Cleveland data center plans to expand

Within its existing building shell at right, which is as long as the new Sherwin-Williams head-
quarters is tall, the Cleveland H5 Data Center plans to expand its capacity on Rockwell
Avenue downtown (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Plans were submitted today for the expansion of an existing data center in Downtown Cleveland that could be affected by the city’s proposed moratorium on data centers. Unlike a newly proposed data center that was rejected by the city last month, this latest project involves expanding within the walls of an existing structure.

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Kamm’s gets a tower crane

Across the Rocky River, a tower crane for Fairview Hospital’s North Campus expansion rises
above the Lorain Road Viaduct (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Once described as “a slice of suburbia in the city,” Cleveland’s Kamm’s Corners neighborhood might be the last place one would expect a $150 million construction project large enough to require a tower crane. But that’s exactly what’s underway at Fairview Hospital’s 169,521-square-foot North Campus expansion.

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Car wash planned at Shaker Square

Site plan for the proposed Shaker Square car wash. North is at the top of the image, with
the southeast commercial quadrant of Shaker Square visible at upper left (Kimley Horn).
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Shaker Square, although faded from its peak decades ago, remains Greater Cleveland’s seminal example of transit-oriented community design in which the rapid transit system, pedestrian activity, and vertically mixed uses are juxtaposed to support each other.

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Clinic plans outpatient site at Valor Acres

At the northeast corner of Miller Road and Innovation Parkway, the Cleveland Clinic plans
to build this medical office building (Perspectus). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

New structures and uses keep getting added to the mixed-use lifestyle center Valor Acres at Miller and Brecksville roads in suburban Brecksville. The latest will be a Cleveland Clinic outpatient care facility, due to open in late 2027.

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New Lakewood apartments open quietly

At the northeast corner of Detroit and St. Charles avenues is the former Lakewood Center
West, now converted into Lakewood Lofts. In the parking garage seen behind, 70 spaces
are set aside for tenants of the lofts (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Downtown Lakewood is steadily turning from an office district into a residential one. The latest example of that metamorphosis is perhaps the quietest conversion of a seven-story suburban office building in Greater Cleveland’s history.

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The Thomas gets underway in Tremont

The development team of The Thomas apartments and their future successors posed at
a groundbreaking ceremony today in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood (NEOtrans).

It’s a project that has gone under the radar amid the many others on Cleveland’s near-West Side. But today, a development team assembled to break ground for The Thomas apartments, 2422 W. 7th St. in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.

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Countywide zoning sought to aid development

Transit oriented development isn’t limited to rail station areas. It can also be built along high-
frequency bus lines like Cleveland Clinic’s North Campus expansion of Fairview Hospital
where Cleveland meets Fairview Park (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Most municipalities in Cuyahoga County were built-out decades ago, limiting opportunities to offer newer, more competitive housing and build a stronger tax base without raising taxes. The few remaining places for development are infill sites for which many communities lack zoning to develop them.

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Lakewood’s latest car dealership swap

Where Steve Barry Buick’s showroom stood on the north side of Detroit Avenue at Brockley
Avenue in Lakewood now is a 66-unit apartment building with a yet-to-be-leased ground-
floor retail space (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Until the first decade of this century, Detroit Avenue in Lakewood had a half-dozen car dealerships along it. Today, they’re all gone after having closed or moved to exurban highway interchanges.

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Slavic Village eyes transformation

The Slavic Village Neighborhood Plan represents the culmination of a series of outreach
events involving diverse members of the community (Slavic Village Development).
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On Friday, City Planning Commission approved not one, but two transformative plans developed alongside each other for Cleveland’s Slavic Village — which hasn’t seen a comprehensive neighborhood plan in almost two decades.

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Housing, health hold hope for Hough

Construction on a single-family infill home by Cleveland Bricks wraps up on East 84th Street
north of Chester Avenue (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

While Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood has been the target of redevelopment efforts for decades, new momentum from public and private players could accelerate the area’s comeback.

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Film studio campus planned for Euclid

A conceptual rendering of a film studio proposed in Euclid. This graphic shows the administra-
tive offices and one of the film/sound stages but three more stages are planned as additions to
the right (Christopher A. Lobas & Associates). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Getting ready for its close-up is a mid-sized film studio campus planned by an experienced filmmaker in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid. The goal for the filmmaker, Northeast Ohio native and Ingalls & Co. CEO James Ingalls II, is to transform Greater Cleveland into “a premier cinematic hub.”

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ORRIS townhomes open in Rocky River

Only five ORRIS townhomes front Center Ridge Road in Rocky River. The other
20 units are set behind in a large lot near shopping, schools and parks (TKG).
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A collection of new luxury rental townhomes is now open and move-in ready at ORRIS, 22601 Center Ridge Rd., Rocky River. Developed by The Krueger Group (TKG), this phase-two expansion of the ORRIS development adds 25 townhomes to offer single-family living in a maintenance-free rental setting.

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Warner & Swasey groundbreaking arrived

Officials gathered yesterday for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the renovation and
mixed-use repurposing of the long-vacant Warner & Swasey factory in Cleveland’s
Midtown district. But the actual site preparations began months before (NEOtrans).
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Although site preparations have been underway since winter, now the repair, recovery and rebuilding work begins on the redevelopment of the long-vacant Warner & Swasey factory, 5701 Carnegie Ave., in Cleveland’s MidTown neighborhood.

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GCRTA makes big fare changes

Bus and train rides in Cleveland can often be slowed by riders fumbling for change while
boarding and paying fares. That’s especially true during busy times like at the Red Line
Little Italy station during the annual Feast of the Assumption in August (NEOtrans).
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Boarding Greater Cleveland’s buses and trains will be quicker and simpler for customers after several fare payment-related changes are implemented after years of advocacy and planning.

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University Circle moves ahead with 10-year master plan

A conceptual rendering depicts a reworked South Rockefeller Park, including a pro-
posed closure of Stearns Road and two-way conversion of MLK Jr. Drive (Sasaki).
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On Friday, University Circle’s 10-year master plan for land use and public realm improvements won unanimous approval from City Planning Commission. The plan, titled Connecting the Circle, aims to transform the city’s second-largest employment center into a “Connected Civic Commons.”

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Flats demo OK’d for new amphitheater

The Hope Memorial Bridge — home to the Guardians of Traffic pylons — overlooks the site
of the future Riverfront Amphitheater and the existing warehouse at 401 Stones Levee Rd. in
the Flats (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Developers from Bedrock Cleveland and Rock Entertainment Group (REG) on Friday received approval from the City of Cleveland Planning Commission (CPC) to demolish a warehouse at 401 Stones Levee Rd. in the Flats. The demolition clears the way for the group behind billions in riverfront development to proceed with the next phase of revitalization and activation.

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Westinghouse redevelopment to start

An early conceptual rendering for the redevelopment of the former Westinghouse plant along
the West Shoreway includes many features of the final, approved project including retaining
the façade of the foundry at left for new construction behind and redevelopment of the tower
at right with apartments (AODK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A ride along the West Shoreway from Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood to Edgewater Park will soon be a tour of multiple, major residential construction projects within sight of the roadway and more developments just a few blocks south of it. The latest to join the cavalcade of new multifamily housing will be the Westinghouse redevelopment.

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Could it be? Bridgeworks is about to start?

It’s a rendering that’s led almost every article about Bridgeworks, the elusive but promising
mixed-use development proposed at the northeast corner of the Detroit-Superior Bridge and
West 25th Street near downtown. But there is activity swirling about the project, perhaps
 more so now than in years (Geis). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

It looks like it’s finally happening. After more than seven years of project development, multiple redesigns, financing shortfalls, and occasionally dim prospects, demolition, site preparation and construction of Bridgeworks is due to start in the middle of June.

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Lorain Station Historic District gets two wins

A rendering of the exterior improvements planned for the former grocery store that became
the Cuyahoga County Westshore Professional Center. It will now become the West Side
Community Resource Center (GCFB). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A streetscape grant was approved for the Lorain Station Historic District this week, shortly after construction plans were submitted to the city for repurposing a former grocery store in this district into a West Side Community Resource Center that will provide needed services in a more attractive setting.

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A dozen Cleveland schools are offered for redevelopment

Collinwood High School is easily the largest and perhaps the most iconic of 12 Cleveland
schools to be offered for redevelopment in this latest round. The Collinwood Railroaders
graduated its last senior class last week after more than a century of graduations. Its
next use is unknown (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and the City of Cleveland are offering up to buyers and developers 12 school properties for redevelopment, with a few surprises on the list. They include two school buildings built in the last 20 years and several historic, iconic structures.

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