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| The first major investment on West 117th Street south of Interstate 90 in years is an expansion of this used car dealership. It would result in the development of a vacant lot and the demolition of a century-old structure (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
West 117th Street south of Interstate 90 hasn’t seen a lot of development in the past 20 years or so, unlike the areas to the north of the highway. But that may be starting to change for this portion of Cleveland’s Westown neighborhood.
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| Highways, rail lines, a seldom-used stadium and, most of all, Burke Lakefront Airport stand in the way of Cleveland repurposing its lakefront into a setting that the public can enjoy anytime it wants to (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Burke Lakefront Airport is an obstacle. You can’t build a decent-sized park on the lakefront because of it. You can’t build lakefront high-rises because of it. And you can’t access much of the water’s edge near Downtown Cleveland because of it and other nearby barriers, Huntington Bank Field, the Shoreway and the Port of Cleveland.
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| While Downtown Cleveland adds a new tower every couple of years or so to its sky- line, an average of nearly three office buildings were converted to new uses per year for the past dozen years. It is the not-so-visible transformation to downtown's skyline and it is ongoing (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
While downtowns in large and fast-growing cities always seem to have at least several new buildings under construction, it may come as a surprise to many people that Downtown Cleveland has seen construction on several buildings each year too. The difference is that Cleveland’s construction is occurring inside already existing buildings.
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| Housing prices are rising faster in Greater Cleveland than in many other major metropolitan areas according to a new report (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
If it seems like housing prices in Greater Cleveland are rising at rates faster than they used to, there’s new data to back up your experience. Yesterday, the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) released the latest housing price changes in the S&P Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) Case-Shiller Index.
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| At the golden hour, Lakewood’s latest development, the four-story building of the Westline apartments, and its historic neighbors reflect the setting sun (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
NEOtrans has joined with two photographers to help us fill a void in our coverage of Northeast Ohio’s transformation — following up on the progress of developments that have already had their groundbreaking ceremonies.
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| Renderings of the three concession stands after they are renovated into the Market by Progressive Field’s food and beverage contractor Delaware North (Rossetti). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Demolition work is about to begin at selective locations throughout Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Guardians baseball team. This represents the start of the third and final phase of more than $200 million worth of renovations to the 31-year-old ballpark, located at 2401 Ontario St. in Downtown Cleveland.
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| This view looks north along West 58th Street, once a street of heavy industry, toward the vacant Westinghouse plant at the end. Today, the street is lined with $600,000-plus townhomes and apartments leasing for from $1,500 to $3,500 (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
City support came from several directions today for the redevelopment of the long-vacant Westinghouse plant, 1200 W. 58th St. in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. But more is needed in order to finalize the redevelopment financing package and design work for the project.
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| Just about everything visible in this Downtown Cleveland lakefront view is due to be erased in less than a decade. Not only does that include Huntington Bank Field but the Waterfront Line station, the blue Shoreway bridge at right and even the West 3rd Street bridge from which this streetview was captured. West 3rd’s bridge will be replaced with a span that accommodates a new lakefront boulevard (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland’s Design-Review Committee of the City Planning Commission was the first committee tasked by City Council to hear details on the proposed settlement between the city and the owners of the Cleveland Browns football team. But it was clear from some members that the deal left them wanting — for more details, more money and more time.
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| A conceptual rendering of what the former Westinghouse plant near Edgewater Park in Cleveland would look like after all components of a phase-one redevelopment are completed (AODK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Confirming a report first published by NEOtrans in July, a development group today announced their phased-approach plans to redevelop the vacant, former Westinghouse plant overlooking the West Shoreway. They also detailed upcoming steps that need to be taken in order to start construction on phase 1A in early 2026.
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| Cleveland and some of its inner-ring suburbs are filled with Brownfield sites. It has so many that the entire Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program could be used each year to clean up and help repurpose these sites left over from the Gilded Age when Cuyahoga County was an industrial giant (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cuyahoga County, once an industrial giant on a global scale, is trying to remake itself in America’s post-industrial economy. That remake is burdened by literally hundreds of properties awaiting environmental assessment and clean-up from more than a century of unregulated manufacturing.
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| Five townhomes rise on Brevier Avenue in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. When these are complete, Marks Building Co. will build three more across the street (Marks Building). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In Greater Cleveland, there’s new life in the townhouse market after a recent slump. And in the City of Cleveland, there’s a new builder tapping into that rekindled market interest in new and remodeled townhouses.
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| Up to 400,000 square feet of industrial space is due to be constructed starting early next year on 30 acres of land in suburban Highland (Cresco). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
An Independence-based development firm yesterday closed on acquiring a large parcel of land in the eastern suburb of Highland Hills and plans to start construction early next year of up to 400,000 square feet of facilities to accommodate one or more manufacturing tenants.
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| The East Stokes apartment tower will rival the neighboring Artisan apartments as the tallest structure in Cleveland’s University Circle district. The same developer led both projects (SCB). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
There’s good news and there’s uncertain news when it comes to the latest skyscraper planned for Cleveland’s booming cultural district, University Circle, and specifically for the megaproject site called Circle Square.
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| The current Huntington Bank Field on Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront has been home to the Cleveland Browns since 1999. And it may be the home of the Browns for up to two years longer than the team’s ownership had planned (HSG). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
If it seemed like the Cleveland Browns and their owners the Haslam Sports Group (HSG) were a tad generous with their $100 million settlement with the City of Cleveland, now we know why.
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| This 140-year-old building at West 25th Street and Chatham Avenue in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood is best known for its “Greetings from Cleveland” mural. But it will soon have a commercial bakery-kitchen and storefront operated by the owner of Good Company restaurant in Battery Park (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
If you haven’t heard of Good Company restaurant, then that’s the reason why they’re making a move — two actually. And if you have heard of it, you may be glad to learn there’s going to be twice as much of it.
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| This warehouse on Mulberry Avenue on the West Bank of the Flats is planned to be the new home of a growing clothing manufacturer called Found Surface. But the owner of the building is concerned that the city will delay this project as it had delayed a previous one to death. The property is next to the Centennial Lake Link Trail (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A boarded-up warehouse along the thread of the Centennial Lake Link Trail on Cleveland’s Flats West Bank could soon sew up a growing clothing manufacturer. But the lease signed this week by Cleveland-based Found Surface has an escape clause that allows it to cut and run to its second-choice location in the suburbs.
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| Outlined in red is the approximate location of proposed land purchases for a new SpringHill Suites extended-stay hotel on East 90th Street, just north of Chester Avenue. The Cleveland Clinic campus is seen to the south in the background along with many new apartment buildings nearby (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A lack of affordable, extended-stay hotel accommodations near the Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus has prompted a development team to fill that void. But in order to keep long-term stays affordable for families visiting Clinic patients, the hotel will have to be built on more affordable land at the periphery of the Main Campus. In this case — Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood.
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| Today’s settlement appears to seal the fate of the 1999-built Huntington Bank Field on Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront and opens up the entire 50-acre lakefront development to be announced by early next year. It is due to be demolished follow- ing the Cleveland Browns’ 2029 move to a new, enclosed Huntington Bank Field in suburban Brook Park (CBRE). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A new, enclosed Huntington Bank Field will be built in Brook Park. And the current home of the Cleveland Browns in Downtown Cleveland will be demolished for lakefront redevelopment for which the owners of the Browns will help finance to the tune of $100 million.
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| While the rest of the nation wallows in sour economic news, the job situation in Greater Cleveland looks relatively rosy based on the latest report from one of the world’s largest career search listing Web sites (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Each new national job report and economic indicator this year shows the nation’s economy is slowing down. But it doesn’t seem that way yet here in Greater Cleveland, where new apartment buildings are going up, there’s more traffic on the roads and more new restaurants and stores opening. So why the difference?
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| Parking lots between Huron Road and Prospect Avenue, east of East 4th Street in Down- town Cleveland’s Gateway District were closed off starting this week. If any parking reopens here, it will likely be in new parking garages to support the development of Bedrock Real Estate’s so-called Rock Block site. This view looks north from the front steps of Rocket Arena (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Another parking crater in Downtown Cleveland has succumbed to a new development that promises to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year. The latest to disappear is a windswept, 3-acre parking lot in the Gateway District, across Huron Road from Rocket Arena, home to Cleveland Cavaliers basketball and Cleveland Monster hockey games.
