Lakefront master developer is chosen

This lakefront development masterplan, created in the last three years, will be updated
to include the redevelopment of the 25 acres on which Huntington Bank Field, seen
as a white box here (FO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A company with a great deal of development experience in Greater Cleveland, including having a hand in the relocation of the Cleveland Browns to suburban Brook Park, was named today as the master developer of Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront that encompasses the current Browns stadium site.

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Ten Cuyahoga County developments win Ohio historic preservation credits

West Side Market stands at the center of the bustling Market District in Cleveland’s
Ohio City neighborhood. And its continued renovation got a $5 million boost today
in the form of Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits (NEOtrans).
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Ten redevelopment projects in Cuyahoga County were awarded historic preservation tax credits today by the Ohio Department of Development. In total, those represent nearly one-third of all winning projects statewide and two Cleveland projects won the $5 million maximum of historic credits.

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Euclid seeks redo of former church site

A small portion of the former St. Robert Church property is visible here at the corner of
Lakeshore Boulevard and East 238th Street in Euclid. The property wraps around the
house at far-right and extends south 1,000 feet to Elmwood Drive (Google).
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One of Euclid’s largest undeveloped properties may not lay fallow much longer. After the former St. Robert Bellamine Church, located at 23802 Lake Shore Blvd., closed 15 years ago, the site is finally being put on a path to redemption.

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Canon Healthcare USA HQ comes into focus

At just seven years ago, the former IBM Explorys building is still young. But new owner
Canon Healthcare USA has big changes in store for the structure to accommodate the
imaging business and its equipment (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. 

After nearly a year since it acquired an office building in Cleveland’s University Circle and two years since it announced a partnership with Cleveland Clinic, Canon Healthcare USA has now revealed that it is moving forward with modifications to that office building for its headquarters.

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Clinic to coach healthy cooking at new kitchen

A rendering of the planned new teaching kitchen at the Langston Hughes Community
Health and Education Center in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood (RPMI).
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A large number of a hospital’s patients are treated for avoidable health problems, with many of those traced to what we eat. For many of us, we didn’t learn enough about healthy foods or how to prepare them. Or we simply forgot in our grab-n-go, fast-food culture.

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Richmond mall redo, Old Brooklyn bank jobs get Port financing

Belle Oaks, a planned mixed-use redevelopment of the former Richmond Town Square
shopping mall in Richmond Heights, got port financing to advance its development
(Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Board of Directors today approved $55 million in bonds for apartments and retail space at the site of the former Richmond Mall in Richmond Heights and $6 million in bonds for new housing planned for Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood.

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Rockefeller buyer has big plans for site

The Rockefeller Building was the tallest building in Cleveland when the first phase of it was
built in 1905. It was added onto at left in 1910 and remained an office building until several
years ago. While its redevelopment has been elusive, there is some light at the end of the
tunnel or, in this case, ramp (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

We may be only a few weeks away from learning more details about a possible sale of Downtown Cleveland’s historic Rockefeller Building. But the grapevine is already buzzing as to what might happen after a sale is closed.

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Circle North fuels Glenville momentum

The second phase of NRP’s Churchill Gateway project rises on Churchill Avenue in Cleve-
land’s Glenville neighborhood (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Five years ago, NEOtrans reported that a development boom in Glenville’s Circle North district had reached nearly “every block.” Despite an economic environment which had slowed construction activity, that momentum seems to be making a comeback.

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Why Hopkins Airport may regain hub

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has the most international travelers of any non-hub
or non-focus-city airport east of the Mississippi River. Yet this is Cleveland’s only nonstop
transatlantic flight, a near-daily Aer Lingus round trip to Dublin, Ireland. In the background
is Concourse D which, as of next year, will have been abandoned for as long as the 12 years
it was in use (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Eleven years ago, United ended its hub operation at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, leaving the 1999-built Terminal D vacant and relinquishing some of the airport’s remaining gates to expansion by low-fare airlines.

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Lakewood developments come into focus

The façade of Westline apartments nears completion on Detroit Ave (Harrison Whittaker).
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In October, NEOtrans’ inaugural Progress Pics article featured exclusive construction photos of Lakewood’s Westline apartments.

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Filling the lakefront void left by the Browns

The North Coast Yard is a pop-up park created on city-owned lakefront land, north of
Huntington Bank Field and next to the Steamship William G. Mather Museum. Al-
though temporary, its recreational uses are are the types of public-space programming
that can be expected in a redevelopment of Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront after
the stadium is demolished (NCWDC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Among the objectives in redeveloping Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront is to fill the physical and economic void to be left by Huntington Bank Field and their main attraction, the Cleveland Browns. That was one of the insights shared by the chief of the North Coast Waterfront Development Corp. (NCWDC) at yesterday’s Planning Commission meeting.

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Warner & Swasey revival is a go

A building that was left for dead many times over the past four decades displayed a hopeful
message for the first time in a long time last night under a full moon. A timetable for its
recovery was projected onto the long-vacant Warner & Swasey building on Carnegie
Avenue (MidTown Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Warner & Swasey co-developers Pennrose and MidTown Cleveland today announced the closing of the last gap in the financing for the $64 million redevelopment of the historic factory, located at 5701 Carnegie Ave. in Cleveland’s MidTown neighborhood.

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Tremont hillside mixed-use vision at risk

As seen from the Interstate 90-Inner Belt bridge, the Tremont hillside land above the
Cuyahoga River includes a flat “shelf” where the dump truck and piles of aggregate
are located. It was the site of a railroad yard for 125 years and is proposed to be re-
developed with mixed uses (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A potentially massive mixed-use development at the north end of Cleveland’s vibrant Tremont neighborhood, next to the Towpath Trail and overlooking the Cuyahoga River, may be on hold for a while. Instead, if there is a hillside development here, it could be mostly commercial — at least for the foreseeable future.

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Hotel planned for historic grain mill in Flats

As seen from a passing ship, the former Cereal Food Processors/Grain Craft mill sets between
the Cuyahoga River and Merwin Avenue. The brick building is called the Main Mill while the
wooden portion at right is called Elevator A. Behind are the larger concrete silos, called
Elevator C. All will be retrofitted with hotel rooms and ground-floor hotel uses inclu-
ding a restaurant. The metal garage at left will be demolished (NEOtrans).
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Roughly $10.3 million in federal historic tax credits were awarded to a proposed $61.6 million redevelopment of an abandoned 19th-century riverfront flour mill in Cleveland’s Flats into a hotel and supportive uses. And up to $5 million in state historic tax credits may be added by the end of the year.

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Cleveland Council OKs Browns settlement

Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront could look very different in a decade or less, following City
Council’s approval of a settlement that lets the Cleveland Browns leave for suburban Brook
Park and pays for the stadium’s demolition. In a couple of weeks, we may hear what replaces
the stadium and surrounding parking lots (FO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

With a 13-2 vote tonight, Cleveland City Council authorized a proposed settlement agreement between Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration and the Haslam Sports Group (HSG), owners of the Cleveland Browns football team. The deal involved some last-minute negotiations as it wasn’t even on council’s agenda earlier today.

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Cavs’ practice facility marks start of riverfront transformation

The Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center will host practice facilities for
the Cleveland Cavaliers (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In 2021, Detroit-based developer Bedrock first announced its plans to develop a long-neglected portion of the Cuyahoga riverfront with 35 acres of mixed-use development and green space. While the project was originally planned to be completed in phases over two to three decades, company executives now believe they can deliver it within 5-10 years.

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