Weston plans huge warehouse in Euclid

In its promotions for a proposed, massive new warehouse in Euclid, Weston
Group used this rendering of its 2.1 million square foot distribution center in
Walton Halls. The Euclid warehouse will be about one-third that size, but final
plans are not yet available (LoopNet). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Keeping Euclid’s industrial facilities modern and competitive to attract new jobs is the goal of a large, new warehouse/light industrial facility called Tech Park 90 that could see construction start as early as June, said a representative of its developer, the Weston Group. Even more impressive is that the project is being pursued as a speculative development, meaning that an anchor tenant hasn’t been secured prior to Weston’s decision to move forward on it.

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Chester 82 gets thumbs up

The addition of more apartments along Chester Avenue in Cleveland’s
Hough neighborhoods will continue, this time with the addition of
Chester 82, to accommodate the growing number of workers at Cleve-
land Clinic and other University Circle-area eds-and-meds institutions
(Sullivan Bruck). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

When the Cleveland Planning Commission gave final approval of design plans on April 21 for the Chester 82 development, 1898 E. 82nd St., it coincided with the federal government’s release of the latest jobs data for Greater Cleveland. That data offered a reminder of why Chester 82 and other residential developments in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood are happening.

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Hulett Hotel plans make a comeback

Plans for a hotel on West 25th Street in Cleveland’s Ohio City are
returning after a six-year hiatus. Property owner Mark Raymond,
who also owns The Cleveland Hostel and Guesthouse just down
the street, and his architect will present their revised plans to
a neighborhood block club next week (Vocon).
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Six years ago, Mark Raymond planned a 25-room boutique inn called the Hulett Hotel with a mix of new construction and renovation at 1452-1468 W. 25th St. in the Hingetown section of Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood but the plan faded into memory during the pandemic. Today, he’s raising some eyebrows in the neighborhood by going bigger at a time when many real estate developers are putting construction plans on hold.

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The West Shore also rises

Looking east along the Lake Erie waterfront from the proposed Shoreway
Tower offers views of Edgewater Park, Battery Park and downtown Cleve-
land faintly in the distance. Several other lofty developments will be
visible from this new tower as properties along the West Shoreway
continue their metamorphosis from industrial to residential (EAO).
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In the coming weeks and months, the continued metamorphosis of land uses along Cleveland’s West Shoreway from industrial to residential will yield some new features that will show just how much Cleveland is changing. Several projects along the Shoreway-turned-Edgewater Parkway will be under way at roughly the same time and offer some lofty symbols about Clevelanders’ evolving regard for its often-ignored lakefront.

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GCRTA gives final OK to new rail car purchase

Although the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority approved a contract
with Siemens Mobility for these new trains, they won’t be ready to ride here
until the summer of 2026. It remains to be seen if GCRTA’s existing trains
will last that long (Siemens). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

After at least eight years of discussion and planning, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) Board Members unanimously voted to approve the Rail Car Replacement Team’s recommendation of Siemens Mobility Incorporated as the preferred vendor to replace their aging rail fleet during today’s GCRTA Board meeting. This follows a detailed presentation and committee recommendation made on April 4.

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Haslams’ major announcement(s)

One or more announcements are expected, starting in a week about the
future of downtown Cleveland’s lakefront and the Cleveland Browns’
CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea. If the results of those announce-
ments come to pass, downtown Cleveland’s lakefront and the north end of
Berea are going to look very different by the end of this decade (AoDK).
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Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Berea Mayor Cyril Kleem, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and others are due to make one or more big announcements starting next week that will include the lakefront football stadium, the Browns’ Berea campus, mixed-use developments around both plus a relocated Shoreway. The announcements will be about changes intended to activate the downtown lakefront by the end of this decade in ways it hasn’t been since the 1930s and to create a year-round fan-friendly village around the team’s suburban headquarters and practice facility, according to two sources familiar with the developments.

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Library Lofts: on time despite appearances

Library Lofts is two buildings in one — a nine-story apartment building
atop a two-story library, each with separate owners. The complicated coor-
dination between owners is one of the apparent causes of the slow pace of
construction. This photo was taken on April 9, 2023. Compare it with the
 photo below from more than six months ago on Sept. 30, 2022 (Gruver).
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Last September, construction crews in Cleveland’s University Circle appeared to be close to topping off a cast-in-place concrete podium within which a new, two-story Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library will be built and, on top of that a nine-story apartment building will rise. In the six and a half months since, one full story has been added to the podium. And, according to the project’s development team, you won’t see new stories added above it until mid-summer. By just about anyone’s book, that’s a long time getting through a story.

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