The planned redevelopment of the east bank of the Flats has grown dramatically during the past three years, spurred by interest from companies seeking new offices and from hotels and other businesses looking for a unique niche in downtown Cleveland.
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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.
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Among the most notable revisions: The office portion of the project has nearly doubled in size, to a possible 975,000 square feet. The number of planned residences has grown from 300 to about 430, including 50 high-end condominiums perched atop a 150-room luxury hotel. And the layout of the project now centers on the waterfront, with roads, buildings and a public park framing a view of the Cuyahoga River and pedestrian access along a 1,200-foot boardwalk.
"I am very optimistic that this is going to be much more spectacular than I had originally envisioned," said Scott Wolstein, who is developing the project with his mother, Iris, and Cleveland-based Fairmount Properties.
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"The response to the project from the community has been incredible, and we've been gratified by the response from the office tenants that we didn't originally anticipate," Wolstein added during a phone interview.
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At its regular meeting this morning, the Cleveland City Planning Commission got its first look at the revised and expanded plans to remake land from West 9th Street to the river. Officials did not vote on any plans; rather, they took time to comment on changes to the development and the developers' ambitious plans to build offices, homes, a hotel, a movie theater, a gourmet market, shops and public space before 2011.
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"I think the more we studied the great waterfront urban districts in the world, the more we came to believe that for this project to help redefine the future of the city, it needed to have a real critical mass," Adam Fishman of Fairmount Properties said in an interview earlier this week.
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"The schedule is very aggressive," he added, "and we need a lot of cooperation, which we're getting. Our public partners have been extremely cooperative, but it's important to everyone to push to make this happen."
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The most updated images for the Flats project show the final layout of the development, including the location and uses of buildings, and the positions of streets and public spaces. But the developers have not yet released design details, showing what the outside of each building will look like. Those details could be available within a few months.
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Final demolition on buildings on the site could start within 30 days, followed by grading of the property. Foundation work on a residential building near the river and a 20- or 21-story office building and nearby apartments could start before the end of the summer.
*this article was streamed from Cleveland.com. Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer are entirely responsible for the content of this article**
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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 number of planned residences has grown from 300 to about 430, including 50 high-end condominiums perched atop a 150-room luxury hotel. And the layout of the project now centers on the waterfront, with roads, buildings and a public park framing a view of the Cuyahoga River and pedestrian access along a 1,200-foot boardwalk.
"I am very optimistic that this is going to be much more spectacular than I had originally envisioned," said Scott Wolstein, who is developing the project with his mother, Iris, and Cleveland-based Fairmount Properties.
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"The response to the project from the community has been incredible, and we've been gratified by the response from the office tenants that we didn't originally anticipate," Wolstein added during a phone interview.
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At its regular meeting this morning, the Cleveland City Planning Commission got its first look at the revised and expanded plans to remake land from West 9th Street to the river. Officials did not vote on any plans; rather, they took time to comment on changes to the development and the developers' ambitious plans to build offices, homes, a hotel, a movie theater, a gourmet market, shops and public space before 2011.
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"I think the more we studied the great waterfront urban districts in the world, the more we came to believe that for this project to help redefine the future of the city, it needed to have a real critical mass," Adam Fishman of Fairmount Properties said in an interview earlier this week.
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"The schedule is very aggressive," he added, "and we need a lot of cooperation, which we're getting. Our public partners have been extremely cooperative, but it's important to everyone to push to make this happen."
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The most updated images for the Flats project show the final layout of the development, including the location and uses of buildings, and the positions of streets and public spaces. But the developers have not yet released design details, showing what the outside of each building will look like. Those details could be available within a few months.
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Final demolition on buildings on the site could start within 30 days, followed by grading of the property. Foundation work on a residential building near the river and a 20- or 21-story office building and nearby apartments could start before the end of the summer.
*this article was streamed from Cleveland.com. Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer are entirely responsible for the content of this article**
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You're lucky. we were promised an upscale, pedestrian friendly mixed use development and now the town is being sued to allow a big box store.
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