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| The unique lines of Downtown Cleveland’s historic Greyhound station are about to get a freshening up to prepare the facility for its next role as a venue in Playhouse Square (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Work is due to start in a couple of weeks on preparing the vacated, historic Downtown Cleveland Greyhound station, 1465 Chester Ave., for its next role. That role is to become a leading actor in the future of the Playhouse Square district’s experiential economy.
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| The Emergency Department at MetroHealth’s Medical Center dates from 2004 and needs to be renovated, not only to update its appearance but also to provide larger spaces for new diag- nostics and interventional equipment (MetroHealth). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Possibly by the end of this year, major changes are coming to MetroHealth’s Emergency Department (ED) at its main campus in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, 2500 Metrohealth Dr. A renovation project costing up to $9 million will get underway amid the goings-on of a busy Level I trauma center.
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| Next month, the first new railcars in more than 40 years for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will arrive for extensive testing and training. On July 14, railcar No. 403 awaits its ride to Cleveland with other railcars at the Siemens Mobility factory in Sacramento, CA (GCRTA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In a recent one-hour interview with Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) General Manager India Birdsong Terry, she revealed to NEOtrans one of her biggest fears with the transit agency’s upcoming sales tax levy vote — its first in more than five decades.
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| Signs of a good economy in the first half of 2026 in Greater Cleveland are well-documented in a new report by PNC Financial Services Group (Contributed). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Ask anyone two years ago which Ohio city had the strongest labor market and the answer was simple: Columbus. Years of economic investment bolstered by a rapid influx of residents has produced one of the nation’s fastest-evolving cities, located in Central Ohio. Ask that same question today, and there is a new answer: Cleveland.
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| The only thing more complicated than the stack of uses planned for Millennia Companies’ reactivation of the 1.45-million-square-foot former Union Trust Building in the heart of Downtown Cleveland is its proposed financing. That involves a capital stack of numerous public and private financial sources and both have adjusted over the last few years (Millennia). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
It appears that Millennia Companies is doing more than assembling financing to redeem a foreclosed loan on 925 Euclid Ave. and remove the Downtown Cleveland property from a court-ordered receivership. It also appears that it is also seeking to close on financing to undertake a redevelopment of the property per its city-approved plans.
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| At Superior Park Drive and Taylor Road, Taylor Tudors converts a set of historic buildings into new apartments and retail (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In Cleveland Heights, new residential construction is helping to accommodate job growth in nearby University Circle. Along with it, a wave of infrastructure improvements, park upgrades, and preservation efforts are underway.
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| The 250 West Huron building, known more commonly as the Ritz Carlton Cleveland hotel, is more than just a hotel. It also has four floors of offices which are gaining a new tenant. This is the southwestern corner of the building at Huron Road and West 3rd Street (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Five years ago, Rocket Mortgage looked to be growing into a major presence in Downtown Cleveland’s office market. The company was growing so fast here it seemed plausible that it might even anchor a new tower for local offices of Rock Ventures’ companies, such as the one Bedrock proposed in its riverfront development.
