Friday, October 2, 2026

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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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Buyer saves historic factory from demolition

The nation’s largest manufacturer of gasoline-powered automobiles at the start of 20th century was
the Winton Motor Carriage Co. on Berea Road north of Madison Avenue in Cleveland’s Cudell
neighborhood. Most of the original factory still stands, and now it has a new owner with a plan.
Note the test track around the perimeter of the plant (The Motor World-Wikimedia).
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One of Cleveland’s most historic industrial properties is no longer on the to-be-demolished list after it was acquired by a Greater Cleveland-based developer. That property is the four-parcel, 7.3-acre former Winton Motor Carriage Works, 10300-10630 Berea Rd. in Cleveland’s Cudell neighborhood.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Gateway55 anchor tenant ID’d

Reese Consumer Health has signed on as the anchor tenant for the Gateway 55 light-
industrial development on East 55th Street in Cleveland’s Slavic Village (Bowen).
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Reese Consumer Health, a 120-year-old family-owned, Cleveland-based company that planned to consolidate and expand its facilities earlier this year at a new structure on Woodland Avenue, will instead land at another location.

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UC’s next high-rise sees construction advance quickly

The new East Stokes tower is named for its location. It’s on the east side of Stokes Boulevard
at Chester Avenue. The sign on Stokes says this short section of the street south of Chester to
Reserve Court is closed for 450 days as of Sept. 21. It’s the next tower in the Circle Square
development; the tallest is The Artisan seen at far right. In the distance is the 20-story
One University Circle (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of all the construction happening in and near Cleveland’s University Circle. And for those who don’t travel to or through here very often, you may be surprised to see the next big construction project is already making lots of progress as these photos from yesterday show.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

City Hall intervenes in Reserve Square sale

With two 23-story towers, the 1-million-square-foot, mixed-use Reserve Square at the east
end of Downtown Cleveland has been the subject of a federal foreclosure case since July
2025 (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration filed a legal action this week in federal court to intervene in a foreclosure lawsuit involving the Reserve Square property in Downtown Cleveland. City Law Director Mark Griffin said the intervention was necessary to protect downtown and to make sure that Reserve Square’s residents have safe accommodations.

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Monday, September 28, 2026

Large factory sold, to stay industrial

On a 12-acre site in Cleveland’s Euclid-Green neighborhood, hosting 265,000 square feet of
industrial structures, the former Meyer Products snowplow factory will be leased to new users.
At the same time, a long-term vision for repurposing the site with advanced manufacturing and/
or distribution facilities will be formulated (CBRE). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A local investor partnership comprised of Reuven Dessler and Rico Pietro acquired a large factory complex in Cleveland’s Euclid-Green neighborhood for a simple reason — it was too good of a deal to pass up.

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Downtown at Valor Acres nears completion

The $678 million Valor Acres development in Brecksville has begun welcoming hundreds
of new residents to the southern edge of Cuyahoga County (Harrison Whittaker).
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The finished touches are being added to Valor Acres, a $678 million mixed-use lifestyle development in Brecksville. In this edition of Progress Pics, we take a walkthrough of the main street activity known as Downtown at Valor Acres, which is now open to pedestrians.

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