University Circle’s ‘Holy Oil Can’ is up for sale

In Cleveland’s University Circle, two of that district’s tallest structures stand next to
the Wade Lagoon. The district’s tallest structure, The 267-foot-tall Artisan apartments,
was topping out in September 2022. But the district’s longtime height champion at
200 feet was the Church In The Circle, built in 1928 as the Epworth-Euclid United
 Methodist Church (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When a church has been around for a long time, its name can often change. But for the 97-year-old Church In The Circle, 1919 E. 107th St., its appearance-based nickname has not changed — the “Holy Oil Can.” Nor has its ownership — until now.

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Ohio City Starbucks OK’d by Landmarks panel

The left side of this corner of an historic building in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood
is where a drive-through for a new Starbucks Cafe is planned. The cars from this drive-
through will exit here onto Abbey Avenue. In the background is the Intro development.
Out of view to the right is the West Side Market and, behind this camera is the Ohio City
Red Line train station Avenue (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A plan to renovate an historic car dealership with retail uses, including a new Starbucks in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, was approved today by the city’s Landmarks Commission. But the question of whether a proposed drive-through should remain in the design was referred to the city’s Division of Traffic Engineering to decide.

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Here’s the Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s to Playhouse Square

Along Euclid Avenue, to the left or east of Starbucks in the Hanna Building, will be
the latest location of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. The new parlor will take the entire
space between Starbucks and the arched Euclid entrance to the historic building
(Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

While NEOtrans doesn’t normally devote an entire article to the planned opening of a small retail space, this is a new ice cream parlor in a high-profile location. And, of course, everyone loves ice cream, especially when it’s enjoyed before or after a show at America’s second-largest theater district, Cleveland’s Playhouse Square.

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Tony George buying Lake Avenue site

This office and warehouse at 8110 Lake Ave. on Cleveland’s west side is near to
being acquired by the George Group of Lakewood to apparently remain a
commercial use in a neighborhood with lots of residential development
(NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A high-profile businessman is near to acquiring a piece of property between Cleveland’s stable Edgewater neighborhood to the west and the fast-growing Gordon Square neighborhood to the east. But despite the number of new residential developments emerging nearby, this commercial site is apparently going to stay commercial — possibly charitable.

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Rose Building sign not a sign of construction yet

This proposed sign for Project Scarlet, a renovation and conversion of the former
Medical Mutual headquarters into apartments and a hotel, is sought to stir up
interest and create buzz about the project (Diamond Signs & Graphics).
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Cleveland Landmarks Commission is due to hear a proposal this week for the addition of a visible, unique sign atop an important building in Downtown Cleveland. But while the proposed sign on the Rose Building, 2060 E. 9th St., is touted as a “Temporary construction duration banner” — there is no sign that construction of a planned hotel-apartment conversion is imminent.

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NE Ohio Soccer HQ, training facility search begins

A FIFA-regulation-size soccer pitch measures just under 2 acres, like this one in at
the Old Crew Stadium in Columbus. In the winter, the field is covered with an air-
supported bubble dome that is usually 20 degrees warmer inside than it is outside
(KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Soccer Group (CSG) has issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) to municipalities, civic leaders and community development partners to establish a new headquarters and training facilities for two professional soccer teams debuting in 2026 — a men’s team and Ohio’s first women’s professional soccer team that will be announced soon.

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Next in Cleveland’s BVQ District: Vega Ave. Studio Lofts

The Vega Avenue Studio Lofts doesn’t just overlook its namesake street. The apartment
building, clad in wood shiplap siding, will also overlook Interstate 90, set immediately
south of the BVQ Lofts in the former J. Spang Bakery Building (Vocon).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

If it seems like a new development is popping up just about every month in Cleveland’s Barber-Vega-Queen (BVQ) District, you’re right. The latest to pop up on public records is the Vega Avenue Studio Lofts.

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MGK’s Shooters Yacht Club gets go-ahead

Formerly Shooters on the Water had a 37-year run on Cleveland’s West Bank
of the Flats. It will be renovated as Shooters Yacht Club, whose ownership
group is led by musician and former Clevelander MGK (Share The River).
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A new direction for a longtime Flats West Bank restaurant site on the Cuyahoga River is about to get underway. But it may be early August before before the public will have the opportunity to enjoy it, according to a spokesman for the construction contractor.

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National Acme redevelopment site to expand

Long abandoned and neglected, the former National Acme plant on East 131st Street
at Coit Road is getting demolished and its site cleaned up to make way for a new end
user offering new jobs for Cleveland’s Glenville and Collinwood neighborhoods.
And now it will expand with the addition of a neighboring former Republic
Steel site (Cuyahoga Land Bank). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The fate of the National Acme plant at 170 E. 131st St., where Cleveland’s Glenville and Collinwood neighborhoods meet, is an all-too common story about the demise of a major employer-turned-abandoned factory. But community leaders today said they hope that the rebirth promised for this neglected, toxic site will also become a common story for Cleveland’s many problematic properties.

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Cavs, Clinic extend partnership at riverfront center

The Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center is under construction in
Downtown Cleveland as the first phase of Bedrock’s planned massive riverfront
development (Populous). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Cavaliers pro basketball team and Cleveland Clinic healthcare system have finalized a 25-year extension of their partnership, lengthening the relationship to more than 55 years altogether. That makes it one of the nation’s longest continuous partnerships between a professional sports organization and a healthcare provider.

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Browns may not score enough votes for stadium win

A proposed enclosed stadium for Cleveland Browns football games and other
events may be in trouble based on a potential veto from Gov. Mike DeWine
and a lack of votes to override it in the Ohio General Assembly (HKS).
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Two extra years on the stadium’s current lease could have offered at least a cushion. The lack of that plus a potential gubernatorial veto and a lack of legislative override votes may be the biggest threats to realizing a $3.6 billion sports-entertainment district planned in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park.

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Construction starts on Shoreway Tower

The Shoreway Tower at right, and the current Shoreway Apartments at left, are shown
here from the north side, overlooking the Shoreway boulevard and Edgewater Park
in Cleveland. Construction is now getting underway on the site (EAO).
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Nope, it’s not an April Fool’s Joke. Construction work is getting underway this week for Cleveland’s next new high-rise residential building. But it’s not rising downtown or in the University Circle area. Instead, crews are assembling equipment, materials, portable toilets, utility relocations and more on a bluff overlooking the Shoreway boulevard and Edgewater Park.

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Federal Building to be closed, agencies moved

The tall building at center, located next to Cleveland City Hall, is the Anthony J.
Celebrezze Federal Building. Reports are emerging that the federal building needs
hundreds of millions of dollars of work, that the building will be closed and its
occupants moved to other privately owned buildings downtown (KJP).
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More than 4,000 federal employees based at Downtown Cleveland’s Anthony J. Celebrezze (AJC) Federal Building, 1240 E. 9th St., are reportedly going to be moved out of the 32-story office tower to privately owned office properties downtown in the next three years, followed by AJC’s closure, according to a spokesperson for Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-11) who opposes the sudden move.

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Cleveland Amtrak routes surge; but expansion lags

Nearly 50 people prepare to board the westbound Lake Shore Limited at 4 a.m.
March 14 at Cleveland. This train is the nation’s single busiest train as it
links population centers on the East Coast with those in the Midwest (KJP).
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According to the latest data from national passenger railroad Amtrak, America’s most heavily used passenger train passes through Cleveland each night. And it, plus the other Amtrak route through Cleveland, were the two fastest-growing long-distance routes in terms of ridership last year. But getting more ridership or better departure times at Cleveland will be difficult absent new federal policies, said a nonprofit rail advocacy coalition.

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Leaning laundromat of Little Italy demolition due

The 19th-century building at the center with the white siding is visibly leaning to the
left, into Maxi’s Bistro which is owned by the same principal. The leaning building is
due to be demolished but it remains to be seen if plans for developing the property
are imminent (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Italy has its famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. Cleveland has its leaning laundromat of Little Italy. But while Pisa’s was built in 1372 and is in no danger of falling, Cleveland’s 19th-century version is a danger to surrounding buildings and may be demolished soon after five years of consideration.

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Bibb: fate of Cleveland Federal Building “concerning”

About 4,000 people are employed at the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building in Down-
town Cleveland. The Trump Administration has proposed to close and/or sell the 59-year-
old building without identifying where the federal services and the employees who
provide them would be located (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Earlier this month, the Trump Administration offered hundreds of federal buildings and properties for sale or other disposition but quickly withdrew the list in the face of national criticism. Now, the General Services Administration is issuing a new, much smaller list of eight federal buildings to be cast off in an “accelerated disposition.”

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Euclid Beach Park arch relocation ready

This 1951 postcard shows the Euclid Beach Park arch from the waning years of the
amusement park’s heyday. The arch is being relocated and preserved in a new pub-
lic park adjacent to this location in Cleveland’s North Collinwood neighborhood
(Cleveland Public Library). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s Office of Capital Projects is ready to start work on relocating and rehabilitating a gateway arch from the historic Euclid Beach Park to its planned new home a few feet away. That home is a new greenspace in the 15900 block of Lake Shore Blvd. in Cleveland’s North Collinwood neighborhood, with trees and walkways and the landmark arch spanning the main walkway lined with benches.

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Goodwill to open at Gordon Square Rite Aid site

August 2024 marked the end of the Rite Aid drug store at West 65th Street and
Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. But Goodwill
announced last week that it will open a store here this summer (Google).
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On Friday, Ward 15 Councilwoman Jenny Spencer shared on her Facebook page a letter to the community from Goodwill Industries that they will open this summer a store at 6512 Franklin Blvd. in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. The location is a former Rite Aid drug store that closed in August 2024.

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North Coast Yard pop-up to activate lakefront

A street-level view of the proposed pop-up park at North Coast Harbor,
next to the Steamship William G. Mather Museum, north of the Great
Lakes Science Center (NWDC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Like a company offering a free trial period to customers in the hopes of converting them into loyal subscribers, the city of Cleveland and North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation (NCWDC) officials hope to offer residents just that: a free trial period of lakefront activation and a tangible reason to support a permanent, fully-realized reimagining of an underutilized lakefront.

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Tower City Center lacks coherent future without more development, rail access

What was can be again, albeit modernized with trains now being manu-
factured for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, left, and
Amtrak, right. Tower City Center was built as Cleveland Union Termi-
nal — the city’s local, regional and long-distance passenger rail hub.
If Bedrock wants foot traffic and a vibrant Tower City Center,
restoring that rail hub will do that for them (Methodicle).
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Like many who work in one of the dozen buildings of Downtown Cleveland’s Tower City Center complex, Nora Romanoff parks her car where more than 100 railroad passenger trains a day once pulled into or out of a labyrinth built as Cleveland Union Terminal. Just as rail travelers did from 1930-1977, she rides an escalator up into a grand railroad concourse that was significantly remodeled in 1988-90 to become today’s retail-heavy The Avenue at Tower City.

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Next apartment project at Detroit & Lake planned

At the angular intersection of Lake (foreground) and Detroit avenues,
where the person is walking, is where an eight-unit apartment
building with ground-floor retail is proposed to rise. It is planned
to help restore Detroit’s street presence in this neighborhood (Google).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The next new apartment building at the intersection of Detroit and Lake avenues in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood is already in the works. But it’s planned to be quite a bit smaller than its to-be neighbor across West 75th Street.

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Cleveland Mayor calls Brook Park stadium ‘betrayal’

After yesterday’s comments by the owners of the Cleveland Browns,
 Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb responded (City of Cleveland).
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Yesterday it was the owners of the Cleveland Browns, the Haslam Sports Group (HSG), accusing Cleveland city officials of “misguiding” its residents. Today it was Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb firing a return volley in kind.

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Cleveland, LISC unveil housing investment fund

This is one of several clusters of new homes built in Cleveland's Hough
neighborhood near League Park to address a shortage of quality
housing (Famicos Foundation). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Cleveland) announced details today of a major new initiative to address the affordable housing crisis facing Cleveland residents.

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Haslams say Cleveland officials misguided residents

The Haslam Sports Group’s proposed Huntington Bank Field in
suburban Brook Park promises to attract lots of year-round events
they say cannot be easily attracted by other facilities in the eastern
United States (HKS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Haslam Sports Group (HSG), owner of the Cleveland Browns, submitted an amended complaint in an existing federal lawsuit against the city of Cleveland which is seeking to keep the Browns from moving to suburban Brook Park. In announcing its filing today, HSG said the city is “misguiding” its residents.

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Where Cleveland’s job-ready sites are assembling

 

The intersection of Grand Avenue and East 70th Street has been a dead-
end economically for decades. But that’s about to change for this
urban prairie. Recently called the Forgotten Triangle, this site is along
the Opportunity Corridor Boulevard seen in the background at
left. East 70th will be vacated and the land-bank lots around here will
be assembled and marketed to job creators (Google).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Digging through public records can reveal a lot of interesting things sometimes. One of those is where Cleveland’s new Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund, Cuyahoga Land Bank and the city’s Department of Economic Development (ED) are focusing their efforts to assemble land for new employers.

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State lawmakers want Browns in Brook Park

  

A revised conceptual rendering of the proposed and enclosed Brook Park stadium
plus supportive development to the southeast of the stadium. This view looks
westerly from above Interstate 71 toward Cleveland Hopkins International
Airport beyond (HKS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Barring a surprise, the last of the big hurdles appears ready to be surpassed for the Cleveland Browns football team's move from downtown to Brook Park. Yes, there's a million other things that can happen or not happen in the next year before financing might close and construction contractors are given the green light. But most of those hinge on events occurring now at committee hearings in our state's capital.

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Port OK’s financing for $93.5M worth of projects — West Side Market, Superior Arts District apts

The West Side Market and its signature clock tower in the Ohio City neighborhood are
one of Cleveland’s most recognizable landmarks. And it will endure thanks to Port of
Cleveland financing for $49.5 million in additional renovations to the market (Google).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Two transformative projects — a nearly $50 million West Side Market overhaul and a $44 million Superior Arts District mixed-use project — received significant financial support today from the Port of Cleveland following their approval by the board of directors.

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Bulkley Residences at Playhouse Square get spotlight

Downtown Cleveland’s newest residential offering is now available for leasing — The
Bulkley Residences at Playhouse Square (PHS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.   

The stage is set for the debut of The Bulkley Residences in Downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square District. Its 84 apartments have layouts spanning four floors of the nine-story historic Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Ave. in the heart of Playhouse Square.

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Congressmen urge moving NASA’s HQ and its 2,500 employees to Cleveland

If a majority of Ohio’s Congressional delegation gets its way, the NASA Glenn
Research Center next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport would be the
new home of NASA headquarters. The Trump Administration will have the
final decision (NASA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Both of Ohio’s U.S. senators and 11 of its 15 Congressional representatives urged in a joint letter yesterday to Vice President J.D. Vance and NASA Director Jared Isaacman to relocate the space agency’s 2,500-employee headquarters to Ohio, specifically to Cleveland, after its Washington DC HQ lease expires in 2028.

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Baker Construction buys Cleveland Cement assets

A transaction that expands the reach of two Ohio-based construction companies —
Baker Construction and Cleveland Cement Contractors — was completed last week
and announced this week (CCC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

As part of an ongoing effort to expand the company’s presence across the U.S, Baker Construction of Monroe in Southwest Ohio announced this week that it will be purchasing the equipment assets from Cleveland Cement Contractors, a Brooklyn Heights-based full-service concrete contractor.

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Starbucks is next chain to arrive in Ohio City

This single-level building at the corner of Abbey and Gehring avenues in Ohio City’s
Market District will be home to a new Starbucks coffee shop at the near corner. To
the right will be four retail spaces for small businesses. Renovations are under
way (LDA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A shift to more chain businesses is under way in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. In February, NEOtrans was first to report that Chipotle is opening a store on West 25th Street in the neighborhood’s Market District. Now, we’ve confirmed that Starbucks has leased a spot near the West Side Market and across Abbey Avenue from the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Red Line rail station.

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Hough Bakery plant site gets renewed interest

 

Waiting for a new future is the east end of Wade Park Avenue where it intersects with
Lakeview Road at the border of Cleveland and East Cleveland. That’s where the old
Hough Bakery plant still stands in the background, awaiting a new owner. At right is
the plant’s former employee parking lot where townhomes were approved several
years ago. And just past the house at left is where senior apartments are
planned (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A Central Ohio developer is proposing a senior affordable housing complex across the street from the long-vacant Hough Bakery plant, which appears to be a part of renewed interest in redeveloping this area. The site, in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood is also across the street from East Cleveland’s Circle East District.

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Warner & Swasey redevelopment on precipice of becoming reality

Sitting vacant and rotting since 1985, the former Warner & Swasey factory on
Carnegie Avenue at East 55th Street in Cleveland's Midtown neighborhood
may finally be within months of being revived with affordable housing and
commercial spaces (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A coalition of developers from throughout the state of Ohio assembled at Cleveland City Hall Friday to discuss the transformation of the abandoned Warner & Swasey building in Midtown Cleveland. A project seven years in the making, representatives from developer Pennrose LLC's Cincinnati office, architect Moody Nolan of Columbus and Midtown Cleveland Inc. sought schematic approval for the adaptive reuse project.

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CSU seeks to redevelop Wolstein Center site

The Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Center is a 13,610-seat indoor arena and event center loca-
ted on the Cleveland State University campus in Downtown Cleveland. A recent univer-
sity masterplan proposed demolishing the 34-year-old facility and redeveloping its 10-
acre site as the “Partnership District” (CSU). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland State University is seeking to redevelop the Wolstein Center arena site in Downtown Cleveland and today issued a request for developers to submit their qualifications to do the job. But the request for qualifications leaves it to developers to decide whether the 34-year-old arena, 2000 Prospect Ave., should stay or go.

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Cleveland’s new hot spot: BVQ District. Here’s why…

A rendering for an early phase in the multi-building Hub 27 development at the north
end of Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. This section, between Interstate 90
and the Red Line, is the BVQ enclave, named after the streets Barber-Vega-Queen
in that area (BDCL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

There’s an underutilized 50-acre area on Cleveland’s near-West Side dubbed the BVQ District. It is surrounded by Ohio City, Tremont and the La Villa Hispana section of Clark-Fulton. All of those neighborhoods have seen, and continue to see a lot of investment. BVQ has been walled off from that activity by Interstate 90 and the Red Line tracks. But like water overtopping a dam, soon that dam is going to break.

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Tick Tock Tavern leased by Sausalito On 9th owner

The former Tick Tock Tavern space in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood was
leased by Saravanan Chandrababu, owner of Downtown Cleveland’s Sausalito
on Ninth. Interior work is due to start soon as an interior demolition plan was
approved by the city (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A public record filed this week provided the first indication that the space which housed the Tick Tock Tavern in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood has a new lease on life. The owner of Downtown Cleveland’s Sausalito on Ninth was notified by the city that his plan to start renovating the recently closed, eight-decade-old tavern was approved.

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Charter bus operator to offer Midwest routes

Cleveland will be linked by bus to Akron, Columbus, Toledo and Detroit with direct,
one-seat rides plus other cities through connections to other routes (GOGO).
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Starting this summer, GOGO Charters will begin offering regularly scheduled, daily bus services from Cleveland as part of a 15-city Midwest expansion. The new service promises fares as low as $10 for those who book early, similar to Megabus which operated popular routes to Cleveland prior to the pandemic.

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Cleveland soccer stadium to move forward

Looking south from the Inner Belt (Interstate 90) bridges, this revised proposal for a
Downtown Cleveland soccer stadium was announced today with the intentions of
getting it built before the October end of the 2026 Major League Soccer Next PRO
season. The view is disorienting because the downtown skyline is in the opposite
direction (CSG). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Soccer Group (CSG) today announced plans to build a stadium to host men’s and women’s professional soccer games in Cleveland in 2026, with the proposed development of a new 10,000-seat South Gateway Stadium in Downtown Cleveland. This is intended to coincide with a new announcement in the coming weeks regarding Cleveland securing a new women’s pro soccer team.

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McCafferty site redevelopment in Ohio City revealed

An early conceptual rendering of the potential size and shape of the senior affordable
housing proposed for the McCafferty Center site, as seen at the northeast corner of
Lorain Avenue and West 44th Street in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood
(City Architecture). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Six weeks ago, city officials announced that they had picked Pennrose, LLC and its proposal to build senior affordable apartments on the current site of the Thomas F. McCafferty Health Center, 4242 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. Now, with a Pennrose-led development team submitting to the state its application for Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for the project, the public can see the developer’s proposed plan.

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GCRTA orders trains for Shaker-Waterfront lines

New trains for all three rail lines in the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
system have been ordered from manufacturer Siemens Mobility. The first trains could
start appearing in Cleveland for testing and training next year, but they won’t begin
 regular service until 2027 (GCRTA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has exercised an option to order an additional 18 new Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) from Siemens Mobility to replace their aging fleet of trains, according to GCRTA and Siemens today. This adds to previous orders, allowing GCRTA to, at minimum, provide a base-level of service on all three of its rail transit lines by 2028.

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Staff reductions to hit Sherwin-Williams HQ

Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters tower just west of Public Square in Downtown
Cleveland is due to open later this year. But there may be fewer employees moving
to it from the old HQ several blocks away, according to employees who say the
company is reducing JQ staff (The Sherwin-Williams Company).
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With Sherwin-Williams due to move into its new headquarters tower in Downtown Cleveland later this year, there may be fewer managers making that move. That’s according to two company sources who told NEOtrans on the condition of anonymity that Sherwin-Williams is downsizing its headquarters staff, primarily through early retirements and/or voluntary layoffs.

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Shaker Square demolition to avail housing site

An early concept for a multi-family building on the southeast corner of Cleveland’s Shaker
Square district was shared with the Landmarks Commission prior to its approval of the
demolition of a decayed retail strip facing Van Aken Boulevard at right, and Drexmore
Road at left (Paran). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although the demolition of an historic retail strip in Cleveland’s Shaker Square district was on Landmarks Commission’s docket, much of the panel’s discussion focused on what might follow the demolition. Ultimately, the commission unanimously approved razing the two-structured Van Aken Plaza located at 2742-2782 Van Aken Blvd. for a landscaped greenspace — for now.

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Senior affordable housing deal OK’d in Cleveland Hts

A senior affordable housing development is planned for this city-owned parking lot at
the corner of Euclid Heights Boulevard and Lancashire Road in Cleveland Heights. An
apartment building stood here until it was demolished in the 1970s. Beyond is a church
and another city-owned parking lot that will be part of the development (Google).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

City officials in Cleveland Heights today announced they have entered into a purchase agreement with National Church Residences (NCR), a Columbus-based non-profit senior housing developer, to acquire two city-owned properties for a planned $22 million, 71-unit, senior affordable-rate apartment building.

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Cleveland competed for Canon — and won

By adding its logo last week to this building in Cleveland’s University Circle, Canon
Healthcare visually marked it territory — a site where it could expand south and east
with new research and manufacturing facilities in the coming years (Dwain Ross II,
Photographer, Untapped Visuals). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When the Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday approved financial assistance to Canon Healthcare USA Inc. for its new headquarters in Cleveland, state officials revealed that Ohio wasn’t the only state that was focused on the Japanese-based imaging company. NEOtrans also learned details of Canon’s property lease with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation which helped secure the new HQ.

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St. Theodosius Cathedral restoration plan set

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood looked
like this before a devastating fire last year and could look like this again following
its pending reconstruction (Bostwick). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A team of contractors, architects and structural engineers is about to start visible efforts of what is more than just a job, but a vocation. That calling is to restore the 114-year-old St. Theodosius Cathedral in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to its former glory, from the ashes of a devastating fire that occurred on May 28, 2024.

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Canon Healthcare buys Cleveland building for HQ

Located on the southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland’s
University Circle district is the new headquarters for Canon Healthcare USA. The
former IBM Explorys building gained its new owner’s logo last week (Canon).
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Canon Healthcare USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc., today announced its acquisition of an established building for its headquarters, adjacent to Cleveland Clinic’s main campus in Cleveland’s University Circle district. This purchase has been in the works for some time and NEOtrans had reported recent progress toward the deal earlier this month.

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Cole Eye Institute expansion opens today

In September 2024, the expansion of the Cole Eye Institute was just starting to get its
white cladding to cover up the green construction material. The original 1999-built
Cole Eye Institute is seen at right from the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East
105th Street (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation continues to keep the ribbon-making industry in business as it cut another streamer today in opening the latest addition to its growing Main Campus near University Circle. The new building is part of a $172 million expansion and renovation of The Jeffrey and Patricia Cole Pavilion at Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute.

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Universities worldwide compete to redesign Cleveland’s Lake Shore Power Plant site

With Lake Erie and Interstate 90 in the foreground, the background is changed from
a polluted former power plant site into a dynamic urban community between Gordon
Park and East 55th Street. Thisconcept, by a partnership of Harvard University and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was just one of 82 submitted to an international
design competition (Harvard-ULI). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

With deference to the classic movie “Casablanca,” of all the abandoned industrial sites in North America, the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Hines Student Competition picked Cleveland’s vacated Lake Shore Power Plant site as the canvas for its 2025 design competition. Four finalists were announced today in the competition that drew 82 entries from universities worldwide, with the winner to be named April 3 in Cleveland.

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Public Square info hub gets grant, design approval

A proposed programming hub for Downtown Cleveland’s Public Square was approved
today by the City Planning Commission and could appear this spring next to Superior
Avenue (LAND Studio). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Improvements to Cleveland’s Public Square took a step forward today when the City Planning Commission unanimously approved a temporary, yet robust programming hub. The hub, designed to replace tents currently used by staffers for downtown events would not only provide workers shelter and a place to store materials, but also function as a kiosk for posting event schedules and wayfinding.

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Watterson-Lake Apartments design approved

The corner of Detroit Avenue and West 74th Street in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway
neighborhood could regain more of its urban settings in a couple of years with the
construction of the Watterson-Lake project and encourage further restorations of
 the urban fabric in the area (Stantec). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Efforts by city officials to repopulate Cleveland neighborhoods don’t always go smoothly when residents and community officials have gotten used to not having people, density and activity around for decades. But a mixed-use project intended to restore some of that urbanity got approved today by the Landmarks Commission in a contentious meeting.

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