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| Stokes East apartment tower may see construction start this year and soon rise to approach the height of its neigh- bor, The Artisan, University Circle’s tallest building (SCB). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
With all of the job growth happening around University Circle and the latest expansion news at Cleveland Clinic, it’s probably not a surprise that another high-rise apartment tower in that area is moving toward the start of construction.
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| The Cleveland Clinic InterContinental Hotel on Carnegie Avenue at East 100th Street may be replaced with an inpatient hospital bed tower. But the hotel isn’t disappearing. It’s relo- cating nearby. And it’s one of several major developments planned by the Clinic for its Main Campus near University Circle (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
By this time next year, after the Cleveland Clinic’s largest-ever building is due to open with 2,000 additional employees, there should be a lot more clarity that’s publicly available on Ohio’s largest employer’s next expansive plans for its Main Campus near Cleveland’s University Circle.
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| The former Holiday Inn Express has closed and will be reopened as an AC Marriott Hotel, Downtown Cleveland’s first. Built in 1896, the New England Building was the headquar- ters of the National City Bank until it relocated in 1980 to the tower at right and was absorbed by PNC. There are also two floors of condominiums at the top of this historic structure (apartments.com). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Two significant development projects won financing from the Port of Cleveland yesterday — with one project in Downtown Cleveland and the other in suburban Brecksville.
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| Incredibly, the 10-story apartment tower 9410 Hough looks brand-new after a $47-million redevelopment and includes the new-construction PCC Hub at right where supportive community services are provided (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Today, developers Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures and SLSCO hosted a ribbon cutting celebration for the reopening of 9410 Hough at its namesake address in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. It officially marked the revival of a forlorn building that was left for dead and held back its surrounding neighborhood.
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| The No. 19A bus from downtown to Southgate Transit Center in Maple Heights stops on Broadway Avenue at Harvard Road after passing the 140-year-old Holy Name Roman Catholic Church. While much of Broadway’s urban fabric in Cleveland is gone, GCRTA and the city are hoping developing the Broadway corridor with bus rapid transit here will help revive it (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In 2008, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) first bus rapid transit (BRT) line was the HealthLine east of downtown on Euclid Avenue to University Circle and East Cleveland.
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| Bearing the name AmTrust Financial, 800 Superior was among the early risers on Downtown Cleveland’s office tower canyon of East 9th Street that developed from the 1960s to the 1980s (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
An affiliate of the Kassouf family is reportedly buying the 800 Superior office tower and its connected parking garage at its namesake address in Downtown Cleveland. That makes the third downtown property with a decayed garage in as many years that Kassouf has checked off its shopping list.
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| Proposed to rise just north of the Lorain-Carnegie Hope Memorial Bridge, seen at upper-left, is a new outdoor amphitheater sought by Bedrock Real Estate and Live Nation. The Cuya- hoga River is just beyond Stones Levee Road to the lower-right (Bedrock). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The developer and operator of a proposed riverfront amphitheater in Downtown Cleveland submitted their preliminary, conceptual plans for the project to the city, revealing the proposed layout and amenities of the planned venue.
