Downtown data center to demo stores

These stores along the south side of St. Clair Avenue near East 17th Street at the edge of
Downtown Cleveland are to be razed to add generators behind a new screen wall for
the gray data center behind (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Amid the growing controversies surrounding the expansion of data centers in Ohio, Downtown Cleveland’s largest data center is about to get bigger. And, as part of that expansion, it’s evicting small businesses and proposing to demolish a row of storefronts along a major downtown street.

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GCRTA to hold hearings on service cuts

Three public hearings are scheduled next week for Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
riders to learn about proposed reductions to bus and rail services due in August (NEOtrans).
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The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has scheduled public hearings on proposed service reductions to address a financial crunch. But as NEOtrans first reported last month, those cuts will be less than transit agency officials first feared.

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Bedrock sets foundation for $3.5 billion Downtown masterplan

A new Eagle Avenue ramp between the Gateway District and the Cuyahoga riverfront
is well underway (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Along the Cuyahoga riverfront, several components of Bedrock’s $3.5 billion masterplan are taking shape in Downtown Cleveland. Furthest along is the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center — home to the future practice facility for the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team.

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Fulton townhomes in Ohio City get OK

On the west side of Fulton Road near West 30th Street, a pair of townhomes are planned to fill
the front of a deep lot (Contexture Design Studio). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, plans to erect two townhomes on a historic stretch of Fulton Road are progressing. The townhomes would fill a gap between two early 20th-century structures where a gravel parking lot currently stands in front of a small single-family home.

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Amazon may anchor airport biz park

Of the three proposed buildings in the expansion of the Cleveland Business Park, the building
at left would be the first one built specifically for a tenant with whom the developer says it has
a deep interest but not yet a signed lease. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is seen at
upper-right next to Interstates 71 and 480 (LBI). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A proposed light-industrial/warehouse development in Cleveland, off Rocky River Drive near Hopkins International Airport, has advanced quickly toward final approval by the city. Part of the reason why is that a major tenant will anchor the 650,000-square-foot, three-building project and wants to move forward.

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Rockefeller Building to get make-safe repairs

The 123-year-old landmark Rockefeller Building in Downtown Cleveland hasn’t been treated
very well in recent years but its fortunes could be changing for the better very soon (NEOtrans).
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Remedies are coming soon for a downtown landmark that has had too many dirty tricks played on it in recent years. But on this April Fool’s day, it appears the dirty tricks may have come to an end for the Rockefeller Building, 614 W. Superior Ave.

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City gets new offer for Burke Airport

Top-fuel drag racing could come to the Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront thanks to a new
company Shore-to-Roar-to-Shore that responded to a request for qualifications from
Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration regarding the reuse of Burke Lakefront Air-
port (WikiCommons). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In response to a recent request for qualifications (RFQ), Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration has awarded Shore-to-Roar-to-Shore LLC a bid to repurpose the 450-acre, city-owned Burke Lakefront Airport as a drag strip for professional top-fuel dragster and funny-car racing.

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