Ryan passes away unexpectedly

Erin Ryan, a business development specialist in real estate construction for 20 years,
passed away unexpectedly earlier this week. She worked in construction, a field
 dominated by men, but led young women to follow in her footsteps (Legacy.com).

As family, friends and business associates gather to remember Erin E. Ryan of Fairview Park at her funeral this weekend, many of them are struggling with the loss of someone so full of life and still too young to have left this earth so soon. Erin passed away Oct. 6 from a suspected heart attack, according to two associates of hers. She was only 59.

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Fairview Hospital-North final concept presented

A conceptual plan for Fairview Hospital’s North Campus shows the approximate
shape and scale of proposed structures based on programming and space needs,
called a massing. It was presented last night to members of Cleveland’s Kamms
Corners community. The project will be built in phases starting with the new
Cancer Center/Medical Office Building followed by the new parking
garage (Cleveland Clinic). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

After presenting plans for the new North Campus of Fairview Hospital, 18101 Lorain Ave., to Cleveland’s Kamms Corners community, Cleveland Clinic officials and their design team will now submit the project to the city’s design-review process for approval. Proposed timelines for the project were also revealed, showing the Clinic wants to move forward quickly on this major project.

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Hopkins Airport’s first terminal project takes off

This innocuous-looking building south of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport’s pas-
senger terminal is where the airport’s nearly $3 billion makeover is about to begin. It will
accommodate offices for architects, engineers and other consultants who will carry out
the terminal modernization (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

If you are heading south from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on State Route 237, you might be able to catch a brief glimpse of where a nearly $3 billion modernization program for the airport’s terminal is about to begin. But most people probably won’t even notice the building or when the work starts on upgrading its interior.

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Sherwin-Williams execs to wait and see on HQ2

Just beyond Downtown Cleveland’s Public Square at the west end of Euclid Avenue
towers the new Sherwin-Williams headquarters. But whether it will have more
company and when probably won’t be known until after all of its employees
 move into it and the new Brecksville research center next year (KJP).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The rumor mill is always churning around Sherwin-Williams’ plans for handling its growing number of employees at its soon-to-open new headquarters in Downtown Cleveland, its new research center in suburban Brecksville and at its other other facilities. But that rumor mill has quieted down in recent months, until now.

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Another groundbreaking, in Case you want more

Case Western Reserve University’s new Interdisciplinary Science and
Engineering Building will not turn its back on Martin Luther King Jr. Boule-
vard as have other Case Quad buildings, including Yost Hall that was demo-
lished for this new structure (HGA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A second major groundbreaking ceremony is happening later this month in Cleveland, following that of the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center. But this one could be a little confusing to those familiar with Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) $300 million Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB). They may wonder if this project hasn’t already been underway for some time — because it has.

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Downtown Cavs/Clinic facility groundbreaking set

The planned Cleveland Clinic Peak Performance Center is a development project
along the Cuyahoga River in Downtown Cleveland. It is being pursued by Rock
Ventures and its real estate arm Bedrock. Although construction is set to start
in mid-October, site preparation has actually been underway for nearly
a year (Populous). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Final approval is expected tomorrow by the City Planning Commission of designs for the proposed Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers’ new practice facility and the Clinic’s sports health/wellness programs. But how do we know approval is expected? Because the groundbreaking ceremony for the new center has been set for the week after next.

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Downtown employers reconsider suburban moves

Gray Media at Reserve Square, left, and AmTrust at 800 Superior both appear to be
reversing directions regarding the decisions on where to locate their downtown
Cleveland offices (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Two large Downtown Cleveland employers may be reversing course regarding their future office locations. One was bound and determined to leave for the suburbs but now its plans are up in the air. And despite the grist coming from the real estate rumor mill, the other employer says it’s not going anywhere — yet.

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