I usually like old buildings, but the Masonic Temple looks as if it was built to contain nuclear waste for the next four thousand years.  I'm trying to picture it clean. No, that's not doing it. Dramatic lighting? Kudzu?

There was supposed to be a tower in the front of the building, so it has no real front facade.  That's part of why it looks funny.

 

edit:  Here is a rendering from way back when, courtesy of our own MayDay:

 

https://shawn-hoefler.squarespace.com/masonic-memorial-bu/

There was supposed to be a tower in the front of the building, so it has no real front facade.  That's part of why it looks funny.

 

edit:  Here is a rendering from way back when, courtesy of our own MayDay:

 

https://shawn-hoefler.squarespace.com/masonic-memorial-bu/

 

If they build that, I won't complain!  Would be a great spot for a residential tower.

There was supposed to be a tower in the front of the building, so it has no real front facade.  That's part of why it looks funny.

 

edit:  Here is a rendering from way back when, courtesy of our own MayDay:

 

https://shawn-hoefler.squarespace.com/masonic-memorial-bu/

 

Thanks for the enlightenment. It looks as if this unbuilt tower could have grown up to be the Terminal Tower design ten years later. I wonder if the Vans were Masons.

Dave's Markets likely to replace flagship AsiaTown store with new Midtown supermarket

 

Homegrown grocer Dave's Markets plans to leave its flagship Payne Avenue store - the site where the business originated as a corner shop in the late 1920s - for a new location in Midtown, where the company is planning a rare ground-up construction project.

 

President Dan Saltzman confirmed this week that the move, from 3301 Payne Ave. in AsiaTown to an emerging business park at East 59th Street and Chester Avenue, is likely, though it hinges on a public-private financing package that he's not ready to discuss.

 

If the money falls into place, construction in Midtown could start late this year, and the new store would open in fall or early winter of 2018. The existing store wouldn't close until the new project is complete.

 

The potential relocation is causing consternation in AsiaTown and the broader St. Clair Superior neighborhood, where residents - elderly shoppers and people who don't own cars, in particular - are worried about losing a full-service grocery store. Business owners in the district also are concerned about the possibility of diminished foot traffic and uncertainty about the future use of the existing store and two nearby parking lots, which the Saltzman family owns.

 

In Midtown, though, the fourth-generation company sees the chance to build something more innovative and modern, on a campus that will marry health care and fresh food.

 

http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/04/daves_markets_likely_to_replac.html#incart_m-rpt-2

 

^very bad for asiatown......

It's not helpful for Asiatown, but how many grocery stores does Asiatown have?

Isn't this within a couple blocks of Gallucci's?  Seems odd to move a grocer away from residential and into an office park, but I see it as a gain for midtown... unless it shuts down Gallucci's, in which case we traded two grocers for one.

Gallucci's is as much of a specialty grocer as Good Harvest Foods Market or Park To Shop is in Asiatown.

How the parking for the new store develops is a concern for me (as well as how the stores interaction with the street).  I am really not anticipating anything innovative.

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

Daves will be built up to Chester.  Parking to the side and behind.  The building might be oriented with the entrance facing west.

I see this as a way for Dave's to catch people driving home from work down Chester or Euclid to stop in on their way home, versus trying to cater to a neighborhood.  That had to be the motive here. 

I also see Dave's losing any business west of the innerbelt since heinens opened. Seems to me they are trying to find the midpoint between Heinens on 9th and Constantinos in uptown.

Kanner group pays $3 million for Chester Avenue space

April 16, 2017 UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

By STAN BULLARD   

 

An investor group led by Cleveland businessman Robert Kanner is the new owner of the Ullman Electric building, 3901 Chester Ave., after $3 million changed hands.

 

Through Roadwork LLC, the Kanner-led group on April 7 acquired the 37,000-square-foot building and its 3-acre site from 3901 Chester Ltd., according to Cuyahoga County land records.

 

Kanner is best known as the chairman of Pubco Corp., which makes and distributes thermal labels like those used for bar codes and wax ribbons under the Kroy and Buckeye Business Products names. Those enterprises are at 3830 Kelley Ave., near the newly purchased Chester Avenue property.

 

MORE

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170416/NEWS/170419859/kanner-group-pays-3-million-for-chester-avenue-space

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

 

CPD's been known to advise developments in the city not to hide the parking, especially if they will be open after dark.

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

 

CPD's been known to advise developments in the city not to hide the parking, especially if they will be open after dark.

 

Making the city less walkable leads to more criminals and more crime.  This is the sort of corrupt stupidity we need to wipe out. 

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

 

CPD's been known to advise developments in the city not to hide the parking, especially if they will be open after dark.

 

Making the city less walkable leads to more criminals and more crime.  This is the sort of corrupt stupidity we need to wipe out. 

 

We need to design for the people we have, not hypothetical ones.  We're also short on police.  If the parking is visible from the street, the passing cruiser can keep a better eye on it.

^ passing cruisers can't see crime in 5ge blind alleys behind buildings when they are set back from street.  Your argument needs to be backed by evidence or it should die.

 

The point is moot on this project because Daves is being built up to the street.

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

 

CPD's been known to advise developments in the city not to hide the parking, especially if they will be open after dark.

 

Making the city less walkable leads to more criminals and more crime.  This is the sort of corrupt stupidity we need to wipe out. 

 

We need to design for the people we have, not hypothetical ones.  We're also short on police.  If the parking is visible from the street, the passing cruiser can keep a better eye on it.

 

Wow....

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

 

CPD's been known to advise developments in the city not to hide the parking, especially if they will be open after dark.

 

Making the city less walkable leads to more criminals and more crime.  This is the sort of corrupt stupidity we need to wipe out. 

 

We need to design for the people we have, not hypothetical ones.  We're also short on police.  If the parking is visible from the street, the passing cruiser can keep a better eye on it.

 

And police can't be there 24/7, but residents can.  Maybe Dave's would be willing in a public/private situation to put a couple floors of residential on top.  Would be a great situation for senoirs:  transport access and above a grocery. 

^ There will be no residential above.  The design and financing is basically done.

Seeing them mention the issue with parking being across the street at the current store being a problem, in combination with the suburban style vision of Midtown, I hope that they still build the building up to the street and tuck the parking in the back.

 

CPD's been known to advise developments in the city not to hide the parking, especially if they will be open after dark.

 

Making the city less walkable leads to more criminals and more crime.  This is the sort of corrupt stupidity we need to wipe out. 

 

We need to design for the people we have, not hypothetical ones.  We're also short on police.  If the parking is visible from the street, the passing cruiser can keep a better eye on it.

 

I'd like to have more police, we all would, but Cleveland seems to have a relatively solid amount right now.

 

http://www.governing.com/gov-data/safety-justice/law-enforcement-police-department-employee-totals-for-cities.html

 

As for hypothetical population, I would place a higher priority on that since we are supposedly in growth mode.  I don't think anyone believes the population we have is sufficient, certainly not in the vicinity of midtown.  The question then is what sort of development would entice more population to settle there.  Hard to argue with a flagship-quality grocery store.  Next question is how to build it, and I would rather account for modern trends than ignore them.

I don't understand the lack of police statement. Cleveland has the most police per 10,000 residents in Ohio.

A city designed to based on fear ends up looking like a very scary place. You build out of vision and hope for the future. The settings that result from that approach tend to be very uplifting and inclusive.

I don't understand the lack of police statement. Cleveland has the most police per 10,000 residents in Ohio.

 

Have you ever called the police after hearing gunfire in an East side neighborhood and the police don't come for hours? That's where the comment comes from.

 

I don't understand the lack of police statement. Cleveland has the most police per 10,000 residents in Ohio.

 

Have you ever called the police after hearing gunfire in an East side neighborhood and the police don't come for hours? That's where the comment comes from.

 

 

I've called them and gotten laughter in response, which suggests the problem isn't staffing.

^^ Perhaps, it's a lack of caring by the CPD.  Maybe the people currently employed need to be replaced with folks that care about their job.

^^ Perhaps, it's a lack of caring by the CPD.  Maybe the people currently employed need to be replaced with folks that care about their job.

 

Start with Steve Loomis.  He has the rank-and-file dragging their feet on calls to increase pressure for more officers (and be a pain in the ass to the city under a consent decree).

^^ Perhaps, it's a lack of caring by the CPD.  Maybe the people currently employed need to be replaced with folks that care about their job.

 

Start with Steve Loomis.  He has the rank-and-file dragging their feet on calls to increase pressure for more officers (and be a pain in the a$$ to the city under a consent decree).

 

Loomis is a walking embodiment of why people distrust unions.

^^ Perhaps, it's a lack of caring by the CPD.  Maybe the people currently employed need to be replaced with folks that care about their job.

 

Start with Steve Loomis.  He has the rank-and-file dragging their feet on calls to increase pressure for more officers (and be a pain in the a$$ to the city under a consent decree).

 

Loomis is a walking embodiment of why people distrust unions.

 

And police.

^^ Perhaps, it's a lack of caring by the CPD.  Maybe the people currently employed need to be replaced with folks that care about their job.

 

Start with Steve Loomis.  He has the rank-and-file dragging their feet on calls to increase pressure for more officers (and be a pain in the a$$ to the city under a consent decree).

 

Loomis is a walking embodiment of why people distrust unions.

 

And police.

 

I don't think it's possible for me to agree more with the sentiment in both of the above quotes

Two cool projects are moving forward:

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2017/pdf/EC-Agenda-5-04-17.pdf

 

Euclid Corridor Design Review District

Agenda

May 4, 2017 8:00 a.m.

The Agora Building, 5000 Euclid Ave

 

8:00 EC 2017-008 Stepstone Academy - C

demolition & gymnasium addition

3328 Carnegie Ave.

Midtown District

Mike Stirling, Makovich & Pusti Architects, Inc.

 

8:30 EC 2017-009 The Midtown L

Rehab, change to mixed-use residential

3101 Euclid Ave.

Midtown District

Larry Hecky, The Hecky Group

Hope something positive comes from this sale....

 

E 55 ST

CLEVELAND

Sales Date 4/28/2017

Amount $735,000

Buyer SMARTLAND11 LLC

Seller 1692 E55 LLC

Deed type LIMITED WA

Land value $128,400

Building value $318,100

Total value $446,500

Parcel 104-23-014

Property Apartments 20 39 units (walk up)

Mapping location is approximate.

 

This is an older, brick apartment building that's in relatively good condition, considering that most of the pre-WWII structures along East 55th didn't survive. It is located at the NW corner of East 55th and Payne Ave. It's across East 55th from the new Rainey Institute - The Alexander McAfee Arts Center.

 

Smartland is a property management firm, incorporated in March 2017 and located in Highland Heights. Their website: https://smartland.com/en/contact-us.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group has high-level hopes for Midtown

June 04, 2017

By JAY MILLER

 

Thirty-five years ago, Midtown pioneers Morton Mandel, chairman of Premier Industrial Corp., an automotive and electronic parts supplier, and Thomas Roulston, president of the Roulston & Co. financial firm, decided it was time spruce up the ragged industrial district between downtown Cleveland and University Circle that was home to their businesses.

 

So with other nearby businesses, they created and funded a nonprofit corporation, Midtown Corridor Inc., to clean up trash-strewn vacant lots, plants some flowers and rid Prospect Avenue of its prostitutes. By 1997, the cleanup was well underway and businesses like Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. and State Novelty Co. had moved in. But it was still not a neighborhood. Crain's Cleveland Business reporter Stan Bullard described it at the time as "an industrial park surrounded by some of the city's poorest residential neighborhoods."

 

In the two decades since, however, Midtown's business base has grown, spurred by biotech spinoffs of University Circle's health and medical institutions, and the conversion of older, lower-rent downtown office buildings into apartments is making Midtown more attractive for service businesses and nonprofits.

 

MORE:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170604/NEWS/170609937/group-has-high-level-hopes-for-midtown

 

 

Midtown Tech Hive will blend coworking, digital education on Cleveland's Health-Tech Corridor

By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer

on June 06, 2017 at 3:46 PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A nondescript, largely empty building in Cleveland's Midtown could become a hub for roving office workers and digital education, melding people at the forefront of the region's tech economy with city residents who fall on the other side of the digital divide.

 

DigitalC, a local nonprofit organization, is planning a late-fall opening for the Midtown Tech Hive, a $1.5 million transformation of the Frost Building at 6815 Euclid Ave. The project will fill 90 percent of the three-story, 15,000-square-foot building, which sits at the eastern edge of the Dunham Tavern Museum's campus near the center of a 1,600-acre district known as the Cleveland Health-Tech Corridor.

 

The project draws inspiration from similar buildings - most notably, perhaps, a blended coworking and event space called Impact Hub Oakland in California - that cater to a more mobile workforce while trying to elevate the broader population's digital know-how.

 

MORE:

http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/06/midtown_tech_hive_will_blend_c.html

 

Moving forward....

 

9:30

Calendar No.17-159: 3101 Euclid Avenue Ward 7

TJ Dow

15 Notices

The Inspiron Group Ltd.,owner, proposes to change use from office use to 80 apartment units on the upper level, store and restaurant on the first floor in a C5 General Retail Business District. The owner

appeals for relief from the strict application of the following sections of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances:

 

Section 357.09(b)(2)© which states that an interior side yard equal to one fourth (1/4) the height of the building or in this case 28 feet where 25 feet are proposed.

2. Section 357.08(b)(2) which states that a rear yard equal to one half (1/2) the height of the building is required and no rear yard is proposed.

3. Section 355.04 which states that the maximum gross floor area of building cannot exceed ½ lot area therefore 20,625 square feet are allowed and the appellant is proposing 96,115

square feet.

4. Section 349.15 which states that five bicycle parking spaces are required at the rate of one per twenty car parking spaces and none proposed for 92 required car parking spaces.

(Filed May 23, 2017)

Is this the building with the Bryant & Stratton Signage next door to Channel 5?

Is this the building with the Bryant & Stratton Signage next door to Channel 5?

 

Yes

I thought I've been kerping up with projects around town, but I drove down Euclid today and allof a sudden I came across a 3-4-story building going up justeast of E. 57th, where I hadn't noticed construction at all in recent months.  And also sizable construction job on Euclid between E. 55th and E. 57th.  I've been reading about some project proposals around there but I thought they were where I had been seeing the steel frame assembled, between Euclid and Chester, and the the vintage brick bldg. bear there being remodeled.  In any case, this Euclid and E. 57th seems to be going up awfulky fast!

I thought I've been kerping up with projects around town, but I drove down Euclid today and allof a sudden I came across a 3-4-story building going up justeast of E. 57th, where I hadn't noticed construction at all in recent months.  And also sizable construction job on Euclid between E. 55th and E. 57th.  I've been reading about some project proposals around there but I thought they were where I had been seeing the steel frame assembled, between Euclid and Chester, and the the vintage brick bldg. bear there being remodeled.  In any case, this Euclid and E. 57th seems to be going up awfulky fast!

 

I don't know what I like better, "kerping" or "awfulky" but I'm going to start using both!

 

I thought I've been kerping up with projects around town, but I drove down Euclid today and allof a sudden I came across a 3-4-story building going up justeast of E. 57th, where I hadn't noticed construction at all in recent months.  And also sizable construction job on Euclid between E. 55th and E. 57th.  I've been reading about some project proposals around there but I thought they were where I had been seeing the steel frame assembled, between Euclid and Chester, and the the vintage brick bldg. bear there being remodeled.  In any case, this Euclid and E. 57th seems to be going up awfulky fast!

 

One is the Link59 Geis building and the other is the UH Rainbow Center for Women and Children. They are mentioned in the midtown thread.

Mid Town Tech News. http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/midtown-neighborhood-drives-cleveland-to-the-head-of-the-high-tech-class

Mid Town Tech News. http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/midtown-neighborhood-drives-cleveland-to-the-head-of-the-high-tech-class

 

Wow, this is great. Love that its from ZipRecruiter and not someone with a stake in the matter.

Campus, MidTown districts considering addition of SIDs

June 18, 2017 UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

By JAY MILLER

 

Two more Cleveland development corporations are planning to create special improvement districts, or SIDs, within the areas they serve.

 

Campus District Inc. and MidTown Cleveland Inc. see the SIDs as a self-help way to polish the appearance and the image of their prime commercial areas and to attract more development. They have seen how SIDs have worked, most recently, to spiff up Ohio City and the Gordon Square Arts District.

 

The Campus District neighborhood runs between East 18th Street and East 30th Street from Interstate 77 on the south to the Shoreway on the north. Midtown covers the commercial and industrial blocks that run from the Innerbelt Freeway on the west to East 79th Street on the east, between Payne and Carnegie avenues.

 

MORE:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170618/NEWS/170619813/campus-midtown-districts-considering-addition-of-sids?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

^is there any downside to this?

It has to be paid for by the property owners.  And maybe we're getting too fragmented with 3 SIDs adjacent to each other instead of expanding the DCA to cover the Campus District and Midtown.  It seems inefficient in terms of overhead, though each SID can be tailored to the needs of it's constituents more closely, I guess.

 

View to the west. The construction site for the new UH Rainbow Center for Women and Children in the foreground.

This project seems to be a couple of years ahead of schedule. Originally proposed as being 3-5 years away.  It will be a Tru by Hilton.

 

Euclid Corridor Design Review Case Report

MIDTOWN TRU HILTON

Address: 6975 Euclid Ave.

Architect: Kaczmar architects