New UC tower is back, progressing

  A more economically achievable high-rise mixed-tower at the Circle
Square district in Cleveland’s University Circle was presented today at
City Planning Commission and won support from the panel (SCB).
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Having previously received schematic design approval in October 2024, the East Stokes apartment tower in University Circle showed no signs of slowing down. But when the project never returned to the city planning commission for final approval, speculation about its future began.

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New Browns stadium denied ODOT-Aviation permit

In the center of this image is the proposed new Huntington Bank
Field in Brook Park. Just beyond it is Cleveland Hopkins International
Airport with an east-west runway. Its aircraft traffic patterns may
force the proposed stadium to trade places with its future
stadium village development in the foreground (HKS).
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A law firm representing the Haslam Sports Group was notified by the state’s aviation administrator that a permit application for building the new Huntington Bank Field in suburban Brook Park near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was denied.

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Gordon Square apartment project finalizes financing

Called Canopy, this large multi-family development will be built next to
Herman Park in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood (Dimit).
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The development team for a large apartment project in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood closed on financing this week. That should allow it to start work on the new development this year. The development also has a name now — Canopy and a Web presence.

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Delayed west-side residential projects get new life

By the slimmest of margins, the 45 West mixed-use development in
Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood won approval by the city’s
Landmarks Commission. It was one of two projects on the West Side
to gain new life today (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A pair of residential projects in the works for several years were brought to today’s Landmarks Commission meeting. And while they differed in size and use, both were an expression of the continued development and investment occuring on Cleveland’s near-West Side.

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Large East Cleveland apartment complex bought, to be renovated

At the top of Superior Road hill in East Cleveland, this large complex
of apartments was acquired by a developer who plans to renovate
them (Green Bridge Real Estate). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The 174-unit, 188,000-square-foot Forest Hills Park Apartment Complex, located on 1.479 Acres at 13995 and 14015 Superior Rd., in East Cleveland has transferred ownership yesterday and is due to be renovated, according to a press release.

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CSU to re-offer U-Pass, with changes

 

A significant number of Cleveland State University students use and
depend on the U-Pass for transit not only to get to classes but to go
grocery shopping, go to work and run errands. Without the pass,
they faced much higher expenses in trying to get an education and
improve their lives (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland State University (CSU) officials announced today that the school will continue to offer students discounted passes to ride Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) buses and trains. But only those students seeking the discount, called the U-Pass, will be charged for it.

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Greater Cleveland’s ten megaprojects

The Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center is the first
phase of Bedrock’s Riverfront development in Downtown
Cleveland. Combined with the next phase in the development
would meet NEOtrans’ definition of a megaproject, becoming the
tenth such project in or near Cleveland’s urban core  (NEOtrans).
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Sometimes we’re in the weeds, hyperlocal, self-interested, pre-occupied with our own day-to-day lives. So sometimes it’s hard to appreciate the magnitude of things changing around us unless you step back and take a look at them in totality. NEOtrans did, and wow, there’s a lot of megaprojects to soak up just in Greater Cleveland!

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