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| Things are looking up for Greater Cleveland’s economy as multiple indicators are showing growth for the region. Employment data is the latest to indicate good news (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Greater Cleveland’s workforce and number of employed people have grown to the highest levels since the start of the Great Recession (2009-11), according to preliminary employment data for the region that was released this week.
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| Outlined and shaded in red, the site for a new apartment complex proposed to be called the Union At Cleveland Harbor is between the East 55th Marina in the fore- ground and the Shoreline Apartments just beyond. In the distance is Downtown Cleveland (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Earlier this month, a letter was sent by an Indianapolis-area real estate developer to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and City Council notifying them of its desire to develop a lakefront apartment project and their intention to seek Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for it.
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| This 85-foot-long stretch of storefront on Clifton Boulevard between West 115th and 116th streets is starting to see new activity following the closure of the Tick Tock Tavern and the removal of its signs, furnishings, equipment and infrastructure. Now it will be renovated into the next stop on its dining journey (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Renovation work is underway for a successor restaurant to the long-running Tick Tock Tavern in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood. And public records reveal the new restaurant concept that will be taking the historic spot onto its next journey.
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| A wintertime aerial view looking southwest from Ridge Road over Ridge Park Square in the western Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn (JLL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured the sale of Ridge Park Square, a rare dual-grocery anchored regional shopping center located northwest of the Interstate 480-Ridge Road interchange in the western Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn.
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| Two new research buildings for the Cleveland Clinic along Cedar Avenue were topped- out yesterday in a ceremony. The new buildings are the result of the Clinic’s collabora- tion with other partners in the realization of a medical innovation district for Cleveland (Cleveland Clinic). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland Clinic marked a major milestone late yesterday in the construction of two research buildings in the Cleveland Innovation District. A ceremonial beam-lifting event celebrated the placement of the two final steel beams in the skyway bridge that will span East 100th Street, connecting the new facilities.
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| The next four Woodhill Townhomes will be similar in design to the first four, seen here along East 123rd Street in Cleveland’s Little Italy. The next four are due to rise soon a block west on Coltman Road (Knez). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
It has been several years since the first phase of the 17-unit Woodhill Townhomes were built in Cleveland’s Little Italy. But the next phase is finally getting going and will bring a long-planned street presence to both sides of Coltman Road’s north end.
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| Built in 1924 as a new location for a children’s orphanage, the Cleveland Christian Home on Lorain Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side was sold several years ago to The Centers For Families and Children and will be extensively renovated starting by the end of this year (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Construction is getting underway for the $6.8 million renovation of the HOPE Campus, 11401 Lorain Ave., in Cleveland’s Westown neighborhood. If the name of the campus doesn’t sound familiar, it’s because the renovation is part of a transition of the property from its century-long service as the Cleveland Christian Home (CCH).
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| A more economically achievable high-rise mixed-tower at the Circle Square district in Cleveland’s University Circle was presented today at City Planning Commission and won support from the panel (SCB). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Having previously received schematic design approval in October 2024, the East Stokes apartment tower in University Circle showed no signs of slowing down. But when the project never returned to the city planning commission for final approval, speculation about its future began.
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| In the center of this image is the proposed new Huntington Bank Field in Brook Park. Just beyond it is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport with an east-west runway. Its aircraft traffic patterns may force the proposed stadium to trade places with its future stadium village development in the foreground (HKS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A law firm representing the Haslam Sports Group was notified by the state’s aviation administrator that a permit application for building the new Huntington Bank Field in suburban Brook Park near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was denied.
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| Called Canopy, this large multi-family development will be built next to Herman Park in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood (Dimit). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The development team for a large apartment project in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood closed on financing this week. That should allow it to start work on the new development this year. The development also has a name now — Canopy and a Web presence.
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| By the slimmest of margins, the 45 West mixed-use development in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood won approval by the city’s Landmarks Commission. It was one of two projects on the West Side to gain new life today (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A pair of residential projects in the works for several years were brought to today’s Landmarks Commission meeting. And while they differed in size and use, both were an expression of the continued development and investment occuring on Cleveland’s near-West Side.
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| At the top of Superior Road hill in East Cleveland, this large complex of apartments was acquired by a developer who plans to renovate them (Green Bridge Real Estate). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The 174-unit, 188,000-square-foot Forest Hills Park Apartment Complex, located on 1.479 Acres at 13995 and 14015 Superior Rd., in East Cleveland has transferred ownership yesterday and is due to be renovated, according to a press release.
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| A significant number of Cleveland State University students use and depend on the U-Pass for transit not only to get to classes but to go grocery shopping, go to work and run errands. Without the pass, they faced much higher expenses in trying to get an education and improve their lives (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland State University (CSU) officials announced today that the school will continue to offer students discounted passes to ride Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) buses and trains. But only those students seeking the discount, called the U-Pass, will be charged for it.
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| The Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center is the first phase of Bedrock’s Riverfront development in Downtown Cleveland. Combined with the next phase in the development would meet NEOtrans’ definition of a megaproject, becoming the tenth such project in or near Cleveland’s urban core (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Sometimes we’re in the weeds, hyperlocal, self-interested, pre-occupied with our own day-to-day lives. So sometimes it’s hard to appreciate the magnitude of things changing around us unless you step back and take a look at them in totality. NEOtrans did, and wow, there’s a lot of megaprojects to soak up just in Greater Cleveland!
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| One of the most vibrant and, thus, congested enclaves in Cleveland is the Ohio City Market District. West 25th Street through this area hosts cars, trucks, bikes, dozens of on-street parking spaces, and two bus routes that carry more than 1 million riders each. Figuring out how to reduce transit travel time through this gauntlet is the goal of a pending $50 million project (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
As plans for enhancing the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) MetroHealth Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) advance, a pinch point in those plans has become the subject of debate.
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| On a small piece of city-owned land at the northeast corner of the Opportunity Corridor Boulevard and East 75th Street, in front of the Orlando Baking Co. plant, will be a 25-foot-high, dual-sided, electronic billboard (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Construction work began last week to erect two large billboards along the Opportunity Corridor Boulevard on Cleveland’s East Side. The billboards are the result of litigation that will allow the demolition of a billboard and a decayed building that supports it, located at West 25th Street and Detroit-Superior Bridge in Cleveland’s Ohio City.
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| This conceptual design for a proposed boutique hotel in Cleveland’s Ohio City neigh- borhood shows wood-timbered columns, framing and flooring above the reinforced concrete first floor and foundation. It was part of the documentation for a construc- tion permit application of the hotel’s foundation and superstructure (DLR). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In May, real estate developer Dan Whalen left a Landmarks Commission meeting with a design approval in his pocket and a range of possibilities in the back of his mind. Those led him to consider building his latest development, a Marriott Tribute Portfolio boutique hotel, 1950 W 26 St., in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, with an extensive amount of mass-timber construction.
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| Marquees on the parking lot and Stokes Boulevard sides of University Circle’s latest residential offering introduce prospective tenants to a new way of living that rewards residents for spending more time outside of their apartments (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
If you end up spending little more than sleeping time in an apartment at Skyline On Stokes, you’re probably enjoying the lifestyle offered by University Circle’s latest residential property. And it’s not just because of where the new building is located. It’s also because the amenities inside the building are large, both in scale and in variety.
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| he new plan for the 45 West mixed-use development offers a more commanding presence on Lorain Avenue in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. But a design- review committee suggested that larger presence at the south end should allow it to reduce the building’s scale at the north end, next to smaller homes (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
At 1 a.m. April 10, 2024, a former funeral home dating to 1865 at 4434 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood went up in flames. So too did real estate developer My Place Group’s plans for renovating it as part of a larger mixed-use development called 45 West.
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| Thousands of Cleveland State University students use the university’s U-Pass program each semester for free travel on Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority buses and trains regardless of purpose. Last week, CSU announced it was ending the program. This week, the transit agency and university officials were working on options to provide fare benefits to students (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
One week ago, Cleveland State University (CSU) notified its students that it was ending its U-Pass that provided fee travel on Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) buses and trains. Today, GCRTA announced that conversations were occurring to continue to offer fare discount benefits to thousands of CSU students.
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| The Ohio Department of Transportation will create a SmartLane along a congested stretch of Interstate 90 near Downtown Cleveland, through Dead Man’s Curve. This unofficial rendering looks west toward downtown and the curve. The inner lane at left will be the SmartLane (Methodicle). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
With reconstruction of the Interstates 90/77 Central Interchange in Downtown Cleveland expected to begin next year, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has its sights set on the next phase of the massive Innerbelt project — and that next phase may include a technology that’s brand new to Northeast Ohio.
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| Greater Cleveland’s new rapid transit trains are starting to look like trains at the Siemens Mobility factory in Sacramento, CA. These are two halves of a rail car that will be connected to each other at a hinge to create a single “articulated” car. Cleveland will get 60 of these starting next year (GCRTA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In two weeks, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) will likely authorize completion of its 60-car order of new trains to replace the oldest rail transit fleet in the nation. The Cuyahoga County-based transit agency is hurriedly trying to round up the last funding and complete the order before costs rise further.
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| This century-old structure on Euclid Avenue at East 71st Street in Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood is proposed for demolition to avail a future development site. But the demolition was postponed by the Planning Commission which sought more information. The site is next to a station on the HealthLine bus rapid transit (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Neither Mother Nature, the Cleveland Foundation or the Cleveland Planning Commission have so far been able to demolish a century-old building at Euclid Avenue and East 71st Street in Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood. The tornado-damaged former showroom and warehouse of the Baker Electric Car Company, 7107-7113 Euclid, is in the crosshairs of a nearly four-acre redevelopment site.
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| Fifty acres of developable Downtown Cleveland lakefront land, lightly shaded and outlined in blue, with another 15 acres set aside for public spaces are the subject of a pending offer to prospective developers. That includes the 22-acre site of Huntington Bank Field where the Cleveland Browns play roughly 10 home games per season until their lease with the city runs out after the 2028 football season (NCWDC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
While it may be unlikely the existing Huntington Bank Field will remain standing if and when the Cleveland Browns leave it, the head of a nonprofit corporation overseeing lakefront development kept the door open for the National Football League team to return if it chooses. But the clock is running for the Browns’ owners to compete with other prospective lakefront developers to respond to a request for qualifications (RFQ) issued last month.
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| Rather than submit detailed plans for the Cleveland Cosm to the Cleveland Planning Com- mission, the project architect sought feedback from pictures of existing Cosm locations and this rendering of the Detroit Cosm, now under construction at Cadillac Square, adjacent to Campus Martius Park (Rossetti). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Bedrock Real Estate, Cosm and a project architect are already moving forward with plans to build a new immersive entertainment and hospitality venue in Downtown Cleveland known as Cosm Cleveland. And those conceptual plans crossed their first big hurdle today with unanimous support from the City Planning Commission.
