Archive for the 'Flats East Bank' Category
“Cleveland City Planning Commission last Friday approved a request by developers of the $500 millon Flats East Bank Neighborhood to demolish the former Crooked River Brewery building at 1101 Center St.
That’s right — on the Flats’ West Side.The site will be used for Hustler Club’s new home, which Flats East Bank developers agreed to provide [...]
“A luxury hotel topped by million-dollar condos plans to open in the redeveloped Flats by 2011, becoming possibly the premier hotel in Greater Cleveland.
Developers have partnered with Starwood Capital Group to open the 1 Hotel & Residences, a five-star, $48 million hotel and condo project. Cleveland joins a short list of cities, including Seattle, New [...]
“That means two of three anchor office tenants the project sought have now committed to staying in Cleveland, as opposed to moving to the suburbs or even farther afield. They will be housed in the first office tower built in the city in about 20 years.
It also means that the mammoth task of revitalizing the [...]
“In a news release, the senator said the money will help develop downtown’s first ‘full-service’ grocery store and create 52 full-time jobs. Half the money is in the form of an economic development grant to reuse a brownfield, and half in the form of a HUD Section 108 loan that developers repay. The funds will [...]
“Wolstein also released fresh drawings of the remade east bank, showing a busy streetscape with a boardwalk along the river. The renderings did not include the new Ernst & Young building.
Besides moving to the Flats, Ernst & Young will move its education center from Middleburg Heights to downtown Cleveland. Wolstein, who has partnered in the [...]
“Mayor Frank Jackson, national and regional Ernst & Young executives and the Flats East Bank development team led by Scott Wolstein announced this morning that Ernst & Young will occupy the top six floors of the proposed building east of West 10th Street between Main and Front avenues. Ernst & Young estimates 1,200 employees will [...]
“Part of the old Flats begins disappearing today as wrecking crews start razing the last buildings on Old River Road north of Main Avenue in Cleveland.
Empty buildings that once housed Flats stalwarts from Old River Road’s stint from the 1980s through the late 1990s as a hot nightspot will fall to make way for the [...]
“At its regular meeting Tuesday morning, the port authority’s regional economic advancement committee postponed a recommendation to make changes to the Flats development agreement until committee members have time to digest the changes requested by the Wolstein Group and Fairmount Properties, the project’s developers…” (go to article)
“Ernst & Young could occupy more than 150,000 square feet of a 20- to 21-story office building planned for a block bounded by Main Avenue, Front Street and West 9th and 10th streets. The firm is the second confirmed tenant for the building, which also will house law firm Tucker Ellis & West LLP…” (go [...]
“In a recent meeting with the city, the Wolstein company’s plans for the Flats east bank showed a two-building campus for manufacturing giant Eaton.
The site sits within a loop of RTA’s waterfront rapid-transit line, which Wolstein’s company would pay to enlarge.
The port’s proposed deal with Flats East Development includes an option to finance the project [...]
“LEED-ND project managers Lillian Kuri and Justin Glanville are proposing the city adopt design guidelines and a green overlay district. While green guidelines have been used in other cities as a voluntary measure, some aspects of Cleveland’s green overlay district could have the force of law behind them if the city converts the guidelines into [...]
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“Demolition of the remaining buildings along the east bank could start within 30 days, followed by grading of the property. Foundation work for a residential building near the river and the office tower could start before the end of summer.
The Wolstein Group and Fairmount Properties hope to release details about their building designs within the [...]
“Updated plans from The Wolstein Group and Fairmount Properties, who hope to transform the former nightlife center into a neighborhood by late 2010, show changes to the layout and scope of the development.
Among the most notable revisions: The office portion of the project has nearly doubled in size, to a possible 975,000 square feet. The [...]
“It is time for the City’s plans to be revisited at this portion of the lakefront so that one corporation’s move doesn’t negatively impact the viability and accessibility of future development and public amenities or set a precedent for similar narrowly conceived developments. The images below illustrate the significant (and sprawling) footprint that the Eaton [...]
“Wrecking crews working for Wolstein took down buildings on eight properties - including the former Joe’s Crab Shack, Fado Irish Pub, the Beach Club and Dick’s Last Resort - around this time last year. The permits secured today will allow for about $500,000 of additional demolition work, smashing buildings including Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club.
Between the [...]
“The port’s plan, which is still evolving, looks brilliant in many ways.
It would free up much of the downtown lakefront for future development, put the port next to I-90 and major rail lines, and obviate the need for a costly new truck route along the west side of the Cuyahoga River to serve the port [...]
“After Friday’s Leap Night celebration, it looks like the remaining East Bank buildings will finally fall and the construction of streets and utilities will begin. The demolition request and master plan update will be a ‘Special Presentation’ item at March 7th’s Planning Commission meeting (9am in City Hall, Room 514)…” (go to article)
“Upon showing up at the site the first thought was that we had stumbled upon a homeless encampment. Huddled masses arranged around metal drums filled with fire, in the distance a small bonfire burned. I suppose the major difference would be the food tents, the projected “Rock Band” competition, the fire troupe and the freestyle [...]
“LEAP NIGHT
February 29, 2008
East Bank of the Flats (where Dick’s Last Resort was recently torn the heck down)
Old River Road
Cleveland, OH
6pm - 11pm
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A pop up experience with food, fun, and spectacle in the Flats East Bank…” (go to article)
