I think there's also a Shambala Center in there! Typical of Cleveland, you'd never know this amazing stuff was there unless you dug around. Let's get some big signs up or something...

Well I guess it is okay to talk about now, but I'm pretty interested and excited to be moving down there.  Lots of work/development to be done but truth be told the sight of the Mercantile office park in Beachwood was beginning to wear in my eyes day in and day out.  The move adds to my commute time but I think I'll definitely enjoy the new confines, especially if anything resembling that master plan gets off the ground.

Congrats Matches! Now we know where you work!

 

Of course, there is a way of shortening your commute -- lots of old and new homes in that area. And I hope you like Chinese food!  :wink:

Matches, don't tell me you live out in the burbs somehwere?!? ;)

Well I'm pretty comfy in South Euclid right now.  The Beachwood office is a cool 10-12 minute drive, which will probably double with the move.  Moving to the city is intriguing but friends and family are important.  Anyway that explains my presence on this and the Cedar Center threads.  As stuff develops here and there I'll try to get pics and news up as best I can.

 

I'm developing my taste for Chinese but I'm mostly looking forward to finally going back to Sterle's for lunch sometime.  Haven't been there since I was a kid.

 

(okay, back to work.  Have to make sure I'm still one of the 50 making the move)

Well I'm pretty comfy in South Euclid right now.  The Beachwood office is a cool 10-12 minute drive, which will probably double with the move.  Moving to the city is intriguing but friends and family are important.  Anyway that explains my presence on this and the Cedar Center threads.  As stuff develops here and there I'll try to get pics and news up as best I can.

 

I'm developing my taste for Chinese but I'm mostly looking forward to finally going back to Sterle's for lunch sometime.  Haven't been there since I was a kid.

 

(okay, back to work.  Have to make sure I'm still one of the 50 making the move)

 

Matches, friends don't let friends live in the suburbs!  ;)

Had some time off so I moseyed down to snap a couple pics.  4th floor construction site is where I'll be working come November.  8-) 

 

 

(Ignore the date on the photos :-( )

Nice!  Thanks!

 

I haven't been by since they put those "storefronts for lease" signs up.  I wondered if they'd be marketing the ground floor in this way...

 

By the way, I got to go to a killer rock show at The Factory (a CIA artist's huge studio space) back in July.  It was sweet!  He even had one of the bridges in his unit!

The Factory??  wheres that at?  I thought it was just Front Room there

I heard that the owners (The Asher family) are really getting serious about moving this project forward.  The plan is to transform these structures into a regional arts & technology destination.  Apparently, a recording studio on the first floor is expanding, and a new film production company is moving in!!  They are also working on adding cheap living spaces for artists(live-work)!!

How cheap? I'd be willing to buy.

More drawings.

This is definitely somewhere I would consider buying, too. I've said it before, and I'll say it again ... Chinatown's the neighborhood to watch.

Excellent renderings!

 

P.S. doesn't Graystone have a website? Or do they receive their inquiries the old fashioned way??

Ho.Lee. Sh!t. That looks great!!!

They had a website, http://graystoneproperties.com. A horrible, horrible website without any real info. It's down right now; I would imagine it's being redeveloped. Mainly, I think they coordinate move-ins face-to-face. The former real estate developer for St. Clair Superior works for them and has done an excellent job of getting tenants in there. When prowling around there a couple of months back, I was amazed at how many businesses were already there. Can't wait to see the residential component of this project to take off.

Part that makes this so great is that its so intact, its just a little bit smaller than the warehouse district. Its a matter of gutting cleaning and adding all those little balconies.

whoa thats really different than it is now.  however i see this looking more like a simlar building complex i been in when i went to Akron (where Ayalogic is located)

I feel good inside!

There are some photos of Digiknow's new space here:

 

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingReg.jsp?Uc=vxvwrmd.24s8k0gl&Uy=-ikx01s&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=957333734043_915132602109

 

They are moving in this weekend. Hate to be a party pooper, but I'm not thrilled with the design... it's a little "overcooked" for my taste (as opposed to raw). Still, I'm so excited they're moving here from Beachwood.

Graystone (Tyler Village developer) also recently signed a half-floor lease on the 2nd floor with "a county organization" that will move in in April. No further details.

hah i like how when im over in this place that i know where Digiknow is since its the only floor with brand new windows. 

Sweet!  They've got one of the bridges!

 

Word on the street is that they've been in talks with a couple retailers for the ground floor fronting Superior...fingers crossed!

Some more pictures from inside the space and around the grounds...

 

Looking south onto Superior, onto the site for Asia Town Center.  It's quite smaller than I expected.

 

 

Looking west down Superior onto the E. 36th Street intersection, south edge of the skyline.

 

 

Interior.  Working around these giant pillars is going to be a fun challenge for other renovators.

 

 

A near-finished office and the south windows.

 

 

More interior.

 

 

Looking out the north side windows of Building 44.  The area below is the courtyard area in the drawings posted earlier. 

 

 

Nighttime view of the bridge that they are reconstructing on the inside.

 

 

Thanks for the pictures, Matches. The Asia Town Center extends pretty deep into that parcel, and while it's not overwhelming in size, another Asian market and restaurant lie directly across E. 36th.

 

Meanwhile, a certain forumer took a tour of the facilities earlier this week and promised some feedback and photographs. I won't name names, but ... do we have some more photographs and info coming?

^I'd be happy to use my Admin powers to "encourage" them :-D

 

fosforos - Great picks.  I like this area, the views of downtown is wonderful.

Hey matches, how did you get your hands on my camera?!

 

Yes, it's true.  I got a tour of the building on Monday and will be posting pics soon.  I've been having a busy time these days, though, and haven't been home long enough to do so.

 

Keep your shirt on Shades! 

 

In other news, I was able to bring Graystone's display boards for Tyler Village, featuring some of the City Architecture renderings posted here, to the Levin College's World Town Planning Day, which was again put on by the CSU-APA (the student chapter of the American Planning Association).  I don't know if any of you made it down to Levin on Wednesday, but there were 5 or 6 boards up there from Tyler Village, plus many more from other organizations/firms.

Hey Matches -- When's the move-in date for Digiknow?

They've already moved in!

Yep, just finished our first week there.  Lots of work still to be done,as you can see, but we're up and running and excusing the dust.

Oops!  I guess I forgot that you worked there! 

 

Here are some shots that you may not have seen already (sorry for the poor quality):

 

The bi-level bridge from the original office building to the 1st rehab building in phase 1:

Future retail fronts (they're looking for cafe/restaurant tenants) on Superior:

The inside of those spaces:

The lower-level of the bi-level bridge...waiting for refurbishment! (there used to be a staircase going from this level to the upper level, can you spot where it was?)

On level two, half of this space is being rehabbed for Cuyahoga County (I think):

One of the massive elevators in the building, capable of carrying automobiles!

The shaft...

Fun times at Digiknow HQ!

Interiors nearing completion:

The front entrance & lobby:

 

Some views from the 3rd floor:

 

Some of the buildings that will be rehabbed in later phases (they're currently around 65% leased in over 1 million sq. ft.):

 

Southwesterly, towards CSU:

More Southwest:

Directly south, see the future commuter rail connection?

Looking east:

Hello Cleveland!

 

Woweewow, that is very nice!

 

EDIT: I'm nitpicky, but I don't like the new windows. Was it impossible to replace the existing windows with multi-paned, clear windows? To me a large part of the beautiful in the factory asthetic is in the windows.

I'm not sure why they went this way with Digiknow (although, they brought in their own architect), but my tour guide did indicate that they wanted to refurbish the existing windows elsewhere.

Nice shots - and this pic in particular absolutely rocks!

 

Here's a pic of the recording studio located on the first floor ...

Here's a pic of Ante Up Audio (the recording studio), located on the first floor ...

 

that has to be the biggest picture on urban ohio!  :wink:

Tyler Village may soon have its first ground-floor tenant. Crust & Crumbs, the pastry and lunch spot at 47th & Lakeside, is considering moving to one of the storefront spaces in building 44, fronting Superior Avenue. No timeframe.

^ Wow!  That would be great!  Crust & Crumbs is a great cafe/bakery and would fare far better in a more visible spot like E. 36th & Superior...in my opinion.  Their current spot is pretty cool, but it's really tucked away back in the warehouses.  Interestingly, Graystone owns both of these properties...

*slackjawed*

 

even when i imagined something cool like this for the nabe....this is way better.

 

do we know any time frame for when they expect to be done?

Tyler Village may soon have its first ground-floor tenant. Crust & Crumbs, the pastry and lunch spot at 47th & Lakeside, is considering moving to one of the storefront spaces in building 44, fronting Superior Avenue. No timeframe.

 

Does this place have a website?

Not yet, or at least not that I know of. Sadly for Graystone Properties, but good for Urban Ohio, the best place to find news about Tyler Village is right here.

Any word on when the residential units will come on line?

Hello all - new user to urbanohio.com - thanks Map Boy for the heads up. 

 

Expect housing at Tyler Village as part of the third phase of redevelopment - probably 5 years away.  Phase One consists of the buildings on Superior (2) that are slated for office and technology redevelopment, and is a 2 year project.  Phase Two consists of the remainder of the East campus (everything else on east side of 36th Street) about 450,000 sq ft and attracts the "Arts/Culture" tenants - among the existing tenants in this Phase are Village TV, Front Room Gallery, A Closer Look Recording Studio, Cleveland Opera, Growler Restorations (Jaguar restorer), Ante-Up Audio, etc.  This Phase is a 2-5 year plan.  Hopefully Phase 2 will have some live/work spaces mixed in. Then Phase Three is the west campus, everything west of 36th Street.  Plans there include for-sale and for-rent residential with KILLER, unobstructed views of the lake and downtown.  That's about 400,000 sq ft, and is a 6-10 year time plan.

 

Graystone Properties, the owner/developer, is getting their website revamped soon, so check back in 2 months to www.graystoneproperties.com.

 

After years of planning, Tyler Village is gaining SERIOUS momentum.  SAW, Inc., a division of the County MRDD program, is moving into 11,000 sf of offices below DigiKnow on April 1st 07.  Two companies are seriously considering office space in DigiKnow's building (both happen to be west-side, surburban software developers), and about the rumor of Crust and Crumbs moving there on Superior, this will probably happen very soon with their summer 07 opening along with another restaurant next door.  A Vietnamese restaurant and teahouse plan is being developed now also for Summer occupancy.

 

A burger/beer joint called THE FACTORY has signed a lease for the restaurant space that THEE OLDE FACTORY used to occupy on 36th Street, closer to St. Clair.  That restaurant will have a lunch menu as well as Happy Hour routine, and is opening in July/August 2007.

and Crust And Crumbs doesn't have a webiste yet.  They have temporarily closed at 4700 Lakeside until Tyler Village location opens.  I think they can still do large orders (10-15+) in the meantime.  Number is (216) 881.7544.  Vanessa and Ismail are owners there.

Welcome and thanks for the heads up!  :wave:

 

Please keep us posted!

Wow, serious momentum indeed!  We've all been watching this one and are very excited to see progress.  Thanks for signing up and for all the info!

Wow, you've got me even more excited about the project now than I was before.  Welcome to the board, graciesdad!

Drove by yesterday after reading this thread.  That is going to be one great complex!  I think the views/residential will be awesome.  Too bad it isn't happening sooner!  Now, only if there was a way to get to the lake and the lakefront on the east side of town were pedestrian friendly!

I am guessing that this momentum is a result of the new Ohio Tax Credit.  Based on the age and condition of Tyler Village, this state tax credit along with the federal tax credit, are a attractive way for the developer to actually make a project like this happen.  Best of luck Tyler Village!

Actually, everything that has been done so far has been without any kind of tax credit, including the historic tax credit.  But Graystone is reconsidering the advantages of credits, and will probably have a solid decision in 30-60 days.  I believe the owner, Tony Asher, can get this done without credits if that's what he chooses.  The obvious downside is that there are so many strings attached with the credits.  Graystone believes that there are "no sacred cows" when it comes to the redevelopment - if they want to tear down some dilapidated buildings to make way for modern parking structures, then they want to be free to do just that.  Also, if they started using credits, then some of the work already done would have to be modified, like $75,000 worth of new windows that were installed for DigiKnow, and there's the floor below DigiKnow getting the same new windows right now (SAW deal - CCBMRDD).

 

It's exciting to see that so many people are noticing what we're doing (Yeah, I work for these guys).  My intent is to keep everyone posted on what we're doing, post lots of cool pictures, and talk about other exciting projects around town.  KEEP THE HONEST FEEDBACK COMING !!!!  It's extremely helpful to see how the public views this project, and its difficult to get an unbiased opinion sometimes.