Thursday, September 20, 2012
New 355-unit building developers will seek final approval at Planning & Zoning meeting tonight.
Developers behind a proposed 355-unit luxury apartment complex will seek final approval from the Beachwood Planning & Zoning Commission Thursday, Sept. 27. The building at Green Road and Chagrin Boulevard will house 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units marketed toward young professionals. The building will be built where Commerce Park Buildings I, II and III stand at the southeast corner of the intersection. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook The property sold for $4.1 million in September to The NRP Group, LLC and Munsell Realty Advisors, LLC. City Planner George Smerigan said the buildings will be torn down to make room for the new apartments. Tenants from those offices will move to Buildings IV and V. Look for more on this proposal as it …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Lyndhurst mayor calls fire largest in city's history
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. The fire that broke out at Sherri Park Apartments in Lyndhurst has been extinguished. The fire, which erupted after a landscaping vehicle hit a gas line, causing a leak, spread into all six floors of the south building. Around 100 residents of the south building were evacuated to The Greens of Lyndhurst, a nearby assisted living facility, said Lyndhurst Mayor Joe Cicero. He added that the building was evacuated after the gas leak started at around 12:30 p.m. but before the fire broke out. Crews shut off the gas line at 3:16 p.m., extinguishing the fire more than two hours after it started. Personnel from more than 30 agencies, including Beachwood and as far as Kirtland and East Cleveland, responded to help put out the …
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
The 340-unit upscale apartment building is to be built at Chagrin and Green
City Council has cleared the way for an upscale apartment complex on Chagrin Road, creating a new zoning district and rezoning the property where three Commerce Park office buildings stand. City officials hope the four-story, 340-unit building to be built at Green Road and Chagrin Boulevard will attract young professionals to the city. A concept plan presented at an earlier City Council meeting calls for an apartment building with a two-story parking garage where Commerce Park Buildings I, II and III stand at the southeast corner of the intersection. City Planner George Smerigan said that the plans are consistent with the Commerce Park report his company conducted for the city earlier this year. The property sold for $4.1 million in …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Check our simple breakdown of the biggest items on tonight's agenda
With four public hearings and more regular business, tonight’s City Council agenda is dense. Council will consider the Pet Lodge USA proposal – allowing a kennel to open in a former fur vault in Commerce Park – and host four public hearings: about farmers markets, a potential new apartment building and Commerce Park zoning. Read on for a simple breakdown of the big items to be discussed. City Council meets at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. The first public hearing will begin at 7:15 p.m. and the others will immediately follow. Click on th PDF to see the full agenda. Ordinance: Pet Lodge USA One piece of legislation would allow a Pet Lodge USA to move into a former fur vault in Commerce Park. The ordinance would rule the business…
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
City Council to hear public comment on two ordinances at upcoming meetings
City Council scheduled public hearings for two ordinances at Monday’s meeting. The public hearing on the ordinance to allow goats and sheep at Beachwood homes will be May 7. Council can vote on the ordinance, which would allow residents to keep two goats or one sheep at homes on at least 1.1 acres of property, that night. Council set an April 17 public hearing for an ordinance to change the zoning code for electronic signs, a change spurred after Dollar Bank erected an electronic billboard on Interstate 271 and Chagrin Boulevard. March 19's City Council meeting agenda already includes four public hearings: two hearing about a proposed apartment building at Chagrin Boulevard and Green Road, one about changing Beachwood’s limited …
Monday, February 13, 2012
Council will meet in special meeting at 7 p.m.
City Council will meet in a special meeting tonight to discuss matters related to economic development in the city. Earlier we reported that the meeting was set for Council to hear a proposal from the Chamber of Commerce for a Visitors and Convention Bureau and to hear about the county’s anti-poaching proposal. The agenda was amended last week to include a discussion about pending legislation to enact a new zoning district for apartments in the city. City Planner George Smerigan will present information for a possible restriction on the number of studio units allowed in apartment buildings in this zoning district. Councilman Martin Horwitz requested the information at the last meeting of Council, adding that he believes tenants in larger …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Catch the news you may have missed
Ohio Republicans weighed in on the upcoming primary elections. Read what they had to say. We had a great slideshow contributed by The Chubby Cook from their sushi class – and we’re always happy to post photos from your event! Just email Nikki.Ferrell@patch.com. Beachwood could begin regulating electronic signs like those at Dollar Bank, the Maltz Museum and Beachwood High School soon. Find out what it would mean. A man was seen running naked from a crash on Interstate 271 early Wednesday morning. Well, he was wearing socks. Public hearings have been set for ordinances that would allow new apartments and farmers markets in Beachwood. Find out when you can tell City Council if you support the measures.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Four ordinances to be discussed March 19
Public hearings for measures that would allow farmers markets and new apartments buildings in Beachwood are set for March. Two of the ordinances to be discussed create a new zoning classification for apartments and rezone the Commerce Park property on the corner of Green Road and Chagrin Boulevard to that new classification. The NRP Group, LLC purchased that property, which is zoned for offices, late last year and intends to build a new luxury apartment complex on the site. The existing office buildings – Commerce Park I, II and III – would be torn down. Another ordinance to be discussed at this meeting would allow farmers markets in Beachwood. Finally, an ordinance to change Beachwood’s limited manufacturing and storage district to a …
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Read the news you missed this week
Planning and Zoning approved measures to allow new apartments in Beachwood. These will go on to Council for approval next – find out where, and what kind of apartments we could see. We had a great time Friday morning handing out free coffee, swag and a $25 gift card at our Patchiversary party at Caribou coffee. Beachwood Schools approved the purchase of a one-acre lot that could be used to improve traffic at the entrance to Beachwood High School. Find out more. Al Zombory pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in a last-minute hearing Tuesday. Find out what he told the judge. The Board of Education heard a proposal to raise standards for student athletes this week. Read what it could mean for your kids. We told you about a study …
Friday, January 27, 2012
Approval would mean new apartments at Four Seasons and Commerce Park
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended measures that would allow new apartments in Beachwood at Thursday's meeting. Measures under consideration would allow an apartment building at Green Road and Chagrin Boulevard and another apartment complex on George Zieger Drive. Representatives from The NRP Group, LLC attended the meeting and gave a few more details about what they may propose to the city for a new apartment complex on an 8-acre parcel at Green Road and Chagrin Boulevard. The property now houses Commerce Park Buildings I, II and III, three "deteriorating" office buildings that stand mostly vacant, developers noted. The Commerce Park property sold for $4.1 million in September to The NRP Group, LLC and Munsell Realty Advisors…
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4:38 pm on Thursday, March 22, 2012
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