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).
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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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