Friday, April 3, 2026

Fulton townhomes in Ohio City get OK

On the west side of Fulton Road near West 30th Street, a pair of townhomes are planned to fill
the front of a deep lot (Contexture Design Studio). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, plans to erect two townhomes on a historic stretch of Fulton Road are progressing. The townhomes would fill a gap between two early 20th-century structures where a gravel parking lot currently stands in front of a small single-family home.

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Amazon may anchor airport biz park

Of the three proposed buildings in the expansion of the Cleveland Business Park, the building
at left would be the first one built specifically for a tenant with whom the developer says it has
a deep interest but not yet a signed lease. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is seen at
upper-right next to Interstates 71 and 480 (LBI). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A proposed light-industrial/warehouse development in Cleveland, off Rocky River Drive near Hopkins International Airport, has advanced quickly toward final approval by the city. Part of the reason why is that a major tenant will anchor the 650,000-square-foot, three-building project and wants to move forward.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Rockefeller Building to get make-safe repairs

The 123-year-old landmark Rockefeller Building in Downtown Cleveland hasn’t been treated
very well in recent years but its fortunes could be changing for the better very soon (NEOtrans).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Remedies are coming soon for a downtown landmark that has had too many dirty tricks played on it in recent years. But on this April Fool’s day, it appears the dirty tricks may have come to an end for the Rockefeller Building, 614 W. Superior Ave.

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City gets new offer for Burke Airport

Top-fuel drag racing could come to the Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront thanks to a new
company Shore-to-Roar-to-Shore that responded to a request for qualifications from
Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration regarding the reuse of Burke Lakefront Air-
port (WikiCommons). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In response to a recent request for qualifications (RFQ), Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration has awarded Shore-to-Roar-to-Shore LLC a bid to repurpose the 450-acre, city-owned Burke Lakefront Airport as a drag strip for professional top-fuel dragster and funny-car racing.

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Renovations fuel prospect of downtown revitalization

On Prospect Avenue at East 9th Street in Downtown Cleveland, renovation of the former
Medical Mutual headquarters at the Rose Building is currently underway as part of Project
Scarlet. (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

As Downtown Cleveland faces a wave of foreclosures and a slowdown in ground-up developments, a collection of major renovation projects are quietly renewing hope for the future of the central business district.


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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Red Chimney restaurant to be razed

On Aug. 5, 2025, this smoky fire broke out in a second-floor apartment above the Red
Chimney Restaurant in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. The building is
structurally but not economically salvageable, so it will be demolished before
summer (Tony Brancatelli). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

If the beloved Red Chimney Restaurant was a luxury establishment in a vibrant, thriving neighborhood, the economics might favor its rebuilding following an Aug. 5, 2025 fire that was confined to a second-floor apartment at the back of the building where the blaze began.

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Clinic’s trauma center plan gets $50M

The Cleveland Clinic Main Campus’ existing Emergency Department on Cedar Avenue
does not have trauma rating. The Clinic and the Mandel Foundation would like to
change that (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Clinic’s Community Bridge to Care Initiative announced receiving a $50 million grant today from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation. That grant will, among other things, help the health care system expand its Emergency Department and possibly gain a Level I trauma rating at its Main Campus.

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