Topic: Cleveland: Flats East Bank

[KJP]

thank you for making me spit water on my keyboard...

It was funny, but it wasn't that funny!

[MyTwoSense]

thank you for making me spit water on my keyboard...

It was funny, but it wasn't that funny!

You had to be there!

[GreenerPastures]

i just know mayday is sending copies of those outstanding pictures to the library. Very nice. Historic. In the day , I can remember hang'n wit da fellas an shoot'n rats off d'poo's dock @ 3 in the morning. Great memory's. Call the cops? Hell, they were already there. I was looking over the action a couple months ago and almost shed a tear watching my youth fade away. 

[Ipsilon]

Or this (the mystery hole/Ayers Rock)?

THIS!  IS!  CLEVELAND!

No one grabbed that one, huh?  I'm dissappointed.

[Oldmanladyluck]

^LOL!!

[deanhorn]

Great pictures!

Are we ever going to see a decent rendering of the office tower?  Or, are we going to have to wait until it is built?

Also, are the Wolsteins ever going to have a formal groundbreaking?  By the looks of the pictures, I think they are too late!

For such a high profile project, the Wolsteins seem to have a very low key approach.

[3231]

Great pictures!

Are we ever going to see a decent rendering of the office tower?  Or, are we going to have to wait until it is built?

Also, are the Wolsteins ever going to have a formal groundbreaking?  By the looks of the pictures, I think they are too late!

For such a high profile project, the Wolsteins seem to have a very low key approach.

They'll have to go to design review pretty soon. Once that happens, we should be able to see a rendering for the tower.

[KJP]

This is just the infrastructure work they're doing. New sewers, streets, utilities, etc. I'll bet this portion alone (including ripping out the old stuff), is costing tens of millions of dollars. Think of what First Interstate had to do get ready to build Steelyard Commons, or what RTA had to do to with Euclid in the downtown portion. That's pretty much what's happening here except Wolstein gets to tear everything down and start all over. This is a LOT of work they have to do just to make the slate clean...

[3231]

^and they are doing it quickly and en masse. It really is amazing how quickly things can get done when it is necessary (office tenant leases).

[KJP]

And you don't have work around existing utilities, buildings or vehicular/pedestrian traffic. The city basically marked off that corner of downtown and said to Wolstein: "Here. It's all yours."

[CBC]

I tailgated yesterday on the edge of the excavations, that was my first time seeing the construction up close and in person, the scale is pretty spectactular. There were a couple of guys down there working, it looked like they came out to see how sloppy the site was after all of the rain.

[Flee2theCleve]

I'd still like for the Hulett's to be incorporated somehow in that area's future.  I believe there is one slumbering over there somewhere (along west bank)

[McCleveland]

^they've been trying to raise money to get those moved and set up for quite some time (I believe they want to put them in North Coast Harbour)... and I think they need like $1m to get it done or something outrageous.

[Keith]

^they've been trying to raise money to get those moved and set up for quite some time (I believe they want to put them in North Coast Harbour)... and I think they need like $1m to get it done or something outrageous.

Up to $6 Million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/05/whatever_happened_to_the_hulet.html

The silos are relatively new - maybe 10 years old, give or take.
Perhaps this is where Cleveland Public Art should step in.

I didn't realize they were that new. Regardless, they are not a pretty sight by any stretch of the imagination, and if they aren't removed, I agree that some form of modification, makeover, or artwork could make them look nicer. For that matter even if they are removed, I think that the mouth of the river would be a great spot for a large/iconic piece of public artwork.

[smackem81]

The Cuyahoga river is still a working river, not all sights are going to be pretty. The silos, though uneappealing to the eye, adds visual interest to the river. The river and lake are inheriently boring to look at. Its the activity of boats on these waterways that makes them interesting. So long as the concrete silos are there, there will be boats there.

They aren't worth fussing with, move them when the port leaves, and that segment of the river ceases to be a working part of the river. They just arent worth the big fuss right now.

[KJP]

Please direct your comments and other messages regarding the possible Eaton Corp. move from downtown Cleveland to the following thread....

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,17327.0.html

It's obviously a very emotional subject with a lot of comments likely to follow, so let's keep this discussion here focused on the Flats East Bank project.

And if Eaton Corp. really is moving from downtown, then the other thread will be the place to discuss that construction project (as much as it might hurt!).

[Cleveland]

according to a press realease from the wolstein group it looks like they have inquires about companies outside Ohio wanting to move to the flats. That is interesting.

[jpop]

Can you post the press release so we can all salivate over it together?

[cardsnxtyr]

Looks like i know what ill be doing before going to bed tonight

[musky]

Um....   never mind.

[Ctownrocks1]

Flats Response To Eaton Move



http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/flats-east-bank-statement.pdf

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Flats Response To Eaton Move



http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/flats-east-bank-statement.pdf

Thanks for posting...there's our "press release"!

I'm mostly impressed on how fast of a response this was.

[Ctownrocks1]

I just fixed the image so it shows the press release without clicking it

[JeffreyT]

Looking forward to some good news - even if it's smaller companies, new blood is great. 

[doctabroccoli]

 

[3231]

"inquiries from outside Ohio"

I sure wish that meant signed leases from companies outside Ohio.

[KStay2]

Good, lets snake some companies from other cities.

[3231]

Good, lets snake some companies from other cities.

We need some robinhood action around here.

[Florida Guy]

"inquiries from outside Ohio"

I sure wish that meant signed leases from companies outside Ohio.

They have said this before so this isn't new but in light of recent events, I'll take it.

[Map Boy]

mmmmm... retailers...

[KJP]

I spoke to Lesic a little while ago on an unrelated matter and asked her about the interest in FEB office space from outside interests. She said the interest is coming from outside Ohio as well as from suburban Cleveland office tenants. No leases yet, though.

[BelievelandD]

I would love to rip business from the burbs. 

[MayDay]

My preferred perch was taken out of commission by the drillers on the right:

[Clvlndr in LV]

Thanks for the updates MayDay

Do we have some engineers that can speak to what the steel anchored to the wall is all about?

[Jax]

...wow.