Cleveland Clinic and its facility planning consultants are seeking approval next week from the Cleveland Planning Commission for conceptual designs for its expanded Emergency Department, called Building E, 9105 Cedar Ave., in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Monday, June 15, 2026
Flats find new life with wave of openings
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| Good Night John Boy recently moved to this building on the riverfront, an upgrade among several happening all around the Flats East Bank (Ian McDaniel). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
When the sudden closings of several long-term tenants punctuated the end of the 2025 season, many were quick to declare Flats East Bank in Cleveland “dead” once again.
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Cosm goes vertical downtown
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| Cosm Cleveland rises at the northeast corner of Huron Road and East 4th Street in Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District (Harrison Whittaker). |
In Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District, Cosm’s vertical construction is moving along — fast. The massive “shared reality” entertainment venue, being developed as part of Bedrock’s Rock Block, would stream sports events on a nearly 100-foot, 12k-resolution LED dome.
Friday, June 12, 2026
Cleveland data center plans to expand
Plans were submitted today for the expansion of an existing data center in Downtown Cleveland that could be affected by the city’s proposed moratorium on data centers. Unlike a newly proposed data center that was rejected by the city last month, this latest project involves expanding within the walls of an existing structure.
Kamm’s gets a tower crane
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| Across the Rocky River, a tower crane for Fairview Hospital’s North Campus expansion rises above the Lorain Road Viaduct (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Once described as “a slice of suburbia in the city,” Cleveland’s Kamm’s Corners neighborhood might be the last place one would expect a $150 million construction project large enough to require a tower crane. But that’s exactly what’s underway at Fairview Hospital’s 169,521-square-foot North Campus expansion.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Car wash planned at Shaker Square
Shaker Square, although faded from its peak decades ago, remains Greater Cleveland’s seminal example of transit-oriented community design in which the rapid transit system, pedestrian activity, and vertically mixed uses are juxtaposed to support each other.
Clinic plans outpatient site at Valor Acres
| At the northeast corner of Miller Road and Innovation Parkway, the Cleveland Clinic plans to build this medical office building (Perspectus). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
New structures and uses keep getting added to the mixed-use lifestyle center Valor Acres at Miller and Brecksville roads in suburban Brecksville. The latest will be a Cleveland Clinic outpatient care facility, due to open in late 2027.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
New Lakewood apartments open quietly
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| At the northeast corner of Detroit and St. Charles avenues is the former Lakewood Center West, now converted into Lakewood Lofts. In the parking garage seen behind, 70 spaces are set aside for tenants of the lofts (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Downtown Lakewood is steadily turning from an office district into a residential one. The latest example of that metamorphosis is perhaps the quietest conversion of a seven-story suburban office building in Greater Cleveland’s history.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The Thomas gets underway in Tremont
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| The development team of The Thomas apartments and their future successors posed at a groundbreaking ceremony today in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood (NEOtrans). |
Countywide zoning sought to aid development
Most municipalities in Cuyahoga County were built-out decades ago, limiting opportunities to offer newer, more competitive housing and build a stronger tax base without raising taxes. The few remaining places for development are infill sites for which many communities lack zoning to develop them.
Lakewood’s latest car dealership swap
Until the first decade of this century, Detroit Avenue in Lakewood had a half-dozen car dealerships along it. Today, they’re all gone after having closed or moved to exurban highway interchanges.
Monday, June 8, 2026
Slavic Village eyes transformation
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| The Slavic Village Neighborhood Plan represents the culmination of a series of outreach events involving diverse members of the community (Slavic Village Development). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
On Friday, City Planning Commission approved not one, but two transformative plans developed alongside each other for Cleveland’s Slavic Village — which hasn’t seen a comprehensive neighborhood plan in almost two decades.
Friday, June 5, 2026
Housing, health hold hope for Hough
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| Construction on a single-family infill home by Cleveland Bricks wraps up on East 84th Street north of Chester Avenue (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Film studio campus planned for Euclid
Getting ready for its close-up is a mid-sized film studio campus planned by an experienced filmmaker in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid. The goal for the filmmaker, Northeast Ohio native and Ingalls & Co. CEO James Ingalls II, is to transform Greater Cleveland into “a premier cinematic hub.”
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
ORRIS townhomes open in Rocky River
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| Only five ORRIS townhomes front Center Ridge Road in Rocky River. The other 20 units are set behind in a large lot near shopping, schools and parks (TKG). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A collection of new luxury rental townhomes is now open and move-in ready at ORRIS, 22601 Center Ridge Rd., Rocky River. Developed by The Krueger Group (TKG), this phase-two expansion of the ORRIS development adds 25 townhomes to offer single-family living in a maintenance-free rental setting.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Warner & Swasey groundbreaking arrived
Although site preparations have been underway since winter, now the repair, recovery and rebuilding work begins on the redevelopment of the long-vacant Warner & Swasey factory, 5701 Carnegie Ave., in Cleveland’s MidTown neighborhood.
Monday, June 1, 2026
GCRTA makes big fare changes
Boarding Greater Cleveland’s buses and trains will be quicker and simpler for customers after several fare payment-related changes are implemented after years of advocacy and planning.
Sunday, May 31, 2026
University Circle moves ahead with 10-year master plan
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| A conceptual rendering depicts a reworked South Rockefeller Park, including a pro- posed closure of Stearns Road and two-way conversion of MLK Jr. Drive (Sasaki). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
On Friday, University Circle’s 10-year master plan for land use and public realm improvements won unanimous approval from City Planning Commission. The plan, titled Connecting the Circle, aims to transform the city’s second-largest employment center into a “Connected Civic Commons.”
Friday, May 29, 2026
Flats demo OK’d for new amphitheater
Developers from Bedrock Cleveland and Rock Entertainment Group (REG) on Friday received approval from the City of Cleveland Planning Commission (CPC) to demolish a warehouse at 401 Stones Levee Rd. in the Flats. The demolition clears the way for the group behind billions in riverfront development to proceed with the next phase of revitalization and activation.
Westinghouse redevelopment to start
A ride along the West Shoreway from Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood to Edgewater Park will soon be a tour of multiple, major residential construction projects within sight of the roadway and more developments just a few blocks south of it. The latest to join the cavalcade of new multifamily housing will be the Westinghouse redevelopment.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Could it be? Bridgeworks is about to start?
It looks like it’s finally happening. After more than seven years of project development, multiple redesigns, financing shortfalls, and occasionally dim prospects, demolition, site preparation and construction of Bridgeworks is due to start in the middle of June.
Lorain Station Historic District gets two wins
A streetscape grant was approved for the Lorain Station Historic District this week, shortly after construction plans were submitted to the city for repurposing a former grocery store in this district into a West Side Community Resource Center that will provide needed services in a more attractive setting.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
A dozen Cleveland schools are offered for redevelopment
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and the City of Cleveland are offering up to buyers and developers 12 school properties for redevelopment, with a few surprises on the list. They include two school buildings built in the last 20 years and several historic, iconic structures.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Downtown Cleveland: experience drives perception
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| Want to love Downtown Cleveland more? Spend more time experiencing more of it, says Downtown Cleveland Inc. (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Downtown Cleveland, Inc. (DCI) says that the biggest thing wrong with the city’s central business district is that not enough people are familiar with it. If more people visited it more often, DCI said people would enjoy it more. And DCI has a survey of perceptions to back up its argument.
Monday, May 25, 2026
Edgewater, West Blvd grapple with new development
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| Looking south across a basketball court at Cudell Commons, construction of Marion C. Selzter Elementary School moves ahead (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland’s Edgewater, Cudell, and West Boulevard neighborhoods are currently facing a small wave of development, ranging from renovations to new construction. But the path to groundbreaking has been easier for some projects than others.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
AmTrust to put $14M in downtown offices
Even as AmTrust takes steps to divide up its Downtown Cleveland offices into suburban and downtown locations, the financial services company is about to make a major investment into its new downtown offices at the AECOM Building, 1300 E. 9th St., according to plans filed with the city this week.
Friday, May 22, 2026
Cleveland housing developments get funded, neighborhoods lifted
Three Cleveland developments won competitive, highly coveted tax credits that will help push each of those new housing projects toward construction. In total, the trio will add 165 affordable residential units. But one of them is actually the construction of 40 new houses that offer an opportunity at home ownership.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Lakefront apartment complex wins financing
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| Union at Cleveland Harbor would offer affordable housing along Cleveland’s Lakefront, near the East 55th Street marina and Gordon Park (RDL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Despite having 17 miles of shoreline, developments along Cleveland’s Lake Erie waterfront don’t happen that often due to a lack of developable land. But one got closer to construction today after financing for it was approved by the state, according to a press release.
Naia Noir tops Detroit-Shoreway developments
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| Cuyahoga County’s first lakefront high-rise in over 50 years has risen to more than half of its planned height beside J Roc-developed The Shore- way (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In March, NEOtrans announced that Cuyahoga County’s first lakefront high-rise in over half a century had begun construction next to Edgewater Park. The apartment tower, branded Naia Noir, will also be the first high-rise constructed in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Music Institute dorm starts on bad note
Less than six years old, the Cleveland Institute of Music’s (CIM) new building called 1609 Hazel at its namesake address in Cleveland’s University Circle, has suffered extensive water damage due to alleged poor construction. And the bill for pending repairs just came in — $1.7 million, according to public records filed with the city.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Cleveland Trades Council urges data center regulations, not ban
As Cleveland considers a moratorium on the addition of new data centers until it can update its zoning code to better address them, and as a statewide ban on larger data centers is pending, the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council said it wants the emotion taken out of the debate.
Monday, May 18, 2026
City loses another fight against spread of downtown parking lots
An historic church in Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District won its case before the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) today to use a newly purchased property at 1212-1260 Sumner Ave. as a surface parking lot for up to 90 vehicles.
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Cuyahoga gets its $1M brownfield allocation
Although each county in Ohio was limited to $1 million in Ohio Brownfield Remediation grants in this round of funding awards, Cuyahoga County made the most of it despite its voracious appetite for such grants as it repositions its former, massive industrial base in the post-industrial era.
Friday, May 15, 2026
Cleveland’s proposed Data Center moratorium in a race against time, technology
It’s a race against time between the City of Cleveland and developers seeking to construct new data centers. On one side is the city which has an outdated zoning code it has been wanting to update for years, with data centers being the latest new land use to add to the mix.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Data center rejection prompts reaction
Today’s sudden rejection of a building application for a new $1.6 billion data center in Cleveland’s Slavic Village caught the project’s development team by surprise. But city sources and records revealed the application was rejected because it was incomplete.
Tremont, Duck Island developments near completion
Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood is one of the most desirable in the city — and its tight housing market reflects that. But with a handful of developments now wrapping up, it may be the perfect time for those considering a move to the area.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Midline redevelopment district announced
Cleveland’s largest industrial redevelopment in its history, dubbed the Midline Priority Investment Area, was announced today as an effort to transform the city’s near-East Side into a job hub and community greenway.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The Vibe financing OK’d, Fall start ID’d
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| The six-story Hanover House and the lobby for The Vibe development are seen here next to the Ohio City Firehouse in Cleveland’s Hingetown enclave (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
With financing approved, the developer of Ohio City’s largest new-construction project in four years has an eye toward fall for a groundbreaking date of The Vibe, 2828 Clinton Ave., in Cleveland’s Hingetown enclave.
Monday, May 11, 2026
CSU’s Woodling transformation may hit $60M
A request from Cleveland State University (CSU) has gone out in search of qualified design teams to transform the 53-year-old Woodling Gymnasium, 2420 Chester Ave., into a modern, competitive facility. The request notes that the project budget for Woodling’s transformation could range from $30 million to $60 million.
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Music Settlement breaks ground on $12M expansion
On Friday, The Music Settlement (TMS) held an official groundbreaking for a $12 million expansion of its campus in University Circle. The project will restore and expand the historic Gries House, 1560 Mistletoe Dr., into the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Music House.
Next TOD project planned on Red Line
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| The Lorain West Apartments are proposed to be located on its namesake street near the Lorain-West 65th Red Line rail station. (RDL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
One by one, the many used-car dealerships along Lorain Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side are going away. For the most part, they are getting replaced with new multifamily housing developments and that’s what’s proposed to happen again.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
St. Luke’s Church begins interior demo at Memphis & Pearl
At the center of Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, $2.34 million in interior demolition work is set to begin for Memphis & Pearl — a $42.3 million mixed-use development that could add 84 apartments next to retail uses in a renovated St. Luke’s Church.
Part 2: The Yellow Brick Road of Cleveland’s East Side
Elton John once sang “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” when his songwriter Bernie Taupin bid adieu to city living in his ambitious, fast life, trading it for the quiet lifestyle of tending to a rural farm. Cleveland is heading in the opposite direction by welcoming the start of a new journey.
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Friday, May 8, 2026
CHEERS project advances to permitting phase
Cleveland Metroparks and the Port of Cleveland announced a major milestone in advancing the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy (CHEERS), as U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, D-11, presented $1.1 million in federal funding to support the next phase of the project.
Part 1: East Side to host ‘Cleveland’s largest-ever industrial redevelopment’
Parts of Cleveland’s East Side offer scenes right out of a post-apocalyptic action movie. Actually, a pre-apocalyptic action movie — the opening scenes of the 2012 movie The Avengers — was filmed here. Another story will begin here next week when local and state leaders join Mayor Justin Bibb in making what he calls “an historic announcement.”
Thursday, May 7, 2026
More details emerge on Cleveland data center
A 150-megawatt, $1.6 billion data center planned for Cleveland’s Slavic Village is in a race to get its plans approved before City Council can pass a moratorium on building more data centers in Cleveland, according to sources familiar with the project.
Cosm, Belle Oaks get Port financing
The Port of Cleveland’s Board of Directors today approved major development finance initiatives that will support transformative projects across Northeast Ohio, reinforcing the region’s continued momentum in housing, entertainment, infrastructure, and public service investment.
Library to join another mixed-use project
Cleveland Public Library (CPL) will open a new satellite location in the city’s AsiaTown neighborhood in a couple of years, at the Mingyue Place apartment complex, according to community officials. If that apartment complex’s name doesn’t ring a bell, it’s because it doesn’t exist yet.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
$1.6B data center planned in Cleveland
Set between Cleveland’s Slavic Village and the industrial valley in the coming years could be the city’s largest-ever data center. While at this early stage, it has generated many questions, its backers say the large site and nearby presence of industrial-scale electrical power and water resources should answer many of those questions.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
More than tortillas are rising on W. 65th
Along the southern portion of West 65th Street in Cleveland’s Stockyards neighborhood, a new round of private investment is set to reactivate the area with jobs and shopping activity — just as city officials had hoped years ago.











































