Sherwin-Williams outlines new HQ parking plan

With its West 3rd Street façade looking nearly finished today, the parking garage at
Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters had been a subject of debate inside and out of
the company. This week, company officials outlined its headquarters parking plan
which will have an effect on Downtown Cleveland’s parking situation and
future developments (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

This week, Sherwin-Williams released a parking plan for workers at its new Downtown Cleveland headquarters that is due to open sometime in mid-2025. The parking plan was provided to the nearly 3,500 headquarters employees to answer their commuting questions, although the impacts of the plan will effect other workers, residents and visitors in the western part of downtown.

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St. Theodosius Cathedral begins its long recovery

To stabilize St. Theodosius Cathedral following its May 28 fire, the landmark
onion-shaped dome was removed from the top of the structure (Phil Bowman).
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Plans for shoring up the structure of St. Theodosius Cathedral, 733 Starkweather Ave., in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, to prevent its collapse following last week’s devastating fire were submitted to the city. The plans included close-up photographs of the extensive damage caused by the accidental May 28 fire. The photos were filed with the city today and published here by NEOtrans.

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Cleveland seeks one big grant for lakefront connector, Shoreway Blvd, multimodal station

 Looking east from West 3rd Street, there are multiple barriers between Downtown
Cleveland’s central business district, at right, and the Lake Erie waterfront, to the
left. They include the Shoreway highway, visible above the trees, and the access
ramps to it are in the foreground. Most of these features are due to go away if
the city is able to secure federal funds to afford it (Google).
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In one of the largest single federal grant requests ever by the city of Cleveland, Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration is seeking $268 million from the federal government to tackle four main lakefront improvement projects simultaneously. The projects, which include reconfiguring the Shoreway highway into a boulevard with intersections, have the backing of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Cuyahoga County and others.

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State lawmakers support some stadium funding

Due to its higher cost and smaller host city, constructing a new multi-purpose
stadium in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park may depend more so on state
funding than a rebuild of Cleveland Browns Stadium on downtown’s lakefront.
And it appears that at least some state funding is forthcoming, source said
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A new multi-purpose stadium sought by the owners of the Cleveland Browns in suburban Brook Park appears to be growing legs thanks to a willingness by state lawmakers to fund a significant portion of the stadium’s construction costs. The biggest questions at this time are how much state funding may be forthcoming and will it make a big enough dent in the public sector side of the financial equation.

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Hough’s Rainey Institute to be civic incubator

The Eleanor Rainey Institute on East 55th Street in Cleveland is proposed to
become a co-working space and business/civic incubator run by the Cliquepoint
Data Foundation. The building at the corner of East 55th  and Dibble Avenue is
due to be renovated and expanded with a large addition put on the back of the
structure (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

For 120 years, a settlement house at 1523 E. 55th St. has served the philanthropic needs of Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. Following a planned $2 million structural renovation and expansion by the Cliquepoint Data Foundation, it will continue to serve the community albeit in a different capacity.

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St. Ignatius High breaks ground on DiSanto Hall

Construction officially got underway yesterday on a $40 million renovation and
construction project at St. Ignatius High School, next to its Wasmer Field. The
renovated library and added classrooms, locker rooms, offices and more
(Perspectus). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Shovels hit the soil yesterday at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood in a groundbreaking ceremony for a renovated and expanded academic building to be called DiSanto Hall. The building, when complete in the Fall 2025, is being named for the project’s largest donor Fred DiSanto and his wife Brittan.

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Downtown’s 800 Superior for sale, big tenant leaving

Through its owners rep, National General Insurance announced today that it will not
seek a renewal of its office lease with an Allstate affiliate that owns the 23-story 800
Superior building. Allstate owns National General and is putting the building up for
sale. It's the latest shake-up of the office market in Downtown Cleveland and
nationwide in the wake of the pandemic that introduced many to remote
working (CBRE Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Today, CBRE Cleveland announced that is listing the 23-story 800 Superior office tower in Downtown Cleveland for sale and said one of the property's largest tenants, National General Insurance likely will not renew its lease at the building when it expires in two years. Meanwhile a spokesman for insurer AmTrust Financial, which is the building's other large tenant, said it intends to stay at the building. Both companies have naming rights on the building.

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