Renovated 75 Public Square ready for residents

Following a $43 million renovation and conversion from an
office building, the 15-story 75 Public Square North began
receiving its first residential tenants two days before the end
of 2021 (all photos: Shawn Zbasnik, CleveCleveland Con-
struction Inc.). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

The 107-year-old 75 Public Square building began its third life two days before the end of 2021. In the coming weeks and months, as more tenants call it home, the building will become more lively and be “illuminated” once again. Two Cleveland-area companies helped this Classical Revival example of architecture get its third wind.

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League Park mixed-use development planned

Hough is seeing significant new investment thanks to several nearby economic
engines — University Circle/Cleveland, the growing Midtown innovation hub
and League Park where the Cleveland Spiders, Indians and Buckeyes
played pro baseball until 1950. In this northwest-looking aerial view,
League Park is to the right, the new Hough Branch of the Cleveland
Public Library is at lower left and a planned development centered
around the Baseball Heritage Museum is in between
(City Architecture). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

A $5.5 million mixed-use development in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood aims to capitalize on one of the neighborhood’s assets to restore some of the vibrancy it lost decades ago. It is building off of other developments that are underway and planned that promise to turn this recovering neighborhood into a stronger community.

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There’s much to look forward to in 2022

Currently downtown Cleveland’s biggest real estate development,
construction of the new Sherwin-Williams global headquarters is
already underway west of Public Square and will deliver the
fourth-tallest tower in the city. But it remains to be seen if
another project might soon challenge this HQ project (KJP).
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If you thought 2021 was busy real estate-wise, there is every indication that 2022 is going to be even busier. And it looks to start off big in January with announcements about what Cleveland-area projects will win the first round of Transformational Mixed Use Development tax credits. There are nine Greater Cleveland megaprojects that are TMUD applicants, so the fate of half of the projects in this list of what to watch out for in 2022 will depend heavily on which projects win TMUD credits and how much of their originally requested amount they will receive.

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NRP Group taking fresh look at Scranton Peninsula

NRP Group’s city-approved plan for The Peninsula in 2019 featured 330
apartments and 15 townhomes, with most of the townhouses used to screen
a two-level parking garage. This aerial graphic looks east at Scranton Pe-
ninsula with Carter Road and the Cuyahoga River at the bottom and the
curving Flats Industrial Railroad across the top (BKV).
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Apartment developer NRP Group appears to have had a change of heart about its decision to walk away from developing on Scranton Peninsula near downtown Cleveland, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the company’s plans.

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Stark has buyer for downtown nuCLEus properties

This was the last of several incrementally smaller designs for
nuCLEus prior to Stark Enterprises abandoning the development
and selling the properties on which it would have been built.
It isn’t known who the buyer is, but based on recent, comparable
downtown property sales, the buyer would have to have deep
pockets and want to deliver a large development of its own to
get a return on its sizable investment (Stark).
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Properties that were part of Stark Enterprises’ ill-fated nuCLEus megaproject are in the process of being sold in a private, off-market transaction. However, the scope of the sale, the buyer’s identity and the buyer’s intentions remain a mystery. Public records emerged this week showing that there is a pending transaction.

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The 20 most-viewed news stories of 2021 on NEOtrans

Screenshot of the most viewed NEOtrans article of 2021 — Cleveland
Clinic plans to demolish the former Cleveland Play House complex on
Euclid Avenue (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Personal experiences matter. That’s the lesson of why one news article gets opened and another article does not. It’s why the pending demolition of the Cleveland Play House was the most-read story of 2021. It got read because people went to see a show there once upon a time, not because it was the only Cleveland-area project designed by a famous Cleveland-born architect, Philip Johnson.

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Is Downtown Cleveland in Target’s bullseye?

Coming soon to downtown Cleveland? Target reportedly is in talks
with several downtown Cleveland property owners about locating
a small, urban-format store in their buildings. The store would be
similar to this 22,000-square-foot store opening this Spring in the
former Kaufmann’s department store in downtown Pittsburgh
(Target). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM  

The upscale discount retail giant Target is in expansion mode. It is focusing on locations in downtowns, near colleges and dense suburbs for small, urban-format stores. But will downtown Cleveland or perhaps University Circle be under consideration?

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