GCRTA outlines proposed service cuts

Some changes are healthy, but the proposed service reductions to Greater Cleveland Re-
gional Transit Authority bus and rail routes may hurt some riders while forcing others to
walk a little farther to another route (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Last fall, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) warned that its worsening budget situation would mean some potentially significant service cuts starting this year. But at a GCRTA board meeting today, staff said they are making other budget cuts that would lessen those service reductions.

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CSA Group to relocate to Valor Acres

CSA Group’s new head office and labs will relocate to a site along Brecksville Road at
Valor Acres in suburban Brecksville. In the background in this rendering is Sherwin-
Williams’ new Morikis Global Technology Center (DiGeronimo).
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CSA Group, a global provider of testing, inspection and certification services, announced today that it will relocate and expand its U.S. Head Office to Valor Acres – a mixed-use, lifestyle center in suburban Brecksville.

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Will TMUD’s return transform Cleveland?

Construction cranes could return over Downtown Cleveland or major renovation projects
continue with the renewal of the state’s Transformational Mixed Use Development tax
credit (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A financial incentive originally designed to spur new construction in Downtown Cleveland has instead helped other Ohio downtowns. But with the Transformational Mixed Use Development (TMUD) tax credit program renewed by the Ohio General Assembly, there is a renewed chance for the program to benefit its birthplace.

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Canopy, Naia Noir embrace parkside living

Naia Noir rises above the Shoreway next to Edgewater Park (Harrison Whittaker).
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In Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, a pair of residential developments featuring modern apartments has begun construction. The projects are each adjacent to an urban park — offering the benefits of urban living with seamless access to outdoor green space.

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Ironwood Flats panned, fast-tracked

The design of Ironwood Flats was inspired by neighboring, historic houses in Cleveland’s
Slavic Village with gables and different colored sections to break up the massing of the
building (RDL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Despite Cleveland City Planning Commission calling the design for a proposed affordable senior housing development in Slavic Village as unoriginal and its location isolated from community amenities, it urged that the project be approved in an expedited manner.

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925 Euclid heads to sale offering

Still standing proudly at the corner of East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue in Downtown
Cleveland, 925 Euclid’s prominence got taken down a few notches by being put up
for auction alongside auto parts stores, fast food joints and other retail properties
(NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When it was built in 1924, 925 Euclid was one of the largest office buildings on the planet and had the largest bank lobby in the world. Now it’s being offered for sale among the likes of auto parts stores, fast food joints and other retail properties whose owners could no longer manage or financially support them.

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Hough building boom continues

Birthing Beautiful Communities constructs its new facility at Chester Avenue and
East 65th Street in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood (Harrison Whittaker).
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In 2022, NEOtrans reported on a wave of Hough construction projects which added a total of nearly 300 homes across four projects (Park Lamont, The Lumos, Addis View Apartments, and Gordon Crossing). Now, a flurry of groundbreakings — both residential and non-residential — are continuing that trend.

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