City loses another fight against spread of downtown parking lots

On the south side of Sumner Avenue, next to St. Maron Church at left, is a piece of the land
the church’s diocese just acquired to provide parking for the church and to earn revenue
from visitors to the Gateway sports and entertainment complex visible at right (Google).
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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.

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Cuyahoga gets its $1M brownfield allocation

A week before Christmas, the West Side Market was the site of a press conference in
which it was awarded a $5 million Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit to support
renovations totaling more than $71.33 million. Yesterday, it got an Ohio Brownfield
grant to do site work to prepare for those renovations (NEOtrans).
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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.

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Cleveland’s proposed Data Center moratorium in a race against time, technology

As more companies embrace artificial intelligence to automate more jobs, more data centers
will appear around the world. The question Cleveland is grappling with as more data center
development plans arrive here is to how to effectively regulate them (NEOtrans).
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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 On one side is the city which has an outdated zoning code it has been wanting to update for years, with data centers being the latest new land use to add to the mix.

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Data center rejection prompts reaction

A three-building data center campus is planned in Cleveland’s Slavic Village and could
look like this unofficial rendering created by NEOtrans. The developer, Lakeland Equity
Group, said it spend heavily to add electric grid infrastructure to accommodate the
facility (NEOtrans/ChatGPT). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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Tremont, Duck Island developments near completion

Two single-family homes designed by AODK are under construction at the Carter Road
Subdivision, where Scranton Peninsula meets Duck Island in Cleveland (Harrison
Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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Midline redevelopment district announced

Officials gathered today to announce the Midline Priority Investment Area, a major rede-
velopment initiative of Cleveland’s near-East Side, amid the backdrop of old, decayed
industrial sites that will be razed to make way for new jobs and opportunity (NEOtrans).
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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.

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The Vibe financing OK’d, Fall start ID’d

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).
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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.

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CSU’s Woodling transformation may hit $60M

From the outside, the 1970s windowless bunker Woodling Gym is unidentifiable. It’s doubtful
that anyone who hasn’t attended or competed against Cleveland State University would know
where it is. But this view of Woodling, from between Chester and Euclid Avenues looking
west towards the 1970s iconic Rhodes Tower, provides some orientation (Google).
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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.

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Music Settlement breaks ground on $12M expansion

This rendering illustrates the south façade of the planned Mandel Music House. Its design
was revised to use a lighter color to visually transition between the addition and a historic
home (Perspectus). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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Next TOD project planned on Red Line

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.

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St. Luke’s Church begins interior demo at Memphis & Pearl

At Memphis Avenue and Pearl Road, the demolition of two historic commercial buildings could
make way for a mixed-use development featuring 84 apartments over ground-level retail
(Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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Part 2: The Yellow Brick Road of Cleveland’s East Side

A significant research laboratory is planned by the Cleveland Clinic and other partners at the
southeast corner of Opportunity Corridor Boulevard and East 79th Street where a fading
neighborhood stood until recently. At left is the elevated Norfolk Southern railroad, along-
side which the East Side Trail is proposed. This is an unofficial rendering but is based
on conceptual parameters for the project (Google/ChatGPT/NEOtrans).
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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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CHEERS project advances to permitting phase

Expansion of Gordon Park into Lake Erie, including the creation of an offshore island, called
the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy, or CHEERS project, has
$22.1 million in hand or pending for this multi-decade effort (Cleveland Metroparks).
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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.

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Part 1: East Side to host ‘Cleveland’s largest-ever industrial redevelopment’

An unofficial rendering of what the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering Co. factory at 7000
Central Ave. in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood could look like after a planned $25.7 million
renovation. The plant’s reactivation with a new manufacturer will be announced at a press con-
ference next week (TacoSlayerAerial, ChatGPT). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.”

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More details emerge on Cleveland data center

This is an image of a three-building data center totaling about 300,000 square feet next to an
interstate highway. It is set in a city neighborhood south of a major downtown area. The
image was created, ironically, using artificial intelligence hosted at multiple, massive
data centers (ChatGPT). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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Cosm, Belle Oaks get Port financing

Set on the northeast corner of Huron Road and East 4th Street in Downtown Cleveland, Cosm’s
multiple-daily shared reality offerings are expected to attract three quarters of a million visitors
per year (Rossetti). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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Library to join another mixed-use project

The proposed commercial tenant to occupy the ground floor, behind the red facade of Asia-
Town’s newest development will be the Cleveland Public Library. It will open a satellite
location in the neighborhood (MA Design). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

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.

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$1.6B data center planned in Cleveland

Shaded in red, the 35-acre Morabito site between Interstate 77 at left and East 55th Street at
right in Cleveland’s Slavic Village is proposed to host a hyperscale data center (Google).
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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.

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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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