City tables UH’s E. 115th demo request

This East 115th Street residential neighborhood in Cleveland’s University Circle will stick around a
little longer but could eventually succumb to the expansion of University Hospitals’ Main Campus
based on feedback from a city design review panel (NEOtrans).
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The historic East 115th Street residential neighborhood in Cleveland’s University Circle may have gotten a stay of execution today thanks to a city design-review panel. But that doesn’t mean people are going to start moving back into any of the homes or apartments soon — if ever.

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Port sets 3 suburban projects in motion

The Allium, a mixed-use redevelopment of the former Southland shopping center in suburban
Middleburg Heights, was awarded $50 million in financing from the Port of Cleveland (Dimit).
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For the first time in a while, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Board of Directors today approved financing for three development projects that didn’t include one in the city of Cleveland. Instead, its aid will support new housing, retail, hospitality and job creation in Middleburg Heights, Strongsville and Richmond Heights.

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CWRU gets large gift to support new science, engineering building

The addition of this outdoor terrace to Case Western Reserve University’s new Interdisciplinary
Science and Engineering Building will be one of the most visible features resulting from a large gift
from the Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation (CWRU). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation has committed $15 million to support Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), 10900 Euclid Ave., a new research facility designed to advance collaboration and discovery across disciplines.

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GCRTA wins $20M to rebuild Shaker Hts rail stations

On a snowy Feb. 27, 2015, a Green Line light-rail train gets ready to board passengers at the Green
Road station which is ADA-compliant. So are the Warrensville and Lee stations along Shaker
Boulevard in Shaker Heights (Kevin Goodman). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In 1990, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act became law. It was civil rights legislation which prescribed that no one could be excluded from a public facility or public transportation because of their physical abilities.

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UH asks city to erase E. 115th Street

Every structure visible in this northward looking view from Cornell Road in University Circle, freom
from the brick Foley Building at left, to 12 houses on East 115th Street including the street, to the
Fayne Apartments at right, are proposed to be removed from this scene in the coming years by
University Hospitals for temporary parking lots (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

University Hospitals will seek a recommendation tomorrow morning from a city design-review committee to demolish 12 historic homes it owns along East 115th Street in Cleveland’s University Circle district. Two neighboring buildings, one with offices and the other with 44 apartments, may also join them soon on the take-down list.

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Erieview Tower financing has officially been completed

Downtown Cleveland’s fifth-tallest building, the 62-year-old Erieview Tower, now has the
resources for major renovations to begin for converting it from offices to mixed-use
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Despite prior declarations by Erieview Tower’s redevelopment team that it was moving forward with its project, an investment bank that was tasked with delivering the financing finally confirmed today its fiscal resources are now in place.

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Clinic’s expanding Emergency Dept. has a big price tag

Cleveland Clinic’s to-be expanded Emergency Department on Cedar Avenue at East
90th Street in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood will push out its parking to nearby blocks
currently occupied by homes. The demolitions will start next week (Cleveland Clinic).
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Way back in the good old days of the early 2000s, $230 million would be enough money to afford building a landmark 50-plus-story skyscraper. Today, with inflation and a very specialized building to construct, that same amount of money will achieve a structure of far less scale.

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