Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Parent company hopes to attract tenants for a to-be-developed expansion
The joint work session between Beachwood City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission was more about preparation than action. GGP, the parent company of Beachwood Place Mall, will expand the retail hub in the coming months, but in order to do so, the city will need to make zoning text and map modifications. Speaking on behalf of GGP, Jim Heller of Cleveland-based ka architects said there was no timetable or specific plan for for the expansion just yet. Leaving options open, he said the important part was that a 5.6-acre section of Richmond Road — from George Ziegler Drive to the southern property line of La Place — is rezoned from residential to the U-4B shopping center classification. "We want to bring good, quality tenants to expand…
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Plans for a "simple, classic American grill" were finalized in the spring, opened in November.
Ricky Doody told the Beachwood planning commission in April he planned to open The Cedar Creek Grille by September. While it was delayed until November, talk of the new restaurant took Beachwood by storm. Read the No. 4 most-read story of 2012: New Restaurant Coming to La Place The restaurant includes renovations and an expanded patio in the 6,200-square-foot space that housed Melange until early this year. Doody and his family have owned Lindey's Restaurant and Bar, an upscale new-American restaurant and bar in Columbus, for 30 years. The restaurant opened for business on Nov. 7 but Doody and his family have "no interest" in making the Cedar Creek Grille a chain. "It's a great market. We know the market well," said Doody in April, who …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Find out what's coming - and when you can enjoy their fare
A local restaurant proprietor will add a new "simple, classic American grill" in Beachwood's La Place. The Cedar Creek Grille, owned by Lindey's Restaurant Group, will open by September, owner Rick Doody told the Planning & Zoning Commission at Thursday's meeting. The Commission voted unanimously to approve Doody's preliminary site plan, which includes renovations and an expanded patio in the 6,200-square-foot space that housed Melange until early this year. Doody and his family have owned Lindey's Restaurant and Bar, an upscale new-American restaurant and bar in Columbus, for 30 years. His day job is as the chairman of a successful restaurant group that founded a national upscale restaurant chain, but he added that this is an unrelated …
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Beachwood Police incidents, Sept. 16 to 19
Man arrested at Dillard’s for second time Thursday, Sept. 19, 2:40 p.m. — A man was arrested at Dillard’s and charged with stealing $340 of merchandise. He had been arrested at the store before, the report notes, and so was charged with trespassing. Juvenile charged with shoplifting Thursday, Sept. 15, 8:37 p.m. — A 17-year-old Cleveland girl was arrested at the Beachwood Place Mall and charged with trying to steal $217 in clothing from Hollister. Man charged with marijuana possession Friday, Sept. 16, 3:31 p.m. — Police pulled over a car on a traffic violation on Interstate 271 southbound at Chagrin Boulevard and report that they found marijuana on a passenger. He was arrested and charged. Wanted man pulls over in police …
Monday, July 18, 2011
Beachwood store to liquidate as early as Friday
Borders Group will liquidate its remaining stores as early as Friday, according to the Huffington Post via Reuters. The company declared bankruptcy and closed 200 of its 642 stores nationwide earlier this year, including locations in Mentor and Medina, but sparing Beachwood’s La Place location. The company also operates stores in Tower City, Strongsville, Solon and Westlake. A call to Borders’ corporate office was not immediately returned. The La Place store was still open this evening.
Joseph
9:55 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
How could city planner George Smerigan say "there wouldn't be much use in keeping that area zoned under a residential classification"? Did he check with the people who live in houses right across the street from there? That entire area is all residential, he should ask those people if they would mind having restaurants and stores across the street, with all kinds of cars pulling in and out. … more ›