According to the latest data from national passenger railroad Amtrak, America’s most heavily used passenger train passes through Cleveland each night. And it, plus the other Amtrak route through Cleveland, were the two fastest-growing long-distance routes in terms of ridership last year. But getting more ridership or better departure times at Cleveland will be difficult absent new federal policies, said a nonprofit rail advocacy coalition.
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Leaning laundromat of Little Italy demolition due
Italy has its famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. Cleveland has its leaning laundromat of Little Italy. But while Pisa’s was built in 1372 and is in no danger of falling, Cleveland’s 19th-century version is a danger to surrounding buildings and may be demolished soon after five years of consideration.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Bibb: fate of Cleveland Federal Building “concerning”
Earlier this month, the Trump Administration offered hundreds of federal buildings and properties for sale or other disposition but quickly withdrew the list in the face of national criticism. Now, the General Services Administration is issuing a new, much smaller list of eight federal buildings to be cast off in an “accelerated disposition.”
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Euclid Beach Park arch relocation ready
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s Office of Capital Projects is ready to start work on relocating and rehabilitating a gateway arch from the historic Euclid Beach Park to its planned new home a few feet away. That home is a new greenspace in the 15900 block of Lake Shore Blvd. in Cleveland’s North Collinwood neighborhood, with trees and walkways and the landmark arch spanning the main walkway lined with benches.
Monday, March 24, 2025
Goodwill to open at Gordon Square Rite Aid site
On Friday, Ward 15 Councilwoman Jenny Spencer shared on her Facebook page a letter to the community from Goodwill Industries that they will open this summer a store at 6512 Franklin Blvd. in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. The location is a former Rite Aid drug store that closed in August 2024.
Friday, March 21, 2025
North Coast Yard pop-up to activate lakefront
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A street-level view of the proposed pop-up park at North Coast Harbor, next to the Steamship William G. Mather Museum, north of the Great Lakes Science Center (NWDC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Like a company offering a free trial period to customers in the hopes of converting them into loyal subscribers, the city of Cleveland and North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation (NCWDC) officials hope to offer residents just that: a free trial period of lakefront activation and a tangible reason to support a permanent, fully-realized reimagining of an underutilized lakefront.
Tower City Center lacks coherent future without more development, rail access
Like many who work in one of the dozen buildings of Downtown Cleveland’s Tower City Center complex, Nora Romanoff parks her car where more than 100 railroad passenger trains a day once pulled into or out of a labyrinth built as Cleveland Union Terminal. Just as rail travelers did from 1930-1977, she rides an escalator up into a grand railroad concourse that was significantly remodeled in 1988-90 to become today’s retail-heavy The Avenue at Tower City.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Next apartment project at Detroit & Lake planned
The next new apartment building at the intersection of Detroit and Lake avenues in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood is already in the works. But it’s planned to be quite a bit smaller than its to-be neighbor across West 75th Street.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Cleveland Mayor calls Brook Park stadium ‘betrayal’
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After yesterday’s comments by the owners of the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb responded (City of Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Yesterday it was the owners of the Cleveland Browns, the Haslam Sports Group (HSG), accusing Cleveland city officials of “misguiding” its residents. Today it was Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb firing a return volley in kind.
Cleveland, LISC unveil housing investment fund
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This is one of several clusters of new homes built in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood near League Park to address a shortage of quality housing (Famicos Foundation). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Cleveland) announced details today of a major new initiative to address the affordable housing crisis facing Cleveland residents.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Haslams say Cleveland officials misguided residents
Haslam Sports Group (HSG), owner of the Cleveland Browns, submitted an amended complaint in an existing federal lawsuit against the city of Cleveland which is seeking to keep the Browns from moving to suburban Brook Park. In announcing its filing today, HSG said the city is “misguiding” its residents.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Where Cleveland’s job-ready sites are assembling
Digging through public records can reveal a lot of interesting things sometimes. One of those is where Cleveland’s new Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund, Cuyahoga Land Bank and the city’s Department of Economic Development (ED) are focusing their efforts to assemble land for new employers.
Friday, March 14, 2025
State lawmakers want Browns in Brook Park
Barring a surprise, the last of the big hurdles appears ready to be surpassed for the Cleveland Browns football team's move from downtown to Brook Park. Yes, there's a million other things that can happen or not happen in the next year before financing might close and construction contractors are given the green light. But most of those hinge on events occurring now at committee hearings in our state's capital.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Port OK’s financing for $93.5M worth of projects — West Side Market, Superior Arts District apts
Two transformative projects — a nearly $50 million West Side Market overhaul and a $44 million Superior Arts District mixed-use project — received significant financial support today from the Port of Cleveland following their approval by the board of directors.
Bulkley Residences at Playhouse Square get spotlight
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Downtown Cleveland’s newest residential offering is now available for leasing — The Bulkley Residences at Playhouse Square (PHS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The stage is set for the debut of The Bulkley Residences in Downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square District. Its 84 apartments have layouts spanning four floors of the nine-story historic Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Ave. in the heart of Playhouse Square.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Congressmen urge moving NASA’s HQ and its 2,500 employees to Cleveland
Both of Ohio’s U.S. senators and 11 of its 15 Congressional representatives urged in a joint letter yesterday to Vice President J.D. Vance and NASA Director Jared Isaacman to relocate the space agency’s 2,500-employee headquarters to Ohio, specifically to Cleveland, after its Washington DC HQ lease expires in 2028.
Baker Construction buys Cleveland Cement assets
As part of an ongoing effort to expand the company’s presence across the U.S, Baker Construction of Monroe in Southwest Ohio announced this week that it will be purchasing the equipment assets from Cleveland Cement Contractors, a Brooklyn Heights-based full-service concrete contractor.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Starbucks is next chain to arrive in Ohio City
A shift to more chain businesses is under way in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. In February, NEOtrans was first to report that Chipotle is opening a store on West 25th Street in the neighborhood’s Market District. Now, we’ve confirmed that Starbucks has leased a spot near the West Side Market and across Abbey Avenue from the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Red Line rail station.
Monday, March 10, 2025
Hough Bakery plant site gets renewed interest
A Central Ohio developer is proposing a senior affordable housing complex across the street from the long-vacant Hough Bakery plant, which appears to be a part of renewed interest in redeveloping this area. The site, in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood is also across the street from East Cleveland’s Circle East District.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Warner & Swasey redevelopment on precipice of becoming reality
A coalition of developers from throughout the state of Ohio assembled at Cleveland City Hall Friday to discuss the transformation of the abandoned Warner & Swasey building in Midtown Cleveland. A project seven years in the making, representatives from developer Pennrose LLC's Cincinnati office, architect Moody Nolan of Columbus and Midtown Cleveland Inc. sought schematic approval for the adaptive reuse project.