More than tortillas are rising on W. 65th

Looking north along West 65th Street in Cleveland’s Stockyards neighborhood, Tortilleria La
Bamba y mercado is proposed to built if a permit situation can be resolved. Across the street
to the left, another retail development is planned that would add an Ollie’s Bargain Outlet
store (Onyx Creative). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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New women’s pro soccer team named

Site of the planned new Gateway South soccer stadium, a proposed new Greater Cleveland
Regional Transit Authority light-rail station and other nearby venues. Also shown is the crest
and logo of the new men’s soccer team (CSG). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Soccer Group (CSG) today unveiled Cleveland Astra, the brand identity for our new professional women’s soccer club. Merchandise is available online today and season ticket deposits are open. Cleveland Astra will kick off in spring 2028, compete in Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Pro and play in a Downtown Cleveland soccer stadium.

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City green-lining investment in East Side

Lots of construction, from infrastructure to the redevelopment of abandoned industries, are
evident in this view looking east on Carnegie Avenue from East 55th Street. But more is
needed on Cleveland’s near-East Side to return abandoned properties back to pro-
ductive use (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

An expanded tax base is a result of economic development. On that score, Cleveland’s near-East Side doesn’t produce much in the way of tax revenue while its old infrastructure, city services and social programs are in need of lots of resources. So the city is going to do something to equalize that imbalance.

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New housing for Central neighborhood

Rendering of the proposed Olde Cedar mixed-income multifamily homes in Cleve-
land’s Central neighborhood (CMHA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) sought to kick off the first phase of redeveloping Olde Cedar in the Central neighborhood with a visit to the Cleveland City Planning Commission on Friday.

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Clinic’s big new lab on Opportunity Corridor

The southeast corner of Opportunity Corridor Boulevard and East 79th Street isn’t much to
look at right now. That’s why it’s a good development site. It’s a large, relatively clean and
mostly undeveloped site in the heart of the city and it’s almost entirely owned by the city of
Cleveland and other public entities (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A sale closed this week for the largest property acquired among many needed to accommodate a proposed, significant laboratory-research facility sought by the Cleveland Clinic and other project partners. It is but one piece of a major expansion of facilities by the Clinic that NEOtrans first reported last month.

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New construction, renovations foster Superior walkability

Looking west along Superior Avenue, the Cleveland Division of Police’s new headquarters is
visible just left of center. The underutilized street is set to be transformed into a multi-modal
transportation corridor with the Superior Midway (Harrison Whittaker).
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As soon as this summer, one of Cleveland’s most prominent streets could see a bike- and pedestrian-friendly overhaul with construction of the Superior Midway. But walkable neighborhoods need destinations — and several developments are creating just that.

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CWRU gets $125M, largest gift in Ohio history

A rendering of the interior of Case Western Reserve University’s proposed new Jack,
Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Building on Bellflower Road (CWRU).
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As Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) celebrates its bicentennial, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation has made a $125 million commitment gift to the university. Not only is it the largest gift in the foundation’s history, CWRU says it’s likely the biggest gift ever to higher education in Ohio.

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New Huntington Bank Field officially starts construction

At today’s groundbreaking ceremony, officials discuss the new Huntington Bank Field
in suburban Brook Park. From left is play-by-play radio announcer for the Cleveland
Browns Andrew Siciliano, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell, and Cleveland Browns majority owner Jimmy Haslam (contributed).
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The Haslam Sports Group (HSG) alongside a joint venture of AECOM Hunt, Turner Construction Company and architect HKS officially broke ground today for the new Huntington Bank Field, the future home of the Cleveland Browns starting with the 2029 National Football League (NFL) season.

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Hub 27 boosts affordable housing construction on Near West Side

Site prep begins for Hub 27’s phase one apartment building which will add 53 units of work-
force housing in the BVQ District (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

On Cleveland’s near-West Side, the Clark-Fulton neighborhood is getting an infusion of affordable housing with the first phase of Hub 27 under construction in the BVQ (Barber-Vega-Queen avenues) District and continued progress at the Walton Senior Apartments on Clark Avenue.

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Rockefeller Building secured by K&D

The 17-story Rockefeller Building on Superior Avenue in Downtown Cleveland has a
new opportunity facing it as K&D Group took title to the property today (NEOtrans).
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As first reported by NEOtrans earlier this month, K&D Group said it would seek $6 million worth of “make-safe” repairs to Downtown Cleveland’s vandalized Rockefeller Building after it took title to it. But it began shoring up the Gilded Age edifice on the very day the sale closed.

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Cleveland has Ohio’s highest apartment rents

The Collins Apartments on Carter Road is one of two major developments to open in
the past year on Scranton Peninsula in Cleveland’s Flats. But it wasn’t enough to
meet Greater Cleveland’s demand for more multifamily units (NEOtrans).
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A new report released today by international real estate firm Colliers shows that multifamily development in Greater Cleveland isn’t keeping up with demand. The result is that average rents in the Cleveland area are now the highest of any metro area in the state.

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County’s biggest-ever project gets OK’d

A rendering of the proposed Cuyahoga County Central Services Campus in Garfield
Heights, as seen from Transportation Boulevard. More of the jail exists behind the
tree and the publicly  accessible and office-oriented portion (Cuyahoga County).
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With a vote by a Justice Center steering committee today, Cuyahoga County Council got the recommendation it needed to formally and legally approve construction tomorrow on a new $894.26 million Central Services Campus corrections center in suburban Garfield Heights.

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Cleveland’s fastest-changing neighborhood isn’t where you think

The Women Religious Archives Collaborative Heritage Center started rising in Cleve-
land’s Campus District after the nearby St. Vincent Charity Medical Center closed its
doors (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

University Circle and Ohio City might be Cleveland’s most recognizable development hotspots. But in the southern Campus District, which straddles the Central neighborhood and eastern edge of downtown, a handful of large-scale demolitions and relocations are setting up more than 50 acres for redevelopment next door to the central business district.

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Ohio City residential developments advance

Revival Residential’s Ambler Apartments rise on West 26th
Street (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, the spring season is well underway — and so are numerous apartment complexes, ranging from ground-up construction projects to residential conversions of historic buildings.

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Wellman-Seaver-Morgan plant reactivation plan revealed

Before Mother Nature reclaims it, funding is being secured to reactivate the former
Wellman-Seaver-Morgan factory on Cleveland’s East Side for a new commercial
end user (Taco Slayer Aerial). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A clearer picture is emerging of the planned redevelopment of the large, historic Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering Co. manufacturing plant, 7000 Central Ave., where Cleveland’s Fairfax and Central neighborhoods meet.

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AmTrust to relocate most downtown office workers to Mayfield Hts.

AmTrust Financial will be vacating the red-bricked 800 Superior and moving north up
East 9th Street to the darker, glassy AECOM Building to the upper-right of its current
home (CBRE). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

NEOtrans has learned that AmTrust Financial is vacating its current Downtown Cleveland offices and moving most of its 600 jobs to the suburbs. One result of this big shake-up of office properties is that the 23-story 800 Superior building downtown will be left mostly empty by year’s end.

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Capitol Theatre upgrade projected

Being able to show the latest movies in the best possible resolution will help the
Capitol Theatre compete for more films and more customers (NEOtrans).
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Northwest Neighborhoods CDC (NWN) was awarded a $50,000 Community Development Supplemental Grant (CDSG) from Cuyahoga County to fund a new digital projector in Auditorium No. 1 at the 105-year-old Capitol Theatre.

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Suburb to milk ideas for dairy’s redevelopment

The most significant remaining portion of the Hillside Dairy in Cleveland Heights is this long
structure along the west side Warrensville Road, between Mayfield and Noble roads in an
area called the Mayfield Triangle (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The reason why the city is leading it is because the Mayfield Triangle, a roughly 6.3-acre swath of land bound by Mayfield, Noble and Warrensville Center roads, is owned principally by the city. And, in Ohio, municipal governments determine how land is used in their jurisdictions.

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W. 130th gets infusion of new life

Fresh fruits and vegetables are difficult to find in a food desert, but thanks to the
opening of Pure Supermarket, the middle of the Bellaire-Puritas neighborhood
has been nourished (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When a pharmacy closes, what was a neighborhood asset often becomes a liability, and sometimes a long-term one that drags it down. But the reverse is happening at the corner of West 130th Street and Bellaire Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side.

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Clinic’s $1.3 billion expansion is just the beginning

Cleveland Clinic’s largest-ever building, the 1-million-square-foot Neurological Institute,
approaches completion across East 89th Street (Harrison Whittaker).
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Since announcing it in 2022, the Cleveland Clinic has neared completion on a massive, $1.3 billion expansion plan. But with a new hotel, inpatient bed tower, lab research facilities, and Level I Trauma Center planned, its next round of expansion projects could be even bigger.

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O’Malley wants state audit of county jail contracting

Cuyahoga County’s Central Services Campus, also called the new corrections center
to be located in suburban Garfield Heights, could hit another snag if a special audit
by the state of contracting for the project occurs (Cuyahoga County).
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Despite an agreement hailed a week ago by Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and presiding county Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Shaughnessy to move forward on the new, $889 million jail complex, county Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said, in effect — “not so fast.”

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Central continues to transform with completion of Sankofa Village

Construction of all phases of the $115 million Sankofa Village in Cleveland’s Central neigh-
borhood is now complete. The redevelopment of the former Cedar Extension public housing
site with affordable, mixed-income housing deconcentrates poverty with comfortable
housing (Pennrose). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Redevelopment partners celebrated this week the grand opening of Sankofa Village IV, completing the 236-unit, $115 million Cedar Extension Transformation Plan in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland. The final phase added 50 high-quality, affordable rental homes to the 17-acre former Cedar Extension site of public housing.

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Woodhill Homes redevelopment moves forward after demolition

This aerial rendering illustrates the planned redevelopment of the razed Woodhill Homes site,
once all phases are complete (City Architecture). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Once a deteriorating public housing complex on Cleveland’s East Side, Woodhill Homes will soon be transformed into a mixed-income neighborhood complete with parks and a renovated community center, according to schematic plans approved by City Planning Commission on Friday.

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Outdoor wellness destination proposed on riverfront

An outdoor wellness center with a funny name and Scandinavian-style spas and hot tubs
is planned for Scranton Peninsula in the Flats, across the Cuyahoga River from Tower
City and Bedrock Real Estate’s $3.5-billion riverfront development (Saunagoose).
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A new health and wellness concept is coming to Scranton Peninsula in the Flats in downtown Cleveland. Taking inspiration from the Scandinavian winter ritual of the sauna, The Saunagoose will continue a string of developments on previously-vacant industrial land.

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WOIO-WUAB-WTCL TV seek Independence

With its current home in Downtown Cleveland in the distance, Gray Media Group has picked
this site on Brecksville Road in suburban Independence for its new television studios and
offices (LoopNet). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Before the end of 2027 when its lease expires at Reserve Square, 1717 E. 12th St., Gray Media Group’s Cleveland offices and studios will leave downtown for a new spot in suburban Independence. That’s according to four sources — three of whom spoke to NEOtrans on the condition of anonymity.

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Groundbreaking for a groundbreaking venue

Officials break ground today for the new Cosm immersive, dome-shaped theater in Down-
town Cleveland’s Gateway District. At left is Huron Road and Rocket Arena. The construc-
tion site was a surface parking lot that has been considered for mixed-use development for
more than a decade (Rock Entertainment). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cosm, an immersive technology and entertainment venue, officially saw construction start today with a formal groundbreaking ceremony attended by city, county and state officials plus CEOs of major locally based employers like Sherwin-Williams, Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Cliffs.

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$328M Central Interchange redo starts

Looking northeasterly, the new East 22nd Street overpass of Interstate 90 will provide a more
seamless connection between Downtown Cleveland and the Central neighborhood in the Cam-
pus District. This is part of the six-year rebuild of the 70-year-old Central Interchange with
Interstate 77 and downtown streets (ODOT). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

On the plus side, one of the region’s biggest megaprojects got underway today when officials from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and others threw spades of dirt in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Interstate 90 Central Interchange Project in Downtown Cleveland.

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A Downtown Cleveland office tower that’s gaining occupancy

Not every office tower in Downtown Cleveland is in distress and hurting for tenants. The
45-story 200 Public Square skyscraper is seeing the fruits of its investments in making
a more attractive property (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Bad news has surrounded the nation’s office market ever since the global pandemic hit in 2020. It doesn’t matter if the property is in the suburbs, the mother city or downtown. Leasing is down, vacancies are up, many buildings are in fiscal distress and remote working has put landlords on the defensive.

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ISEB gives Case Quad a glossy new façade

CWRU’s under-construction Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building is now the
largest structure on Case Quad (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

As Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) approaches completion on its $300 million Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), the new research center is giving its central Case Quad a sleek, modern look.

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Justice Center to be renovated for $150M

The 25-story courthouse tower on Ontario Street in Downtown Cleveland will be renovated
for $150 million according to a new agreement reached today. At left is the Cleveland Divi-
sion of Police headquarters, owned by the county, which may be disposed of or retained de-
pending on a strategic master plan requested in a separate action today (Google).
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Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne, County Council, and Judge Michael Shaughnessy, the administrative and presiding Judge for the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, announced they have reached a tentative agreement on a path forward for capital improvements to county courthouse facilities downtown.

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Former MLK Branch Library in UC to be demo’d for future development

Demolition of the vacated Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library is due to yield a podium
of  ground-floor retail and structured parking topped by a multi-story hotel, seen in the
city-approved masterplan behind Fenway Manor and the new MLK Library. The
new library is on the first two floors of Library Lofts (City Architecture).
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If the City Planning Commission’s Design Review Committee gives its blessing on Friday, the vacated, former Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the Cleveland Public Library at 1962 Stokes Blvd. will be coming down. It appears to be a sign of the times in a rapidly growing University Circle.

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Park Apartments’ leasing stirs a phase 2

Schematic design for the planned second phase of The Park apartments on an undeveloped
parcel located between Lamoille and Brevier avenues in Tremont’s Lincoln Heights district
(Horton Harper). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although The Park apartments, 1851 Brevier Ave. in the Lincoln Heights section of Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, hasn’t leased out yet, the response to it has progressed far enough that its developers have decided to pursue a second phase of the project.

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Singer Steel site’s new uses revealed

Singer Steel on Random Road in Cleveland’s Little Italy could soon enter a new chapter in
its history — that of a residential and parking complex. The residential would be developed
where the factory stands and the parking would be alongside the Red Line rapid transit, the
power lines for which are visible at left (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In November 2024, real estate developer TurnDev acquired the old Singer Steel site-turned-parking facility at 2100 Random Rd. in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood. A year later, it acquired more land. And now, the Beachwood-based developer and its architect have revealed their plans for the combined 2.8-acre property.

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Pieces coming together for UC high-rise

Stokes East apartment tower may see construction start
this year and soon rise to approach the height of its neigh-
bor, The Artisan, University Circle’s tallest building (SCB).
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With all of the job growth happening around University Circle and the latest expansion news at Cleveland Clinic, it’s probably not a surprise that another high-rise apartment tower in that area is moving toward the start of construction.

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The next big expansion at Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus is in the works

The Cleveland Clinic InterContinental Hotel on Carnegie Avenue at East 100th Street may
be replaced with an inpatient hospital bed tower. But the hotel isn’t disappearing. It’s relo-
cating nearby. And it’s one of several major developments planned by the Clinic for its
Main Campus near University Circle (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

By this time next year, after the Cleveland Clinic’s largest-ever building is due to open with 2,000 additional employees, there should be a lot more clarity that’s publicly available on Ohio’s largest employer’s next expansive plans for its Main Campus near Cleveland’s University Circle.

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AC Marriott Downtown Hotel, new CSA Group HQ get funding OK’d

The former Holiday Inn Express has closed and will be reopened as an AC Marriott Hotel,
Downtown Cleveland’s first. Built in 1896, the New England Building was the headquar-
ters of the National City Bank until it relocated in 1980 to the tower at right and was
absorbed by PNC. There are also two floors of condominiums at the top of this historic
structure (apartments.com). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Two significant development projects won financing from the Port of Cleveland yesterday — with one project in Downtown Cleveland and the other in suburban Brecksville.

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Ribbon cut on revived apartment tower that once was left for dead

Incredibly, the 10-story apartment tower 9410 Hough looks brand-new after a $47-million
redevelopment and includes the new-construction PCC Hub at right where supportive
community services are provided (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Today, developers Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures and SLSCO hosted a ribbon cutting celebration for the reopening of 9410 Hough at its namesake address in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. It officially marked the revival of a forlorn building that was left for dead and held back its surrounding neighborhood.

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City, GCRTA seek Broadway BRT, TOD

The No. 19A bus from downtown to Southgate Transit Center in Maple Heights stops on
Broadway Avenue at Harvard Road after passing the 140-year-old Holy Name Roman
Catholic Church. While much of Broadway’s urban fabric in Cleveland is gone, GCRTA
and the city are hoping developing the Broadway corridor with bus rapid transit here
will help revive it (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In 2008, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) first bus rapid transit (BRT) line was the HealthLine east of downtown on Euclid Avenue to University Circle and East Cleveland.

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Kassouf buying downtown tower, garage

Bearing the name AmTrust Financial, 800 Superior was among the early risers on Downtown
Cleveland’s office tower canyon of East 9th Street that developed from the 1960s to the
1980s (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

An affiliate of the Kassouf family is reportedly buying the 800 Superior office tower and its connected parking garage at its namesake address in Downtown Cleveland. That makes the third downtown property with a decayed garage in as many years that Kassouf has checked off its shopping list.

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Bedrock files Riverfront Amphitheater plans

Proposed to rise just north of the Lorain-Carnegie Hope Memorial Bridge, seen at upper-left,
is a new outdoor amphitheater sought by Bedrock Real Estate and Live Nation. The Cuya-
hoga River is just beyond Stones Levee Road to the lower-right (Bedrock).
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The developer and operator of a proposed riverfront amphitheater in Downtown Cleveland submitted their preliminary, conceptual plans for the project to the city, revealing the proposed layout and amenities of the planned venue.

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Midtown Lofts in Asiatown near approval

A splash of color on new apartment buildings is planned with the larger one sought for the
north side of Payne Avenue in Cleveland’s Asiatown where the vacated Dave’s Super-
market stands. A second building is planned for the south side of Payne (MA Design).
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With funding in hand, a development plan to reactivate the site of the first Dave’s Supermarket is entering the City of Cleveland’s design review process. And so far, the early reviews of a proposed mixed-use development at 3301 and 3338 Payne Ave. in the city’s Asiatown district are positive.

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Downtown data center to demo stores

These stores along the south side of St. Clair Avenue near East 17th Street at the edge of
Downtown Cleveland are to be razed to add generators behind a new screen wall for
the gray data center behind (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Amid the growing controversies surrounding the expansion of data centers in Ohio, Downtown Cleveland’s largest data center is about to get bigger. And, as part of that expansion, it’s evicting small businesses and proposing to demolish a row of storefronts along a major downtown street.

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GCRTA to hold hearings on service cuts

Three public hearings are scheduled next week for Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
riders to learn about proposed reductions to bus and rail services due in August (NEOtrans).
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The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has scheduled public hearings on proposed service reductions to address a financial crunch. But as NEOtrans first reported last month, those cuts will be less than transit agency officials first feared.

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Bedrock sets foundation for $3.5 billion Downtown masterplan

A new Eagle Avenue ramp between the Gateway District and the Cuyahoga riverfront
is well underway (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Along the Cuyahoga riverfront, several components of Bedrock’s $3.5 billion masterplan are taking shape in Downtown Cleveland. Furthest along is the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center — home to the future practice facility for the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team.

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Fulton townhomes in Ohio City get OK

On the west side of Fulton Road near West 30th Street, a pair of townhomes are planned to fill
the front of a deep lot (Contexture Design Studio). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, plans to erect two townhomes on a historic stretch of Fulton Road are progressing. The townhomes would fill a gap between two early 20th-century structures where a gravel parking lot currently stands in front of a small single-family home.

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Amazon may anchor airport biz park

Of the three proposed buildings in the expansion of the Cleveland Business Park, the building
at left would be the first one built specifically for a tenant with whom the developer says it has
a deep interest but not yet a signed lease. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is seen at
upper-right next to Interstates 71 and 480 (LBI). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A proposed light-industrial/warehouse development in Cleveland, off Rocky River Drive near Hopkins International Airport, has advanced quickly toward final approval by the city. Part of the reason why is that a major tenant will anchor the 650,000-square-foot, three-building project and wants to move forward.

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Rockefeller Building to get make-safe repairs

The 123-year-old landmark Rockefeller Building in Downtown Cleveland hasn’t been treated
very well in recent years but its fortunes could be changing for the better very soon (NEOtrans).
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Remedies are coming soon for a downtown landmark that has had too many dirty tricks played on it in recent years. But on this April Fool’s day, it appears the dirty tricks may have come to an end for the Rockefeller Building, 614 W. Superior Ave.

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City gets new offer for Burke Airport

Top-fuel drag racing could come to the Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront thanks to a new
company Shore-to-Roar-to-Shore that responded to a request for qualifications from
Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration regarding the reuse of Burke Lakefront Air-
port (WikiCommons). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In response to a recent request for qualifications (RFQ), Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration has awarded Shore-to-Roar-to-Shore LLC a bid to repurpose the 450-acre, city-owned Burke Lakefront Airport as a drag strip for professional top-fuel dragster and funny-car racing.

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Renovations fuel prospect of downtown revitalization

On Prospect Avenue at East 9th Street in Downtown Cleveland, renovation of the former
Medical Mutual headquarters at the Rose Building is currently underway as part of Project
Scarlet. (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

As Downtown Cleveland faces a wave of foreclosures and a slowdown in ground-up developments, a collection of major renovation projects are quietly renewing hope for the future of the central business district.

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Red Chimney restaurant to be razed

On Aug. 5, 2025, this smoky fire broke out in a second-floor apartment above the Red
Chimney Restaurant in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. The building is
structurally but not economically salvageable, so it will be demolished before
summer (Tony Brancatelli). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

If the beloved Red Chimney Restaurant was a luxury establishment in a vibrant, thriving neighborhood, the economics might favor its rebuilding following an Aug. 5, 2025 fire that was confined to a second-floor apartment at the back of the building where the blaze began.

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