NEOtrans partners with Cleveland Magazine

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You’ve probably noticed the Cleveland Magazine logo and tag atop our articles in the past week. You’ll be seeing more of them. NEOtrans is excited to announce a new partnership with Cleveland Magazine, one of Greater Cleveland’s most important resources for the latest news on what’s happening around town in business, restaurants, government and from news-making people. It’s an opportunity for both organizations to tap into and share the latest news from veteran journalist and NEOtrans founder Ken Prendergast.

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University Circle apartments planned

As shown in this early conceptual site plan, a Cleveland real estate partnership is
considering two new buildings and renovations to two duplexes across East 118th
Street from Case Western University University’s Nobby’s Ballpark in Cleveland's
University Circle (Oliver). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although still very early on in the development process, a Greater Cleveland real estate partnership is considering building a 24-unit multi-family development in Cleveland’s University Circle and has a target date of next August for breaking ground on it. The potential development site is across East 118th Street from Case Western Reserve University’s Nobby Ballpark and next to the old East Cleveland Township Cemetery.

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Apartments-over-library gets funding boost

Despite no construction start date yet, the planned Karam Senior Apartments
atop a new Walz Branch Library in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood,
has a funding boost that could get the project closer to construction (Bialosky).
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Delayed for more than a year, the proposed Karam Senior Living apartments over a new Walz Library branch at Detroit Avenue and West 80th Street in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, just received the first of two funding boosts to address rising construction costs. While this funding, $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds awarded by the city of Cleveland, will close half of the funding gap for the residential portion, the remainder is still being finalized by Cuyahoga County. But it’s apparently enough to re-bid the project this fall to see what the construction numbers look like, officials said.

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Seeds & Sprouts 32 – Glenville library turns page, Cliff Hangers to Clifton, Microcosm Publishing expands, PB Express’ Big Creek container yard

 A rendering of what a renovated Glenville Branch of the Cleveland Public
Library could look like. The library is located at 11900 St. Clair Ave., in
Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood. The current library facility was
built in 1979 (Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

See the Glenville Branch library’s renovation plans, along with the proposed Cliff Hangers restaurant-bar on Clifton Boulevard. Meanwhile, Microcosm Publishing is expanding in Cleveland’s Lee-Miles neighborhood and PB Express trucking is planning a new shipping container terminal along the Big Creek in Old Brooklyn.

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ReadySet Surgical moves HQ to Cleveland

Lakeside Place, built more than a century ago as a garment factory in down-
town Cleveland’s Warehouse District, has been used as offices in recent
decades. Relocating its headquarters there will be ReadySet Surgical which
provides supply chain management software to more than 100 hospital
systems (LoopNet). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

ReadySet Surgical Inc., a young, fast-growing company that provides supply chain management software and cloud-based platforms to hospital systems has relocated its headquarters to Cleveland from Cincinnati, according to two different sources.

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Downtown Cleveland Inc. makes a move

Starting next year, the new home of Downtown Cleveland Inc., formerly
the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, will be 668 Euclid Ave., just a short
walk from its current home at 1010 Euclid Ave. The move is touted by
the nonprofit development corporation as putting it more in the center
of the action downtown  and will help it reduce operating costs (Yelp).
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In written statement to the media and others, Downtown Cleveland, Inc. today announced board approval of its move to a new office location next year. The decision comes after careful consideration of the organization’s operational needs and strategic goals, with the aim of bolstering visibility, enhancing accessibility for stakeholders and the community, and reinforcing its refreshed brand identity.

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Midtown developments accelerate

Funding procurement for the Warner & Swasey redevelopment has advanced
far enough to where the project is up for conceptual approval by the city this
week. Plans show the long-abandoned site will be reborn with 112 afford-
able apartments for seniors and families with a future phase offering 28
market-rate apartments. The project is considered by many to be a
catalyst for further development in Midtown (Geis).
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Long considered as the affordable and accessible place to live between downtown and University Circle, the Midtown neighborhood of Cleveland is starting to take off. Multiple development projects are under way or planned in this area, midway between two of Ohio’s largest employment hubs — the city’s central business district and its eds-and-meds hub. And a project that many consider to be the key to unlocking further development in Midtown is finally moving forward.

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