Clinic to raze Mellen Center, Police Dept

One of the oldest buildings still standing on the Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus is the brick,
Euclid Avenue-facing portion of the Mellen Center, dating from 1935. It is the home of the
Cleveland Clinic Police Department which like the multiple sclerosis treatment facilities
in the rest of the structure, is moving to newer buildings on the Main Campus next
year (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In a week filled with news of demolitions, this one was not unexpected. And it’s not just because the Cleveland Clinic Foundation has demolished lots of structures around its Main Campus that covers Cleveland’s Fairfax, Hough and University Circle neighborhoods.

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Clinic opens teaching kitchen, food pantry

Langston Hughes Community Health & Education Center in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood
offers a wide variety of community services. And now it has gained a teaching kitchen and food
pantry thanks to its neighbor just up the street, the Cleveland Clinic (Google).
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Cleveland Clinic has opened a teaching kitchen and food pantry at the Langston Hughes Community Health & Education Center, 2390 E. 79th St., a resource designed to expand access to nutrition education, healthy cooking skills and food resources for patients, families and residents of Cleveland’s east-side neighborhoods and beyond.

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Four Cleveland projects win Port financing

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a new amphitheater as part of Bedrock’s
Riverfront development in Downtown Cleveland. But financing for the venue, due to open
before summer 2028, was approved yesterday by the Port of Cleveland (DLR Group).
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The Port of Cleveland yesterday approved financing for four very different Cleveland development projects that have something in common — they offer the opportunity to enhance the city’s quality of life.

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Little Italy development gets pushback

The proposed development of the former Singer Steel site on Random Road in Cleveland’s Little
 Italy with a 119-unit apartment building would make it the largest project in floor area in the
neighborhood in many decades. This is the south end of the development nearer to Cornell
Road (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A proposed development that would add a 119-unit apartment building within a short walk to Little Italy’s commercial district and train station may have gotten derailed today at a Cleveland Landmark Commission meeting.

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Initial designs unveiled for Shaker Square Residences

Four new-construction, single-family homes are proposed along Kemper Road behind Shaker
Square, following a slight curve at the south end of the street (Horton Harper Architects).
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Today, Cleveland’s Landmarks Commission reviewed designs for the Shaker Square Residences, a single-family infill project planned to replace a surface parking lot directly northeast of Shaker Square at 13999 Cormere Ave. The project would consist of four detached homes along Kemper Road as well as two pairs of townhomes behind them on Cormere Avenue.

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Silver Hills at Euclid Bell Tower plans go public

The latest development planned along Euclid Avenue is Silver Hills at Euclid Bell
Tower — the 150-foot tower being the lone remnant of St. Agnes Church (Silver Hills).
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Cleveland’s Landmark Commission tomorrow is due to scrutinize how a proposed apartment building on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood would relate to its surroundings. No surrounding is more important that the former St. Agnes Church’s historic bell tower — the only structure to survive the church’s demise.

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Another historic downtown building faces demolition

With Bedrock Real Estate’s Rock Block under construction in the background, another develop-
er is seeking to demolish the dark building in the foreground — 310 Prospect Ave. (Google).
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Smaller buildings aren’t getting the breaks in Downtown Cleveland lately. Doesn’t matter if they’re historic or not. NEOtrans has been writing lately about the 143-year-old Gilman Building facing its demise for a mixed-use development in the Warehouse Distrct.

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Demo signals next phase of Sherwin-Williams’ HQ

A decade ago, Weston/Citymark sought to develop the Superblock in Downtown Cleve-
land’s Warehouse District with low-rise, mixed-use buildings as seen on the right, along
the east side of West 6th Street. Now there appears to be a renewed effort by others to
achieve this, built around the perimeter of the parking garage for Sherwin-Williams’
new headquarters (Gensler). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When NEOtrans broke the news on Friday that an historic building in Downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District was slated for demolition, it was unknowingly reporting on the first steps in the next phases of Sherwin-Williams’ global headquarters development.

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925 Euclid’s owner, lender and receiver put foreclosure case on hold

There is a new ray of hope for 925 Euclid, Downtown Cleveland’s second-largest building as
a redevelopment plan for it could see its financing close by the end of the year (NEOtrans).
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A foreclosure case involving Downtown Cleveland’s second-largest building by floor area could conclude by the end of the year if there are no more hiccups until then. That possibility resulted from a U.S. District Court judge granting the current owner time to close on financing to rejuvenate the building, recently called The Centennial, 925 Euclid Ave.

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Historic downtown building may be demolished

With a high-revenue billboard greeting people in Downtown Cleveland with “Hi”, a more appropriate
sign might be one bidding “bye” as its five-story host is proposed to be demolished (Google).
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A 19th-century building that’s not been treated very well for the past six decades may soon get the roughest treatment of all — demolition. That’s according to a permit application submitted today to the city’s Building Department.

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Collinwood-Euclid redevelopment sought

A tired-looking stretch of East 185th Street at Canterbury Avenue, where Cleveland’s Collin-
wood neighborhood meets the City of Euclid, is due for an injection of fresh energy. That
process is getting underway (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

As promised last year, the Cuyahoga Land Bank has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for vacant properties it acquired along both sides of East 185th Street commercial corridor. The street straddles the border between the cities of Cleveland and Euclid.

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Midline development masterplan emerges

The Midline Business District for Cleveland’s near-East Side was announced earlier this year
but a development master plan for that 200-acre area has been in the works for even longer.
The nonprofit Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund is seeking City Planning Commission
approval of the masterplan, a conceptual outcome of which is shown here (SRF).
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A master plan for guiding commercial, residential and recreational development for the recently announced Midline Business District envisions more than 2,500 good-paying jobs among 1.5 million square feet of development at up at 21 sites on the city’s near-East Side.

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925 Euclid Auction postponed

The massive 925 Euclid, also known as The Centennial and previously as the Huntington Building
and the Union Trust Bank Building, awaits it fate in a court-monitored sale process (Google).
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A foreclosure auction due to be held today for Downtown Cleveland’s second-largest building by floor area will be delayed by one week at the request of a U.S. District Court-appointed receiver to “maximize the value and recovery of the property” at 925 Euclid Ave.

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Detroit-Shoreway development reaches new levels

Naia Noir, Cuyahoga County’s first lakefront high-rise in over half a century, topped out
at 13  stories in September just south of Edgewater Beach (Harrison Whittaker).
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While the newly topped-out Naia Noir apartment tower may be the tallest residential development Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood sees for a little while, plenty of shorter — but nearly as impressive — new construction projects are following close behind.

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