Heating Up: 3 big downtown reno projects to start

These three large former office buildings in downtown Cleveland are due
to start their renovations and conversions this summer into mixed-use
structures that will add a total of 1,671 housing units and nearly $700
million in new investment into the central business district. The build-
ings are, from left, The Centennial, The Rockefeller Building and 45
Erieview (Millennia & KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

This summer, renovations to a trio of large, former office buildings in downtown Cleveland are due to get underway that will convert their combined 2+ million square feet into mixed uses that will add 1,671 housing units, Class A office and co-working spaces, plus unique restaurant, retail and residential amenities. Total investment is projected to be $687 million for all three projects — The Centennial, 45 Erieview and The Rockefeller Building.

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Browns leaning toward new stadium

In Minneapolis, the $975 million US Bank Stadium is well-integrated with
its downtown surroundings, making it easier for downtown visitors and re-
sidents to access the multi-purpose facility. It is next to hotels and other
hospitality venues and accessible by light-rail. As a domed facility, it is
used year-round for more than just Minnesota Vikings football
games (HKS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

According to two sources close to the Cleveland Browns and its owner the Haslam Sports Group, the National Football League (NFL) team is leaning toward building a new stadium versus renovating the existing FirstEnergy Stadium. And the sources say the team already has at least two sites picked out as options for a new stadium that will likely cost in excess of $1 billion.

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Beachwood is home to apartment boom

The Icon, a 147-unit apartment building over ground-floor retail/com-
mercial uses is planned to be developed from the Commerce Park IV
office building near Chagrin Boulevard and Green Road. It is
the latest of many redevelopments from commercial to multi-
family residential uses in Beachwood (RDL).
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While one-third of all apartment demand in Greater Cleveland is downtown, Beachwood appears to be the most active suburb in the development of apartments. And that suburb’s activity was added to in a big way just this past week.

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The Pearl gets a major redesign

Real Life Real Estate Group today publicly presented for the first time its
refined plans for The Pearl, a mixed-use development with 130 apartments
over parking and retail in the first phase shown here along West 25th Street
in Cleveland. A second phase would add dozens more apartments in a smaller
building north of and behind this building in the Duck Island section of
Tremont (Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Major design revisions to a large mixed-use building planned for West 25th Street at Columbus Road at the south end of Tremont’s Duck Island’s neighborhood have won the project praise and support from civic groups, especially for redesigning an intersection in front the proposed building. On June 7, the Duck Island Block Club voted in support the proposed redesign. Then on June 8, the plans won unanimous support from Cleveland’s Near West Design Review Committee. Next stop is the City Planning Commission.

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Westinghouse rebirth to be announced ‘soon’

Now a dark, vacant hulk towering over the West Shoreway, the 100-plus-years-
old former Westinghouse plant is due to be illuminated with new life includ-
ing a luxury hotel, housing and restaurants. The owner’s plan will reportedly
be announced soon (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

The new owner of the old Westinghouse plant next to the West Shoreway in Cleveland says their development team has made great progress on a plan to revive the vacant factory. But while he’s not ready to reveal any specifics yet, NEOtrans has learned the project will feature a luxury hotel, housing, restaurants and possibly other uses.

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Adaptive reuses flourish in Ohio City

Cleveland City Planning Commission members lauded this proposed
conversion of a 154-year-old church in the Ohio City neighborhood
as an example of how historic structures in salvageable condition
can be saved and repurposed with new uses (LS).
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Several adaptive reuse development projects in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood are saving older buildings from the wrecking ball. Their developers are using creativity to convert vacant or underutilized structures into new uses that serve present-day needs.

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Next for Hough: Chester 82 Apartments

The latest apartment building planned along Chester Avenue in Cleveland’s
Hough neighborhood is Marous Development Group’s Chester 82 at East 82nd
Street, a short walk or bike ride to booming Cleveland Clinic and University
Circle (Sullivan Bruck). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

A site that’s been on Marous Development Group‘s to-do list for 15 years is finally on its getting done list. Located on the north side of Chester Avenue, between East 81st and 82nd streets, a 1.6-acre piece of vacant land is proposed for the construction of another in a series of modern apartment buildings for Upper Chester in Cleveland.

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