Projects, projects, projects…

These are busy times for development teams in Greater Cleveland and
especially in the urban core. These three development projects were
submitted to the city last in one day week for eventual building permits.
They are, from left, The 70 apartments on East 70th Street in Midtown,
the Superior Mixed-Use Development downtown in the 2100 block of
Superior Avenue, and the West 73rd Street Apartments on its namesake
street in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood (Grassroots, Google,
Horton Harper). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM  

If it seems like there’s been a sudden increase in real estate development projects in Cleveland lately, you’re not alone. And last week, the city’s Building Department received applications for zoning reviews and eventual building permits of three decent-sized projects — in one day.

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Bedrock’s big riverfront project is active

Although a bit cartoonish, this conceptual imagery of the first phase of
Bedrock’s Tower City riverfront development appears to be higher
priority than previously reported. The roughly 300-foot-tall, 25-story
tower with a heavy emphasis on offices for Rocket Mortgage would
rise across Huron Road from Sherwin-Williams old headquarters
which is also the subject of private acquisition talks. This image was
extracted from a video regarding big urban core projects that are in
the works (GCP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

There is increasing evidence that Bedrock Real Estate is advancing more quickly in developing its downtown Cleveland riverfront development vision despite earlier information that it would take a longer-term approach there. There simply is more visible activity happening here compared to a site in the Gateway District where real estate investments were reportedly in planning but now appear on the back burner.

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High-rise planned near Edgewater Park

This is a massing — a simplified representation of a structure to convey
its scale — of a proposed 10-story apartment building overlooking the
West Shoreway and Edgewater Park. It is the third apartment building
seven to 10 stories tall planned in the Edgewater Park area, with more
possibly coming. This and other project plans became a public record
after they were submitted to the city yesterday (EAO).
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A local developer is proposing to build the tallest building between Ohio City and Lakewood’s Gold Coast, within a few steps of Edgewater Park. Yet, at 10 stories tall, the proposed expansion of The Shoreway apartment complex, 1200 W. 76th St., won’t threaten to scrape the sky west of Cleveland’s Battery Park.

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Cleveland Clinic: on your mark, get set, build!

Almost $1.3 billion worth of construction projects that will occur nearly
simultaneously will add more than 1.6 million square feet of new build-
ings and several thousand permanent jobs to the Cleveland Clinic’s main
campus in Cleveland. To achieve that, thousands of construction workers
will be employed over the next few years (BrentwoodMD.gov).
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More, bigger and sooner was the message this week from the Cleveland Clinic about its Main Campus expansion plans. And the sites and timings of those plans got a lot clearer at the Clinic’s inaugural Construction Supplier Diversity and Inclusion Day.

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Cleveland Hts. monastery site remake revealed

These are large duplexes proposed to be built in the interior of a new
Cleveland Heights development called Wellington Mews on the site
of the Carmelite Monastery. Surrounding the eight duplexes will
be 22 single-family townhomes, all incorporating designs and
materials found in historic homes nearby. (KTGY).
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The redevelopment of a former monastery at Lee Road and North Park Boulevard in Cleveland Heights with upscale housing is finally moving forward after sitting on the shelf during the pandemic. Conceptual plans for the project, to be called the Wellington Mews, are scheduled to be presented to Planning Commission at 7 p.m. April 13.

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Another mid-sized Tremont apartment building

Location of a proposed new apartment building on West 11th Street next
to Interstate 490 and Clark Field in Tremont (MyPlaceCuyahoga/KJP).
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Seldom does a Cleveland development site offer such a remote, wooded lot and yet have so many urban amenities nearby. The features of that site, including it being next to a revived Clark Field, are why it is reportedly attracting a mid-size apartment building. Indeed, numerous mid-sized apartment buildings are being proposed for different parts of Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.

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Cleveland teams’ major league real estate plans

As seen from near the Cavs’ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse is Bedrock’s
long-range vision for developing more than 20 acres of land it owns
along the Cuyahoga River, below Tower City Center (Bedrock).
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All three major league sports teams in Cleveland have real estate development plans for downtown Cleveland. They are some of the grandest visions that have been put out there. And while some of those plans have been made public, most remain a secret because they’re still in the process of refining those plans. Some details are unknown because they depend on the resolution of significant infrastructure investments.

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