July 9, 20213 yr Office, penthouse concepts for historic Agora Theatre complex revealed Mary Vanac - Cleveland Business Journal - July 8, 2021 'New owners of four buildings in the historic Agora Theatre complex in Cleveland's Midtown neighborhood on Thursday unveiled conceptual plans to convert a former recording studio to two stories of office space and a penthouse. ... The first phase of the office building project aims to convert the former recording studio building at 5000 Euclid Ave., which is vacant, into office space and a penthouse, Sweigart said. ... The developers also are creating a rooftop deck on the northern portion of the building, 'which will include a new penthouse and a patio for about 49 people,' he said."
August 19, 20213 yr “CloudKitchens, the international network of ghost kitchens operated by Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, has been quietly building out a Cleveland facility in MidTown. Located in the former Audio Craft building at 3915 Carnegie Ave., the 16,000-square-foot operation is expected to go live in late September or early October, according to company representative Megan Gilroy.” https://m.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/08/18/global-ghost-kitchen-provider-cloudkitchens-to-open-cleveland-facility-this-fall
August 19, 20213 yr Good news. That part of Carnegie is looking pretty rough these days. Hopefully the beginning of more investment.
August 19, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, inlovewithCLE said: “CloudKitchens, the international network of ghost kitchens operated by Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, has been quietly building out a Cleveland facility in MidTown. Located in the former Audio Craft building at 3915 Carnegie Ave., the 16,000-square-foot operation is expected to go live in late September or early October, according to company representative Megan Gilroy.” https://m.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/08/18/global-ghost-kitchen-provider-cloudkitchens-to-open-cleveland-facility-this-fall Crap! THAT'S what those permits were for!! I coulda had that story.......... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 24, 20213 yr Bursting with color: MidTown to bring in 19 murals, live entertainment during Cleveland Walls! event Karin Connelly Rice - TheLand - Aug. 24, 2021 "For two years now, officials at MidTown Cleveland, LAND Studio, and Pow! Wow! Worldwide have been working on a mural and arts program to bring a slew of murals and a week of arts programming to the neighborhood. The coronavirus pandemic delayed the event last year, but now the week-long event is happening. Next week, from Monday, Aug. 23 through Saturday, Aug. 28 CLEVELAND WALLS! International Mural Program will finally get underway. The event will bring 23 world-class artists—11 of them local artists—to the MidTown neighborhood to create 19 dynamic public murals. ... At CLEVELAND WALLS! headquarters, 7113 Euclid Ave., visitors can get event information, see painting demonstrations, participate in hands-on activities, meet local vendors, and participate in a diverse array of film, musical, and educational programming." Midtown Cleveland - Cleveland Walls Cleveland Walls murals location map:
August 27, 20213 yr From today's bike: They're also not skimping on security camera coverage of the site haha
August 28, 20213 yr On 8/26/2021 at 11:23 PM, GISguy said: From today's bike: They're also not skimping on security camera coverage of the site haha Terdolph Tower is starting to take shape.
August 29, 20213 yr On 8/26/2021 at 11:23 PM, GISguy said: From today's bike: They're also not skimping on security camera coverage of the site haha What project is this?
August 29, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Htsguy said: Cleveland Foundation "Well, yes, I know it's a Cleveland foundation," I said. "But what project is this?" "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 29, 20213 yr And Terdolph Park lives on… https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/08/dunham-tavern-museum-plans-a-bright-inclusive-future-for-new-central-park-in-clevelands-midtown-neighborhood.html
August 29, 20213 yr It looks nice! Came here to post the same. There are a bunch of pictures in the CLE dot com article and it is not paywalled. Included a few below. This update is yet another reminder of how stupid that lawsuit from the former board members was. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
August 29, 20213 yr Quote Lillian Kuri, the foundation’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, said in a recent interview that Baltimore-based Wexford Science and Technology, the developer of the innovation district, is nearing completion of plans for its first project, a 150,000- to 200,000-square-foot office building on the west side of East 66th Street. What now? Had we heard about this before now?
August 29, 20213 yr 27 minutes ago, X said: What now? Had we heard about this before now? If I recall correctly, early conceptual plans showed a major building here with more development reaching north, but it was all pie in the sky at the time. I think the plan was this corner, quite naturally, being a phase 2 of the development but again, there was nothing concrete at the time of announcement. I believe along with you that Kuri's "announcement" (if we can consider it something as formal as that given it is just a quote in an article about another project and site) is the first the public is hearing about this and it seems to have moved along. Fingers crossed. Very pleasantly surprised by the quote and I like the large size of the building (at least the 200,000 square foot suggestion). I wish the Cleveland Foundation Building was as large. We need more details. This seems to be a job for @KJP 😘
August 29, 20213 yr I'd also been hearing about Wexford having something big cooking in the area. But it wasn't clear how imminent it was. I'll see if I can find out. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 30, 20213 yr On 10/25/2020 at 11:53 AM, tykaps said: Not quite the same but some great pics and info as well: https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/about/headquarters/ Some info from the paywalled article: Initial plans for the innovation district next to the foundation HQ call for $400 million of investment for 2 million square feet in seven buildings. First building is scheduled to finish 2022, same year as the HQ. They're planning to revamp the Dunham Tavern and its land. It mentions the Allen Estates in Hough which is apparently breaking ground today on 6 houses. It may eventually expand to be 144 units (mix between houses/townhouses/apartments). And the article also just talks a lot about architecture and inspirations for the design. As tykaps noted above back in late 2020 there was a Cleveland.com article about the planning for the NEW 16 ACRE INNOVATION DISTRICT to be placed next to the New Cleveland Foundation HQ at East 66 & Euclid: The foundation sees its relocation as a way to leverage more than $400 million worth of related investments by nonprofits, businesses and academic institutions on 16 acres between Euclid and Chester avenues at the southern edge of Hough, a neighborhood still stigmatized by a 1966 uprising that left four dead and 30 injured. To make its vision a reality, the foundation and the nonprofit MidTown Cleveland Inc. quietly acquired roughly 10 acres over the past few years on two blocks west of the new headquarters site, which the two organizations hope to turn into a $400 million science and technology innovation district over the next decade. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/10/new-cleveland-foundation-hq-designed-to-uplift-midtown-hough-city-neighborhoods.html https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2020/10/developer-chosen-to-design-innovation-district-in-clevelands-midtown-neighborhood.html https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/wexford-science-and-technology-tapped-master-developer-midtown-innovation-district https://www.crainscleveland.com/nonprofits/new-innovation-center-planned-midtown These articles are from 2020 and 2019. Edited August 30, 20213 yr by Larry1962 More details and links
September 5, 20213 yr SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 Large office building in the works for Cleveland's Midtown What may prove to be the largest office building ever built in Cleveland's MidTown corridor is advancing toward a potential construction date early next year. Wexford Science & Technology, LLC of Baltimore is moving forward in developing a 150,000-square-foot office building and multilevel parking deck at the northwest corner of Euclid Avenue and East 66th Street. The building could house anywhere from 700 to 1,000 office and research workers and add to the city's Health Tech Corridor. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/09/large-office-building-in-works-for.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 5, 20213 yr 50 minutes ago, KJP said: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 Large office building in the works for Cleveland's Midtown What may prove to be the largest office building ever built in Cleveland's MidTown corridor is advancing toward a potential construction date early next year. Wexford Science & Technology, LLC of Baltimore is moving forward in developing a 150,000-square-foot office building and multilevel parking deck at the northwest corner of Euclid Avenue and East 66th Street. The building could house anywhere from 700 to 1,000 office and research workers and add to the city's Health Tech Corridor. MORE: https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2021/09/large-office-building-in-works-for.html I feel like that’s a pretty big deal if it comes to fruition.
September 5, 20213 yr On 8/26/2021 at 11:23 PM, GISguy said: From today's bike: They're also not skimping on security camera coverage of the site haha They definitely need the cameras. When I was working on the Tru Hilton on 69th, people were constantly breaking in & trying to steal tools & whatnot. One night they managed to actually get away with a few hundred dollars worth of stuff from the pipefitter's company game box. And I hope this new office tower on 66th has at the very least a half ass street presence. For most of the things they put up in the area, it seems to me the most non-interactive examples of density I've ever seen. Like density for the sake of density, but without any understanding of why you build something close to the street with multiple stories in the first place.
September 5, 20213 yr Just to be clear, it's not an office tower. The conceptual renderings show five stories. And they show ground floor retail along Euclid. From what I understand, it's a pretty sexy-looking building. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 5, 20213 yr I know Pierre's doesn't have their own retail stores, but I've always thought an ice cream shop at this intersection would be pretty cool. It would be right across from Galucci's and now this new building. There's even a two story building there that would be perfect.
September 5, 20213 yr The proposed half block parking garage (even if it is not that tall) concerns me. I hope they do something creative on the 66th street side. There are ambitious plans to activate 66th from Euclid north to Hough and make it a lively connecting corridor (if they can find the money which is the story all too often...what a great time to spend some of that 500 million form the feds on a worthwhile project). A half block dead space would not contribute to this goal.
September 5, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, Htsguy said: The proposed half block parking garage (even if it is not that tall) concerns me. I hope they do something creative on the 66th street side. There are ambitious plans to activate 66th from Euclid north to Hough and make it a lively connecting corridor (if they can find the money which is the story all too often...what a great time to spend some of that 500 million form the feds on a worthwhile project). A half block dead space would not contribute to this goal. I agree. We don't want that block to be like some of the side streets by the clinic that are lined with parking garages. Some kind of storefront would work, kind of like the argument right now in the SW thread about the garage on W3rd.
September 5, 20213 yr 44 minutes ago, scg80 said: I agree. We don't want that block to be like some of the side streets by the clinic that are lined with parking garages. Some kind of storefront would work, kind of like the argument right now in the SW thread about the garage on W3rd. This is why it's so important to push back against SW and their parking garage. If the city lets them get away with dead-zones in the middle of downtown, why should I have to do any more with my projects in the neighborhoods? 66th, with League Park on one end and the Cleveland Foundation on the other, is a natural pick to be a main N-S axis. Making it an alleyway for cars here is not the right direction to go. I wonder how much different it would be for them to make it 4 levels, and push it back from 66th to leave room for someone else to build apartments/townhouses? That plan for the Lakewood Hospital site is a good example of that.
October 4, 20213 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 9, 20213 yr Website is up for Signet's Foundry Lofts development. https://www.foundryloftscle.com/
October 18, 20213 yr Vacant building in Midtown set to become Delta by Marriott Michelle Jarboe - Crain's Cleveland Business - Oct. 17, 2021 "A New York-based developer plans to revive a mothballed hotel in Cleveland's Midtown, in the first project poised to take advantage of a national historic district established this year. Crimson Rock Capital expects to transform the University Hotel & Suites, at 3614 Euclid Ave., into a 189-room Delta by Marriott. Renovating the forlorn building could be a $35 million endeavor, according to a project document filed with the Ohio Department of Development. The hotel opened as a Holiday Inn in 1965, as an expanding highway system and surging automobile travel spurred lodging construction across the country. A half-century later though, the once-glimmering 10-story building east of Interstate 90 is a blight near a key intersection."
October 18, 20213 yr ^ very good news. hopefully they keep it's mid-century modern styling going! about the developer: http://www.crimsonrockcapital.com/about about delta by marriott: https://delta-hotels.marriott.com/
October 18, 20213 yr 29 minutes ago, NorthShore647 said: Vacant building in Midtown set to become Delta by Marriott Michelle Jarboe - Crain's Cleveland Business - Oct. 17, 2021 "A New York-based developer plans to revive a mothballed hotel in Cleveland's Midtown, in the first project poised to take advantage of a national historic district established this year. Crimson Rock Capital expects to transform the University Hotel & Suites, at 3614 Euclid Ave., into a 189-room Delta by Marriott. Renovating the forlorn building could be a $35 million endeavor, according to a project document filed with the Ohio Department of Development. The hotel opened as a Holiday Inn in 1965, as an expanding highway system and surging automobile travel spurred lodging construction across the country. A half-century later though, the once-glimmering 10-story building east of Interstate 90 is a blight near a key intersection." 1 minute ago, mrnyc said: ^ very good news. hopefully they keep it's mid-century modern styling going! about the developer: http://www.crimsonrockcapital.com/about about delta by marriott: https://delta-hotels.marriott.com/ NOTE: This was posted in the hotel thread I've always thought, North to South, Payne to Carnegie, could be a place where you cool tech-y type employees and companies could spring up. Prospect has great buildings. The upper 40s to the 60s between Perkins/Carnegie have some great building which could offer so many different types of condo and apartment options.
October 18, 20213 yr 7 minutes ago, MyTwoSense said: I've always thought, North to South, Payne to Carnegie, could be a place where you cool tech-y type employees and companies could spring up. Prospect has great buildings. The upper 40s to the 60s between Perkins/Carnegie have some great building which could offer so many different types of condo and apartment options. Agree. And always thought that the Design District Plan - that just sort of disappeared - was a really good one. The city would do well to play up its role in the history of innovation.
October 18, 20213 yr ^ well they are gonna need a hotel for that kind of thing, so here it is. and hopefully they keep it mid-century modern to help jumpstart a design district. 👍
October 18, 20213 yr ^ except hmm, hopefully the engineers and inspectors find it salvageable? anybody know its condition, or can guess? i mean it looks fairly well mothballed and like it could be redeveloped from the pic and from memory, but i have no idea these days ???
October 18, 20213 yr Near-downtown bowling alley to become entertainment venue By Ken Prendergast / October 18, 2021 A large, historic, two-level bowling alley that was once an industrial building has found new life with a new owner. Or at least a portion of it has found a new purpose and will provide something that Cleveland doesn’t apparently yet have. Partners Christopher Brooks and Thomas Norris Jr. acquired the former Twin Lanes Bowling, 1820 E. 30th, in August under the name Euphoria Restaurant & Oxygen Lounge, LLC with a slightly different address — 1812 E. 30th. And with that new name, you know the old bowling alley is heading in a different direction. But not entirely. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/10/18/near-downtown-bowling-alley-to-become-entertainment-venue/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 19, 20213 yr 👍 Geeze, I forgot about that place. Good one them! As an undergrad we'd meet at Twins for intramural bowling tourneys among CSU student clubs. I wish them well and may bowl a round on my next trip to Clevo, for old time's sake. Edited October 19, 20213 yr by ExPatClevGuy
October 19, 20213 yr Yep best of luck to these two! The economics of that building must be…challenging to say the least, but at least it sounds like they have the bowling alley part down already. Speaking of bowling alley redevelopments on the east side of downtown, any updates on “Zeppelin”, the proposed redevelopment of the Ambassador Lanes on Superior into a tech co-working space (or something). I remember the renderings a couple years ago were slick. @KJPif memory serves, you did a piece on it?
October 19, 20213 yr I haven't heard anything about it in a long time. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 20, 20213 yr From LinkedIn..... Construction update: Things are moving along quickly and we're getting more and more excited about our new Minute Men headquarters building daily. Please pardon our dust - we promise it will be well worth it! Shout out to Independence Construction & their fabulous team. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 20, 20213 yr 11 minutes ago, urb-a-saurus said: Is that mass timber? It is. Also, the One Midtown townhome site is set to get built out come spring.
October 20, 20213 yr 5 hours ago, mrnyc said: at last -- WORLD CLASS SIGNAGE!!! That will never, NEVER get old :-D Nice addition for Midtown.
October 21, 20213 yr 17 hours ago, urb-a-saurus said: Is that mass timber? 17 hours ago, marty15 said: It is. Also, the One Midtown townhome site is set to get built out come spring. Mass timber construction is when you use large slabs of wood for floor plates and bearing or shear walls. This is just traditional wood framing with larger members than you are used to seeing. Very odd they mixed it to steel on the back side. Must be a loading or interior height difference. https://esub.com/construction-project-management-software-blog/movement-towards-mass-timber/
October 21, 20213 yr There was a big crains article last week about mass timber and i believe they said Cleveland foundation was going to be the 2nd mass timber building in town.
October 21, 20213 yr 4 hours ago, yanni_gogolak said: Mass timber construction is when you use large slabs of wood for floor plates and bearing or shear walls. This is just traditional wood framing with larger members than you are used to seeing. Very odd they mixed it to steel on the back side. Must be a loading or interior height difference. https://esub.com/construction-project-management-software-blog/movement-towards-mass-timber/ Take a closer look. Nothing traditional wood framing about it.
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