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| A conceptual rendering of a shared-use path along West Boulevard linking several of Cleve- land’s west-side neighborhoods (contributed). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
State and local officials announced this week that the State of Ohio awarded $100,000 to the City of Cleveland to develop plans for a shared-use path for cyclists, joggers, pedestrians and others living in or visiting the city’s West Boulevard, Cudell, Clifton-Baltic and Edgewater neighborhoods.
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| Formerly known as the Rose Building, Project Scarlet also includes the smaller, neighboring Sloane Building that is amassing financing for its conversion from office building to mixed- use complex, including residential, hotel and ground-floor retail along East 9th Street in Downtown Cleveland (Diamond Signs & Graphics). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Although Project Scarlet is in Downtown Cleveland and Valor Acres is in suburban Cleveland, the two developments have something in common. They both won $7 million in Transformational Mixed-Use Development (TMUD) tax credits from the State of Ohio today.
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| Like waiting for a bus, a levy to avoid transit service cuts and fund a modest expansion of public transportation in Cuyahoga County is due to arrive soon. The only question is when (City of Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A half-percent sales tax increase to fund a modest expansion of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) and prevent more service cuts starting next year is going on the ballot in Cuyahoga County. The only question is when. And that will be decided by the GCRTA board July 7.
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| While this modular home factory is an extra-clean example of such a facility, a long-aban- doned factory on Cleveland’s East Side will be significantly renovated for this manufac- turing purpose (SRF). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The first manufacturer to locate in Cleveland’s new Midline Priority Investment Area on the city’s near-East Side was named today. It followed last week’s award of historic tax credits for the revival of the historic Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering plant, 7000 Central Ave. where Cleveland’s Fairfax and Central neighborhoods meet.
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| Since this streetview was taken in 2022, the south end of the Bluestone Business Center 2 has a new tenant, a distribution center for retailer Target. The far end will host a new manufacturer, Monteferro USA. This building previously hosted an Amazon flex distributor (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Two companies plan to hire 115 employees, generating nearly $7 million in new payroll while investing nearly $700,000 in renovating facilities for their businesses in two Greater Cleveland communities.
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| Demolition crews are starting to dismantle the 107-year-old FirstEnergy Brooklyn Service Center on Ridge Road in Cleveland. It was constructed by FirstEnergy predecessor Cleve- land Electric Illuminating Co. (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A large, familiar landmark that has stood along Ridge Road at the south end of Cleveland’s Stockyards neighborhood since 1919 won’t be standing much longer.
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| A decade ago, before the pandemic spurred remote working, an office building and plaza were planned at this city-owned lot at the northwest corner of Warrensville Road and, at lower left, Chagrin Boulevard, at the end of the light-rail Blue Line. This design was also panned by transit advocates who complained it would block a Blue Line extension south or east- ward for decades (RMS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Two of Cleveland’s first-ring suburbs served by rail transit won federal grants this week. The awards will help them develop construction-ready plans in partnership with real estate firms for transit-oriented developments at several sites next to their rail services.
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| Often described by visitors as the most beautiful grocery store in America, the Heinen’s store and its former Cleveland Trust Bank rotunda will have to find a new use after July 31 (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Northeast Ohio-based Heinen’s grocery stores announced today that their iconic location in Downtown Cleveland will close permanently on July 31. A new use for the for space, described by many visitors and shoppers as the nation’s most beautiful grocery store, has apparently not been found.
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| A parking lot at the corner of West 9th Street and St. Clair Avenue in Downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District may indeed be the subject of a vertical development based on the workers in the background drilling for core samples at locations around the lot this week (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A large parking lot in Downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District that’s been up for sale twice since 2019 apparently is now under a purchase agreement with a buyer who seems interested in developing it.
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| According to plans filed with the city, the owner of the 54-year-old 1100 Superior, Brady Sullivan Properties, is converting floors 3-5, 9, and 13-15 from office spaces to 160 apart- ments. It just won a maximum historic tax credit from the state to help finance its work (CBRE). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced more than $86 million in historic tax credits to support the preservation and revitalization of dozens of historic buildings across the state. Of that, nearly $18.5 million was awarded to seven projects in Cuyahoga County.
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| Some Cleveland streets, such as the northern portion of West 25th Street in Ohio City, see very frequent bus service because more than one route is combined here. But without a new source of revenue there will be fewer buses which means fewer connections and thus fewer destinations and jobs will be accessible by transit (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Board of Trustees learned today the bus and rail agency is facing one of three potential futures. While there are solutions to all three, GCRTA staff said only two would offer some benefits in addressing costs that are spiraling out of control.
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| Four townhouses could see construction in the coming weeks at the corner of Lake Avenue and West 83rd Street in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. It’s one of many west-side pro- jects sought by developer Insight Holdings (Insight). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
A variety of new housing products are due to start arriving over the next year on Cleveland’s West Side. Not only are they a mix of for-sale and for-rent housing, they are of different styles and located in different neighborhoods.
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| Crews are nearly done framing 141 new apartments at Arcadia, just across the street from the transit-oriented Van Aken District in Shaker Heights (Ian McDaniel). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
With summer in full swing, momentum grows on completing several high-profile construction projects around the east side Heights. Hundreds of new apartments and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment are underway to construct more walkable and transit-oriented districts.
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| In less than a dozen years, stunning growth has changed East 105th Street, where Cleve- land’s University Circle and Fairfax neighborhoods meet. Transportation access to this booming area has improved but still lags Downtown Cleveland’s even though Uni- versity Circle’s employment and population are quickly catching up (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Each morning, the red lines appear on the traffic app’s map. The lines, along with their yellow brethren, make for a colorful mosaic along the otherwise green-shaded grid of neighborhood streets surrounding the Cleveland Clinic. But that’s the only attractive thing about them. No one wants these indicators of traffic congestion — not city officials, Clinic officials, neighbors or commuters.
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| Proposed design concept for the Shaker Square car wash (SBA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Clean Express Auto Wash, a Cleveland-area express car wash operator and a brand of Express Wash Concepts, issued a statement today today that it has withdrawn its application for a proposed car wash location in Cleveland’s Shaker Square.
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| The former American Sugar Refining Co. plant on Carnegie Avenue in Midtown closed early last year, was sold last month and in the coming weeks will be demolished for an as-yet uniden- tified end user. The 10.3-acre property has joined many others in the Midline redevelopment district to be reactivated once again (CRESCO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Another big piece of land has been added to the Midline redevelopment district on the city’s near-East Side. And officials are wasting no time in clearing the site for future development.
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| From the central green in Valor Acres, the rest of the $678 million mixed-use development takes shape in Brecksville (Ian McDaniel). CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
While billions-worth of development is underway to revitalize downtown Cleveland and adjacent neighborhoods, billions more in mixed-use developments are rising in communities throughout Cuyahoga County.
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| A Clean Express Auto Wash stands on Broadview Road in Parma in a well-landscaped setting. But vocal opposition to building one next to Cleveland’s historic Shaker Square emerged at a design review committee meeting today (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
It may be one of the nicest-designed, best-landscaped and best-operated car wash operations you can find, but Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, his chief of development, City Council members and a committee of the City Landmarks Commission said a proposed car wash doesn’t belong next to Shaker Square.
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| Seen from the corner of Cedar Avenue and East 93rd Street, this massing shows the scale, shape and location for Cleveland Clinic’s planned 120,000-square-foot expansion of the Maria & Sam Miller Emergency Services Building. If the City Planning Commission agrees with this concept, the details of the design will be filled in (Cleveland Clinic). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Cleveland Clinic and its facility planning consultants are seeking approval next week from the Cleveland Planning Commission for conceptual designs for its expanded Emergency Department, called Building E, 9105 Cedar Ave., in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood.
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| Good Night John Boy recently moved to this building on the riverfront, an upgrade among several happening all around the Flats East Bank (Ian McDaniel). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
When the sudden closings of several long-term tenants punctuated the end of the 2025 season, many were quick to declare Flats East Bank in Cleveland “dead” once again.
