Clinic’s megaprojects construction are on time

Construction workers labor atop what will be the Cleveland Clinic’s largest-ever build-
ing — the new Neurological Institute rising on Carnegie Avenue. It is one of several
major building projects underway right now at the Clinic’s Main Campus near Uni-
versity Circle in Cleveland (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Clinic’s three major construction projects at its Main Campus near Cleveland’s University Circle are progressing on or close to schedule, according to a Clinic spokesperson. However, at this point, it appears that any follow-on projects at or near the Main Campus may not be happening for a while, according to two sources familiar with the Clinic’s capital planning.

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Port OKs $170M financing for major projects

The $128 million first phase of Valor Acres, on the site of a former Veterans Admini-
stration hospital in suburban Brecksville, won financing today from the Port of
Cleveland’s board of directors. Up to $93 million in bonds were provided to
help build nearly 437,000 of housing, retail and offices (DiGeronimo).
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The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s board of directors today approved $170 million in bond financing to fuel a series of high-impact projects, including a large redevelopment of land that contained a former Veterans Administration facility, a major manufacturing expansion, and refinancing bonds for a nonprofit school that will free up more resources for more renovations.

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Great Lakes Brewing revisits Scranton Peninsula move

Something similar to this concept for development on Cleveland’s Scranton Peninsula
could again be part of the Great Lakes Brewing Company’s future after abandoning
plans to move to a site in suburban Avon. This vision dates from 2017 when the
microbrewer bought land along the Cuyahoga River for an expanded production
plant and tasting room (Coburn). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

NEOtrans has learned that one of Ohio’s oldest craft brewers is not only seeking to remain in Cleveland but is dusting off old plans to move its production facilities to Scranton Peninsula in Cleveland’s Flats. Sources familiar with the Great Lakes Brewing Company’s (GLBC) plans said that if public assistance can be found to provide enough developable land for the company’s expansion, it will likely relocate there.

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Walton Apts seeks to restore Clark’s walkability

The Walton Apartments, a proposed 52-unit affordable housing development for
seniors, is planned on a vacant lot on Clark Avenue, next to a Rally’s fast-food
restaurant at Fulton Road. City planners said they hoped the project will lead
more although few developments have been economically feasible here in
recent years (RDL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A planned affordable senior housing development at 3517 Walton Ave. in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood won universal praise Friday from the City Planning Commission. In fact, the commission considered it a potential game-changer for the neighborhood and especially Clark Avenue which, in this growing La Villa Hispana community, is lined with car-centric land use patterns, making it pedestrian-unfriendly.

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Tremont townhouses on Towpath put on slow path

The proposed Jefferson Hill Townhomes in Cleveland’s Tremont were on a roll
but the City Planning Commission urged the developer to get more feedback
from the neighborhood before coming back them for approval of their plans.
This view looks southerly from the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and
the Towpath Trail (Payto). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A unique townhouse development, one of the first that would be built directly facing the Towpath Trail, was on a fast path toward design approval and a zoning change. But City Planning Commission members decided that that path was a little too fast for it and urged that the developer and its architect go back and get more input from the neighborhood first.

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Metroparks’ sailing center officially announced

The Patrick S. Parker Community Sailing Center at the East 55th Street Marina in
Cleveland is about to begin construction thanks to the generosity of numerous
Cleveland-area individuals and organizations (Cleveland Metroparks).
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Cleveland Metroparks today officially revealed plans for the Patrick S. Parker Community Sailing Center, a community center coming to the East 55th Street Marina in Cleveland. The Sailing Center will be the first of its kind along Lake Erie in Ohio, providing unprecedented public access and sailing opportunities to the region.

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Samsel Supply to close its doors after 66 years

Samsel Supply Co.’s former properties along Old River Road in Cleveland’s Flats were
recently planned to be redeveloped with a wellness hotel. But the maritime supply
company that thrived within those venerable buildings for decades will be no
more (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When they sold their properties on Old River Road in Cleveland’s Flats East Bank to a developer nearly three years ago, Samsel family members had declined to answer where they would relocate their commercial supply business, Samsel Supply Company. No one else in local real estate circles seemed to know either. Turns out the reason was a simple one that few had considered — they’re not relocating. They’re closing.

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