Great to hear that.  I wasn't sure how those were doing.  Good sign for more residential development in the area.

1 hour ago, KJP said:

Got this in my e-mail. They're selling phase 2 now....

 

Phase II of One Midtown Luxury Townhomes in Cleveland’s Health-Tech Corridor Now Available

 

The One Midtown Luxury Townhomes are an exciting new transit-oriented community of modern contemporary townhomes developed by BD Euclid Ave LLC. Located in the heart of Cleveland's vibrant Health-Tech Corridor (HTC) of MidTown Cleveland, these brand new residences combine both state-of-the-art amenities & luxury living within a convenient location. Sought-after qualities unmatched in the entire HTC, MidTown and University Circle region.

 

Conveniently Located—In the heart of the HTC between Cleveland State University and University Circle (Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals).

 

Connectivity—The nationally recognized and award-winning Healthline RTA transit connection right at your doorstep on Euclid Avenue;

• 3 minutes from: I-90 to the West; Cleveland Clinic campus to the East;

• 10 minutes from: Downtown Cleveland and Playhouse Square.

 

https://onemidtowncle.com/

 

Great! I really like these townhomes, especially in comparison to the big development between E82 and E87. 

 

Separately, does anyone know what is going on with the University Inn & Suites? I thought it was going to be redeveloped. I drove by over the weekend and it appeared that windows on some of the upper floors were broken out, complete with curtains fully outside the building and fluttering in the breeze.

7 hours ago, PoshSteve said:

 

Great! I really like these townhomes, especially in comparison to the big development between E82 and E87. 

 

Separately, does anyone know what is going on with the University Inn & Suites? I thought it was going to be redeveloped. I drove by over the weekend and it appeared that windows on some of the upper floors were broken out, complete with curtains fully outside the building and fluttering in the breeze.

 

The owners are attempting to gather financing. 

24 minutes ago, KJP said:

 

The owners are attempting to gather financing. 

Is it supposed to remain a hotel?

7 hours ago, freefourur said:

Is it supposed to remain a hotel?

 

I don't know but I would doubt it.

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/10/new-cleveland-foundation-hq-designed-to-uplift-midtown-hough-city-neighborhoods.html

2 hours ago, Watertiger1962 said:

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/10/new-cleveland-foundation-hq-designed-to-uplift-midtown-hough-city-neighborhoods.html

Subscriber exclusive. Can't read it.

3 hours ago, MyPhoneDead said:

Subscriber exclusive. Can't read it.

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.

Edited October 25, 20204 yr by tykaps

54 minutes ago, tykaps said:

They're planning to revamp the Dunham Tavern and its land.

 

And the article also just talks a lot about architecture and inspirations for the design.

Seriously now. they could make it a tavern.    Looking at the Foundtion Hqs renderings, I thought cedar-clad brutalist; not great, but it could be a lot worse.

Lots of stuff going on in Midtown with so amazing plans coming together. One interesting one worth noting is a Rail Trail being proposed for the railway that runs through the neighborhood. Apparently it's very early on, but it could be a great resource to better connect the neighborhood and act as something to attract development. I hope it actually happens.

Dunham Tavern preliminary plans:

14 hours ago, tykaps said:

Lots of stuff going on in Midtown with so amazing plans coming together. One interesting one worth noting is a Rail Trail being proposed for the railway that runs through the neighborhood. Apparently it's very early on, but it could be a great resource to better connect the neighborhood and act as something to attract development. I hope it actually happens.

 

 

The rail trail does sound interesting!  That railway is active though, right?  It seems like it would be kind of tight to run a trail safely alongside the tracks.

I'd be curious how they make the rail trail work as well. This is not like the Red Line Greenway on the west side. This rail line is heavily active with much larger freight trains compared to RTA's smaller trains

NS owns the right of way. NS would have to give its approval which I do not see happening.

On 10/27/2020 at 6:53 PM, tykaps said:

Dunham Tavern preliminary plans:

 

"I can't believe the nerve of the Cleveland Foundation and greedy Dunham board members to come in and ruin a potential greenspace for Midtown residents" said a disgruntled former Dunham board member, Pattakos, and Sam Allard, probably.  /eye roll

 

I forgot to mention here that I have gotten several advertisements in my Facebook feed disparaging Dunham for this project, paid for by Pattakos.  What an embarrassment.  I'm so glad Mansfield Frasier eviscerated all of them.  (If you missed it: https://coolcleveland.com/2020/10/mansfield-yellow-journalism-at-scene/?fbclid=IwAR2g0lYpMF28IldOc7-lP4f-HroEGN5uuxfG14kfvvX824Tat6MPu89SjNU  )

I was on that side of the fence when this was originally announced. I would have preferred seeing that entire block used as green space - a sort of mini Central Park for the neighborhood - with the Foundation locating on one of the other numerous vacant lots in the area. It became clear though that the tavern was not able to properly maintain the space they have though, let alone expand it to encompass the block. I'm happy to see the Foundation will be helping them to expand, maintain and activate the space there already is now. On the balance, I think we will see a better green space than we would otherwise. The litigants are getting what they want with this plan. It's time for them to drop it and everyone move on. We are getting a better neighborhood. 

 

Still - RIP Teldorph (sp?) Park

*Cleveland.com Subscriber Exclusive*

 

Cleveland Foundation’s move to Hough welcomed after decades of local fears over institutional land grabs

Steven Litt - Nov. 1, 2020

 

"The motivation on the part of the foundation and MidTown Cleveland Inc., the nonprofit development corporation with which it is collaborating, is to raise the ante on architecture and urban design, but also to avoid negative spillover effects from a big investment. ... The foundation’s relocation is being warmly greeted in Hough in part because of its outreach and community engagement, but a dramatic shift in local politics is also a factor. Residents and neighborhood leaders said that elected officials including the late Councilwoman Fannie Lewis, who represented Hough for decades until her death in 2008, viewed outside institutions and developers with suspicion. Now, the mood has shifted."

 

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/11/cleveland-foundations-move-to-hough-welcomed-after-decades-of-local-fears-over-institutional-land-grabs.html

On 10/27/2020 at 6:34 PM, tykaps said:

Lots of stuff going on in Midtown with so amazing plans coming together. One interesting one worth noting is a Rail Trail being proposed for the railway that runs through the neighborhood. Apparently it's very early on, but it could be a great resource to better connect the neighborhood and act as something to attract development. I hope it actually happens.

 

Seeing this detailed map of not just Midtown but pretty much all of Hough makes me appreciate how close all this investment will be to League Park (which is located at 66th & Lexington).  Naturally, anyone with an interest in visiting a place like the Dunham Tavern would also want to visit the restored League Park once they were "in the neighborhood."  The Indians did a nice job restoring League Park's baseball diamond to functional use in 2013, but there's otherwise not much to "see" in terms of a tourist attraction.  But with this activity now taking place just a few blocks south around 67th and Euclid, I think there's an opportunity to make the field more of a museum (the restored ticket office still stands).  Combined with the brand new Allen Estates scheduled to break ground shortly, there's a lot of potential for the old ball field.  I may be getting ahead of myself here, but there's some potential for a Wrigleyville/Field of Dreams vibe for League Park based on how intimately it's situated in the Hough neighborhood.

 

The future for Hough is looking good. I'm so happy to see the engagement and collaboration with the residents and stakeholders. These are people who love their neighborhood and refused to give up on it when many others left, or who came back. Their voices deserve to be heard, especially with how large and potentially transformative this overall plan is. I won't read the cle.com article (don't want to give them my click), but from the quote, they make a good point about the change in leadership. Lets not forget just a few years ago the former councilman attempted to shake down an ice cream shop that wanted to open near League Park, in addition to the larger investor of Innova. Basheer Jones deserves alot of credit in changing the environment for development in his ward. Having leadership who actively wants to work with developers, big or small, instead of against them is what it takes to change a neighborhood for the better.

City planning commission approves Cleveland Foundation’s designs for new MidTown headquarters
 

https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2020/11/city-planning-commission-approves-cleveland-foundations-designs-for-new-midtown-headquarters.html

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland City Planning Commission on Friday gave the final OK to the Cleveland Foundation’s designs for a new headquarters in the city’s MidTown neighborhood, making way for the philanthropic nonprofit to break ground on the project next month.

 

The construction of a 54,000-square-foot, three-story headquarters at the northeast corner of East 66th Street and Euclid Avenue means the foundation will likely move out of its headquarters in the Hanna Building in Playhouse Square by mid-2022.

They finally opened up the street in front of the Midtown Apartments.

From this morning's Fresh Water 

 

MAGNET move to Midtown could be a step toward job creation, industry connections

 

Modern manufacturing is hounded by persistent myths—namely that the industry is a poor career choice unless you enjoy toiling away on a dirty and dangerous factory floor. Leaders at the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) are ready for a round of myth-busting upon a forthcoming move to a former Cleveland school building.
 

After purchasing the Margaret Ireland School building from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), MAGNET will use its new headquarters as high-tech inspiration for a sector now providing stable careers in a clean and innovative environment.

 

 

https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/MAGNETMove121020.aspx?utm_source=Emma&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=MAGNET+move+to+Midtown+could+be+a+step+toward+job+creation%2c+industry+connections&utm_content=Mobile+Newsletter&utm_campaign=MAGNET's+Midtown+move%2c+First-time+CAC+grantees%2c+Bottoms+up%2c+Sweet+victory%2c+Pour+pivot%2c+and+more

 

To nobody's great surprise except perhaps the appellants, the Ohio Supreme Court today declined to accept jurisdiction in the 

Dunham Tavern lawsuit.  This is finally the end to this farce.  What a waste of judicial resources.

3 hours ago, KJP said:

 

https://images.app.goo.gl/N9Z3rgkEveDTo6GJ6

 

Done......

 

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020

Euclid Avenue mansion may be razed for new development

 

UPDATED DEC. 16, 2020

 

One of the last surviving Euclid Avenue mansions is facing possible demolition to make way for a significant mixed-use real estate development by a national developer. It is one of several real estate developments popping up in the area.

 

Known by historians as the Allen-Sullivan House and more recently as The Colosseum, the 1887-built house at 7218 Euclid became the subject of a demolition permit application submitted to the city of Cleveland today.

 

MORE:

https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2020/12/euclid-avenue-mansion-to-be-razed-for.html

 

 

 

BTW, might as well post a the map of the site.......

 

It'd be a shame to loose the old Allen-Sullivan mansion, but for a Millionaire's Row house, it really isn't anything special.  If we can get a good development out of it- totally worth it.

Other than Stager Beckwith, Drury, HW White, Mather and this one, are there any other mansions left on Euclid?

axis at ansel is kind of student oriented schlocky, but similar here means density and people, so ok yeah its worth it.

Found an inside picture of the attached structure directly behind the house  (Italian-American fraternal hall—Sons of Italy auditorium). 

 

https://i2.wp.com/www.artographyonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_2355_HDRBW.jpg

Edited December 16, 20204 yr by MuRrAy HiLL

9 hours ago, LlamaLawyer said:

Other than Stager Beckwith, Drury, HW White, Mather and this one, are there any other mansions left on Euclid?

There's this one at CSU. Howe mansion.

FYI, the article was updated with new info. Source called back to say that the demolition permit was submitted now because there is a backlog at the city in approving permits, and that demoltion is NOT imminent. Indeed, the developer wants to develop the Carnegie end of the property first.

I am glad to hear that the Carnegie side will be developed too. I was worried that it would remain a parking lot 

^ Agree and I hope they do something useful fronting Carnegie. We need to a avoid what’s happened between E14th and I-90, where Euclid gets the good stuff and Prospect becomes a jumble of parking garages and trashcan compounds. 

1 hour ago, Barneyboy said:

There's this one at CSU. Howe mansion.

I put the windows in this house back in 2004. Also did a lot of work on the Stager-Beckwith Mansion when it was being converted into Myers University. That was 2005ish.

Edited December 16, 20204 yr by marty15

That's a huge property. i really hope a transformative project is built there--the area needs it and that big new, one-story building with giant parking lot on it on the west side of E 69 between Euclid and Carnegie has active businesses in it, but is mostly a giant parking lot--that could have been so much more.

Note that I updated the article with some new information. The demolition may not be as imminent as first reported.

Very nice! I'm glad they will focus on Carnegie too. That street has been treated like nothing more than a traffic sewer for too long. Add it together with the Souper Market/Cleveland Bagel next door, which has nice street presence, and some new retail space here will really build up some critical mass. It should also make the vacant lots across the street more valuable and see a better chance of them being developed (hopefully better than the new Dunkin). 

 

This Signet developers - are they at all related to Signet Jewelers, also based in Akron?

i bet you it will be market rate apartments

 

Sunday, December 20, 2020

 

Health-Tech Corridor to see a busier 2021

 

On most days, Jeff Epstein is a very busy man. Not only is he executive director of the community development corporation MidTown Cleveland Inc., he also heads up the Health-Tech Corridor.

 

The Health-Tech Corridor is a decade-old collaboration between MidTown Cleveland, BioEnterprise, The Cleveland Foundation and the City of Cleveland. It works to attract and grow health technology businesses to the corridor linking Downtown and University Circle.

 

So how busy is Epstein?

 

MORE:

https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2020/12/health-tech-corridor-to-see-busier-2021.html

12 hours ago, KJP said:

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Health-Tech Corridor to see a busier 2021

 

On most days, Jeff Epstein is a very busy man. Not only is he executive director of the community development corporation MidTown Cleveland Inc., he also heads up the Health-Tech Corridor.

 

The Health-Tech Corridor is a decade-old collaboration between MidTown Cleveland, BioEnterprise, The Cleveland Foundation and the City of Cleveland. It works to attract and grow health technology businesses to the corridor linking Downtown and University Circle.

 

So how busy is Epstein?

 

MORE:

https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2020/12/health-tech-corridor-to-see-busier-2021.html

 

KJP, thanks for the great summary. I didn't realize the University Circle area and the immediate vicinity was so active. A couple questions...

 

1) What do new build apartments in the area cost on a price per square foot basis? How does that compare to other Cleveland neighborhoods like downtown, Ohio City, Tremont, DS, etc.?

2) Why isn't downtown seeing the same amount of activity (from what we know of/been announced)? Is it because the land acquisition costs are higher, therefore impact investor returns? Or are the rents not there yet?

4 minutes ago, mas1092 said:

 

KJP, thanks for the great summary. I didn't realize the University Circle area and the immediate vicinity was so active. A couple questions...

 

1) What do new build apartments in the area cost on a price per square foot basis? How does that compare to other Cleveland neighborhoods like downtown, Ohio City, Tremont, DS, etc.?

2) Why isn't downtown seeing the same amount of activity (from what we know of/been announced)? Is it because the land acquisition costs are higher, therefore impact investor returns? Or are the rents not there yet?

 

Thanks!

1. New multi-family housing construction costs appear to be just below $250/SF in Midtown. Downtown, they're up over $300.

 

2. If I put dots around downtown for all of the housing projects under construction or in early development, I think it would show quite a few dots. That said, you're not going to build 4- to 6-story buildings downtown, not with land prices at $7 million/acre. You've got to build 20+ stories to generate enough revenue to offset those site acquisition/prep costs or get the public sector to assemble properties for you and sell it to you at below-market to stimulate development. And there aren't many developers who can tackle a high-rise project. So there's more barriers to building downtown. That said, I think there's a fair amount of projects brewing downtown.

Relatedly, driving around there today, and neat to see renovated houses and new construction north of Chester. 
 

For example, on E. 89th 

 

Website from the sign in the yard: https://victorianestate89.com

Edited December 21, 20204 yr by MuRrAy HiLL

That's awesome to see, indeed!  East 89th ought to be one of Cleveland's "showcase" streets- just a great lineup mansions.

Thanks @KJP! It's getting so hard to keep up with all the projects in the area, your rundown list really helps. All great news, but I was a little surprised/disappointed to hear that new houses (built 2007) on E90th are abandoned and Landbank owned and are set to be torn down. That just seems like such a waste compared to houses that have gotten a hundred years of use. I don't have alot of faith in the construction quality from that time though, so maybe I'm not totally surprised.

10 hours ago, KJP said:

2. If I put dots around downtown for all of the housing projects under construction or in early development, I think it would show quite a few dots. That said, you're not going to build 4- to 6-story buildings downtown, not with land prices at $7 million/acre.

I think I speak for most of the UO Cleveland contingent:   We would take densely built 4-6 story buildings up and down Euclid, Chester, Carnegie, Prospect, St Clair, etc all day long.  

...and Superior.

On 8/17/2020 at 8:50 PM, tykaps said:

Plan for The Food Hub renovations to include up to 4 retail spots (able to be consolidated) at 7501 Carnegie, taken from their loopnet listing.

Didn't manage to take a picture but it looks like construction is starting on this.

On 12/15/2020 at 10:19 PM, KJP said:

Done......

 

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020

Euclid Avenue mansion may be razed for new development

 

UPDATED DEC. 16, 2020

 

One of the last surviving Euclid Avenue mansions is facing possible demolition to make way for a significant mixed-use real estate development by a national developer. It is one of several real estate developments popping up in the area.

 

Known by historians as the Allen-Sullivan House and more recently as The Colosseum, the 1887-built house at 7218 Euclid became the subject of a demolition permit application submitted to the city of Cleveland today.

 

MORE:

https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2020/12/euclid-avenue-mansion-to-be-razed-for.html

 

 

 

BTW, might as well post a the map of the site.......

 

 

 

While I haven't witnessed it personally, I've heard that bulldozers are on site and that the front door to the house was left open, allowing scavengers to walk in and out with things like metal conduits, furnishings, decorative tiles and other stuff.

 

Perhaps if someone is in the area, they can see if there are bulldozers there? Or even take a picture of the house and any equipment?

Update on the food hub!