Rocket Mortgage to shrink, relocate

The 250 West Huron building, known more commonly as the Ritz Carlton Cleveland hotel, is
more than just a hotel. It also has four floors of offices which are gaining a new tenant. This
is the southwestern corner of the building at Huron Road and West 3rd Street (Google).
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Five years ago, Rocket Mortgage looked to be growing into a major presence in Downtown Cleveland’s office market. The company was growing so fast here it seemed plausible that it might even anchor a new tower for local offices of Rock Ventures’ companies, such as the one Bedrock proposed in its riverfront development.

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Cosm tops out in Gateway District

Cosm, a new “shared-reality” sports entertainment destination, tops out on the north side of Huron
Road in the Gateway District (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

On Friday, Cosm celebrated the structural completion of a new 100-foot, 12k-resolution LED dome in Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District. The “shared-reality” entertainment venue, developed by Bedrock, will stream sports games and events for live audiences.

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Bedrock paves way for next riverfront phases

From West 3rd Street in the Flats, the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center looms in
front of the downtown skyline (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Along Downtown Cleveland’s riverfront, construction work is ramping up — both figuratively and literally — on the next stages of Bedrock’s $3.5 billion downtown masterplan.

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Sherwin-Williams pursues HQ2

A second Sherwin-Williams headquarters tower, this time featuring multiple levels of structured
parking in its base, is being pursued next to the first, taller, glassy headquarters tower that officially
opened in May. This is an unofficial rendering of that second tower but is is based on preliminary
programming reported to NEOtrans (Methodicle). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In the weeks preceding Sherwin-Williams’ ceremonial ribbon cutting May 11 for its new 36-story headquarters tower in Downtown Cleveland, the company’s executives took notice. They could see how employees were filling out its new HQ campus and, in suburban Brecksville, its new Morikis Global Technology Center.

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Shaker Square redesign advances

The Shaker Square Vision Plan would activate green spaces on either side of Shaker Boulevard,
adding infrastructure for pedestrians and events (Agency). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The oldest planned shopping center in Ohio, Cleveland’s Shaker Square, is set to see a major redesign in an effort to bring new activity to businesses and public spaces. Approved today by City Planning Commission, the Shaker Square Vision Plan follows a series of upgrades and store openings helping to revitalize the square.

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CWRU, Clinic projects come close to completion

Looking north on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, CWRU’s Interdisciplinary Science an
 Engineering Building has nearly finished its exterior façade (Harrison Whittaker).
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Cleveland’s downtown may possess its historic core and central business district, but several massive developments are solidifying Greater University Circle’s status as one of the most important job centers in Northeast Ohio.

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‘Urgent’ Progressive Field repairs sought

Major repairs are needed at the aging Progressive Field — projects not included in its recently
concluded $200+ million renovation — for which funding may not be immediately available.
For example, elevators need to be replaced including those inside the two elevator towers
 visible in this common postcard-like scene of Progressive Field at the corner of Ontario
Street and Carnegie Avenue (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Significant, urgent repair projects are to be pursued in the coming months at Progressive Field in Downtown Cleveland while questions linger as to whether there is enough funding to pay for them.

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Cleveland schools to be demolished

Willson Middle School on East 55th Street is among the Cleveland school buildings to be demo-
lished. It was among multiple properties the school district and city had hoped to preserve and
renovate for new uses (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

While Cleveland has been lauded for attracting investors to redevelop closed school buildings, things don’t always go as community officials hope. So unfortunately eight mostly historic school buildings are to be demolished, with three facing imminent demolition.

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Owner of 925 Euclid wins more time

A wide-angle lens makes 925 Euclid appear less dominating than the 1.45-million-square-foot
structure looks in person. The financing needed to return this building to productive use is
also just as imposing (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

With hours to go before a July 30 deadline to settle its debts or lose its property in the wind-up to a potential Nov. 3 auction, the owner of 925 Euclid Ave. won a third option — an extended deadline.

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A $120M opportunity to remake Cleveland

Disappearing under Mother Nature’s blanket is Cleveland’s industrial past, seen here at the for-
mer Cleveland Cooperative Stove Co. on East 67th Street south of Central Avenue. But it's not
turning over to developable land fast enough to benefit residents in a timely manner. That's
where Ohio Brownfield remediation funding comes into play to clear and clean properties so
they can be returned to productive use (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Returning vacant, polluted industrial sites to productive use in Cleveland and other established communities is typically not cost-effective for private investors to tackle. Yet leaving them rotting and fallow is not an option either.

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Cleveland Clinic drone delivery takes off

Cleveland Clinic is the nation’s first health care system to make deliveries of prescription medi-
cations via drone (Courtesy of Cleveland Clinic). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Clinic is now delivering certain medications to patients’ homes via drones, marking the start of the first long-term deployment of a prescription drug drone delivery program by a U.S. health system.

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Gordon Square building spree accelerates

At the northeast corner of Detroit Avenue and West 58th Street, a mixed-use building occupied
by the Flight Cleveland wine bar is getting an exterior makeover (Harrison Whittaker).
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As new developments get underway, close to 300 residential units are now under construction around the Gordon Square Arts District — centered on the intersection of Detroit Avenue and West 65th Street in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.

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West Blvd-Cudell TOD advances

Flaherty & Collins’ Depot on Detroit rises on a formerly vacant lot on the north side
of Detroit Avenue in Cleveland's Cudell neighborhood (Harrison Whittaker).
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On Cleveland’s West Side, three Transit-Oriented Developments (TOD) are moving ahead within a 10-minute walk of a single Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) rapid transit station.

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Rock Hall buys Harbor Verandas

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, left, is buying the Harbor Verandas, right, to
control one of the last remaining sites for expansion at North Coast Harbor in Downtown
Cleveland (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland’s central business district is where office buildings are getting converted into new uses, often residential. On downtown’s lakefront, however, a mostly residential building was just purchased and may get converted to offices by its new owner — someday.

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Views from Cleveland’s newest lakefront high-rise

The 13-story Naia Noir and its historic companion, The Shoreway apartments at left, tower
above the West Shoreway Boulevard next to Edgewater Park. The new Naio Noir is almost
topped-out. The photos in this article start at the lower levels of the new high-rise
(NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland’s newest lakefront high-rise is hard to miss while traveling along the West Shoreway Boulevard by Edgewater Park. Thousands pass by it daily and watched it rise since April 2025. But if you wondered what the views from it look like, NEOtrans climbed to the top to capture and share them.

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Clinic pursues Cedar Avenue properties

Cedar Avenue is a busy place — for Cleveland Clinic’s real estate department. At right is the
Emergency Department that will expand and erase all but the nearest row of parking spaces
in the lot. So the Clinic is acquiring properties just beyond East 90th Street in the background
for parking, prompting a shift in other development plans. The Clinic’s new Neurological
Institute towers behind (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Dust rarely settles on Cleveland Clinic’s real estate staff. They’re always out shopping for more land to accommodate growth. And their latest acquisitions for the Main Campus are concentrated along its southern fringes on Cedar Avenue for two different reasons.

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Cross-lake ferry service floated

Lake-shipping distance from the Port of Cleveland to Wheatley Harbour in Ontario is 55
miles or two to three hours. By land, it’s more than 200 miles or at least 3.5 hours, depend-
ing on border crossing delays (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Port of Cleveland and Milo Harbour Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to initiate a new cross-lake truck ferry service between Northeast Ohio and Southern Ontario. But if you’re looking to catch a ride as a passenger, your ship has yet to come in.

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Next-gen IKEA store coming to Greater Cleveland

The former Dick’s Sporting Goods at Crocker Park in Westlake will be remodeled as a small-
format IKEA store — Greater Cleveland’s first such location for the global retailer. This is an
unofficial rendering of what the renovated store could look like (NEOtrans).
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In 2018, IKEA walked away from Cleveland after the search for a buildable site fell through. Nearly a decade later, the Swedish home and furniture supplier will return with a brand-new concept for Northeast Ohio.

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Ohio City awaits new apartments, retail

Dan Whalen led the development of Intro Cleveland, at far left, as part of Harbor Bay Ventures.
While that building opened in 2022 with top-of-the-market rents, Whalen’s and Luke Palmisano’s
Ambler apartments, at right, is expected to lease at more competitive rates (Harrison Whittaker).
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While numerous Ohio City developments are transforming historic buildings into new sources of activity, the popular Cleveland neighborhood continues to make progress on a series of new construction projects.

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Now arriving at Crocker Park — IKEA

An IKEA small-format store appears to be in the cards for Westlake’s Crocker Park. The
major new tenant for the western-suburban lifestyle center will officially be announced
Tuesday (Ingka Group). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

For days, Crocker Park’s owner Stark Enterprises has teased the opening of a new tenant at the suburban Westlake lifestyle center. And from all indications, that tenant is a retailer that Cleveland doesn’t yet have. On Tuesday, we’ll all find out for certain.

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