Progress Pics: the Shoreway Tower

A tower crane was being erected in place two weeks ago to build a similarly tall Shoreway
Tower apartments. This was the view from Edgewater Park. The Shoreway Apartments, at
left, were the result of an going redevelopment of a 19th-century industrial district into a
mix of uses, The Shoreway Tower is the next step in that redevelopment (NEOtrans).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

For the first time ever, a tower crane has risen along Cleveland’s lakefront near Edgewater Park on the city’s West Side. It marks the spot and the approximate height of a new, luxury apartment tower that will rise next to it over the next 15 months or so.

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Report: Cleveland ranks 2nd in USA in redeveloping closed schools

At a sprawling 11 acres in the heart of a Hough neighborhood getting rediscovered, the site
of the now-closed Martin Luther King Jr. High School could be one of Cleveland’s largest
mixed-use redevelopments. Seen here in 2016, MLK High was still four years away from
closure due to declining enrollment (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

While Cleveland is not unique among major cities in having a declining school population, it is proving to be adept at adapting. It is turning what would otherwise be a potential problem of blighted, vacant school buildings and lands that would drag down neighborhoods into redevelopment opportunities that might lift them up.

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Progress Pics: Cleveland Clinic advances on largest-ever building

Construction crews shuffle between floors at the Cleveland Clinic’s new Neurological
Institute (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Clinic is pushing closer to completion on a collection of new facilities across three different buildings. On Carnegie Avenue between East 89th and 90th streets, the 1-million-square-foot Neurological Institute has topped out with façade work nearly complete.

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Downtown AC Hotel construction to start

Renovations will start in about two months to convert the Holiday Inn Express in Down-
town Cleveland into the first AC Hotel by Marriott located in the city’s central business
district. This entrance on Euclid Avenue will be closed for the duration of the con-
struction work (SA Group). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Condominium owners and other tenants of the historic New England Building, 629 Euclid Ave., got word this week that renovations will start soon to convert just over half of the building from a Holiday Inn Express into an AC Hotel by Marriott. This will be the first AC Hotel in Downtown Cleveland.

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Warner & Swasey, Westinghouse redevelopments get Port financing

The five-story Warner & Swasey building at left and the eight-story Westinghouse
building at right are east- and west-side redevelopment stories that preserve Cleve-
land’s historical identity for new roles in the city’s post-industrial future
 (GLSD, AODK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s Board of Directors today approved financing actions supporting two of Cleveland’s long-proposed major redevelopment projects. And it also approved a land transfer today to advance the Irishtown Bend Park in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood.

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Progress Pics: Lakewood Common fills ‘The Pit’

The former Lakewood Hospital site is cleared in preparation for the Lakewood
Common mixed-use development, from the corner of Detroit Avenue and Belle
Avenue (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Though the $119 million Lakewood Common project celebrated its groundbreaking in late September, the former Lakewood Hospital site has remained dormant for more than a month.

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Tech firm expands in Downtown Cleveland

Data integration firm NE2NE expanded into new offices on the third floor of Downtown
Cleveland’s Caxton Building on Huron Road, seen here from its intersection with
Prospect Avenue. (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Growing technology company NE2NE today announced the opening of its new headquarters in the historic Caxton Building, 812 Huron Rd., in Downtown Cleveland. This move marks a significant milestone in the young company’s journey and a renewed commitment to fostering community and innovation in its hometown.

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