Downtown project gains partner, start date

A seven-story mixed-use development featuring 184 market-rate
apartments over retail and structured parking on Bolivar Road in
downtown Cleveland reportedly has a first-quarter 2023 ground-
breaking date thanks to the union of SomeraRoad and Leopardo
Companies, Inc. (Desmone). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Developers from New York City and Chicago are reportedly uniting to deliver a significant mixed-use development in downtown Cleveland’s Gateway neighborhood. The project, called The Apartments At Bolivar, to be located just north of the Erie Street Cemetery, won City Planning Commission approval last winter but has so far languished due to a lack of equity financing.

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Sherwin-Williams HQ to rise in August

The original lighting plan for Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters tower
is seen at far left, with two examples of how the tower could be routinely
lit, middle, and during a special event such as Veterans Day. The biggest
change is the vertical lighting feature at the top of the 616-foot-tall tower
that will put its crown illumination on par with its skyscraping, Public
Square neighbors (SHW). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Although the new Sherwin-Williams (SHW) headquarters has been under construction since Nov. 29, 2021, the only evidence of it that passersby could see are several mobile cranes making their way around the site. That’s going to continue to be the case for another two months, according to SHW officials.

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Seeds & Sprouts XXIV — Masonic reno, Data center grows, E. 89th apts, Uptown fitness

Cross section of the Cleveland Masonic Auditorium at the Chester Avenue
end of the building. Owner Beaty Capital Group continues to make improve-
ments to the property to support its continued offering of TempleLive
Cleveland concerts, shows and events (Bialosky).
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In this article:

• Masonic Hall renovations enter next phase
• Downtown’s H5 Data Center to expand
• East 89th housing units offer classic design
• Planet Fitness to exercise lease at Uptown

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Guardians suitor, real estate may not happen

Looking west along Sumner Court toward East 9th Street and Progressive
Field where the Cleveland Guardians play. The parking lot at left is one
of the potential sites that could eventually become a spin-off develop-
ment site following the ballpark’s renovations (Google).
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According to sources, there is a reason why NEOtrans first started hearing a lot about Bedrock-HBSE joint development near the Gateway sports complex, and then heard nothing. That void was filled by new activity surrounding Bedrock Real Estate’s interest in the riverfront below Tower City Center instead.

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Bedrock to make Tower City renovations

Bedrock Real Estate is about to make renovations to The Avenue
at Tower City Center to attract new tenants to the long-struggling
downtown shopping mall. The renovations will be to tenant
spaces like this one, concourses and common areas (Bedrock).
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Bedrock Real Estate is making small improvements to Tower City Center in effort to attract more retail and other commercial tenants, but a much larger, promised makeover to the downtown Cleveland railroad station-turned-shopping mall has yet to be announced.

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Sherwin-Williams HQ to refine appearance

A drone’s view of the Sherwin-Williams headquarters construction site at
the end of March in downtown Cleveland. Crews were drilling 26 reinforced
concrete caissons to bedrock 200 feet below to support the weight of the
massive skyscraper. Several of the caisson cans are visible on site as are
blue tanks for removing groundwater. West Superior Avenue is at the bottom
of the image, West 3rd Street at the right, West 6th at the left, and vacated
Frankfort Avenue across the top (Adam Greene).
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At the end of last week’s Cleveland Landmarks Commission meeting, the commission’s Secretary Donald Petit advised members to keep their schedules clear on June 3 for a special meeting with Sherwin-Williams (SHW) regarding its 616-foot-tall headquarters project in downtown Cleveland. That caught the attention of at least a few attendees.

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Treo, Edison for sale for different reasons

At the end of this past winter, the Treo apartments on West 25th Street in
Tremont was still a half-year away from completing construction. Despite
work still progressing, the property went on the market to maximize the terms
of its financing (V1drone). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Two near-West Side Cleveland multi-family properties hit the market this week but for two very different reasons. In the Lincoln Park section of Tremont, the still-under construction Treo was offered for sale today. Tomorrow, it will be The Edison’s turn to test the waters. The Edison at Gordon Square was built five years ago near Edgewater Park in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.

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