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| This highly visible but long-vacant multi-family home on East 105th Street in Glenville, just north of the Veterans Administration Hospital, is about to get some long lost love with a major rehabilitation project (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Today, there were two blessings. One was a ceremonial blessing of a flagship development that’s just getting started in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood by new real estate developer Tiffany Hollinger.
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| Plans for demolishing the Wolstein Center arena and replacing it with a 15,000-seat soccer stadium and supportive development in Downtown Cleveland appear to be on hold after the city opted to support a competing plan for a soccer stadium in the Gateway South area (CSU, USL Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
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| This rendering shows the proposed reactivation of the Meet Me Here park across from Rocket Arena with the new Cosm venue, now under construction, directly behind. Ontario Street is across the bottom and Huron Road is the intersecting street (REG, MKSK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE |
Plans for a re-imagining of the “Meet Me Here” park in Downtown Cleveland were fast-tracked by the City of Cleveland planning commission on Friday. The expedited process is now more clear given that developers seek to open it in time for the 10th Anniversary of the Cavaliers’ 2016 National Basketball Association (NBA) Championship.
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| With River Roots’ drink in hand, Chef Michael Symon pours over plans with River Roots co-founder and operations director Tom Gray for River Roots Barrel Co. Whiskey Bar and Brewery, to be located on Columbus Road in Cleveland’s Flats (Instagram @ChefSimon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Celebrity chef Michael Symon announced he is partnering with a local, new-start whiskey distiller in its planned move to Cleveland’s Flats. NEOtrans reported nearly a year ago that River Roots Barrel Company was making a move to the Columbus Road peninsula along the Cuyahoga River.
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| The northwest corner of Rocky River Drive and Cleveland Parkway, north of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, is the site of the first planned building in Scannell Pro- perties’ expansion of the Cleveland Business Park. The two houses in the background are not part of the project (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A major new light-industrial, warehousing, life sciences-type development project planned near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will be larger and more immediate than first reported last month by NEOtrans. The project appears more immediate because there is a prospective tenant that is already shaping the plan.
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| Signs on Detroit Avenue advertise the under-construction Lakewood Common development (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Last fall, NEOtrans reported that CASTO’s $119 million mixed-use development had begun construction on its first building in Downtown Lakewood. In this week’s installment of Progress Pics, we’re excited to share exclusive construction photos as work advances on the first of five floors.
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| After the Adelbert Gym is renovated and expanded, including this new lobby addition to the front entrance, it will be renamed DiSanto Arena in honor of the DiSanto family’s philanthropic gift to Case Western Reserve University (OSPORTS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Adelbert Gym, 2128 Adelbert Rd., one of Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) most historic buildings, will soon undergo a transformative renovation, made possible primarily by recent contributions totaling $7.9 million from two generous trustees.
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| Master Chrome, a fixture on Cleveland’s near West Side since 1950, is coming down over the next month or two. The state of Ohio may seize the property and ultimately list it for sale so the 0.57-acre property can be returned to productive use (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Fencing went up yesterday around the former site of Master Chrome, a polluted brownfield industry, 5709 Herman Ave., in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. And in the next month or two, its vine-covered building is coming down. After that, any contaminated materials and soil will be removed. Then the property’s future will be decided.
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| Sports and entertainment are part of the Experience Economy, the fastest- growing sector in the nation and is outpacing spending on material goods by a factor of over 1.5, according to McKinsey & Co. Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District is the local heart of the Experience Economy, which sees millions of visits per year (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team is seeking $64,795,282 for Progressive Field. The Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association team wants $40,308,811 for Rocket Arena. And the Cleveland Soccer Group is in the running for $19.9 million to build a new soccer stadium, according to the Statehouse News Bureau.
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| Brad Nosan is expanding his real estate reach and experiences by joining Cushman & Wakefield – CRESCO Real Estate in an executive capacity (CRESCO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A local real estate developer who has been involved in multiple, well-known projects is going to be getting busier after getting hired as a vice president of Independence-based brokerage and analytics firm Cushman & Wakefield – CRESCO Real Estate.
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| The Browns’ new $2.4 billion stadium and mixed-use destination will repurpose vacant industrial land in Brook Park near Cleve- land Hopkins International Airport by 2029 (HKS, HSG). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A 68-page master planning document was unceremoniously released last week by the city of Brook Park and Haslam Sports Group (HSG). In it is the most detailed look yet at the key design standards and approach for developing the mixed-use district surrounding the Browns’ new stadium.
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| At the center of this image is a placeholder concept for Bedrock Real Estate’s Rock & Roll Land Hotel & Theater. But that project is no longer in the cards. It’s viewed from a public space on the other side of Collision Bend in the Cuyahoga River, next to where a new 6,200-seat amphitheater is planned by Bedrock that replaces the Rock & Roll Land theater in its Riverfront plans (MKSK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Sometimes when one door closes, another opens. And other times that process works in reverse. When it comes to a proposed Rock & Roll Land Hotel & Theater in Bedrock Real Estate’s $3.5 billion Cuyahoga Riverfront development, the second scenario is reportedly in play.
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| The former headquarters of Warner & Swasey, a manufacturer of machine tools, has sat decaying on Cleveland’s Carnegie Avenue for four decades. By 2028, it may serve as a catalyst for the area’s revitalization (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Across the two-mile-long, four-block-wide district known as Midtown Cleveland, several critical projects are finally seeing construction activity. The largest of those, a $64 million rehabilitation of the abandoned Warner & Swasey machine tools factory, will add 112 apartments to the area in its first phase.
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| The new Sherwin-Williams headquarters fits in with its neighbors in the Downtown Cleveland skyline. And that new HQ is full — so much so that IT staff were reportedly allowed to work remotely so employees at another downtown building could move in (The Sherwin-Williams Company). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
When Sherwin-Williams’ (SHW) headquarters was still under construction in 2024, the company’s executives said they would wait and see how employees filled out the new tower just west of Downtown Cleveland’s Public Square before making any new facility-related decisions. As the tower fills, they’re starting to get some answers.
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| This unofficial rendering is how an NBA-sized basketball court could fit on the now-grassy lot of the Meet Me Here Park at the northeast corner of Ontario Street and Huron Road in Downtown Cleveland (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Downtown Cleveland is getting a new public park — which is to say that a mostly useless patch of grass is about to get activated. And the proposed use probably makes sense, given what’s across the street from it.
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| The International Exposition Center, or I-X Center, was built during World War II next to Cleveland’s main airport to assemble Boeing B-29 bombers. Later it was used to build military tanks. But for the last 40 years, it has hosted trade shows, exhibitions and other events. How long that will continue remains uncertain (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
To say that Greater Cleveland’s convention and visitors business is in a state of flux right now would be an understatement. Two new developments have put it there — the failure of a pending deal to redevelop the I-X Center for a new tenant plus the design and marketing of the new Huntington Bank Field as a competitive event venue.
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| Located just east of Downtown Cleveland, the former Masonic Hall was recently renovated by TempleLive as a performing arts venue but plans for further develop- ment didn’t pan out. Now the property outlined yellow is for sale (Newmark). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Although much of the former Masonic Temple, 3615 Euclid Ave., was significantly renovated in the past decade, even larger development plans for the historic landmark property didn’t pan out. And now the owner is putting the property up for sale.
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| Cleveland’s new Greyhound, FlixBus, GoBus and Barons Bus station at the Brookpark Rapid Transit Station in suburban Brook Park will see expanded daily bus service across Northern Ohio starting next month (Mark Schwinn). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Once upon a time, Ohio was crisscrossed with intercity bus routes that served just about every small town with a population of 10,000 or more. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and GoBus are trying to reconnect small-town Ohio with its largest cities, airports, and train/bus stations to improve regional accessibility.
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| A rendering of Union at Cleveland Harbor from the northeast (Annex Group). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
On Friday, City Planning Commission unanimously approved a planned 209-unit lakefront apartment development at the north end of Cleveland’s Goodrich-Kirtland Park neighborhood. The project, Union at Cleveland Harbor, is being developed by the Annex Group of Indiana and designed by RDL Architects of Beachwood.
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| The 95,000-square-foot Midtown Collaboration Center opened at Euclid Avenue and East 66th Street in May 2025 and is nearly full. The addition of NEOMED here will further boost its diverse offering of innovative, community-building tenants (Cleveland Foundation). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Another healthcare innovator is about to call Cleveland home. But this time it’s a healthcare change agent that’s been in Northeast Ohio for more than 50 years.
