Tremont hillside development plan regains life

This is a massing for two multi-family buildings proposed by J Roc Develop-
ment just downslope from the Towpath Trail in Cleveland’s Tremont neighbor-
hood. This rendering suggests that buildings built to a proposed maximum
height of 60 feet would not block views of downtown from the trail and the
homes south of it. A massing is a mostly featureless box showing the potential
scale of conceptual buildings in a proposed development (J Roc).
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A large, proposed redevelopment of former industrial and railroad lands on a hillside in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood is showing renewed signs of life after a court battle was settled in December. That settlement involved land being divvied up so a rezoning can move forward and an asphalt plant can continue to operate. If the land is rezoned by City Council, a mostly residential development can proceed — next to the asphalt plant.

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Cleveland’s Select Medical Fairhill Hospital to see major rehab

The three-story Select Medical Fairhill Hospital will be converted into a
32-bed rehabilitation facility as part of a $12 million renovation project
(Select Medical). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Just uphill from the Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, Select Medical Fairhill Hospital is seeking a significant renovation and partial conversion of its recovery-care hospital to provide rehabilitation services. The fate of this facility was unknown after Select Medical recently closed another facility near Downtown Cleveland.

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State launches All Ohio Future Fund to support new development projects

Up to $750 million is available from the Ohio Department of Development
to help with infrastructure costs to make potential job-producing sites ready
for new development (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik yesterday announced $750 million in funding is now available to assist communities with infrastructure costs to create project-ready economic development sites.

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Haslams keep options open for Brook Park site

In Brook Park, the Forward Innovation Center-West may or may not be the
site of a future Cleveland Browns stadium. But it would figure into the final
destination of the stadium two sources said, potentially by allowing the
United States Postal Service distribution facility near Downtown Cleveland
to be relocated to here. An Amazon distribution center is visible in the
background (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

NEOtrans’ scoop last week that the owners of the Cleveland Browns are reportedly buying a 176-acre parcel in suburban Brook Park led to a flurry of discussion about what that means since the sources didn’t say why. The most obvious speculation is that the land is for a new stadium venue for home games for the National Football League franchise. But that may be only partly true. Instead, one option is to apparently use it as part of a land trade for a stadium.

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Cleveland getting 10 new nonstops from Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines will add in May direct flights to 10 cities, including several
currently lacking nonstops, in addition to the direct flights to New York-
LaGuardia and Minneapolis-St. Paul it announced last month (By
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New nonstop air service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) will be offered by Frontier Airlines to 10 additional destinations starting this May. Those destinations include New Orleans, Jacksonville, Houston, Myrtle Beach, Austin, Charleston, Savannah, Salt Lake City, Pensacola and Baltimore.

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Cleveland wins grants for Public Square, Ohio City public spaces

Downtown residents and visitors gather on Cleveland’s Public Square on
Christmas Eve 2023 to take in the holiday lighting. With the weather too
warm for the ice rink to be open, there was nothing else to do except walk
around and take photographs. There were no performers, vendors or other
ways for the visitors to interact with this public space at the heart of
the city (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A pair of $100,000 grants were awarded to improve two public spaces in Cleveland that are visited by people from throughout the metropolitan area and beyond. The grants were awarded by the New York City-based Project for Public Spaces from funding originally provided by the General Motors Corp. to offer more inclusive, welcoming environments.

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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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