October 11, 20168 yr That's awesome news! It surprises me some, as Dave's Payne location and East 40th location aren't far away. This, to me, is a linchpin/trans-formative project. The grocery store will help the neighborhood as a whole. You say Dave's isn't that far away, but someone who doesn't have a car, that is far. Now people in this area of the city will have an option. Those coming home from work will have an option. Now a person living near, doesn't have to plan to come home then drive to the UC or the burbs to grocery shop. The is a plus-plus! Hopefully this is the start of everyday needs retail in the area.
October 11, 20168 yr I can see a lot of people hopping the HealthLine to do their grocery shopping at Dave's. Residents of downtown and UC use it to shop at Gallucci's. But Dave's has q broader appeal and purpose and will get customers from all over the east side where there's a large food desert in the low-income areas east of Asiatown. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 11, 20168 yr Excited for the prospect of Dave's ... my office is about 5 blocks from there. I will add that there's an Aldi's a short walk up Euclid (though I've never been in there, not a chain I particularly like). So there is some grocery availability in this area, but Dave's will be an awesome addition.
October 11, 20168 yr Excited for the prospect of Dave's ... my office is about 5 blocks from there. I will add that there's an Aldi's a short walk up Euclid (though I've never been in there, not a chain I particularly like). So there is some grocery availability in this area, but Dave's will be an awesome addition. With their new organic lines and some of their old staples, Aldi isn't bad. I don't buy fruits, veggies or meats there though.
October 11, 20168 yr Oh yeah, forgot all about Aldi's since I'm brand-loyal so I walked in and out of an Aldi's once about 15 years ago without buying anything. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 18, 20168 yr Midtown attracts the interest of more developers December 18, 2016 UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO By JAY MILLER Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood and its Health-Tech Corridor are about to grow again. Two projects — one a new hotel, the other the redevelopment of a vacant building — are seeking help from Cuyahoga County to move ahead. Neither is ready to get construction underway, but the activity is a good sign for the Corridor, which was created to attract businesses connected to the medical and health care industries. Health Tech Hospitality LLC, a group that includes David Fischback, president and co-chairman of the Krill Co., and Chris Kaczmar of Kaczmar Architects Inc., is developing a 123-room hotel at the corner of East 70th Street and Euclid Avenue. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161218/NEWS/161219836/midtown-attracts-the-interest-of-more-developers "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 18, 20168 yr Midtown attracts the interest of more developers December 18, 2016 UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO By JAY MILLER Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood and its Health-Tech Corridor are about to grow again. Two projects — one a new hotel, the other the redevelopment of a vacant building — are seeking help from Cuyahoga County to move ahead. Neither is ready to get construction underway, but the activity is a good sign for the Corridor, which was created to attract businesses connected to the medical and health care industries. Health Tech Hospitality LLC, a group that includes David Fischback, president and co-chairman of the Krill Co., and Chris Kaczmar of Kaczmar Architects Inc., is developing a 123-room hotel at the corner of East 70th Street and Euclid Avenue. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161218/NEWS/161219836/midtown-attracts-the-interest-of-more-developers Technically, the Corridor was created a very long time ago and for general purposes. I don't see how the current "health tech" rebranding has been all that helpful. That plan is now old and has delivered minimal progress. The most significant business investment in the area thus far is from a tire company. That fact alone suggests broadening Midtown's mission.
December 19, 20168 yr They attempted to get healthcare related businesses into the former Warner & Swasey complex years ago and that failed. Much like the bellyhooed "Healthline," it's a brand that is best left for the wayside
December 21, 20168 yr Tracey Nichols @CLE_EDNichols 23m23 minutes ago Exciting day in Cleveland! Rainbow Center for Women & Children Groundbreaking! thanks @UHhospitals gr8 for @CityofCleveland @CLE_EconDev "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 21, 20168 yr University Hospitals breaks ground on Rainbow Center for Women & Children By Roxanne Washington, The Plain Dealer on December 21, 2016 at 9:49 AM, updated December 21, 2016 at 10:06 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ground will be broken today on University Hospital's Rainbow Center for Women & Children in Cleveland's MidTown neighborhood. The $24 million, 40,000-square-foot outpatient facility, at the corner Euclid Avenue and East 59th Street, will offer pediatric primary care, women's health care, and social services, as well as programming to support patients in non-medical needs, patients' families and the community. It is expected to be completed next year. The center, two miles west of UH's main campus in University Circle, will be the new home for the Rainbow Ambulatory Practice and MacDonald Women's Health Clinic, currently located on the first floor of UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. UH Rainbow and UH MacDonald's primary care services have outgrown their current space over the past decades, seeing more than 40,000 patient visits per year, according to a release. These clinics are primary sites for UH's training of the next generation of pediatric and OB/GYN clinicians. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/12/university_hospitals_breaks_ground_this_morning_on_rainbow_center_for_women_children.html#incart_river_home "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 4, 20178 yr Wasn't sure if this project was announced on here so I decided to post it..... EUCLID CORRIDOR DESIGN REVIEW EC2016-036 – Euclid Midtown Townhomes New Construction: Seeking Schematic Design Approval Project Addresses: 7119-7217 Euclid Avenue Project Representatives: Scott Dimit, Dimit Architects Matthew Sommers, Dimit Architects Derek Holt, Vazza Real Estate EC2016-037 – Woodhaven 6-Unit Townhomes New Construction: Seeking Final Approval Project Addresses: 1904 – 1926 East 87th Street Project Representatives: Michael Ramsey, Zaremba Brian Blasinsky, Zaremba http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2017/01062017/index.php
January 4, 20178 yr Maps! Site plans! Renderings! OK, so it's small development. But it fills a void along the transit corridor with attractive density. Midtown Townhouses... And now for the Villas of Woodhaven..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 4, 20178 yr Not bad, except the "pocket park" should be mixed use. That's not even a park, it's concrete galore with a treelawn. Why can't we ever do a corner properly? This is the middle of the city!
January 12, 20178 yr Drove down Carnegie yesterday to the Clinic and saw the Dealer Tire parking garage is almost done (already). And yes, it is as ugly in reality as it looked in the renderings, especially as you look down the length of it on East 71st. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 4, 20178 yr JANUARY 20, 2017 Dealer Tire Moving HQ in February Tire Review Staff Cleveland, Ohio-based distributor Dealer Tire is moving its headquarters this February to a new location in the city. On Feb.17, Dealer Tire will relocate from its Chester Avenue location to 7012 Euclid Avenue (formerly the Victory Center building). The move comes two months earlier than original planned and should be completed the week of March 6. The new headquarters is housed in a completely renovated four-story, 100-year-old building, and also has a newly constructed 650-car parking garage and an outdoor green space. Dealer Tire said it will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and media open house for the new facility in early spring. MORE: http://www.tirereview.com/dealer-tire-moving-hq-in-february/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 5, 20178 yr That parking garage is massive. I am supportive of the garage but I wish it was significantly taller and more compact. You could do a drag race inside!
March 6, 20178 yr Any of you guys care to take a crack at this and help me out? I'm helping my girlfriend with her project proposal for her Economic Development class and now I'm wanting to get seriously involved in this project and might even make some renderings, sketch-up models of a vision for this site's re-use. This site on Euclid is actually a forgotten remnant of Millionaire's row, a huge part of Cleveland history and the lack of info available on it once it became an entertainment complex (look at the giant add-on in the rear) is seriously intriguing me. I'm really excited about researching this but I'm struggling to find even some basic info. Essentially, the project entails addressing a community need. Identifying a problem and implementing the solution for the betterment of the community and while we were driving around Euclid's "Health-Tech Corridor" this was the property we noticed, for sale: How cool is this!? The old Victorian mansion facing Euclid was built in 1893. Owned by a banking tycoon. J.J. Sullivan. President of Central National Bank. After the advent of property taxes, pollution issues, etc, like many others, he moved and it was sold to an organization called Grand Lodge of the Ohio Order of Sons of Italy in the 20's or 30's. Then for a while it was used by the Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers before becoming the Coliseum Party Center. Rumor has it that Al Capon was a patron. The rear add-on is actually an auditorium and from my understanding contains a bar and restaurant, however, I can't find any pictures what-so-ever of this property's interior to see it's challenges and potential for re-use. The property is apparently for sale yet I can't find much detail about it. I even went to the county auditor's site to see who owns it and look at the floor plan and recent sale prices and things of that nature, yet after typing in the address, no results came up. How is it not in their database? I've never had an issue finding properties on County Auditor sites. It seems to me that that despite the boom in tech incubators, the opportunities to capitalize on student life in the area is largely ignored, especially with efficient Health Line service running (and I believe students ride for free?) Also, there is easy highway access nearby. So our idea so far (1 day into discovering this property) is to transform it into a more modern entertainment center that caters to college students and the younger crowd in tech and healthcare. Offering performing arts/concerts, billiards and other games, perhaps a dance club, bar and grill. It seems there would be a lot of opportunity in terms of getting grant funding for performing arts and also for historic preservation or from many other angles. Other ideas are to turn it into a community center (perhaps the auditorium could be converted to a gym.) The rear could maybe even be transformed into a movie theater if demand for one the area warranted it. It's just hard to even create a solid vision without being able to find any sort of interior shots or even general info on the place. I value any advice, opinions, and especially resources that you all are willing to throw my way for this project's vision. I would really hate to see this site soon get demoed; perhaps a simple project for an economic development class could one day lead to interest from developers after proving to be feasible, solid plan. This is pretty much the extent of what I've been able to find on the site: http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15118139/7218-Euclid-Ave-Cleveland-OH/ https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property/30712259/7218-Euclid-Ave-Cleveland-OH-44103/ http://www.artographyonline.com/blog/2014/01/31/hall-sullivan-house/
March 6, 20178 yr Cool find. I wonder how old that picture is in the Loopnet listing -- maybe 15+ years based on that Mercury in the driveway. The building looks in noticeably worse shape in Google Streetview from August 2016. Good luck getting the info you need. I'd love to see a crowdsourced rehab of buildings like this and the Scofield mansion.
March 6, 20178 yr ^Thanks :-D I guess a good place to start would be to contact Hanna and see what they can tell me. Someone at HTC told my girlfriend that they want (I think) $6M for the property and that it's "Pretty far gone" as far as they know... With a goal of restoring the old buildings as opposed to demo, it would be a major challenge to develop the site to where it generates enough revenue to justify an asking price that high. I can't find any information regarding exactly what condition those structures are in and estimates on what it would potential cost to restore. Any leads on those resources? Like I said, this is just a school project but with enough analysis, data, along with a solid plan that includes renderings, maybe it could pique the interest of a lot of developers. Who knows. Not sure how old each of those photos are but here's one taken yesterday. The exterior is pretty rough. As you can see, the adjacent property is new residential construction but as someone on here mentioned, there simply won't be much of a demand for residential in this immediate area until there's more commercial amenities nearby. Residential follows commercial; it's never the other way around. What a great catalyst this site would serve to be, if it were an updated entertainment center concept for the huge student population nearby and young professionals who work nearby. Am I right in assuming that the new residential construction next door and nearby are public / subsidized housing of some sort?
March 7, 20178 yr Am I right in assuming that the new residential construction next door and nearby are public / subsidized housing of some sort? Church Square Commons Apartments: Age 55+, accepts Section 8 Where would the patrons be able to park?
March 24, 20178 yr The new UH facility on the HealthLine/Euclid in Midtown has a lot of steel up. It will have quite a street presence.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 24, 20178 yr Thanks for the update KJP. Doesn't Geis have a building that's about to start just to the west of this also?
March 24, 20178 yr Thanks for the update KJP. Doesn't Geis have a building that's about to start just to the west of this also? Yes. Link 59. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 24, 20178 yr The new UH facility on the HealthLine/Euclid in Midtown has a lot of steel up. It will have quite a street presence.... KJP, correction. Pictured is the GEIS building. UH hasn't broken ground yet and will be located across east 59th from the GEIS project.
March 24, 20178 yr The groundbreaking ceremony for the UH facility was Dec. 21 -- but I see what you mean. The actual work hasn't begun. It seemed a little quick to go from groundbreaking ceremony to three stories of steel in less than four months! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 24, 20178 yr Do people frequently build new structures without construction fencing around the site? This seems odd to me.
March 24, 20178 yr Do people frequently build new structures without construction fencing around the site? This seems odd to me. Now that you mention it.... And one other thing I noticed while traveling by there -- the amount of dirt and mud washing into Euclid Avenue. You can see a little bit of it in the photos, which don't do the problem justice. The site should be surrounded by a fence, if not some of those strips of Hefty-bag-like plastic wraps of the perimeter of the site to keep mud and dirt from spreading into surrounding properties and streets. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 24, 20178 yr Very good point. There's no silt fence around the site and therefore massive amounts of clay and silt running into the sewers on a street we recently paid millions to redo!
March 24, 20178 yr And I will say if a contractor did this in Beachwood or Strongsville, the job would be shut down until remedied.
March 24, 20178 yr Very good point. There's no silt fence around the site and therefore massive amounts of clay and silt running into the sewers on a street we recently paid millions to redo! Site is completely surrounded by silt sock system approved by WPC, so massive amounts of clay and silt are not running into sewers.
March 24, 20178 yr Site is completely surrounded by silt sock system approved by WPC, so massive amounts of clay and silt are not running into sewers. Is that system visible in the photos I posted above or had it been added since I took the photos? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 25, 20178 yr Whatever it is, it didn’t seem to be working very well. The sidewalks and streets at that corner were a muddy mess. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 26, 20178 yr Glad they decided to stay and I congratulate them on the new digs, it looks very nice inside. Still hate that massive, lifeless garage. They mentioned in the article that they hope to see a coffee shop and other amenities spring up around them. Maybe they could have tired to team up with another developer to squeeze a coffee shop and a cafe into that huge garage infrastructure investment? Great news overall though. This gave me a chuckle as well. I guess that sums things up pretty well. He's selected a giant asphalt sphere, a sculpture crafted to look like a rolled-up Costco parking lot, to sit at one end of the campus. http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/03/dealer_tire_revs_up_long-vacan.html#incart_river_mobileshort_home
March 26, 20178 yr The gigantic garage is less than ideal but this entire development probably doesn't happen without it so
March 26, 20178 yr The PD article makes that clear. The parking deck was essential and this development has scant relation to public transit. I don't see this offering any more neighborhood benefit than Third Federal did for Broadway, but it's a big win for the city as a whole. Big enough to assuage other concerns. Still, it's troubling to hear city officials suggest that corporate HQs will somehow spawn nearby retail. There's already plenty of evidence to the contrary. This facility even includes an indoor walking track, so people can hold meetings on foot without ever touching Euclid Avenue.
March 28, 20178 yr Board of Zoning Appeals APRIL 17, 2017 9:30 Calendar No.17-063: 3813 Euclid Ave. Ward 7 TJ Dow 16 Notices The Children’s Museum, owner, proposes to change use to a museum in a D5 General Retail. The owner appeals for relief from the strict application of the following sections of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances: 1. Section 343.18© which states that the driveway is located within 15’ of the property line 2. Section 343.18(f) which states that where there is a divided driveway, each roadway shall be at least 24’ in width the proposed roadway widths are 15’-11” and 16’-0”. 3. Section 349.07(b) which states that accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided with bumper guards. 4. Section 358.05(a)(2) which states that the maximum height of fences in front yards in General Retail Business District is four feet and the proposed fence height is 9’-2”. (Field March 9, 2017) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 1, 20178 yr Monarch Teaching Technologies moving to Midtown, gets investment from JumpStart (video) By Plain Dealer business staff on March 31, 2017 at 9:01 AM, updated March 31, 2017 at 10:33 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monarch Teaching Technologies Inc. received a $250,000 investment from JumpStart that will enable the maker of special education teaching software to move its offices to the Midtown area of Cleveland. "Educators need content that keeps children engaged and administrators need data to show student progress," said Monarch CEO and President Bob Gephart. "...This investment from JumpStart will help us build the sales and marketing infrastructure we need to reach our next level of growth," Gephart said in a written statement. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2017/03/monarch_teaching_technologies_1.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 2, 20178 yr JumpStart does a lot of good! So glad to see another software company move to the area! I'd like to see many more follow (for the sake of my own potential job opportunities in CLE and wanting to work in that area as a Software Developer.) JumpStart seems heavily affiliated with SmartMart and FlashStarts. When I graduated from the WCCI Coding Bootcamp (In StartMart - 2nd floor of Terminal Tower,) we had our graduation ceremony in JumpStart's auditorium in their building on Carnegie and JumpStart would have presentations/lectures and events in our space when it wasn't being used. Something everyone had access to, as an amenity. Sadly, I get JumpStart, FlashStarts and StartMart all confused when I hear about the events they have going on at those places, lol! The names are similar, so that doesn't help either. I still don't fully understand their different roles. Anyone know? It seems like JumpStart and FlashStarts are completely different entities, with FlashStarts holding a huge incubator space called "StartMart" while JumpStart focuses on providing mentors, training in biz dev and funding for startups. Does JumpStart also have a lot of incubator space of it's own within it's building or are they affiliated with or own space nearby? It was so convenient going to a coding school that was part of the largest incubator space in America. It was a mostly open floor plan where all these startups had access to other professionals in or outside of their field. Folks rent individual desks for about $600 a month, or can get a private office but there's tons of communal space and private rooms, regardless. When I was working on my final app project, I asked my instructor about intellectual property concerns/questions in regards to my app and he goes, "There's an intellectual Property lawyer that pops in here every Tuesday (or whatever day) and he's always happy to answer those questions." With that sort of easy access to a wide array of professionals, it's no wonder these incubators and their startups become so successful. It makes it really easy to network and solve problems when you work so closely and interact with so many other people with diverse skill sets. The technical infrastructure (I think the fiber internet in the area is the fastest in the U.S. or world - 100gb/s) along with the whiteboards, projectors and large TVs with webcams for video conferencing in virtually every room, make it really attractive for those in tech but also make it some of the highest quality office space you would ever see, no matter what business you're getting off the ground. They also have really nice conference rooms that you can reserve, a Zen Room, Ping Pong, a game/tv lounge, gym, free oatmeal bar, coffee and more recently - a keg of an IPA beer on tap in the kitchen. Hard to top those amenities! It didn't take long for my classmates and I to discover the keg. I miss that place. Never really got to see much of the JumpStart building but it was really cool as well, from what I saw. All jokes aside, my point is that I really think a lot of people underestimate how powerful the incubator start-up concept is.
April 10, 20178 yr This is on the case list at design review. DAVES SUPERMARKET Address: Chester & E 61st Street Architect: MCG Architecture / Lawler Construction Develop a new full-service grocery store on an approximately 4.17 acre site. So this must be a part of Link59. On that site plan it shows a spec building at 61st & Chester this must be it. Hadn't heard about it.
April 10, 20178 yr You're funny. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 10, 20178 yr Cleveland's Masonic Temple sold to out-of-state buyer with redevelopment plans (photos) By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer on April 10, 2017 at 1:14 PM, updated April 10, 2017 at 3:44 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- After nearly a century of stewardship, the Scottish Rite Masons have sold Cleveland's Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center on Euclid Avenue to a private developer. An affiliate of Arkansas-based Beaty Capital Group, Inc., paid $725,000 for the historic complex on March 31, property records show. The 102,000-square-foot building, with a 2,200-seat auditorium known for its acoustics, still serves as an event space, concert venue and home base for arts organizations. ------------- Beaty Capital Group plans to renovate the complex, but the company was short on details in a news release about its purchase at 3615 Euclid Ave. More: http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/04/clevelands_masonic_temple_sold.html#incart_m-rpt-1
April 11, 20178 yr That is great news. And I love that it was bought by a company that specializes in this kind of redevelopment.
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