INSIDE : Battery Park • 50 Years of Panzica Construction • Planned Building Maintenance DECEMBER 2006/$4.95 Celebrating 60Years ALL ad2 11/28/06 11:21 AM Page 1 We’reWe’re helpinghelping toto buildbuild Cleveland,Cleveland, oneone liftlift atat aa time.time. QUALITY Craftsmanship and dependability you can count on Quality doesn’t just happen. It’s part of our culture. At D-A-S Construction Co., our existence depends on providing reliable service and quality solutions. At every level of involvement, you can count on D-A-S Construction Co. to give your project the attention it deserves, resulting in the excellence that keeps our customers coming back, time and time again. Cleveland has been our home since 1964. strength. We service and maintain our We started with three brothers, a single own fleet so it performs perfectly on your crane, and an unwavering commitment to job. Our in-field technical support makes quality and service. We’ve grown to sure that you have the right equipment become an entire family of companies— on the job and it performs to your expec- 25 and climbing. We’re the largest tations. You stay on schedule and 7809 Old Rockside Road, CONSTRUCTION CO. privately held crane rental and sales minimize downtime. Cleveland, OH 44131 9500 Midwest Avenue • Cleveland, Ohio 44125 operation in North America, headquar- 216-524-6550 216+662.5577 tered right here in Cleveland. Our family values of reliability, hard work, fax: 216-642-7612 Fax: 216+662.1793 and foresight allow us to anticipate and E-Mail: [email protected] www.allcrane.com S. Rose Company We’re proud to be seen on many meet the changing needs of every client WWW.DASCONSTRUCTION.COM Cleveland job sites as our city builds its and every job. May we help build To assist you in your crane needs go to: Photograph © 2006 Oliver Design Group & Dan Cunningham © 2006 D-A-S Construction Co. future. We’re there because service is our Cleveland with your company? www.allcraneloadcharts.com © ALL Erection and Crane Rental Corp., an Equal Opportunity Employer December 2006, Volume LX, Number 12 FEATURES P.O. Box 112127, Cleveland, Ohio phone: 216.251.0035 toll free: 888.641.4241 fax: 216.251.0064 www.propertiesmag.com EDITOR/PUBLISHER Architecture Call us to discuss your facility’s WE SPECIALIZE IN: Kenneth C. Krych City [email protected] environmental concerns or to courtesy • Indoor Air Quality assessments MANAGING EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR Mark Watt arrange an informal site visit. Asbestos and lead-based paint Rendering • [email protected] hazard management 10 2006 IIDA, AIA Cleveland Design Awards CONTRIBUTING WRITERS • Mold assessment and remediation Jeanne Bluffstone 13 Familiar Faces 7118 Industrial Park Blvd. John Elliott BOMA Greater Cleveland honors members at annual celebration Mentor, OH 44060-5314 • Environmental site assessments Lou Kren 14 Created with Care Alec Pacella Brightside Academy facility opens in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood (440) 951-3514 Gordon & Lynn Priemer (800) 875-3514 Diane DiPiero Rodio 17 October Construction Drops Four Percent www.eagroup-ohio.com Nancy Loyan Schuemann John Slagter 22 Building Properties David Woodburn A brief history of Northeast Ohio’s realty, construction & architecture magazine ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES 28 Energizing the Neighborhood Andrea Keener Battery Park development offers rich traditions, lakeview living [email protected] 216.251.6649 41 Whether You Own Or Rent, All Businesses Benefit From Lower Taxes David Larkin 60 Streamlining the Bidding Process [email protected] Strategic alliance between Blue Book, RSA designed for cost savings, efficiencies 216.251.6753 63 Beachcliff Bounces Back SALES CONSULTANT Renovation project brings new life to specialty retail, dining center James Pelligrino 67 Built on Breaking Barriers MARKETING Assistant Hard Hatted Women offers new approach to workplace diversity Lisa Larissey 70 Planned Building Maintenance CIRCULATION DIRECTOR 70 Controlling Energy Costs Across Multiple Locations This Winter Debbie Boehm 74 Alphonso & Sons, Inc. Offers Sewer System Experience, Expertise INSERT: 50 + Focused on the Future Panzica Construction Company celebrates five decades of work, eyes road ahead Properties (ISSN 033-1287) is published monthly for architects, engineers, building owners and man- DEPARTMENTS agers, general contractors, home builders, mortgage 8 PROPERTIES PEOPLE bankers, savings and loans, real estate agents, appraisers, servicers and suppliers in Northern Ohio 21 BOMA BUSINESS by Properties, Inc., 3826 W. 158th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44111. Copyright © 2006 by Properties, 43 BILLBOARD Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use, without written permission, of editorial or pictorial 52 FINANCIAL STRATEGIES content is strictly prohibited. Periodicals postage paid in Cleveland, Ohio and additional offices. 56 LEGAL PERSPECTIVES Subscription rates: one year $19.95, single copy $4.95, back issues $5.50 when available. Postmaster: 58 CABOR CORNER send change of address notices to Properties, P.O. 76 CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS REPORT Box 112127, Cleveland, Ohio 44111. www.propertiesmag.com 5 In going back to the first issues (I NOTES FROM THE EDITOR have all issues from 1946 to now), I was happily surprised to learn that these com- December 2006 panies had advertised in the first issues and are still in Properties after 60 years! That says something to the staying power of these companies and our magazine as well. Some of them are: Art Window Shade Going Strong At 60 ! & Drapery, Roediger Construction, Inc. elcome to the 60th anniversary Bluhm, long-time editor and then pub- W. F Hann, Land America Title And issue of Properties magazine! We lisher when Jack passed on in 1988. Colliers, Ostendorf Morris… All of us at W celebrate the past, present and Enter the ‘90s when I was searching for Properties appreciate their support. future of Properties as a publication with another publishing business when it hit I hope you will enjoy the look back on this edition. (See page 22 for our special me. I should call Properties and perhaps our past as it is really a reflection of the • Guaranteed window cleaning insert.) they are ready to sell and then retire? growth, design, building and real estate People often ask me how I became And that is exactly what happened markets and its many people throughout • Total Building Skin Maintenance publisher of Properties so I thought in this nearly 10 years ago. the last 60 years of Northeast Ohio. • Stain Removal & Pressure Washing issue I would share. My mission in taking over Properties (Someday there may be a book). • Glass, Stone & Metal Cleaning & Restoration I started reading the magazine while was always very clear. It was important KEN KRYCH working for McGraw-Hill right out to me to absolutely keep the core values • of college in 1973. I both liked and and the foundation of the past to build respected it from the very first. In the toward the future, while using the latest We are also proud to salute Panzica CARDINAL 1980s I co-founded a company called state-of-the art technology to enhance Construction Company this month with CNS Construction News Service and the look and feel of each issue. a special section to celebrate their remark- WINDOW CLEANING, CO. wrote for Properties, advertised in it and I’m lucky to have had over 30 years able 50th anniversary. A special thank commercial & residential sent information on a daily basis that experience and many great relationships you to Nacy, Tony and Tim Panzica and 440-835-5535 • Mobile 216-406-7701 became part of the magazine even then. with people in the industry and to have all their staff for their cooperation and It was at that time I got to know Jack been able take over the reins of this ven- help in making this possible. And next Call President david Stearns Today For A Free Estimate Wyse, founder and publisher, and Gene erable publication. month we bring you their latest project completed: the Lakewood YMCA. Also this month, we take a look at the progress of Cleveland’s largest residen- Specializing in commercial carpets and all soft furnishings tial development – Battery Park on the Westside – as well as the renovation and addition to Beachcliff Market Square. We profile Hard Hatted Women, an www.woodhillsupply.com association focused on the empowerment of women in construction. 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