Facade work has wrapped up for 801 W Belmont Avenue, known as Lakeview Connection, in Lakeview East. The project will replace a former bank built in 1921 and designed by Ivar Viehe-Naess, as well as an adjacent parking lot. The developer, Hubbard Street Group, has planned for 59,000 square feet of space and 300 feet of storefront. The CBRE-provided brochure for the property indicates seven total retail units.
Lakeview Connection. Photo by Jack Crawford
Lakeview Connection. Photo by Jack Crawford
Lakeview Connection first floor plan via CBRE / Hubbard Street Group
Lakeview Connection second floor plan via CBRE / Hubbard Street Group
The largest tenant will be an Amazon Fresh grocery store, which will occupy the easternmost portion of the first floor and all of the second floor. Fifth Third Bank will occupy the western end of the ground floor at the intersection of Belmont & Clark. There will be five smaller units in the middle segment of the first level along Belmont, with sizes ranging from 2,021 square feet to 4,305 square feet.
Lakeview Connection. Photo by Jack Crawford
Lakeview Connection. Photo by Jack Crawford
Lakeview Connection. Rendering by Hirsch MPG
The architectural design, handled by Hirsch MPG, incorporates a 48-foot-tall street wall made of dark brick and large loft-like windows. The renderings also show murals on the Halsted & Belmont facades, though this feature has not yet been added.
Lakeview Connection. Photo by Jack Crawford
Lakeview Connection. Photo by Jack Crawford
There will be 87 parking spots housed within an underground garage. Nearby transportation options include bus Routes 22 and 77 along with the Red, Brown, and Purple Lines via Belmont station, all of which are located within a three-minute walk.
WM. A. Randolph has overseen the construction as the general contractor. A full completion is anticipated by the end of the year.
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Very excited for this grocery store to open!
As much of a loss of the previous building was – this looked halfway decent until they put on the cheap, plastic looking “wood” wrapping below the 2nd floor. It looks really bad.
That wood is f ing terrible
One more time for those (developers) in the back. You could have incorporated the historical bank building into this development. Sigh.
Agreed ….. that bank building had such character and it was 100+ years old!
This building is a distillation of what this city can’t (won’t?) figure out from a preservation standpoint.
So true.
Yeah a total train wreck of a disaster!!
Ugh. Such a shame. That whole triangular block (Clark/Halsted/Belmont) is just an architectural and urban design nightmare.
belongs in the suburbs of cleveland
Is there any timing on when the grocery store will open?
They had the sidewalk closed that side of Belmont for over three years during construction. Hot nonsense. That building is dead to me.
No work has been done in months. I am assuming Amazon Fresh is not moving in with recent store closings elsewhere.