Cleveland lakefront park wins design funds

A conceptual plan for expanding lakefront land farther out into Lake
Erie would not only create more land for lakefront recreation, but it
would also protect Interstate 90 from damage by wave action and
rising lake water levels resulting from climate change (Metroparks).
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While shovel-ready plans for an expanded lakefront park just east of downtown Cleveland could be just 18 months away, don’t expect to be able to use that enlarged park for many more years. That’s especially true for a proposed off-shore park island.

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City Club Apartments tower gets go-ahead

It could be merely a matter of weeks before a groundbreaking
ceremony is held for the 23-story City Club Apartments tower on
Euclid Avenue, just west of East 9th Street and the unrelated City
Club Building (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

With project financing closing today and a construction permit in hand, it may only be a matter of weeks before shovels hit the ground at 776 Euclid Ave. for the new City Club Apartments tower.

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Four regional trail projects advance

Four regional trail projects in Cuyahoga County were advanced in
their planning to either study their feasibility or to develop detailed
engineering and environmental documentation so they can be eligible
for federal construction dollars. A close-up of the the southeast/lower-
right portion of the above map appears at the link below (Metroparks).
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Cleveland Metroparks today announced it was awarded $950,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to advance the planning and design of four regional transportation projects that encompass 5.7 miles of trail and bicycle connections on Cleveland’s East Side and in the city of Euclid. Three of the four projects impact Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood and the southeast side of the city.

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BOOMING! More big East Side warehouses coming

Four large development sites on Cleveland’s near-east side, ranging
in size from 11 to 40 acres, are already on the market and/or being
developed for one user or many end-users to capitalize on the locally
and nationally booming warehousing and light-industrial market. All
of the sites are close to major highways and transit lines to ensure
access to shipping routes and the region's workforce (MyPlace/KJP).
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More than 1,000 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of investment are some of the potential spin-off benefits from multiple large warehousing projects blooming on Cleveland’s East Side — along the Opportunity Corridor and in Slavic Village.

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Sherwin-Williams HQ groundbreaking delayed

An empty Jacobs Lot on Public Square in downtown Cleveland
greeted pedestrians, motorists and homeless people this morning
Instead, there was supposed to be a large tent set up on this lot for
a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the official start of con-
struction of Sherwin-Williams’ new global headquarters (KJP).
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Today was to be the day that VIPs and media would record for posterity the official start of construction on Sherwin-Williams’ (SHW) new $300-plus million global headquarters. However, that celebration is going to have to wait for another day.

“Due to scheduling conflicts, the HQ groundbreaking event will not take place today,” said Julie Young, SHW’s vice president of global corporate communications, in an e-mail to NEOtrans. “A new event date has not been finalized.”

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Cleveland Clinic to demolish ex-Cleveland Play House

Featuring three theaters around a central rotunda, the 1984 renovation
of the Cleveland Play House and inclusion of the former Sears depart-
ment store resulted in the largest regional theater complex in the Uni-
ted States totaling nearly 300,000 square feet. But since CPH moved
to the Allen Theater downtown in 2011, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
has struggled to find a new use for the facility which is to be razed
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Redesigned by a world-famous architect in his hometown. Site of the first stage performances by the Clevelander who made The Wicked Witch of the West famous. Shaker Heights native Paul Newman and many other notable actors also got their starts at the place once called the 86th Street Theater.

According to two sources, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation will seek to demolish all structures that were once part of the Cleveland Play House (CPH), 8500 Euclid Ave. That includes the adjacent former Sears department store along Carnegie Avenue. Demolition could occur this winter.

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Fairfax Market development wins financing

For now just vacant land, the southwest corner of East 105th Street
(at left) and Cedar Avenue (at right) will likely be a very different
place soon. With construction due to start early next year on the
Fairfax Market and many other developments nearby, this part of
the Fairfax neighborhood may be a vibrant, urban neighborhood in
just two years (Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Financing was awarded to the first phase of a mixed-use development on the southeast corner of East 105th Street and Cedar Avenue that aims to capitalize on the many infrastructure, health care and residential developments nearby.

Using the working titles of Cedar Avenue Mixed Use and/or the Fairfax Market, Fairmount Properties’ won $37 million in bond financing from the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority for the $59 million, 190,000-square-foot building and attached three-level, 209-space parking garage.

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