Sherwin-Williams sets new HQ groundbreaking date

Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters tower will be the fourth-tallest
building in downtown Cleveland’s skyline, reaching 36 stories and
616 feet above the corner of West 3rd Street and Superior Avenue.
But the exact site where the golden shovels of a groundbreaking
ceremony will turn shovels of dirt isn't exactly clear. The new
data for that ceremony is -- 5 p.m. Dec. 15, 2021 (Pickard
Chilton). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

After a last-minute change in plans, Sherwin-Williams (SHW) has set a new date for a groundbreaking ceremony for its new, $300-plus-million global headquarters in downtown Cleveland. The event will instead be held from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 15.

The location appears to be roughly the same location as before — on the parking lot closest to the west side of Public Square. But it’s not easy to tell from the event coordinator’s permit application to the city, submitted today.

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Duck Island apartments, townhouses planned

Proposed by M Panzica Development LLC, the Abbey Avenue
Apartments, left, and Townhomes, seen at right, would fill one
of the  largest undeveloped plots of land in Duck Island. The
enclave is actually part of Tremont but many consider it a tran-
sition rea between Tremont and Ohio City to the west. Either
way, it’s a hot development zone. This is the northeast corner
of the proposed apartment and townhome development 
(GLSD). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

On one of the largest undeveloped plots of land in the heart of Duck Island’s development hot zone, a locally active real estate developer plans to build a mix of for-rent, market-rate housing styles. The project, called Abbey Avenue Apartments and Townhomes, is proposed for the block bounded by Abbey, Smith Court plus West 19th and 20th streets.

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Cleveland offers more jobs than some Sun Belt powerhouses

Greater Cleveland is creating more jobs than most cities in the
Great Lakes/Midwest region and, indeed, more than in some
Sun Belt economic powerhouses. That is intensifying the de-
mand for more new housing, including these apartment build-
ings being built by Columbus-based Avenue Partners on West
73rd Street in the Battery Park area (Graves Lumber).
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Whether they’re statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor or employment listings at one of the world’s largest jobs Web sites, the data for Greater Cleveland is looking rosy again, for the first time since the global pandemic began in early 2020. Indeed, the number of paychecks being created in this Great Lakes metropolis is exceeding those being created in traditional Sun Belt economic powerhouses like Austin, Charlotte, Orlando and San Diego.

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Sherwin-Williams HQ builders to get an HQ, too

View and location of the 18,000-square-foot Gilman Building next
to the 1-million-square-foot Sherwin-Williams global headquarters.
The Gilman will apparently endure for a couple more years as the
construction offices for the headquarters project after a construc-
tion management firm acquires it in the coming days (Pickard
Chilton). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

With an anticipated sale of the Gilman Building closing this week, Sherwin-Williams’ (SHW) global headquarters development team expects to gain its own HQ of sorts in the form of a construction office over the next two years. But the long-term future of this five-story, modernist-clad Victorian-era building at 1350 W. 3rd St. in downtown Cleveland is uncertain.

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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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