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| A trio of 19th-century buildings, including the former Arhaus Furniture headquarters, on Old River Road on Cleveland’s Flats East Bank are for sale and could benefit from emerging developments nearby (CRESCO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Three of the most historic buildings on Cleveland’s Flats East Bank are now available for sale. And now might be an opportune time for them to get repositioned and redeveloped with other nearby properties getting new directions, too.
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| From the corner of Detroit and Belle avenues, the first building at CASTO’s Lakewood Common development in Downtown Lakewood has topped out (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
While Lakewood lacks the undeveloped greenfield sites that allow outer-ring suburbs to accommodate growth through sprawl, building expansions and infill projects on vacant lots are allowing the historic streetcar suburb to grow its housing supply to meet new demand.
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| The Mandel Community Trail runs along the north side of North Marginal Road and the Shore- way highway, connecting Downtown Cleveland at East 9th Street and Gordon Park at East 55th Street. Much of the lakefront here is only worth passing through, not visiting, featuring barbed wire and Burke Lakefront Airport on the right (Noah Belli). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Today, officials and community partners celebrated the opening of the Mandel Community Trail, a $12 million, 2.7-mile off-road connection along Cleveland’s east-side lakefront between Downtown Cleveland at East 9th Street and Gordon Park at East 55th Street.
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| Downtown Cleveland’s second-largest building, as measured in square feet, is 925 Euclid. A court-appointed receiver of this foreclosed property declined to seek a stalking horse bidder prior to a scheduled auction in November (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A court-appointed receiver of Downtown Cleveland’s second-largest building has opted not to select a stalking horse bidder prior to a scheduled auction to satisfy a foreclosure action.
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| Cleveland State University is offering to sell or lease its vacated Joseph E. Cole Center for Continuing Education on Chester Avenue. The 68-year-old building is located east of the Inner Belt highway, putting it just outside its main campus downtown (CSU). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
On the same day that Cleveland State University (CSU) celebrated completing the renovation of historic Fenn Tower, another aging property at the east end of its Downtown Cleveland main campus awaits a new, unknown fate.
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| California-based health-tech firm Kinomatic has moved into the Hoyt Block at West St. Clair Avenue and West 6th Street in Downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District. It’s the company’s first expansion beyond the Golden State (LoopNet). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In its first expansion outside of California, health-tech firm Kinomatic leased office space in Downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District and has plans for growing and leasing a lot more space here.
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| The high-rise The Artisan apartments is about to be joined by another 24-story tower on the lot where the construction fencing is going up. Constructing it is the same development team as The Artisan which leased out in one year despite top-of-the-market rents. It’s the next crane-inducing construc- tion project in booming University Circle (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Construction of high-rise apartment towers are indicative of more than just strength in a housing market. It’s often indicative of strengths of employment and amenities in the immediate vicinity, supported by a walkable setting.
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| The Allen Theater at left is the home of the Cleveland Play House. In the distance is Cleveland State University. A alliance between the two will capitalize on their proximity and align their programs (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland Play House (CPH) and Cleveland State University (CSU) announced an alliance they called “transformational” that will deepen the relationship between America’s first professional regional theatre and Cleveland’s only public urban research university.
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| The historic Mayfield Theater has begun renovation work on the south side of Mayfield Road in Cleveland’s Little Italy (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
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| Swagelok built this 119,000-square-foot headquarters building and innovation center in 2020 at the southwest corner of Solon and Cochran roads in suburban Solon, adding 400 new jobs. But that was just a precursor of more hiring to come (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Solon-based Swagelok announced this week that it is planning a major expansion this year and next. That expansion will start by hiring 1,200 people this year with more due to be added in 2027. And most of that hiring will occur in Northeast Ohio, company officials said.
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| The old Van Auken Akins Architects, rebranded in 2024 as DVA Architecture, is moving to new digs in the Halle Building but staying in Downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square district (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A growing, rebranded architectural firm can seem a little more fresh when it sheds its old digs and moves into new offices, especially when it gets the chance to design them. So when the opportunity arose to gain a new address, DVA Architecture LLC decided to draw.
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| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center won its largest-ever federal grant for pediatric emergency preparedness (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center announced today that it was awarded a five-year, $56.25 million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – $11.25 million annually – to lead the newly established Pediatric Prevention Network (PPN). It is the largest grant UH has ever received and marks a major national investment in pediatric emergency preparedness.
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| It may look like a park from the air, but the amount of greenspace on Cleveland’s near-East Side is the result of abandonment — something the city is trying to reverse by investing in infrastructure, creating job-ready sites and sponsoring new, affordable housing construction. This view looks west toward downtown, down Payne Avenue, from east of east of East 55th Street (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine yesterday announced $14 million in grants to support the creation of workforce housing in 10 counties. Cleveland got one of the larger grants which Mayor Justin Bibb welcomed as a recognition of the city’s efforts.
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| As seen from the Wade Lagoon in front of the Cleveland Art Museum, the new East Stokes \mixed-use tower will be near some of University Circle’s most notable attractions, as well as its many growing employers (SCB). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In a booming area like University Circle, it just doesn’t seem right not to have at least one construction crane looming over it. Fortunately, that visual injustice is about to be righted in the coming months with another major, crane-inducing project.
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| A light-rail train from Shaker Heights pulls out from Tower City Center downtown onto the Cuyahoga Valley viaduct where it will switch tracks and return east. If a transit levy passes in May, light-rail trains from Shaker Heights could continue expand service west of downtown to the airport (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) General Manager and CEO India Birdsong Terry accepted the recommendation from GCRTA’s staff and decided to delay a second round of service cuts until after the planned May special election in 2027.
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| This East 115th Street residential neighborhood in Cleveland’s University Circle will stick around a little longer but could eventually succumb to the expansion of University Hospitals’ Main Campus based on feedback from a city design review panel (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The historic East 115th Street residential neighborhood in Cleveland’s University Circle may have gotten a stay of execution today thanks to a city design-review panel. But that doesn’t mean people are going to start moving back into any of the homes or apartments soon — if ever.
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| The Allium, a mixed-use redevelopment of the former Southland shopping center in suburban Middleburg Heights, was awarded $50 million in financing from the Port of Cleveland (Dimit). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
For the first time in a while, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Board of Directors today approved financing for three development projects that didn’t include one in the city of Cleveland. Instead, its aid will support new housing, retail, hospitality and job creation in Middleburg Heights, Strongsville and Richmond Heights.
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| The addition of this outdoor terrace to Case Western Reserve University’s new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building will be one of the most visible features resulting from a large gift from the Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation (CWRU). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation has committed $15 million to support Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), 10900 Euclid Ave., a new research facility designed to advance collaboration and discovery across disciplines.
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| On a snowy Feb. 27, 2015, a Green Line light-rail train gets ready to board passengers at the Green Road station which is ADA-compliant. So are the Warrensville and Lee stations along Shaker Boulevard in Shaker Heights (Kevin Goodman). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
In 1990, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act became law. It was civil rights legislation which prescribed that no one could be excluded from a public facility or public transportation because of their physical abilities.
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| Every structure visible in this northward looking view from Cornell Road in University Circle, freom from the brick Foley Building at left, to 12 houses on East 115th Street including the street, to the Fayne Apartments at right, are proposed to be removed from this scene in the coming years by University Hospitals for temporary parking lots (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
University Hospitals will seek a recommendation tomorrow morning from a city design-review committee to demolish 12 historic homes it owns along East 115th Street in Cleveland’s University Circle district. Two neighboring buildings, one with offices and the other with 44 apartments, may also join them soon on the take-down list.
