Developer ID’d for Euclid Avenue project

Property owner The Cleveland Foundation has reached a letter of intent with Signet Real
Estate Group to develop land at the northeast corner of Euclid Avenue and East 71st
Street in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. This is an early conceptual rendering
of what is envisioned here (TCF). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Foundation says it wants to do for East 71st Street at Euclid Avenue what it has done for East 66th Street — transform it. From the foundation’s perspective, that requires demolishing a structure from the city’s industrial past. And the Cleveland Foundation will reveal this Friday a vision of that next transformation.

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Lakeside development edges toward water

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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More new stuff for Cleveland’s Hough

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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Ohio City gets a winter glow-up

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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New strategic plan in the works for GCRTA

    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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Medical Mutual redo starts as Project Scarlet

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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Safar is a journey from Tick Tock Tavern

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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