Hopkins Airport remake about to take flight

This view is looking southwesterly along a new Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
roadway with the new terminal on the right to be built where the existing “smart garage”
is located today. At left is a new ground transportation center with parking for 6,000 cars,
shuttle bus boarding areas and a Red Line rapid transit train station (Corgan).
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Mayor Justin Bibb and Port Control Director Bryant Francis unveiled plans and action steps today for a $1.6 billion first-phase, five-step program of improvements to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in the next seven years, representing the start of more phases to come. The improvements come as Hopkins celebrates its 100th birthday this year.

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Ohio City’s north end of W. 25th to get refresh

The Nelson Block in the foreground and the Case Building next door on West 25th
Street in Ohio City were acquired by new owners in recent months for renovation
with new uses. Both are across the street from the Irishtown Bend Park site whose
hillside is first being stabilized (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Out goes the Hulett Hotel proposal. In comes a couple of redevelopment projects intended to reinvigorate the north end of West 25th Street in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, dubbed Hingetown. It is one of the last sections of West 25th in Ohio City whose historic buildings have yet to be renovated and redeveloped. All it took was a $110 million hillside-public park project across the street to help seal the deal.

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Walz Library-Karam Senior Living gets city OK

At long last, construction is about to get underway on the new Walz Branch of the
Cleveland Public Library and, above it, Karam Senior Living affordable apartments in
in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. It is one of several major construction
projects emerging in this area (Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

It’s a $34 million project nearly six years in the making. But after a pandemic, a sharp increase in construction costs, pursuits of additional financing and working out a complicated development partnership to build essentially two buildings in one, construction is finally in sight for the new Walz Branch Library topped by Karam Senior Living apartments.

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GSA confirms Celebrezze Federal Building to be sold

The Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, one of Downtown Cleveland’s largest
buildings as measured in square feet, will be disposed of by the federal government.
The 1.2-million-square-foot building is slightly more than half-full with about 4,000
workers on-site (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced it will initiate a public sale of the 32-story Anthony J. Celebrezze (AJC) Federal Building, 1240 E 9th St, in Downtown Cleveland that could potentially save more than $430 million in total annual operating costs.

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Office leasing cools in first quarter of 2025

Newmark’s latest office market report had some gloomy data on leasing activity, espe-
cially for Cleveland’s central business district, while noting some potential positives
and negatives going forward (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Greater Cleveland’s office market in the first quarter of this year saw its second-lowest amount of leasing activity, as measured in square feet, in the last 16 years since the Great Recession. Only the fourth quarter of 2021, following the pandemic and the rise of remote working, saw less leasing activity locally since 2009.

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Ronayne seeks $350M to renovate lakefront stadium

The Cleveland Browns football team plays their home games at Huntington Bank
Field on Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront in a stadium built 26 years ago. The city
of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County leaders want to renovate the stadium to keep
the team and all of its hospitality-related activities downtown (HSG).
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Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne has submitted a request for $350 million in state bonds to fund the renovation of the existing, city-owned Huntington Bank Field on Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront. He says it is a fair, affordable request that’s on par with what Cincinnati is seeking to rebuild its own existing football stadium.

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Joy Court-Old Mill Street development gets first win

Looking northeast from the intersection of Barber Avenue and West 32nd Place, the Joy
Court Townhomes at left and the Old Mill Street Apartments at right would continue the
transformation of the BVQ District of Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood (Vocon).
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There’s been lots of new housing units planned lately for the Barber-Vega-Queen (BVQ) District at the north end of Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. But none is as large as the project that just won support from the city’s Near West Design Review Committee.

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