Tick Tock Tavern leased by Sausalito On 9th owner

The former Tick Tock Tavern space in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood was
leased by Saravanan Chandrababu, owner of Downtown Cleveland’s Sausalito
on Ninth. Interior work is due to start soon as an interior demolition plan was
approved by the city (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A public record filed this week provided the first indication that the space which housed the Tick Tock Tavern in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood has a new lease on life. The owner of Downtown Cleveland’s Sausalito on Ninth was notified by the city that his plan to start renovating the recently closed, eight-decade-old tavern was approved.

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Charter bus operator to offer Midwest routes

Cleveland will be linked by bus to Akron, Columbus, Toledo and Detroit with direct,
one-seat rides plus other cities through connections to other routes (GOGO).
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Starting this summer, GOGO Charters will begin offering regularly scheduled, daily bus services from Cleveland as part of a 15-city Midwest expansion. The new service promises fares as low as $10 for those who book early, similar to Megabus which operated popular routes to Cleveland prior to the pandemic.

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Cleveland soccer stadium to move forward

Looking south from the Inner Belt (Interstate 90) bridges, this revised proposal for a
Downtown Cleveland soccer stadium was announced today with the intentions of
getting it built before the October end of the 2026 Major League Soccer Next PRO
season. The view is disorienting because the downtown skyline is in the opposite
direction (CSG). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Soccer Group (CSG) today announced plans to build a stadium to host men’s and women’s professional soccer games in Cleveland in 2026, with the proposed development of a new 10,000-seat South Gateway Stadium in Downtown Cleveland. This is intended to coincide with a new announcement in the coming weeks regarding Cleveland securing a new women’s pro soccer team.

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McCafferty site redevelopment in Ohio City revealed

An early conceptual rendering of the potential size and shape of the senior affordable
housing proposed for the McCafferty Center site, as seen at the northeast corner of
Lorain Avenue and West 44th Street in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood
(City Architecture). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Six weeks ago, city officials announced that they had picked Pennrose, LLC and its proposal to build senior affordable apartments on the current site of the Thomas F. McCafferty Health Center, 4242 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. Now, with a Pennrose-led development team submitting to the state its application for Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for the project, the public can see the developer’s proposed plan.

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GCRTA orders trains for Shaker-Waterfront lines

New trains for all three rail lines in the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
system have been ordered from manufacturer Siemens Mobility. The first trains could
start appearing in Cleveland for testing and training next year, but they won’t begin
 regular service until 2027 (GCRTA). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has exercised an option to order an additional 18 new Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) from Siemens Mobility to replace their aging fleet of trains, according to GCRTA and Siemens today. This adds to previous orders, allowing GCRTA to, at minimum, provide a base-level of service on all three of its rail transit lines by 2028.

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Staff reductions to hit Sherwin-Williams HQ

Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters tower just west of Public Square in Downtown
Cleveland is due to open later this year. But there may be fewer employees moving
to it from the old HQ several blocks away, according to employees who say the
company is reducing JQ staff (The Sherwin-Williams Company).
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With Sherwin-Williams due to move into its new headquarters tower in Downtown Cleveland later this year, there may be fewer managers making that move. That’s according to two company sources who told NEOtrans on the condition of anonymity that Sherwin-Williams is downsizing its headquarters staff, primarily through early retirements and/or voluntary layoffs.

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Shaker Square demolition to avail housing site

An early concept for a multi-family building on the southeast corner of Cleveland’s Shaker
Square district was shared with the Landmarks Commission prior to its approval of the
demolition of a decayed retail strip facing Van Aken Boulevard at right, and Drexmore
Road at left (Paran). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although the demolition of an historic retail strip in Cleveland’s Shaker Square district was on Landmarks Commission’s docket, much of the panel’s discussion focused on what might follow the demolition. Ultimately, the commission unanimously approved razing the two-structured Van Aken Plaza located at 2742-2782 Van Aken Blvd. for a landscaped greenspace — for now.

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