Sherwin-Williams HQ design concept comes into focus

Ken Prendergast / January 8, 2021

Three sources have confirmed it — the new Sherwin-Williams (SHW) base headquarters (HQ) tower on Public Square will reportedly top out at 27 stories — or more than 400 feet high. Plus, there will be a second headquarters office building of about 20 stories tall exceeding 300 feet in height.

Turns out this basic concept — two 20-something-story HQ buildings — has been SHW’s plan all along.

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SHW’s new HQ may not feature an iconic skyscraper

Ken Prendergast / January 5, 2021

UPDATED JAN. 5, 2021

Throughout the last two-plus years at the Sherwin-Williams (SHW) rumor mill, one of the favorite items of scuttlebutt has been the potential height of the new headquarters (HQ) building — or buildings.

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Counting Cranes – predicting TMUD’s impact on Cleveland

Ken Prendergast / January 3, 2021

One of the most impactful actions to boost downtown Cleveland in the New Year and beyond was made in recent weeks and months 125 miles to the south in our state capital. It culminated with Gov. Mike DeWine signing a piece of legislation last week. In a state legislature that has gained a reputation for harming Ohio’s largest urban centers, it actually helped them this time.

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Report: Downtown Cleveland office market withstood 2020

Ken Prendergast / January 1, 2021

In its latest Skyline Report, real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) said downtown Cleveland’s office market is far healthier than some had feared. Its report had some interesting data to share, showing that downtown is quietly waiting for the all-clear from pandemic-related restrictions to resume its renaissance.

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Saucy Brew Works adding new brewpub, triple production

Ken Prendergast / December 30, 2020

It’s been a banner couple of years for Saucy Brew Works and their founders, Brewmaster Eric Anderson and entrepreneur Brent Zimmerman. And the long-time craft beer fanatics are teaming up for their biggest expansion yet.

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Campus District asks GCRTA for Downtown Loop study

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / December 30, 2020

In a recent letter, a downtown Cleveland community development corporation (CDC) urged the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) to revisit its 2000 Waterfront Line Phase II study that found extending the light-rail line as a Downtown Loop to be feasible.

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Megaproject tax credit signed into law

Ken Prendergast / December 29, 2020

In the coming decade, the state bird of Ohio may well be the construction crane.

That’s especially true in Ohio’s six largest metropolitan areas where more than two-thirds of Ohioans live. That’s because Ohio cities of more than 100,000 population, and places within 10 miles of them, will be the sites of megaprojects receiving anywhere from $240 million to $320 million in Transformational Mixed Use Development (TMUD) tax credits in the next few years.

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Drilling points to 2 Sherwin-Williams skyscrapers

Ken Prendergast / December 24, 2020

Geotechnical drilling crews returned in recent weeks to the parking lots west of Cleveland’s Public Square to gather more data for the design of Sherwin-Williams’ (SHW) new headquarters. In so doing, the biggest question was whether they would drill into more than just one lot. The answer could provide insight as to what HQ facilities SHW might build and where. And how tall.

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Seeds & Sprouts XIV – Early intel on real estate projects

Ken Prendergast / December 23, 2020

This is the Fourteenth edition of Seeds & Sprouts – Early intelligence on Cleveland-area real estate projects. Because these projects are very early in their process of development or just

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Health-Tech Corridor to see a busier 2021

Ken Prendergast / December 21, 2020

On most days, Jeff Epstein is a very busy man. Not only is he executive director of the community development corporation MidTown Cleveland Inc., he also heads up the Health-Tech Corridor.

The Health-Tech Corridor is a decade-old collaboration between MidTown Cleveland, BioEnterprise, The Cleveland Foundation and the City of Cleveland. It works to attract and grow health technology businesses to the corridor linking Downtown and University Circle.

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