Goodwill to open at Gordon Square Rite Aid site

August 2024 marked the end of the Rite Aid drug store at West 65th Street and
Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. But Goodwill
announced last week that it will open a store here this summer (Google).
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On Friday, Ward 15 Councilwoman Jenny Spencer shared on her Facebook page a letter to the community from Goodwill Industries that they will open this summer a store at 6512 Franklin Blvd. in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. The location is a former Rite Aid drug store that closed in August 2024.

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North Coast Yard pop-up to activate lakefront

A street-level view of the proposed pop-up park at North Coast Harbor,
next to the Steamship William G. Mather Museum, north of the Great
Lakes Science Center (NWDC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Like a company offering a free trial period to customers in the hopes of converting them into loyal subscribers, the city of Cleveland and North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation (NCWDC) officials hope to offer residents just that: a free trial period of lakefront activation and a tangible reason to support a permanent, fully-realized reimagining of an underutilized lakefront.

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Tower City Center lacks coherent future without more development, rail access

What was can be again, albeit modernized with trains now being manu-
factured for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, left, and
Amtrak, right. Tower City Center was built as Cleveland Union Termi-
nal — the city’s local, regional and long-distance passenger rail hub.
If Bedrock wants foot traffic and a vibrant Tower City Center,
restoring that rail hub will do that for them (Methodicle).
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Like many who work in one of the dozen buildings of Downtown Cleveland’s Tower City Center complex, Nora Romanoff parks her car where more than 100 railroad passenger trains a day once pulled into or out of a labyrinth built as Cleveland Union Terminal. Just as rail travelers did from 1930-1977, she rides an escalator up into a grand railroad concourse that was significantly remodeled in 1988-90 to become today’s retail-heavy The Avenue at Tower City.

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Next apartment project at Detroit & Lake planned

At the angular intersection of Lake (foreground) and Detroit avenues,
where the person is walking, is where an eight-unit apartment
building with ground-floor retail is proposed to rise. It is planned
to help restore Detroit’s street presence in this neighborhood (Google).
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The next new apartment building at the intersection of Detroit and Lake avenues in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood is already in the works. But it’s planned to be quite a bit smaller than its to-be neighbor across West 75th Street.

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Cleveland Mayor calls Brook Park stadium ‘betrayal’

After yesterday’s comments by the owners of the Cleveland Browns,
 Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb responded (City of Cleveland).
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Yesterday it was the owners of the Cleveland Browns, the Haslam Sports Group (HSG), accusing Cleveland city officials of “misguiding” its residents. Today it was Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb firing a return volley in kind.

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Cleveland, LISC unveil housing investment fund

This is one of several clusters of new homes built in Cleveland's Hough
neighborhood near League Park to address a shortage of quality
housing (Famicos Foundation). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Cleveland) announced details today of a major new initiative to address the affordable housing crisis facing Cleveland residents.

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Haslams say Cleveland officials misguided residents

The Haslam Sports Group’s proposed Huntington Bank Field in
suburban Brook Park promises to attract lots of year-round events
they say cannot be easily attracted by other facilities in the eastern
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Haslam Sports Group (HSG), owner of the Cleveland Browns, submitted an amended complaint in an existing federal lawsuit against the city of Cleveland which is seeking to keep the Browns from moving to suburban Brook Park. In announcing its filing today, HSG said the city is “misguiding” its residents.

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