Thursday, February 12, 2026

Row on Garden in Brooklyn Centre OK’d

The Row on Garden is the two identical-looking buildings at left along Garden Avenue.
They are intended as a step-down in scale from the larger buildings along Pearl Road
at right which are part of the same development by ALMiCO Group (Brandt).
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It’s been more than two years of back and forth with the city, but a proposed residential development in Cleveland’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood finally got approved today by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission.

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Fairview Hospital North Campus joins West Park developments

Kamm’s Medical Building rises behind City Dental Care on Lorain Avenue in the
Kamm’s Corners neighborhood of Cleveland (Harrison Whittaker).
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In Kamm’s Corners, construction on the first phase of a $150 million North Campus redevelopment at Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview Hospital is now underway. It joins several other projects across West Park, including the 19-unit Parker Townhomes and the mixed-use Kamm’s Medical Building.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

New owner for closed steel plant

The former Heidtman Steel in Cleveland’s industrial valley was acquired and then closed by
Worthington Industries. It will gain new life with two industrial owners, each acquiring
50 percent of the property (Cresco). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

One year ago, Worthington Industries Inc. shut down its Samuel Coil Processing plant at 4600 Heidtman Parkway in Cleveland’s industrial valley. Today, Cushman & Wakefield-CRESCO announced that the plant has sold to two companies that are sharing the ownership equally.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Biz park expansion sought near airport

Although Scannell Properties hasn’t released any renderings of its proposed expansion
of the Cleveland Business Park near Hopkins International Airport, this is a conceptual
building design used by Scannell for its other light-industrial and warehouse projects
around the country (Scannell). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Although it’s still early on, plans are coming together for a major light-industrial and/or warehouse real estate development near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The roughly $75 million project is proposed to offer up to four new buildings totaling 700,000 square feet set on about 34 acres of city-owned land along Rocky River Drive.

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Monday, February 9, 2026

Downtown ‘reset’ a challenge, opportunity

Year-in-review reports like Downtown Cleveland Inc.’s State of Downtown offers an oppor-
tunity to reflect on the past year’s achievements and challenges and what to look for and
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Multiple forces are likely to affect Cleveland’s central business district in 2026, according to the nonprofit development corporation Downtown Cleveland Inc. (DCI). It’s a setting that has housed Cleveland’s fastest-growing residential neighborhood this century while also suffering the loss of office jobs to remote working, intensified by the 2020 pandemic.

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Friday, February 6, 2026

Cleveland Clinic plans two huge garages

The largest structures on Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus aren’t medical buildings. They’re
parking garages and two more are planned to see construction start this year (NEOtrans).
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The largest single structure built by the Cleveland Clinic isn’t a medical building like the new, 1-million-square-foot Neurological Institute on Carnegie Avenue. Instead, it’s the 1.56-million-square-foot parking garage immediately west of it. And there will be another garage of similar size added just west of that.

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Variety Theater has a buyer

Following its pending sale, there is a new future for the Variety Theater, its ground-floor retail
spaces and second-floor apartments. But what that future holds remains to be seen (LDA Architects).
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In the 36 years following the Variety Theater’s closure, a parade of owners have sought things for the 99-year-old venue — new uses, money and luck. Sadly, each of those have been beyond the grasp of each proprietor. Now, another owner is bringing another opportunity to change the theater’s fortunes.

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