Rockefeller Building’s future in limbo

One of Downtown Cleveland’s most famous buildings is in limbo after buyer interest in
the Rockefeller Building has faded due to repairs needed to the structure and a softening
residential market (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The future of the Rockefeller Building, 614 W. Superior Ave., one of Downtown Cleveland’s most famous and historic buildings, is in limbo after all of its existing interested buyers reportedly walked away in recent weeks. Interest in the property has faded despite $70 million in public incentives that have been amassed and remain available to redevelop the property.

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Port OKs $82M for Richmond Hts, Seven Hills, Valley View, Cleveland Port projects

The massive Belle Oaks Marketplace redevelopment of the former Richmond Town Square
Mall in suburban Richmond Heights got a big boost yesterday with new financing from
the Port of Cleveland (Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Port of Cleveland Board of Directors yesterday approved a series of major actions that provided $82 million in financing for redevelopments across Northeast Ohio, enhancements to regional public safety infrastructure, and continued progress under the Port’s federally funded clean energy initiatives.

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Row on Garden in Brooklyn Centre OK’d

The Row on Garden is the two identical-looking buildings at left along Garden Avenue.
They are intended as a step-down in scale from the larger buildings along Pearl Road
at right which are part of the same development by ALMiCO Group (Brandt).
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It’s been more than two years of back and forth with the city, but a proposed residential development in Cleveland’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood finally got approved today by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission.

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Fairview Hospital North Campus joins West Park developments

Kamm’s Medical Building rises behind City Dental Care on Lorain Avenue in the
Kamm’s Corners neighborhood of Cleveland (Harrison Whittaker).
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In Kamm’s Corners, construction on the first phase of a $150 million North Campus redevelopment at Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview Hospital is now underway. It joins several other projects across West Park, including the 19-unit Parker Townhomes and the mixed-use Kamm’s Medical Building.

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New owner for closed steel plant

The former Heidtman Steel in Cleveland’s industrial valley was acquired and then closed by
Worthington Industries. It will gain new life with two industrial owners, each acquiring
50 percent of the property (Cresco). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

One year ago, Worthington Industries Inc. shut down its Samuel Coil Processing plant at 4600 Heidtman Parkway in Cleveland’s industrial valley. Today, Cushman & Wakefield-CRESCO announced that the plant has sold to two companies that are sharing the ownership equally.

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Biz park expansion sought near airport

Although Scannell Properties hasn’t released any renderings of its proposed expansion
of the Cleveland Business Park near Hopkins International Airport, this is a conceptual
building design used by Scannell for its other light-industrial and warehouse projects
around the country (Scannell). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Although it’s still early on, plans are coming together for a major light-industrial and/or warehouse real estate development near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The roughly $75 million project is proposed to offer up to four new buildings totaling 700,000 square feet set on about 34 acres of city-owned land along Rocky River Drive.

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Downtown ‘reset’ a challenge, opportunity

Year-in-review reports like Downtown Cleveland Inc.’s State of Downtown offers an oppor-
tunity to reflect on the past year’s achievements and challenges and what to look for and
pursue in the coming year CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Multiple forces are likely to affect Cleveland’s central business district in 2026, according to the nonprofit development corporation Downtown Cleveland Inc. (DCI). It’s a setting that has housed Cleveland’s fastest-growing residential neighborhood this century while also suffering the loss of office jobs to remote working, intensified by the 2020 pandemic.

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