 full-time non-clinical jobs by 2029; maintain more than 17,000 non-clinical jobs; and bring an additional 7,500 jobs to Ohio by 2034 in connection with the innovation district. The outside positions could be jobs at startup businesses or established companies that move to the area to be close to the Clinic and other institutions."
August 21, 20213 yr I wonder if the 100,000 sq. foot expansion of Cole will see to the end of that surface lot or just a reconfiguration?
August 21, 20213 yr 17 minutes ago, Htsguy said: I wonder if the 100,000 sq. foot expansion of Cole will see to the end of that surface lot or just a reconfiguration? My understanding was that the parking lot was to be built on. But I don't know what was going to happen to those parking spaces. I assume they are going to be put under the building somehow. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 25, 20213 yr On 8/17/2021 at 5:59 PM, urb-a-saurus said: ^ Woo-hoo!!! Or should we say Wu-han? 😉 as long as there are no wet markets nearby for underpaid employees to earn some side coin it’s all good.
October 11, 20213 yr The Cleveland Clinic BioRepository is now open as of Thurs Oct 7. On Cedar between 101 and 105. From press release: "The 22,000-square-foot ultra-cold and cryogenic repository will store biological samples that will be used in research projects at Cleveland Clinic, partner institutions and the life science research community. The facility is managed by Azenta Life Sciences, Brooks’ recently re-branded life sciences division, a provider of sample exploration and management solutions with secure sample and material storage facilities across the United States and around the world." Photo: Cleveland Clinic press release https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2021/10/07/cleveland-clinic-and-brooks-automation-open-state-of-the-art-biorepository-in-fairfax-neighborhood/
October 15, 20213 yr When NEOtrans catches a whale, it's time to drop a.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 15, 20213 yr Cleveland Clinic to massively expand its facilities By Ken Prendergast / October 15, 2021 In a stunning surprise, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is reportedly pursuing a major expansion of its previously announced proposal to build a new Neurological Institute. The new building was proposed to measure 400,000 square feet. Now, a source very close to the Clinic says the building will exceed 900,000 square feet and bring more than 1,000 new jobs to the global health care system’s main campus near University Circle. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/10/15/cleveland-clinic-to-massively-expand-its-facilities/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 15, 20213 yr Great reporting Ken and great news about the added jobs and consolidation on main campus. That surgery center building will not be missed.
October 15, 20213 yr Yes indeed. Thanks for the great reporting Ken. Contemplating the development it occurred to me that if the second phase of the Circle Square was ever in doubt this kind of growth should ensure it gets built. University Circle is turning into one amazing location. If this keeps up l may have to put my money where my mouth is, sell my Rocky River place and move into one of those shiny new apartments lol.
October 16, 20213 yr @KJPwith yet another big scoop! Pretty amazing to think that even with the whale that is the SW World HQ starting to go up early in 22, that the University Circle district will have more new construction than downtown considering the Neurological Institute, Pathogen Center, Cole Center and Circle Square projects. Cleveland Clinic and SW’s ongoing growth and investment in this region are incredible assets. I can’t imagine how much they will contribute to the city in terms of jobs, resources and related development. It’s not just the pure numbers of high skill professional opportunities being created ” - but the prestige and strategic value these projects are bringing to Cleveland - that’s of almost incalculable value to the city. Sometimes we can get caught in the sheer architectural designs of things here - I get that - but stepping back and seeing the big picture - I think it’s been a pretty amazing year for this sometimes underestimated all American city. Kudos to the Cleveland Clinic - a world-class institution that is only growing. Edited October 16, 20213 yr by CleveFan
October 16, 20213 yr 11 hours ago, CleveFan said: @KJPwith yet another big scoop! Pretty amazing to think that even with the whale that is the SW World HQ starting to go up early in 22, that the University Circle district will have more new construction than downtown considering the Neurological Institute, Pathogen Center, Cole Center and Circle Square projects. Cleveland Clinic and SW’s ongoing growth and investment in this region are incredible assets. I can’t imagine how much they will contribute to the city in terms of jobs, resources and related development. It’s not just the pure numbers of high skill professional opportunities being created ” - but the prestige and strategic value these projects are bringing to Cleveland - that’s of almost incalculable value to the city. Sometimes we can get caught in the sheer architectural designs of things here - I get that - but stepping back and seeing the big picture - I think it’s been a pretty amazing year for this sometimes underestimated all American city. Kudos to the Cleveland Clinic - a world-class institution that is only growing. University Circle will become a true uptown in its own right in the next decade.
October 17, 20213 yr Exciting news, particularly with the sheer # of jobs added and the decision to make the Neurological Institute an inpatient facility, thus necessitating the addition of nearly 1M s.f. to the CCF main campus (if I read KJP's article correctly, originally the Neuro Institute was going to be outpatient only). It appears that the center of gravity on the Clinic's main campus is drifting south and southeast now that the Neurological Institute is moving from Euclid Ave. to Carneige. With the Pathogens Center likely to land on Cedar or Carneige and the Innovation District popping up at the Opportunity Corridor's front door, the Clinic is decidedly tilting towards Fairfax (although the medical school gives them a firm anchor on the edge of Hough as well). The Cole Eye Institute expansion will provide some nice infill on Euclid and it will be interesting to see what the Clinic does with the spot on Euclid that was originally going to house the Neuro Institute. As others have said, this can only turbocharge the residential development going up in UC. Circle Square and Innovation Square were announced before the Neurological Institute more than doubled in size. Who knows what will/can be next. UC's residential options have been growing organically for over a decade now, and that was during the CCF's main campus development pause following the opening of Miller and Glickman in the mid to late aughts. Now that cranes are once again going up in Cleveland as opposed to Vegas/London/Abu Dhabi, it will be fascinating to see what this neighborhood looks like ten years from now. Edited October 17, 20213 yr by Down_with_Ctown
October 17, 20213 yr Just to play devil's advocate and be a minor contrarian, it doesn't seem like there are noticeable ancillary neighborhood benefits to the Clinic's decades of projects. Even ignoring criticizing their legal tax avoidances, we don't really see an organic rise of retail, businesses, or housing nearby, with a few luxury rental exceptions. I'm not saying the Clinic has any ethical obligation to fund local start ups or subsidize working or middle class residentials. It's just that I never get that excited with these particular announcements. 50 years of expansions and Fairfax, Hough and Central are still pretty disinvested and rough no matter how many photos of local leaders and little kids posing with shovels. Just being a little scrooge here. Obviously these projects benefit the region with construction jobs, modernized buildings, and an expanding workforce. I just wish it had more visible local impact.
October 17, 20213 yr Historically, I think your comment is spot on- but I think we're starting to see that spinoff investment in the last few years. It will probably continue to be mostly high end, as most new construction is.
October 17, 20213 yr And don't forget that the Fairmont development with the Meijer grocery store is a joint development project with Cleveland Clinic, to be built partially on Clinic-owned land. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 18, 20213 yr 9 hours ago, TBideon said: Just to play devil's advocate and be a minor contrarian, it doesn't seem like there are noticeable ancillary neighborhood benefits to the Clinic's decades of projects. Even ignoring criticizing their legal tax avoidances, we don't really see an organic rise of retail, businesses, or housing nearby, with a few luxury rental exceptions. I'm not saying the Clinic has any ethical obligation to fund local start ups or subsidize working or middle class residentials. It's just that I never get that excited with these particular announcements. 50 years of expansions and Fairfax, Hough and Central are still pretty disinvested and rough no matter how many photos of local leaders and little kids posing with shovels. Just being a little scrooge here. Obviously these projects benefit the region with construction jobs, modernized buildings, and an expanding workforce. I just wish it had more visible local impact. Healthline, Uptown, the townhomes on Chester, tons of Little Italy development, general housing in Cleveland Heights and Shaker. I can’t believe that University Circle as we know it would exist without the Clinic’s decades of growth. I know you’re playing devil’s advocate, but I think the Clinic’s impact on the surrounding areas is undeniable. Fairfax, Glenville, and Hough are basically the only surrounding areas that haven’t been obviously benefited. Of course benefits are not distributed equitably, and that’s the Clinic’s fault for not trying to address the inequalities. But the Clinic didn’t create the inequalities. It’s totally possible that Glenville, Fairfax, and Hough would look a lot more rough without the Clinic.
October 18, 20213 yr ^I think you are exact right in that we do see the benefits, we just don't see them in the immediately adjacent neighborhoods. The pessimistic take in my brain is that the Clinic area has pretty much sealed its fate for at least the medium term of being overwhelmingly car-oriented, despite the new residential development. The pedestrian and bike landscape is awful. The roadways are almost all high speed stroads designed above all to get suburbanites in and out quickly. The share of residents in these new projects taking non-car trips is going to be absurdly small, I reckon. Euclid is the only corridor with a decent-ish pedestrian landscape due to the BRT-related tree planting and reduction in travel lanes, but even that is pretty weak. The proposed redesign of Stokes by Circle Square is a step in the right direction, but far too little.
October 18, 20213 yr Which is why I was hoping the Neuro building was going to go on East 105th near Cedar. Hopefully the Pathogens center will go there, but the Clinic still isn't saying anything yet about it. They just e-mailed me this morning. I'll update the article with their comments shortly. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 18, 20213 yr 4 hours ago, StapHanger said: ^I think you are exact right in that we do see the benefits, we just don't see them in the immediately adjacent neighborhoods. The pessimistic take in my brain is that the Clinic area has pretty much sealed its fate for at least the medium term of being overwhelmingly car-oriented, despite the new residential development. The pedestrian and bike landscape is awful. The roadways are almost all high speed stroads designed above all to get suburbanites in and out quickly. The share of residents in these new projects taking non-car trips is going to be absurdly small, I reckon. Euclid is the only corridor with a decent-ish pedestrian landscape due to the BRT-related tree planting and reduction in travel lanes, but even that is pretty weak. The proposed redesign of Stokes by Circle Square is a step in the right direction, but far too little. Hopefully the long-term vision is that the opportunity corridor becomes the main auto artery feeding the Clinic so that other roads nearby have the opportunity to become more pedestrian and transit centric. Emphasis on hopefully, because I'm not so sure this will happen.
November 12, 20213 yr Aw crap.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 12, 20213 yr Depends on your point of view, but I suspect many will consider it to be bad. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 12, 20213 yr 33 minutes ago, KJP said: Depends on your point of view, but I suspect many will consider it to be bad. Edited November 12, 20213 yr by LlamaLawyer
November 12, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, KJP said: Depends on your point of view, but I suspect many will consider it to be bad. ...And I have to ask - Do you consider it mostly good or bad?
November 12, 20213 yr That means the clinic is either tearing something down or moving jobs to Beachwood!
November 12, 20213 yr 7 minutes ago, YO to the CLE said: That means the clinic is either tearing something down or moving jobs to Beachwood! ive heard rumors for a month now that would make Philip Johnson roll over in his grave
November 12, 20213 yr 13 minutes ago, YO to the CLE said: That means the clinic is either tearing something down or moving jobs to Beachwood! Mentor. They are beginning to clear land where they have had signs for awhile at SR 615 and I-90.
November 12, 20213 yr 20 minutes ago, E Rocc said: Mentor. They are beginning to clear land where they have had signs for awhile at SR 615 and I-90. But isn’t the whole innovation district contingent on them adding and keeping jobs in UC (the district)?
November 12, 20213 yr Just now, cle_guy90 said: But isn’t the whole innovation district contingent on them adding and keeping jobs in UC (the district)? Supposed to be. I'm just posting that they are active over there now, while those signs for a new hospital have been up for awhile.
November 12, 20213 yr 44 minutes ago, MrR said: ive heard rumors for a month now that would make Philip Johnson roll over in his grave Bingo "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 12, 20213 yr Well, to be fair the Clinic buying the property was always much more about the land than the building. The theater complex could only be used for meetings larger than department but smaller than Clinic wide as those take place in the hotel conference center. Even that huge space can be divided when necessary. l attended many meetings in the conference center before l retired. Once the Playhouse moved downtown there was really no organization available who could make use of the building. After the Clinic bought it the only talk l ever heard (and it wasn't much) was that no one could figure out what to do with it. If it is going to be torn down l'm not surprised at all. That land is way more valuable as a clean slate.
November 12, 20213 yr Cleveland Clinic to demolish ex-Cleveland Play House By Ken Prendergast / November 12, 2021 Redesigned by a world-famous architect in his hometown. Site of the first stage performances by the Clevelander who made The Wicked Witch of the West famous. Shaker Heights native Paul Newman and many other notable actors also got their starts at the place once called the 86th Street Theater. According to two sources, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation will seek to demolish all structures that were once part of the Cleveland Play House (CPH), 8500 Euclid Ave. That includes the adjacent former Sears department store along Carnegie Avenue. Demolition could occur this winter. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/11/12/cleveland-clinic-to-demolish-ex-cleveland-play-house/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 12, 20213 yr I sorta hoped they'd have some plan for the site since if something ended up being here it would represent the westernmost point of the Main Campus. But I won't shed any tears over this. While it's sorta historic it's also sorta ugly. Sounds like the Clinic gave the facilities the old college try, and I can't blame them for failing to find a way to integrate a turn of the century theater complex into a 21st century hospital.
November 12, 20213 yr 34 minutes ago, cadmen said: Well, to be fair the Clinic buying the property was always much more about the land than the building. The theater complex could only be used for meetings larger than department but smaller than Clinic wide as those take place in the hotel conference center. Even that huge space can be divided when necessary. l attended many meetings in the conference center before l retired. Once the Playhouse moved downtown there was really no organization available who could make use of the building. After the Clinic bought it the only talk l ever heard (and it wasn't much) was that no one could figure out what to do with it. If it is going to be torn down l'm not surprised at all. That land is way more valuable as a clean slate. Sort of a much delayed inner city equivalent of the Front Row Theater, also closed when things moved downtown but torn down much more expeditiously.
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