Cleveland AGA Building to fuel start-ups

This is the original 1925-built American Gas Association Appliance Testing
Laboratory on East 62nd Street. This building and its two additions are the
subject of a nearly $3 million renovation effort by local entrepreneurs who
want to move their growing e-commerce textile business here as well as
help other aspiring entrepreneurs realize their dreams (Google).
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Like many of Cleveland’s historic but vacant commercial buildings, the former American Gas Association (AGA) laboratory in Cleveland’s St. Clair-Superior neighborhood is about to get renovated for a new use. Unlike many other buildings, this one isn’t being converted into apartments. Instead, its new uses are intended to create long-term jobs and new businesses, especially among young women and minorities.

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Port of Cleveland OKs $32M in site upgrades

The Port of Cleveland is the only container port on the Great Lakes, with
bi-weekly service between Cleveland and Antwerp, Belgium on a service
called the Cleveland-Europe Express (Port of Cleveland).
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Cleveland’s international water port took a significant stride this week toward the future as its board approved the allocation of $32.1 million in federal and state grants to help rehabilitate and modernize a key warehouse and upgrade electrical infrastructure at its General Cargo Terminal. This strategic move will ensure ongoing efficiency of port facilities and prepare the port for upcoming electrification efforts.

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Cleveland seeks developers for Slavic Village school site

A boarded-up Fullerton Elementary School, shortly before it was demolished.
This now-cleared, 2.6-acre site is being offered for redevelopment by the
city of Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District
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A site in Cleveland’s Slavic Village that has hosted school facilities for the last 127 years could host a new use in the coming years depending on the response to a request for qualifications (RFQ) from prospective developers. That RFQ was issued this week by the city of Cleveland’s Department of Community Development, in partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD).

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Browns owners buying 176 acres in Brook Park

This is the 210-acre Forward Innovation Center-West in the Cleveland suburb
of Brook Park, next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Several sources
say the owners of the Cleveland Browns are acquiring most of this property, lead-
ing to speculation that this site could be the location of a new football stadium
and supportive development, absent an intensified effort by the city of Cleve-
land to retain them (Weston). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The owners of the Cleveland Browns football team have reportedly reached a purchase agreement to acquire a large piece of land in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park, leading to speculation that the Browns could leave the city of Cleveland for the second time in the team’s 78-year history.

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Cleveland’s MLK Plaza redevelopment plans revealed

The 52-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza in Cleveland’s Hough neigh-
borhood is due to be demolished for 118 apartments, 24 townhomes and
ground-floor retail/commercial spaces at Wade Park Avenue and Craw-
ford  Road (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARE THEM.

During a rezoning hearing for the redevelopment of Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, 9300 Wade Park Ave. in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood, the developer revealed her plans for the site. Those plans show the plaza would be demolished for a sizable, mixed-use development that could provide 142 residential units, both multi-family and single family, plus at least 15 leasable spaces for commercial tenants.

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Downtown Cleveland skyscraper sold to NY firm with big retail portfolio

In a sale due to close next month, a New York-based real estate investment
firm is near to taking possession of downtown Cleveland’s third-tallest sky-
scraper, 200 Public Square. Separately, a parking company is buying the
tower’s garage, not visible behind the building (Adam Greene).
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According to two sources, Downtown Cleveland’s third-tallest skyscraper has been sold to a New York-based company that has more than its share of cheap or faded retail properties including many in Ohio. But the parking garage for the skyscraper, 200 Public Square, was reportedly sold separately to a buyer in Chicago that owns downtown parking properties nationwide, one of the sources said.

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Flats luxury finally coming home

A dozen luxury townhomes in Cleveland’s Flats are planned at the bottom
of the hillside along Carter Road just east of Columbus Road. This view is
looking west from the existing Lake Link Trail, toward Columbus Road and
the Regional Transit Authority viaduct. The Cuyahoga River is at right, just
out of view (Horton Harper). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

It’s the type of housing development that could not be achieved in Cleveland’s Flats until now. And the proof of that statement rests with the multiple prior attempts at developing this site. While there’s still a ways to go, a big step forward was made on Friday when City Planning Commission’s Design Review Committee approved the construction of luxury housing and a retaining wall along Carter Road.

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