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| The former Westinghouse plant on West 58th Street awaits a $59.3 million redevelop- ment (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, a slew of residential and mixed-use developments are set to transform the area south of Edgewater Park.
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| Now 20 years in the making, this vacant lot on Chester avenue, between East 81st and 82nd streets in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood, is finally seeing construction on a major new residential development (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Each new year is a chance to start anew, and three major projects along Chester Avenue in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood are taking that opportunity by starting construction. But none is bigger than a project that’s been 20 years in the making.
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| From across Lorain Avenue, Ohio City’s landmark West Side Market undergoes $50 million in renovations (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
While new construction is often the most visible sign of development activity in a neighborhood, a trio of renovation projects is restoring historic structures in the heart of Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood with new retail spaces and modern amenities.
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| The decommissioning of the old rail fleet – including these Tokyu heavy-rail vehicles on the Cuyahoga Viaduct near Downtown Cleveland – will be a visible reminder of the several improvements under way at the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to better support Greater Cleveland (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
For a transit agency facing upcoming budget deficits in 2026, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) struck a hopeful tone at the first committee meeting of the year. But due to rising costs of healthcare and static ridership numbers, others are sounding the alarm for immediate change to avoid collapse.
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| The former Medical Mutual headquarters is going under the knife to be converted from office building to a mix of residential, hotel and ground-floor restaurant-retail uses. Side- walks on Prospect Avenue and East 9th Street were closed off and streets narrowed to allow work to begin (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A clear sign of a project getting underway is when street barriers and fencing go up around that project’s site. In this case, it’s the vacated Medical Mutual of Ohio headquarters, 2060 E. 9th St. in Downtown Cleveland, that’s about to see work get started.
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| Saravanan “Babu” Chandrababu oversees renovations to the former Tick Tock Tavern that will convert it into Safar and open at the end of this month. With a Cleveland-Lakewood map mural in the background, the Legacy bar shown here will offer traditional American foods while two other rooms will offer a fusion of Indian foods in a fine-dining and speak- easy lounge setting (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Two journeys are represented at the site of the former Tick Tock Tavern that saw its nearly eight-decade-long run end in December 2024. One is that of the tavern and the other is of its new owner Saravanan “Babu” Chandrababu.
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| The first new rapid transit trains in Cleveland since the Reagan Administration are due to arrive here in June. But the general public won’t be able to ride them in regular service until the following summer (Siemens Mobility). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Among 45 U.S. cities with urban rail transit systems, Greater Cleveland has the nation’s the oldest train fleet. The first tangible evidence of that changing will arrive in June when the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) is expected to receive its first new rapid transit railcars since 1985.
