[dar124]

Welcome back to C-Town!!! :cheers: And to the forum!!!

[CLEthebest]

thanks!! its good to be back home, feels like im back where i just left off and at times i still cant believe im back home. sounds to be to be true :D

[dar124]

Here's a couple of pics of the FEB construction that were posted on their Facebook page.


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uCbIX9zcNjw/T4BKm018XJI/AAAAAAAAAUI/_juaBTGhSMM/s800/FEB16.jpg


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Hgt-7v3VNZI/T4BKmUx2LcI/AAAAAAAAAT4/GpjnVr-MhF0/s800/FEB13.jpg


https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pLQvBNkjYLM/T4BKmYvbrGI/AAAAAAAAAT8/DiJffmlAY-U/s800/FEB15.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/FlatsEastBank

[PoshSteve]

looking good! now that its finally going up, i think the exterior is going to look great

[MayDay]

lol i know the ameritrust tower is scrapped but isnt the progressive tower still being looked into?? and doesnt the company that wanted to build the ameritrust center want to make a tower just as tall?

This was a great post for April Fools Day. :) The Progressive proposal has been dead since the board of directors vetoed it back when Al Lerner was chairman of the board - that info comes directly from Peter B. Lewis' people. And the only proposal from the Jacobs Group was for a 21-story office tower but that's been dead for quite some time.

[330to216]

Im very excited for Flats East. That is a game changer for the entire East bank. I regularly jog down there and dream about the amazing lofts that could be made inside those buildings on Old River Rd. If I had a million dollars...Yes Im referencing the Barenaked Ladies song.

[PoshSteve]

Not exactly in Cleveland, but some good news from the little sister of the CSA here. Plus its all happening a few blocks over from my house and i think people need to know about it all :D

Bridgestone unveils $100 million tech center as Akron celebrates investments by the tire industry (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/bridgestone_unveils_100_millio.html)
By Robert Schoenberger, The Plain Dealer 4-11-12

AKRON, Ohio -- Unless you drive a racecar, your tires weren't made in Akron. But Rubber City still houses the heart of the U.S. tire business. The city on Wednesday celebrated that heritage with the grand opening of Japanese tire company Bridgestone Americas' $100 million, 450-worker tech center. Community leaders and the company have been working on the project for more than four years.

http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10826184-large.jpg

While workers there celebrated, construction crews across town worked on the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s new headquarters that's scheduled to open next year.Between the two projects, tire companies, real estate developers and government agencies have announced more than $1 billion in investments in Akron - all centered around keeping high-tech research and development jobs in the city.

Stuart Lichter's Industrial Realty Group is handling that $900 million project. IRG plans to redevelop Goodyear's existing buildings into new office in retail space after the tire company moves into its new building.

http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10826221-large.jpg

[Austinlee]

Something was built in its place tho, but it's the putrid, insignificant 16-story Mellon Client Services Center.

You know what, I seem to remember that whole area being a big construction site when I was little. It was DEFINITELY shovel ready!! Aaaugh!!

Hey! Clevelanders are happy about the under construction 18 story Ernst Young tower:

http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/cleveland/flatseytowerrendering.jpg

The Mellon Client Center in Pittsburgh is pretty comparable. 14 stories, 750,000 sq ft and you can drive right through the middle of it so it doesn't mess up the street grid. Not bad.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_1849-1.jpg

[Austinlee]

Bridgestone unveils $100 million tech center as Akron celebrates investments by the tire industry (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/bridgestone_unveils_100_millio.html)
By Robert Schoenberger, The Plain Dealer 4-11-12

http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10826221-large.jpg



Anyone have any larger, more detailed shots of this complex or more aerials? Looks like a pretty impressive campus there.

[PoshSteve]

If you go to the story link, where that pictureis in the story, theres an option to view it larger

[cle pride]

The FEB tower is definitely exciting, and it's shaping up to be much more visually impactful than I had originally thought it would be. It's especially impressive when you're traveling down the shoreway.

Honestly, I'm much more excited about phase two. Office towers are nice, but what Cleveland really needs to make its comeback more substantial is an influx of residential to help transform downtown into more of a 24 hour neighborhood.

[PoshSteve]

The tenets for phase two were just announced today :D
A country music venue, 2 restaurants, and a 150 unit apartment
The full story and a nice picture are posted in the highrise forum for the E&Y building!

[CLEthebest]

i want to live in those apartments! lol ive always wanted to live downtown, everything jus seems more accessible. especially in cleveland, i wonder how public square is going to turn out. i hope they use the thread design.

[dar124]

Here's a link to yesterdays article about the FEB Phase II and a rendering from the article.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/flats_east_bank_project_lines.html

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7A1cu1szagk/T4gX2wgyuuI/AAAAAAAAAU8/THgQgDgALHQ/s800/FEB%2520Phase%2520II.jpg

[dar124]

The FEB tower crain jumped today. Here are before and after pics from the FEB webcam. The pics also show that they're already installing the 3rd row of windows/facade.


During the jump.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EE9GqYYsCgo/T47qbOvCgVI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/GNoADAEdL54/s640/FEB17.jpg


After the jump.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ha5KOGP-3PM/T48WPeKocaI/AAAAAAAAAVk/sm-mES4C_H4/s640/FEB17%2520%2528after%2520crain%2520raise%2529.jpg

http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm

[PoshSteve]

was on a plane yesterday coming in to land at hopkins. we passed right over downtown. it was SO cool getting to see all the projects from the air, and being able to pick out the different construction sites. FEB is really coming along, and seeing such a nice new office tower rising over the city is great! i only wish my phone didnt freeze up and i could have taken some pictures. they would have been awesome :D

[dar124]

Here's a couple renderings from the FEB webiste of views of the completed Ernst & Young building from Shoreway and from W.9th Street.


https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n3UBCx_J73w/T5hMbrnSqhI/AAAAAAAAAXE/yHbfmrXHTyY/s600/Flats%25201.3.jpg
http://www.flatseast.com/images/photo-gallery/rendering14.jpg


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aa9ZZh4oyvQ/T5hMbnuoOsI/AAAAAAAAAXM/4HWr2AZ1yRc/s600/Flats%25201.2.jpg
http://www.flatseast.com/images/photo-gallery/rendering13.jpg

[PoshSteve]

The lakefront plan has already started becoming a reality!

Cleveland envisions a floating office park to lure the creative class (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/cleveland_envisions_a_floating_1.html)
Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer 4-25-12


CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jon Stahl, a flip-flop-wearing CEO, stood on the deck of his future office on a recent afternoon and drank in a boater's view of downtown Cleveland.
Waves lapped at a shoreline that rose toward office towers gleaming in the sunshine. A brisk wind snapped the flags heralding the nearby Coast Guard Station. A sailboat coasted toward the breakwall and the big blue lake beyond.
"Being on the water. In a boat. Downtown. We love it," said Stahl, co-founder of a young and growing software company called LeanDog.
One deck below him, construction workers were tearing out the guts of the former Hornblower's restaurant to turn a 19th century steamship into bright, open offices for computer programmers. The $600,000 project will create the headquarters of LeanDog and its collaborator, Arras Keathley, a marketing firm moving two dozen jobs up from Akron.

The three-year-old company, which develops software and smart phone applications for businesses, saw sales more than double last year to $5.3 million, sparking a hiring tear.
While the flagship is being renovated, 55 LeanDog staffers work out of the Burke airport terminal next door, in offices that include a climbing wall. The company has 25 openings -- mostly for software developers and engineers -- and it's on track to employ 100 people next year.
Not bad for a start-up that aspired to a staff of 20.
"We're booming," Stahl said matter of factly, adding that about 80 percent of his customers come from outside the region. "Now we want to make a bigger presence here in Cleveland."

http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10877443-large.jpg
http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10878538-large.jpg

[in_eden]

I'm a native Clevelander in exile in the DC area, and I've become a sort of champion for C-town over the last six years. Pictures of downtown on my exam room walls bring surprise from clients... usually asking "is that Baltimore?" Then after saying "no, it's Cleveland" they typically reply "Oh, I didn't realize it was that big" or "Oh, how unfortunate!"

Juxtaposing Cleveland to they type of city that we'd love to see it become (DC, Baltimore, Boston, or 'jewel south' types like Atlanta, Charlotte) I think what are missing are a) downtown population and b) hotel space.

The idea of high quality down town living has somehow missed Ohio for years... Baltimore is a similarly sized city, but it's downtown is much more vibrant because it is populated. And the waterfront is highly developed with high rise condos and hotels.

The lakefront is a HUGE asset... and it's sad that in Cleveland it is so under-utilized.

Any way... great thread... thanks for the project run down... it's always nice to know what to look for next time I'm in town!
Can't wait to see what develops around the flats east bank project... hope it doesn't stall like the Avenue District did!

Cheers... go Browns!
mike

[PoshSteve]

Two great stories here from the PD

I find all the crying suburbanites in the comments section pretty hilarious, especially all their complaints about the mayor's push to focus on PEOPLE and not cars.

Downtown Cleveland parking tightens up due to casino, other projects, but experts see no shortage (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/downtown_cleveland_parking_tig.html)
Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer 4-28-12

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- To an urban casino, a new convention center and other Cleveland projects, add one more downtown development: It won't be as easy, or affordable, to find parking next door to your destination.
In a downtown replete with parking -- 56,000 or so spaces -- major operators aren't predicting a shortage.
Still, new attractions, more housing and a few additional office tenants promise to boost occupancy at parking facilities. Higher demand, plus the glitz of a new casino on Public Square, already are pushing rates up in some parts of a downtown that has grown comfortable with cheap parking.
Craig Purnell pays $3.25 a day to park next to the Cleveland Grays Armory, a short walk from his office on East Ninth Street.
With AmTrust Financial Services Inc., a New York-based insurer, moving 1,000 jobs to the district and several apartment projects planned, Purnell worries that parking will become harder to find, and pricier.
"I really think that parking is going to become more of a premium in the months to come, over the next year or so," said Purnell, who commutes from Akron to work as a database administrator for the Baker Hostetler law firm. "In the past six to eight months, I've really seen a lot more traffic and a lot more people than I have in the past."

http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10916192-large.jpg


And this one here is just all around awesome news :D

Cleveland's inner city is growing faster than its suburbs as young adults flock downtown (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/clevelands_inner_city_is_gorn.html)
Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer 4-27-12

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When a new job brought Stacey Brown to Cleveland from San Francisco two months ago, she went looking for an apartment downtown. Her manager told her that's where young people were flocking. Sure enough, she found a full house.
"It was soooo hard finding an apartment," said Brown, an upbeat and single 26 year old. "I mean I looked for three weeks, all over downtown."
Thanks largely to young professionals, the inner city is growing faster than the outer city and the county for the first time in modern history, a recent Case Western Reserve University study found.
Neighborhood life is blossoming on blocks once dominated by office workers and commuters, and people are clamoring for dog parks.
Richey Piiparinen, a researcher for Case's Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, sees a more powerful force than a casino or a medical mart.
"It's a youth movement," he said. "This could be a huge thing."
Not to say anyone will mistake downtown Cleveland for Chicago. Even after two decades of unprecedented growth, the population within walking distance of Public Square approaches only 10,000 people (compared to 29,000 in Chicago's Loop). Many urban planners see 20,000 to 25,000 residents the threshold for creating a natural, self-sustaining downtown neighborhood, one that attracts grocery stores and schools.

http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10901029-large.jpg

[PoshSteve]

New pics of the final interior plans for the medical mart/convention center downtown. World class!

MMPI releases Cleveland medical mart interior renderings, upholds promise of 'first-class' facility
(http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2012/04/mmpi_releases_medical_mart_interior_renderings_upholds_promise_of_first-class_facility.html)

By Laura Johnston, The Plain Dealer 4-29-12


Link to more images: Here (http://photos.cleveland.com/4501/gallery/medical_mart_and_convention_center_/index.html)

http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2012/04/10914069-standard.jpg
http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2012/04/10914073-standard.jpg
http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2012/04/10914075-standard.jpg
http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2012/04/10914070-standard.jpg

[themaguffin]

That building looks nice.

What exactly is its purpose though? What exactly is a medical mart?

[dar124]

This link gives a description of the MMCC.

http://issuu.com/mmpi/docs/prospectuscc?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

[dar124]

Here's another update from the FEB webcam.

Looks like they've started on another row of the facade!



https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JwO-SmZ8Fak/T61mf4Vm1TI/AAAAAAAAAYs/S4mL5B9InSM/s640/FEB19.jpg

http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm

[xboarder84]

So has anyone got some photos of the casino? I haven't had a chance to see it yet and there don't seem to be any photos online of the completed exterior or entries.

[PoshSteve]

I dont have any here since im on my phone, but I know theres alot of cleveland.com from when it first opened. From what ive seen, and from what customers at the bank say, it is GORGEOUS. They did a fine job at it. Im sooo hoping to get up there and take a look myself. More for the building than the games haha

[dar124]

From the FEB webcam, the tree and flag are up on the top of the building. So it appears that the building has topped out!! :cheers:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JLQTCTt1FEk/T9DVZaOjFrI/AAAAAAAAAfI/TWnx0FWzNgU/s640/FEB21%2520topping%2520out.jpg

http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm


There is also a story about the topping out online from News Channel 5.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Focal-point-of-Clevelands-Flats-East-Bank-project-marks-topping-off

[PoshSteve]

Was downtown today for the first time in a painfully long time, and WOW was i surprised. busy busy busy. tons of people everywhere. not just near the casino where i knew there would be, but on pretty much every street i walked down between E12 and W9 and Huron and Lakeside, and even more surprising considering it was a Monday. I took plenty of gorgeous pictures all around town, including these of the big projects going on

Ernst and Young from St Clair and W9
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/sakarr90/2012-06-11134138.jpg

MedMart from the mall
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/sakarr90/2012-06-11133041.jpg

from in front of KeyTower
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/sakarr90/2012-06-11132945.jpg

from St Clair
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/sakarr90/2012-06-11133323.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t192/sakarr90/2012-06-11133308.jpg

[dar124]

Here's an update from from today of the Ernst&Young building from the FEB webcam.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HQSSVR8iC5c/T-3qyvHjyEI/AAAAAAAAAhc/ppuRrpdVQwk/s640/FEB22.jpg

http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm

[MayDay]

Sorry it's been a while - I'm sure there's more I could update but for now: new pics for Flats East Bank, Cleveland Museum of Art, MOCA, and the CWRU Student Center.

[dar124]

August 1st FEB webcame update.

The facade is now visible from the Innerbelt Bridge. Love the progress!!!


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zoQXSkpYD30/UBlVlexBm-I/AAAAAAAAAh8/hBMj_aGyx3M/s640/FEB23.jpg
http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm

[cyclovert]

the direction of the windows on MoCA is the opposite of the drawing.

[dar124]

I was down at Jacobs (Nautica) Pavilion for the 311 concert this past Sunday. Here's a couple of pics of the E&Y building from the show.

A nice outdoor venue, with decent views of the city. Just a little bit different angle of the building from down there.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OW-ISGvheDM/UCqQUhoWhMI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/FHbAhCItoaE/s640/2012-08-12_20-09-49_656.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PRBAKuu1EJA/UCqQVEbqa1I/AAAAAAAAAig/4fj9IQnwolo/s800/2012-08-12_20-46-58_70.jpg

[dar124]

I got a couple shots of the E&Y tower on our way down to the airshow yesterday.


from the Detroit-Superior Bridge
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-94XF1dvxWEA/UEZf0est0yI/AAAAAAAAAks/0j8E0AaPYqY/s800/FEB29.jpg


from W.3rd Street
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PW7G1EPlmc8/UEZf0TpZ8NI/AAAAAAAAAkw/cp8oaa1UVSI/s800/FEB28.jpg

[Husat77]

I'm getting tired of page 32, so here's a little bit that I learned last week (some of you probably already know this). There's an addition going onto the Western Reserve Historical Society which is going to house the refurbished carousel from Euclid Beach Park. Progress as of early September:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/dhusat77/WP_000070.jpg

[dar124]

Here's a few pics of the FEB project from Aerial Aspect Photography's facebook page.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OEdMmOtPKjo/UF29AauceUI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/8KPxrNSaXyw/s880/FEB%2520facebook.jpg



https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aP4sWzdUuec/UF29A1hq7aI/AAAAAAAAAlc/MXu9T9oijQg/s800/FEB%2520facebook3.jpg



https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4K9uY0LZB4I/UF29Aa22ceI/AAAAAAAAAlY/QmOFHtOZi10/s800/FEB%2520facebook2.jpg



https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9fFY1UbI9_Q/UF29AQ7c3SI/AAAAAAAAAlU/2lZPnKRfkB8/s800/FEB%2520facebook1.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/media/set (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151165797969929.469400.76228679928&type=3)

[dar124]

They've begun lowering / removing the E&Y tower crane.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OafUfTgyHR0/UGSAJOGao3I/AAAAAAAAAmY/NW0-Qb6wha4/s640/FEB30.jpg

http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm

[dar124]

Here's a few pics that I found of the FEB project. Looks like they're doing some road work in the Phase II area.


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6353_zpsfcf71d0d.jpg


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6362_zps6b20acb0.jpg


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6356_zps4978e8c6.jpg


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6364_zps6d463b35.jpg


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6381_zpsaa3eb550.jpg


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6374_zps00f0af22.jpg


http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/pwmcleveland/andere/DSCF6376_zps20c578cf.jpg


http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,1823.4410.html)

[Austinlee]

So nobody in this thread has been talking about The Condos at Eleven River in Rocky River?? These things are gorgeous. Forumer Evergrey sent me the link and now I want one.

http://media.cleveland.com/architecture/photo/ax143-7678-9jpeg-8499bced55aeb22f.jpeg

Looks like 7 are sold and the remaining 4 units are priced between $759 - $900k.
http://www.11river.com/PDF/2653_11RV25_Peerlis.pdf

[dar124]

It looks like the FEB webcam has been adjusted to get a better view of the continued construction of Phase I.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mp2lvHbUKuA/UJrJALOoHZI/AAAAAAAAAso/2NOmpJbJGtM/s800/FEB35.jpg
http://www.flatseast.com/webcam.htm

[Evergrey]

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/11/a_dose_of_wow_for_fairfax_edit.html

PNC Connection provides a dose of wow for Fairfax: editorial

Published: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 7:33 PM Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 7:34 PM
By The Plain Dealer Editorial Board

The physical transformation on the southwest corner of East 83rd Street and Carnegie Avenue has been dramatic and unmistakable, both to residents of Cleveland's proud Fairfax neighborhood and to the thousands of East Side commuters who zip by daily. The nondescript brick building -- most notable because it once housed a pizza shop and a dry cleaner -- has been transformed by New York architect Edward Schlossberg's imaginative use of glass and dancing lights into something eye-catchingly special.
But what's really special about the PNC Fairfax Connection is what goes on inside.

Its 6,400 square feet are stocked with the latest computer technology, the better to help bridge the digital divide. But all the gizmos and whiteboard walls simply provide the platform for programming -- financial literacy classes and small-business counseling -- presented by the bank and a long list of partners that includes the Boys and Girls Club, the Cleveland Browns and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

If you're looking for bank services beyond an ATM, this isn't the place to go. PNC Regional President Paul Clark says the idea is to forge a different relationship with a neighborhood. Fairfax was chosen because it had needs, but also enduring anchors such as Karamu House and deeply rooted churches.

...

http://pnc.mediaroom.com/file.php/196511/pnc_fairfax_exterior.jpg

http://pnc.thedigitalcenter.com/photos/50700/webres/B_PNC_Fairfax_Connections_Exterior_Evening_View_wLED_Display.jpg?1348690914

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3z6Bu1CIAAOnvK.jpg

http://pnc.thedigitalcenter.com/photos/50709/webres/F_PNC_Fairfax_Connections_Studio.JPG?1348691153

pnc.com

[Austinlee]

Nice

[dar124]

Starting Monday Cleveland's Lorain-Carnegie bridge will feature a wide path for those on bike and foot

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A historic bridge near downtown will open a new era for those on bike and foot starting Monday.

Crews are finishing a 14½-foot-wide path on the north side of the Lorain-Carnegie (Hope Memorial) Bridge, offering an eyeful of downtown and an improved link for cyclists and pedestrians.


http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/12/clevelands_lorain-carnegie_bri.html

[MayDay]

Finally got around to doing some updates - check 'em out page 1 :)

[case_architect]

it'll be nice to finally see this one redeveloped


http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20121210/FREE/121219984
Cleveland Metropolitan School District to auction its headquarters building

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to auction off its headquarters building at 1380 E. Sixth St. In downtown Cleveland.

[dar124]

Good to hear about some progress on the Ameritrust building!!! :tup:

It'll be nice to see some construction in that area and then eventually to see people around on the streets that work and live in the buildings.



CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Council will take its first public look today at plans to unload the mothballed Ameritrust complex

http://www.cleveland.com/ameritrust_deal.html (http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2013/01/cuyahoga_county_council_vets_ameritrust_deal.html#incart_river_default)

[dar124]

Here's a rendering of the Ameritrust complex and a diagram of the site that I came across yesterday. Just now getting time to post them here.

I checked out the Geis Companies website and they only have an image of the rendering and a link to the cleveland.com story from 12-11-12.



https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I_WYlw3Y1ys/UOXA-jsekNI/AAAAAAAAAwM/8SdklET87RA/s800/County%2520HQ%2520Rendering.jpg


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0lnUokr1V4Y/UOXA-ohnHvI/AAAAAAAAAwI/7UlBgi1qe48/s640/Ameritrust%2520complex.jpg

[xboarder84]

Just saw the renderings for the Inner Belt landscape near Tremont and downtown. At least the project acknowledges that you need to make the areas around the bridge look attractive too:


http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/odot_wants_spruced_up_look_on_1.html

[dar124]

Port Authority board approves $90 million bond deal for new Cuyahoga County headquarters


CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The financing package for Cuyahoga County's new headquarters came together Thursday, as the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority agreed to issue $90 million in bonds to pay for the project.

The Port will act as a conduit for the deal, issuing tax-exempt lease revenue bonds that will be paid off using rent from the county. The Geis Cos., a real estate developer and construction company based in Streetsboro, is demolishing a pair of vacant, low-rise office buildings at East Ninth Street and Prospect Avenue and plans to build an eight-story government headquarters there.

The Port expects to issue the bonds within several weeks. Geis has started demolition inside the old P and H office buildings and plans to give the county keys to the new building in July 2014.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/port_authority_board_approves (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/03/port_authority_board_approves.html#incart_m-rpt-2)

[dar124]

Northwestern Mutual signs on at Flats East Bank office tower, taking most of 6th floor

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Northwestern Mutual will fill most of the sixth floor of the Ernst & Young Tower at the Flats East Bank project, adding to the stable of tenants for the city's first new high-rise office building in years.

The financial services company said Thursday that it has signed a lease on nearly 17,000 square feet in the tower and plans to move there in November. Based in Milwaukee, the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has 100 financial advisors and other employees in its Cleveland office, at the Ohio Savings Plaza building on East Ninth Street.


www.cleveland.com/Northwestern Mutual signs on at FEB (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/03/northwestern_mutual_signs_on_a.html#incart_river_default)

[MayDay]

I added updated photos for CWRU Student Center and Uptown Phase II - I'll try to add a few more projects/proposals this weekend.

[JG573]

I added updated photos for CWRU Student Center and Uptown Phase II - I'll try to add a few more projects/proposals this weekend.

Great job keeping the first page updated I do not see that too often. Even though I am living in portland and not cleveland it is one of the cities I have been keeping a close eye on it with everything going on and hope to visit soon again.

[MayDay]

Before anyone goes nuts over the image - it's JUST a haphazardly thrown together rendering and does NOT reflect a final design or even a massing at this point:

Cuyahoga County, Cleveland partner to spur convention center hotel, public-space overhaul

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By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer on June 05, 2013 at 6:00 AM, updated June 05, 2013 at 6:07 AM

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In a rare collaboration, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald are partnering to push forward on roughly $350 million worth of long-discussed downtown development, including a convention center hotel and a nearby pedestrian bridge to the lakefront.

FitzGerald will announce today that he plans to use extra money from the convention center complex to support construction of a 600-to-700-room hotel in place of the county's administration building at Lakeside Avenue and Ontario Street. Lower construction costs and higher-than-expected sales tax and hotel bed tax revenues -- the funding streams for the convention center and attached Global Center for Health Innovation -- have left the county with a windfall.

Now the county plans to use that money, which totaled $93 million on Tuesday, to support downtown projects private developers are unlikely to tackle. To stretch those dollars, FitzGerald has been working with Jackson, the business community and an array of consultants to sketch out budgets, identify funding sources and find opportunities for public-private partnerships.

More at:
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/06/cuyahoga_county_cleveland_part.html#incart_river_default

[dar124]

Cleveland Convention Center Opens Today at 2:00 PM!!!
http://www.clevcc.com/

Aloft Cleveland had its ribbon-cutting yesterday!!!
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/alofthotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3606

The new E&Y Tower is set to open this month.
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130408/RENEWSLETTER/304089974/1006


It's nice to see some of these projects being completed. Congrats Cleveland!!! :cheers: