Sherwin-Williams HQ construction starts (PHOTOS)

The roof of the Rockefeller Building, above the 17th floor of John
D. Rockefeller’s classic structure at 614 W. Superior Ave., offers
a front-row seat to the construction of another addition to the
downtown Cleveland skyline — the global headquarters of
Sherwin-Williams (all photos are contributed or by KJP).
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Nov. 29, 2021 may be remembered as the day that construction work began on Sherwin-Williams’ $300-plus-million global headquarters. To others, it may be known as the date when one of downtown Cleveland’s largest “parking craters” died. Even though the official groundbreaking ceremony isn’t scheduled until 5 p.m. Dec. 15 (hopefully with no further delays), it looks like quite a bit of work may be under way by that time.

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County offers large East Cleveland property

Located near East Cleveland’s central business district on Euclid
Avenue is this roughly 4.25-acre property, shaded in blue, owned
by Cuyahoga County that it would like to sell or lease for possible
redevelopment. The site is between the Red Line rail rapid transit’s
Superior Station and stops on the HealthLine bus rapid transit, only
a half-mile from the edge of University Circle (Google).
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Cuyahoga County has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the disposition of a large piece of land that, if redeveloped, could help commercial activity in East Cleveland’s central business district. The sale or lease and possible redevelopment of the property could leverage off nearby University Circle and adjacent transit lines in providing a desperately needed economic lift to the long-struggling inner-ring suburb, say two advocacy groups.

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More student housing near Cleveland State University

Two commercial buildings on Prospect Avenue are due to be trans-
ferred next week to a new ownership group that plans to renovate
each with apartments for students at nearby Cleveland State Uni-
versity (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM 

A group of local investors is seeking to develop two historic commercial buildings near Cleveland State University (CSU) with student housing. However, ground-floor commercial spaces will be retained, including one for an existing tenant, the Cuyahoga County Veterans Service Commission.

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Apartments + Meijer market to break ground Dec. 14

An expansive six-story apartment building with a ground-floor Meijer
grocery store at Cedar Avenue is one of many developments get-ting
underway along and near East 105th Street at the east end of the new
Opportunity Corridor Boulevard. Ground will be broken for this
planned mixed-use building on Dec. 14 (Bialosky).
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One day after Cleveland City Council approved tax incentives for a new apartment building with a Meijer urban-format grocery store on the ground floor, a contractor for the developer applied to the city for permits for that project’s groundbreaking ceremony. The event will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the project site — the southwest corner of East 105th Street and Cedar Avenue.

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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 
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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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