Greater Cleveland’s workforce and number of employed people have grown to the highest levels since the start of the Great Recession (2009-11), according to preliminary employment data for the region that was released this week.
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Friday, August 22, 2025
Lakefront apartment complex planned near Downtown Cleveland
Earlier this month, a letter was sent by an Indianapolis-area real estate developer to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and City Council notifying them of its desire to develop a lakefront apartment project and their intention to seek Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for it.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Ex-Tick Tock Tavern space takes new journey
Renovation work is underway for a successor restaurant to the long-running Tick Tock Tavern in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood. And public records reveal the new restaurant concept that will be taking the historic spot onto its next journey.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Ridge Park Square sold to Atlanta investor
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A wintertime aerial view looking southwest from Ridge Road over Ridge Park Square in the western Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn (JLL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured the sale of Ridge Park Square, a rare dual-grocery anchored regional shopping center located northwest of the Interstate 480-Ridge Road interchange in the western Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Cleveland Clinic’s new medical research buildings reach construction milestone
Cleveland Clinic marked a major milestone late yesterday in the construction of two research buildings in the Cleveland Innovation District. A ceremonial beam-lifting event celebrated the placement of the two final steel beams in the skyway bridge that will span East 100th Street, connecting the new facilities.
Next phase for Little Italy townhomes starting
It has been several years since the first phase of the 17-unit Woodhill Townhomes were built in Cleveland’s Little Italy. But the next phase is finally getting going and will bring a long-planned street presence to both sides of Coltman Road’s north end.
Monday, August 18, 2025
Cleveland Christian Home to see major renovation into HOPE Campus
Construction is getting underway for the $6.8 million renovation of the HOPE Campus, 11401 Lorain Ave., in Cleveland’s Westown neighborhood. If the name of the campus doesn’t sound familiar, it’s because the renovation is part of a transition of the property from its century-long service as the Cleveland Christian Home (CCH).
Friday, August 15, 2025
New UC tower is back, progressing
Having previously received schematic design approval in October 2024, the East Stokes apartment tower in University Circle showed no signs of slowing down. But when the project never returned to the city planning commission for final approval, speculation about its future began.
New Browns stadium denied ODOT-Aviation permit
A law firm representing the Haslam Sports Group was notified by the state’s aviation administrator that a permit application for building the new Huntington Bank Field in suburban Brook Park near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was denied.
Gordon Square apartment project finalizes financing
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Called Canopy, this large multi-family development will be built next to Herman Park in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood (Dimit). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
The development team for a large apartment project in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood closed on financing this week. That should allow it to start work on the new development this year. The development also has a name now — Canopy and a Web presence.
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Delayed west-side residential projects get new life
A pair of residential projects in the works for several years were brought to today’s Landmarks Commission meeting. And while they differed in size and use, both were an expression of the continued development and investment occuring on Cleveland’s near-West Side.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
CSU to re-offer U-Pass, with changes
Cleveland State University (CSU) officials announced today that the school will continue to offer students discounted passes to ride Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) buses and trains. But only those students seeking the discount, called the U-Pass, will be charged for it.
Greater Cleveland’s ten megaprojects
Sometimes we’re in the weeds, hyperlocal, self-interested, pre-occupied with our own day-to-day lives. So sometimes it’s hard to appreciate the magnitude of things changing around us unless you step back and take a look at them in totality. NEOtrans did, and wow, there’s a lot of megaprojects to soak up just in Greater Cleveland!
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
MetroHealth Line BRT meeting tomorrow
As plans for enhancing the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) MetroHealth Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) advance, a pinch point in those plans has become the subject of debate.
Monday, August 11, 2025
George’s billboards rise on Opportunity Corridor
Construction work began last week to erect two large billboards along the Opportunity Corridor Boulevard on Cleveland’s East Side. The billboards are the result of litigation that will allow the demolition of a billboard and a decayed building that supports it, located at West 25th Street and Detroit-Superior Bridge in Cleveland’s Ohio City.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Cleveland’s second mass-timber building planned
In May, real estate developer Dan Whalen left a Landmarks Commission meeting with a design approval in his pocket and a range of possibilities in the back of his mind. Those led him to consider building his latest development, a Marriott Tribute Portfolio boutique hotel, 1950 W 26 St., in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, with an extensive amount of mass-timber construction.
Friday, August 8, 2025
UC’s Skyline On Stokes is urban resort
If you end up spending little more than sleeping time in an apartment at Skyline On Stokes, you’re probably enjoying the lifestyle offered by University Circle’s latest residential property. And it’s not just because of where the new building is located. It’s also because the amenities inside the building are large, both in scale and in variety.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Ohio City development plan returns after fire
At 1 a.m. April 10, 2024, a former funeral home dating to 1865 at 4434 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood went up in flames. So too did real estate developer My Place Group’s plans for renovating it as part of a larger mixed-use development called 45 West.
CSU, GCRTA restart talks on U-Pass
One week ago, Cleveland State University (CSU) notified its students that it was ending its U-Pass that provided fee travel on Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) buses and trains. Today, GCRTA announced that conversations were occurring to continue to offer fare discount benefits to thousands of CSU students.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
ODOT plans first-ever SmartLane in NE Ohio
With reconstruction of the Interstates 90/77 Central Interchange in Downtown Cleveland expected to begin next year, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has its sights set on the next phase of the massive Innerbelt project — and that next phase may include a technology that’s brand new to Northeast Ohio.