Hey fellas,

 

As the title states, I am going to be moving to the Cleveland area from Chicago.  I am currently amidst an apartment search and I know I want to be downtown.  I'll be a medical resident in Cleveland and I'm looking for a modern, trendy, young professional geared apartment.  I was hoping that you guys might have some good suggestions.  I'd like to be between $900-$1000 on rent (including parking if possible).  Again, I'm coming from Chicago and I'm used to the "hussle and bussle" areas and I'm looking for something similar.  So far the places that have caught my eye are 4th street and Prospect Place.  I'd also like it if the apartment complex was new / newly renovated.

 

Thanks so much!

i would suggest checking out 668 euclid avenue too.... depending on when you are arriving.  They are scheduled to begin opening the building in August.  Directly in front of the building is a stop for the new healthline which runs straight to the clinic and UH in university circle. you'll also be 2 blocks to east 4th street.

 

you can find some more information here:

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,14701.0.html

 

and here:

 

http://www.668euclidavenue.com/

You would probably like Euclid Block Apartments on East 4th.  They seem in your price range and are newly renovated.

Have you heard about Ohio City and/or Tremont? Depending on what you are looking for, they could be great alternatives to downtown.

Welcome to Cleveland DrIsh!

Have you heard about Ohio City and/or Tremont? Depending on what you are looking for, they could be great alternatives to downtown.

 

You might find exactly what you're looking for downtown, but 3231 is right. You might find as much or more hustle & bustle in some of the city neighborhoods. Ohio City and Tremont are two such neighborhoods. University Circle and Little Italy (near the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals) are vibrant neighborhoods, as is Shaker Square. Two inner-ring suburbs are worth considering too -- Lakewood and Cleveland Heights. They are as urban as any Cleveland neighborhood.

Have you heard about Ohio City and/or Tremont? Depending on what you are looking for, they could be great alternatives to downtown.

 

You might find exactly what you're looking for downtown, but 3231 is right. You might find as much or more hustle & bustle in some of the city neighborhoods. Ohio City and Tremont are two such neighborhoods. University Circle and Little Italy (near the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals) are vibrant neighborhoods, as is Shaker Square. Two inner-ring suburbs are worth considering too -- Lakewood and Cleveland Heights. They are as urban as any Cleveland neighborhood.

 

Thanks so much for the suggestions guys!  I had not considered Cleveland Heights or Tremont, I was hoping you might be able to give me some names of apartment complexes comparable to Residences on 668 or Prospect place in those areas as well?

What neighborhood in Chicago do you live in now?  Which one is your ideal? 

We may be able to match you up that way.

 

I used to live on Southport, Roscoe Village, Lincoln Park, and south loop.  A lot of my friends are Beverly rats.

You may want to check these places out in Tremont... they also are still under construction but they are beginning to open up completed units...

 

http://www.tremontplacelofts.com/index.htm

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7582.0.html

Have you heard about Ohio City and/or Tremont? Depending on what you are looking for, they could be great alternatives to downtown.

 

You might find exactly what you're looking for downtown, but 3231 is right. You might find as much or more hustle & bustle in some of the city neighborhoods. Ohio City and Tremont are two such neighborhoods. University Circle and Little Italy (near the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals) are vibrant neighborhoods, as is Shaker Square. Two inner-ring suburbs are worth considering too -- Lakewood and Cleveland Heights. They are as urban as any Cleveland neighborhood.

 

Thanks so much for the suggestions guys! I had not considered Cleveland Heights or Tremont, I was hoping you might be able to give me some names of apartment complexes comparable to Residences on 668 or Prospect place in those areas as well?

 

The two areas in Cleveland Hts I would recommend checking out are Coventry and Cedar-Fairmount. 

 

Coventry is a trendy strip of retail, restaraunts and nightlife that is very popular with the younger crowd and surrounded by smaller apartment buildings.  It is also just up the hill from the hospitals.... just be sure to stay on or south of Mayfield Rd.  The apartments tend to be very spacious and very old.  A lot of the units have large front porches.  You could probably get a nice two bedroom in your price range.

 

Cedar-Fairmount is not as dense, but has a nice atmosphere and is conveniently located near a lot of other vibrant areas - Coventry, Shaker Square, University Circle, Lee Road.  There are some apartment buildings (Alcazar?) but multi-unit houses are also popular in this neighborhood.

 

One other spot you may want to look at is Park Lane Villa in University Circle.  Beautiful building recently renovated.  Might be out of $ range though.  Also, it is more in a cultural center (museams, universities, etc) than the hussle and bussle you are looking for. 

Lakewood and Cleveland Heights remind me of Evanston.  I don't know what would be the Chicago equivalent to Ohio City or Tremont.

 

For hustle and bustle, I'd recommend looking at the Warehouse District, the NW quadrant of Downtown.  It is the most residential and neighborhoody part of Downtown.  Also has the most nightlife and a grocer.

My vote has been Detroit Shoreway for the past 3 years

For hustle and bustle, I'd recommend looking at the Warehouse District, the NW quadrant of Downtown. It is the most residential and neighborhoody part of Downtown. Also has the most nightlife and a grocer.

 

I agree with that completely.  When I lived in the HWD, many of my neighbors were transplants from Chicago/NYC.

Bridgeview - http://1300bridgeview.com/

 

and

 

The Bingham - http://www.thebingham.com/

 

would both be good bets in the warehouse district downtown.  i know people in both buildings paying around 1000/month with parking.  there is a lot of activity within the buildings and a grocery in the ground floor.

 

Landmark Management (http://www.landmarkmgt.com/properties)  manages the bridgeview, but also has 2 other buildings downtown that are going condo, but still rent units.  these buildings are a bit quieter, imo, but still in the middle of the action - Perry Payne and Waterstreet (which has some pretty inexpensive units).

 

Also see Downtown Cleveland Alliance (http://www.downtowncleveland.org/) which has an overview of mostly everything around downtown, including the different districts.  It links to Downtown Digs (http://www.downtown-digs.com/) which lists properties downtown.

 

 

 

The Bingham - http://www.thebingham.com/

 

 

I dated a girl in the Bingham. Nice building overall, with great views and the access to the grocery store from inside the Bingham was nice in the winter. Downsides: the wood floors in the hallways were very loud when people walked in/out. My girlfriend liked wearing high heels and the echo reverberated throughout the hallways. Another downside was that the windows were up pretty high so if you sat on the sofa you couldn't just turn around to look outside. You couldn't sit and study the great view of the Flats. You had to get up to look. A petty thing but it really bothered my for some reason.

 

Here's some Coventry Village (Cleveland Heights) apartments I found.....

 

A good overview site to check out:

http://www.clevelandheightsapts.com/

 

http://www.richmanagementcompany.com/2761E.html

 

http://www.richmanagementcompany.com/2757E.html

 

http://www.richmanagementcompany.com/2808M.html

 

http://www.montlackrealty.com/building.aspx?id=28

 

http://www.montlackrealty.com/building.aspx?id=4

 

http://www.montlackrealty.com/building.aspx?id=21

 

http://www.montlackrealty.com/building.aspx?id=3

 

http://www.montlackrealty.com/building.aspx?id=2

 

http://www.montlackrealty.com/building.aspx?id=1

 

And no I don't work for Montlack Realty or Richman Management. These two companies happen to own most of the apartment buildings in the Coventry area.

Let me add my old landlord (from when I worked at UH) in Cedar Fairmount to the mix:  www.propertyinvestmentcompany.com.  Wouldn't recommend the building directly on Cedar because it's next door to Jillian's bar/billiards and there's a lot of traffic, but Lennox and Derbyshire are both nice side streets one block from the Cedar Fairmount business district.

 

This was my buildiing:

 

Also I had friends that rented from PIC at Overlook Manor, but it's a bit of a hike to Coventry from those builidings.

 

In addition to Montlack Realty, there's a separate company called Montlack Management that has a few buildings on Overlook.  It would be cool to score one of the front units with the balconies.  www.montlack.com

 

 

Always loved this one on Euclid Hts near Coventry (several of the buildings in this area are condos. but this one's a rental):

www.mlssuites.com

 

Also, I would recommend getting in touch with the city of Cleveland Heights relocation services people.  Their website links to several landlords in the Coventry and Cedar-Fairmount areas: http://www.clevelandheights.com/relocation_rentals.asp

The only downside of Cleveland Heights is that most of the buildings are not remodled in any way, shape, or form.  You'll get a much better deal downtown because all the Cleveland Heights places are jacked up in price for Case students.

 

The Bingham - http://www.thebingham.com/

 

 

I dated a girl in the Bingham. Nice building overall, with great views and the access to the grocery store from inside the Bingham was nice in the winter. Downsides: the wood floors in the hallways were very loud when people walked in/out. My girlfriend liked wearing high heels and the echo reverberated throughout the hallways. Another downside was that the windows were up pretty high so if you sat on the sofa you couldn't just turn around to look outside. You couldn't sit and study the great view of the Flats. You had to get up to look. A petty thing but it really bothered my for some reason.

 

 

 

I live in the Bingham currently, and I definitely agree with the high heels making a lot of noise on those floors.  I rarely can hear my neighbors through the walls, with the notable exception being when the lady next door walks around in her heels.  As for the windows, on some floors they are indeed rather high up, others they are much lower.  When I was looking at units before moving in, I noticed some floors had windows so high you had to stand on top of something to really see out.