Akron Children’s Hospital in Rocky River starts site prep

A peek through the construction fencing around this 1980-built office building on Center Ridge
Road in Rocky River reveals a construction trailer and site preparations for the first west-suburban Cleveland location of Akron Children’s Hospital (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Site preparation plus interior and exterior demolition got underway this week for Akron Children’s Hospital’s $30 million renovation and repurposing of the 46-year-old Plaza West office building at 20220 Center Ridge Rd. in suburban Rocky River into an outpatient pediatrics care center.

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Port OKs housing for Cleveland, Euclid

A model home for another 10 to be built on East 67th Street in Cleveland’s St. Clair-Superior
neighborhood is already being marketed. The Port of Cleveland is financially supporting the
construction of these for-sale, owner-occupied houses (Knez Homes).
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The Port of Cleveland Board of Directors on Thursday approved financial support for two projects that will bring new housing, jobs and investment to two Northeast Ohio communities.

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New partnership to advance Cuyahoga TOD

In 2022, the first of two 24-story apartment towers at Circle Square in Cleveland’s University
Circle was under construction. Today, the second tower next door is just getting underway a few
steps from the HealthLine bus rapid transit (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Five regional organizations joined forces today to announce the launch of Cuyahoga TOD, a long-term, collaborative effort to advance transit-oriented development (TOD) in Cuyahoga County communities.

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Students get a kick out of linking soccer with transit

Next to the Interstate 90 Inner Belt bridges in Downtown Cleveland, a group of Cornell University
urban planning students were given a tour of the site of the proposed Gateway South soccer stadium
by Cleveland Soccer Group’s Gina Prodan Kelly, closest to the camera, and CSG CEO Michael
Murphy, standing next-closest (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A group of Cornell University urban planning students came to Cleveland this week with a scholarly objective — learn about potential soccer facilities and suggest how they can link with their surroundings, including public transit. They left with ideas for and discoveries about Cleveland that could result in more than an academic exercise.

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A monumental icon for Cleveland’s lakefront

Judy McGlinchy, left, and Craig Astler presented “monumental” ideas for redeveloping
Downtown Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor at a public meeting last week at Merwin’s
Wharf in the Flats (Paul Heney). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

With the Cleveland Browns leaving the city for Brook Park in the next few years, plans for what’s next on the lakefront are heating up. Architectural firm MVRDV, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, is expected to unveil an update of the entire lakefront plans in the next month or two, on behalf of the nonprofit North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation.

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Here’s what to know about Shaker Square’s ‘form-based’ zoning

Many visitors arrive to Cleveland’s Shaker Square on transit vehicles, such as this GCRTA Blue
Line train which originated at Tower City in Downtown Cleveland (Harrison Whittaker).
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It’s no secret that Cleveland’s complicated and restrictive zoning code stifles new construction, hinders neighborhood walkability, and renders countless existing buildings noncompliant. Yet it remains to be seen how well its emerging Form-Based Code can resolve these issues.

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West Park Shopping Center to fill vacancy

Although each of West Park Shopping Center’s three largest retail spaces shown here have the same
placeholder signage, in reality only the largest retail space at left is vacant. That will soon change
as a new fitness center will occupy it (Onyx Creative). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A filing submitted to the City of Cleveland today revealed the identity of a new tenant that will fill the largest space at the West Park Shopping Center on Lorain Avenue at West 150th Street.

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