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).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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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