

Playhouse Square District officials said the building's name was chosen "to reflect the energy surrounding Playhouse Square," the important role light plays in theater as well as to pay tribute to another Playhouse Square star: the GE Chandelier. The 602,000-square-foot apartment building, which will stand 396 feet, is the focal point of the what Playhouse Square officials say is the largest residential project in downtown Cleveland in 40 years. This Playhouse Square rising star is expected to make its grand entrance in the summer of 2020, according to officials for the nation's second largest performing arts center after Broadway. Ground broken for The Lumen at Playhouse Square, billed as largest downtown residential project in 40 yearsīy Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer Ohio - Groundbreaking was held Thursday for The Lumen at Playhouse Square, a 34-story, 318-unit apartment building. The entire project is expected to be completed by the end of August, Falco said.The beacon is going up and now the lumen - cleveland is lighting up !!! It features 318 elegant one- and two-bedroom suites with floor-to-ceiling windows, homey, thoughtfully designed spaces, and carefully planned, unexpected touches like gas ranges and washer-dryers. The Lumen's 318 apartments will be available for pre-lease in early March. A sleek, glass-walled building, the Lumen soars above the streetscape, offering stunning, little-seen views of Euclid Avenue, downtown and the lakefront. There were no injuries.Įven with that setback, according to Falco the Lumen project is on schedule and on budget. The $135 million construction project had a hiccup in October 2018 when several steel beams dropped from the crane and damaged an adjoining parking garage. Playhouse Square also nicknamed the crane Ichabod the Crane and started a Twitter account for Ichabod.Ĭleveland looks great from up here! Check out for a live webcam of me! /hgsYPywA9A The new 34-story tower consists of over 600,000 square feet and houses 318 apartment suites. project overview: Destined to become an icon of the Cleveland skyline, Playhouse Square Apartments (also called The Lumen Apartments) will add to the distinct. Since then, Playhouse Square has sought ways to get the community excited about and interacting with the construction project, including a live webcam with a bird's-eye view of the construction maintained by Gilbane Building Company, the contractor for the Lumen project. The Lumen at Playhouse Square is a residential high-rise luxury apartment complex situated in the heart of downtown Cleveland’s Theatre District.

The 34-story building, which is owned by the Playhouse Square Foundation, broke ground in April 2018. “The Lumen is going to be a building that everyone is going to see, whether you’re coming in from the south or you’re coming in from the east, from the west, so everyone will know where Playhouse Square is just by seeing the Lumen,” Falco said. Experience at The Lumen in the heart of the vibrant Playhouse Square district in downtown Cleveland. įalco called the temporary road closures the “price of progress.” Downtown Cleveland is the citys central business district and is undergoing a period of substantial residential growth, bringing with it new options for dining. 1600 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44115 Experience at The Lumen in the heart of the vibrant Playhouse Square district in downtown Cleveland. The Euclid Avenue stretch from East 14th to East 17th streets will be closed through Saturday.
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For theater-goers, drop-off and valet will also be available in front of the Connor Palace, but drivers will have to come in from Chester Avenue to East 17 th to Euclid Avenue. Sidewalks on Euclid Avenue and the crosswalk at East 14 th will remain open. It will take a few days for construction crews to disassemble the crane completely, so Euclid Avenue between East 18 th and East 14 th streets is scheduled to be closed through Saturday, but inclement weather could delay that process. Weather permitting, the crane should be completely down by the end of the weekend.
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“Most of the work from this point on will be completing the apartment units.” Golden Hour is a rooftop happy hour series for artists, entrepreneurs, and other creative endeavoring people in Cleveland. “The project is now completely enclosed with glass,” Falco said. The crane towering over the Euclid Avenue construction site of the Lumen building in Playhouse Square comes down this week.ĭismantling the crane means the exterior of the 400-foot tall high-rise apartment is almost complete, said Art Falco, Playhouse Square’s senior advisor for special projects.
