Flats demo OK’d for new amphitheater

The Hope Memorial Bridge — home to the Guardians of Traffic pylons — overlooks the site
of the future Riverfront Amphitheater and the existing warehouse at 401 Stones Levee Rd. in
the Flats (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Developers from Bedrock Cleveland and Rock Entertainment Group (REG) on Friday received approval from the City of Cleveland Planning Commission (CPC) to demolish a warehouse at 401 Stones Levee Rd. in the Flats. The demolition clears the way for the group behind billions in riverfront development to proceed with the next phase of revitalization and activation.

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Westinghouse redevelopment to start

An early conceptual rendering for the redevelopment of the former Westinghouse plant along
the West Shoreway includes many features of the final, approved project including retaining
the façade of the foundry at left for new construction behind and redevelopment of the tower
at right with apartments (AODK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A ride along the West Shoreway from Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood to Edgewater Park will soon be a tour of multiple, major residential construction projects within sight of the roadway and more developments just a few blocks south of it. The latest to join the cavalcade of new multifamily housing will be the Westinghouse redevelopment.

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Could it be? Bridgeworks is about to start?

It’s a rendering that’s led almost every article about Bridgeworks, the elusive but promising
mixed-use development proposed at the northeast corner of the Detroit-Superior Bridge and
West 25th Street near downtown. But there is activity swirling about the project, perhaps
 more so now than in years (Geis). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

It looks like it’s finally happening. After more than seven years of project development, multiple redesigns, financing shortfalls, and occasionally dim prospects, demolition, site preparation and construction of Bridgeworks is due to start in the middle of June.

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Lorain Station Historic District gets two wins

A rendering of the exterior improvements planned for the former grocery store that became
the Cuyahoga County Westshore Professional Center. It will now become the West Side
Community Resource Center (GCFB). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A streetscape grant was approved for the Lorain Station Historic District this week, shortly after construction plans were submitted to the city for repurposing a former grocery store in this district into a West Side Community Resource Center that will provide needed services in a more attractive setting.

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A dozen Cleveland schools are offered for redevelopment

Collinwood High School is easily the largest and perhaps the most iconic of 12 Cleveland
schools to be offered for redevelopment in this latest round. The Collinwood Railroaders
graduated its last senior class last week after more than a century of graduations. Its
next use is unknown (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and the City of Cleveland are offering up to buyers and developers 12 school properties for redevelopment, with a few surprises on the list. They include two school buildings built in the last 20 years and several historic, iconic structures.

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Downtown Cleveland: experience drives perception

Want to love Downtown Cleveland more? Spend more time experiencing more of it,
says Downtown Cleveland Inc. (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Downtown Cleveland, Inc. (DCI) says that the biggest thing wrong with the city’s central business district is that not enough people are familiar with it. If more people visited it more often, DCI said people would enjoy it more. And DCI has a survey of perceptions to back up its argument.

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Edgewater, West Blvd grapple with new development

Looking south across a basketball court at Cudell Commons, construction of Marion C. Selzter
Elementary School moves ahead (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland’s Edgewater, Cudell, and West Boulevard neighborhoods are currently facing a small wave of development, ranging from renovations to new construction. But the path to groundbreaking has been easier for some projects than others.

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