The end of industry on Breakwater

This row of industrial buildings last used by Premium Metals Inc., as seen last August
on the south side of Breakwater Avenue in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood,
 probably won’t survive long enough to see the spring. They are the last industrial
buildings along Breakwater and are due to be leveled for a large development called
Breakwater Residences (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In the coming weeks, the last vestiges of industry along a once heavily industrialized street are due to pass into history. What will replace it is the same thing that has replaced industrial uses along the rest of Breakwater Avenue in Cleveland’s redeveloping Gordon Square neighborhood — housing. Lots of housing.

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Ex-Medical Mutual HQ sale amount ‘A great deal’

The former Medical Mutual of Ohio headquarters in Downtown Cleveland sold
earlier this month. But its sale price wasn’t publicized until the deed transfer was
recorded by the county on Christmas eve. The sale included the 10-story Rose
Building and the attached six-story Sloan Building, at left (Google).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although the buyer of the former Medical Mutual of Ohio headquarters in Downtown Cleveland publicized earlier this month it had closed on its purchase financing, they declined to reveal the transaction amount at that time. But that amount became public when the deed transfer was filed with the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer on Christmas Eve.

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Miceli Dairy to start its big expansion in spring

The first phase of Miceli Dairy Products’ expansion in Cleveland’s Buckeye-
Woodland neighborhood will build south along East 90th Street and around
two homes plus the New Zion Baptist Church, shown only as a trio of two-
dimensional rectangles along East 90th in the bottom image. New structures
include the one hosting the docked trucks and the dark-sided storage building
next to it (TMA Architects). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Miceli Dairy Products is taking the first big steps toward its multi-phase expansion vision by unveiling plans for its $16 million first phase. But when all three phases are completed in the coming years, Miceli anticipates making a $128 million investment that will bring hundreds of new jobs to Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodland neighborhood.

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Historic Carriage Co. project in Ohio City advances

The Carriage Co. redevelopment of the former Voss Industries plant by MRN Ltd.
is anticipated to liven up the south end of West 25th Street in Cleveland’s Ohio
City neighborhood (SA Group). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A slew of construction permit applications were submitted to the Cleveland Building Department last week for the redevelopment of the former Voss Industries plant, 2168 W. 25th St., in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. This $63.4 million project along with a planned bus rapid transit corridor on West 25th promises to expand the vibrancy of the Market District farther south.

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Fairview Hospital’s North Campus plan gets Rx

This massing shows the conceptual scale and placement of buildings on Fairview
Hospital’s North Campus. The new cancer center and medical office building is
proposed to be built first then the old Moll Cancer Center will be demolished
for a parking garage to replace the existing parking garage on Groveland
Avenue (CannonDesign). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although a conceptual plan for Fairview Hospital’s North Campus $150 million redevelopment won unanimous support from Cleveland Planning Commission on Friday, commissioners attached a few conditions to it. At the same meeting, the commission also recommended that Cleveland City Council approve rezoning the hospital’s properties with a more appropriate classification. The hospital is located at 18101 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland’s Kamms Corners neighborhood.

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City to invoke Modell law against Browns move

The Haslam Sports Group are advancing in their plans to relocate the venue for
their Cleveland Browns football team’s home games to suburban Brook Park.
City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County officials have vowed to stop
them (HKS). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin confirmed this week that the city will invoke the state’s Modell Law to stop the Cleveland Browns from leaving the city for a new stadium site in suburban Brook Park. He also said the city and county are in a joint effort to keep the team playing its home games downtown with Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne leading the fight.

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Projects OK’d for affordable housing loan, credits

An affordable apartment building similar to this one planned by Pivotal Housing
Partners in Buffalo, NY is sought by the same developer on West 27th Street in
Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. A second five-story senior housing

complex is also planned next door by St. Mary Development Co. (Pivotal).

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In Cleveland, one east-side housing development and one west-side development are set to receive 4-percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA). The agency announced that determination yesterday in a spreadsheet posted on its Web site. A third project won a $1.75 million OHFA loan, OHFA said in a written statement released today.

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