Stark Enterprises and The Cordish Companies Announce Cleveland Live! to Anchor nuCLEus Project

CLEVELAND, Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Setting the stage for Downtown Cleveland's most anticipated mixed-use, high-rise development, nuCLEus, Stark Enterprises announces a dynamic lineup of dining and entertainment-oriented tenants that will infuse Cleveland's Gateway District with an exciting array of options that are all new to Ohio.

The property's primary anchor, Cleveland Live!, will be a 47,780-square-foot multi-concept entertainment venue, developed by The Cordish Companies, one of the largest and most successful operators of dining, entertainment and hospitality districts and concepts in the world.  Welcoming over 50 million visitors a year, Cordish's Live! Districts are among the highest profile sports, entertainment, gaming and hotel destinations in the country. With more than a century of experience, The Cordish Companies' portfolio of projects include Charleston Place in Charleston, SC; the Power & Light District in Kansas City, MO; Maryland Live! Casino & Hotel in the Baltimore/Washington corridor; Ballpark Village in St. Louis, MO in partnership with the St. Louis Cardinals; XFINITY Live! in Philadelphia, PA in partnership with Comcast Spectacor and recently announced Texas Live! in partnership with the Texas Rangers. The Cordish Companies has received an unprecedented seven Urban Land Institute Awards of Excellence in recognition of its urban revitalization accomplishments in cities such as Baltimore's world-famous Inner Harbor; Philadelphia, PA; Atlantic City, NJ; Charleston, SC; Houston, TX; Kansas City, MO and St. Louis, MO. 

Located at the corner of E. 4th St. and Huron Road directly across from Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland Live! will become the heartbeat of nuCLEus, providing fans with one of the best sports viewing experiences imaginable – the ultimate place to celebrate all Cleveland and Ohio sports. Cleveland Live! will also feature a variety of local, regional and national dining and entertainment concepts and become a central gathering place for all different types of events throughout the year including watch parties, cultural activities, art shows, regional and national concerts, charitable functions and community events. The Cordish Companies is proud to have partnered with many of the country's leading restauranteurs, professional sports franchises and media companies to create one-of-a-kind dining and entertainment concepts within their Live! entertainment districts including FOX Sports Midwest Live!, NBC Sports Arena, Guy Fieri's Smokehouse, Cardinals Nation, Budweiser Brew House, Blue Moon TapHouse and No Other Pub in partnership with Sporting KC. 

"nuCLEus is a world-class project lead by an incredibly experienced team in Spark Enterprises and we could not be more excited and proud to be a part of it," stated Blake Cordish, Vice President of The Cordish Companies. "Cleveland Live! represents so many things that our Company is passionate about: urban revitalization, best-in-class dining and entertainment, one-of-a-kind sports-anchored experiences, and creation of a central gathering place for the community. nuCLEus will be a dynamic development that will serve Downtown Cleveland for decades to come and we're thrilled for Cleveland Live! to be at the core of it." 

Cleveland's dynamic dining scene just got even better with the premier mix of national names coming to nuCLEus. Set to open its first Ohio location, HopCat will specialize in offering a wide range of regional, global and Belgian beers in its 8,500-square-foot space. The full menu offers an eclectic variety of dishes and small bites, including HopCat's signature Crack Fries, recently named amongst the Top 10 French Fries in America by Food Network Magazine.

Shake Shack, the modern day "roadside" burger stand, has also signed on to open its first-ever Ohio location in a 3,000-sqaure-foot space at nuCLEus. Known for its 100% all-natural Angus beef burgers and flat-top Vienna beef dogs, 100% all-natural cage-free chicken, spun-fresh frozen custard, crinkle cut fries, craft beer and wine and more, Shake Shack is sure to become an instant fixture in Downtown Cleveland's Gateway neighborhood. With its fresh, simple, high-quality food at a great value, Shake Shack is a fun and lively community gathering place with widespread appeal. From its premium ingredients and caring hiring practices to its inspiring designs and deep community investment, Shake Shack's mission is to Stand For Something Good®. Since the original Shack opened in 2004 in NYC's Madison Square Park, the company has opened multiple locations in 16 states and the District of Columbia, as well as international locations including London, Istanbul, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow and more.

Starbucks is expanding its presence in Downtown Cleveland at nuCLEus with the opening of one of its first Starbucks Reserve Bar Cafés in America. This new-to-market concept will occupy approximately 3,000 square feet.

Starbucks Reserve Bar is a totally new store experience that brings the Starbucks Reserve brand forward to feature its rarest, small-lot coffees. Reserve Bar is operated entirely by Coffee Masters and combines craft, theatre and story inside a Starbucks high profile store.  Offerings include Reserve beverages and coffees, hand pulled espresso, siphon, Clover, Nitro Reserve cold brew, pour over, coffee press, Chemex, Reserve merchandise and special events. Reserve Bar stores include the full core Starbucks menu/engine, so customers can enjoy everything they already love about Starbucks. As Starbucks leader Howard Schultz transitions out of his current role, he plans to dedicate his attention moving forward to growing the company's new super premium brand and chain of high-end Reserve Bar Café stores.

nuCLEus will also feature over 200,000 square feet of office space, with previously-announced Cleveland business law firm, Benesch, committed to expanding its downtown presence in over 100,000 square feet of space.

A seven-story parking garage, which will include approximately 2,100 spaces, will serve the residents, hotel guests and visitors at nuCLEus, while also providing much-needed parking space for visitors to the Gateway District. 

"This is just the beginning and already it's been thrilling to see the level of national commitment we're receiving from tenants that are eager to enter the Cleveland market at nuCLEus," said Robert Stark, president and chief executive officer, Stark Enterprises. "This is the dawn of a new era for Cleveland and it's this level of development in our central business district that will ignite even further growth and revitalization."

About nuCLEus 
Developed by Stark Enterprises, nuCLEus promises to serve as a catalyst for development and prosperity in the Downtown Cleveland core, with 230,000 SF of office space, 125,000 SF of ground level retail and restaurants, approximately 500 residential units, 2,100 structured parking spaces, intersecting laneways and a luxury hotel. The two million square-foot mixed-use project will be constructed in the heart of the city at the intersection of East Fourth, Prospect Avenue and Huron Road.

About Stark Enterprises
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Stark Enterprises is a full-service and vertically integrated real estate development company with the highest level of expertise in acquisition, development, leasing, property management, capital markets, construction, architectural design, landscape architecture, marketing and security. With approximately seven million square feet of Class A properties in its portfolio with an approximate value of $2 billion, Stark Enterprises balances revolutionary idealism, new urbanist principals and sustainability practices with economic viability to deliver remarkable, next generation, mixed-use properties. For more information, visit www.StarkEnterprises.com.

SOURCE The Cordish Companies