Ohio City buildings to be razed for Bridgeworks

An axiometric view of the proposed demolition plan for the Bridgeworks
site, at the west end of the Detroit-Superior Bridge in Cleveland’s Ohio
City neighborhood. But the pending demolition of buildings on the site
doesn’t mean construction is about to begin. Instead, the demolition
is sought because the developers could lose a state grant to aid in
the demolition if they don’t use it soon (LDA/Mass).
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Two historic buildings are proposed to be torn down for a 16-story, mixed-use development in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, despite information that financing, including the use of air rights, for the high-rise is still being finalized. A demolition permit application was filed Aug. 4 by LDA Architects of Cleveland for Bridgeworks LLC with the city’s Building Department following recent approvals of the demolitions by the city’s Landmarks Commission and a design review committee. But the approvals by those two panels in the City Planning Commission were made with the presumption that the overall Bridgeworks development would be carried out.

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