Midtown Lofts advances with support, concerns

NRP Group’s Midtown Lofts will be designed similarly to another project by NRP — A
Place For Us apartments at Madison Avenue and West 116th Street in Cleveland. Mid-
town Lofts will have two four-story buildings like this and will be marketed to families
and others who earn up to 80 percent of the area’s median income (Google).
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Asiatown was a neighborhood that was on the upswing 20 years ago. There were new restaurants, shopping venues like Asia Plaza, Tyler Village and other commercial developments, multiple new housing offerings such as the Asian Evergreen and Body Block Arcade apartments, plus several longstanding grocers including Dave’s Market, 3301 Payne Ave., had renovated their properties.

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Port OK’s $92M for Cleveland, Brecksville projects

Thanks to financing from the Port of Cleveland, a new AC Marriott Hotel at Valor Acres
in Brecksville is due to start construction as early as next month. The $42.9 million hotel
will add to the mixed-use offerings at Greater Cleveland’s newest lifestyle center
 (Meyers+Associates). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A trio of projects — two in Cleveland and one in Brecksville — got a total of $92 million in financing approved by the Port of Cleveland to help get them closer to construction. Two are mixed-use housing developments in Cleveland totaling 355 residential units. The third is a new, 136-room AC Marriott hotel at Valor Acres, the former Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital site in Brecksville.

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Capitol Theatre may need a new plot written

The Capitol Theatre, with its marquee facing West 65th Street in Cleveland’s
Gordon Square neighborhood, has an uncertain future. A new board was
formed to help make that future more certain and more enjoyable for the
community (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

It’s a tough time for the film industry, and an even tougher time for historic theaters like the Capitol Theatre, 1390 W. 65th St., trying to pay its bills. The 104-year-old venue in Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District has an uncertain future regardless of its owner trying to spin the creation of a Capitol Theatre Stewardship Board as “an exciting new chapter” in a press release issued today.

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Industrial user lined up for Highland Hills site

An empty street in an undeveloped part of suburban Highland Hills is attractive to an
industrial user seeking a rare, large patch of Cuyahoga County land. The land, seen here
across Millcreek Boulevard, is being sold, cleaned up and added to a joint development
zone with the city of Cleveland (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

NEOtrans has learned that the developer of a 30-acre spread of land in suburban Highland Hills isn’t marketing the assembled parcels to a new, job-rich end-user. The reason is that the developer already has one lined up for the land, located in the 22700 block of Millcreek Blvd.

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Bedrock to add steam plant site to Riverfront plans

Bedrock Real Estate wants to demolish at least part of this closed steam heating plant
for its Riverfront redevelopment in Downtown Cleveland. The fate of the four-story
building in the foreground remains unclear. Meanwhile, the Greater Cleveland Re-
gional Transit Authority plans to refurbish its Canal Road overpass, at left, as
early as next year (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

If you like what Bedrock Real Estate has planned for its huge Riverfront Development in Downtown Cleveland, expect more of it at the site currently occupied by closed Cleveland Thermal steam heating plant, 2274 Canal Rd. That’s what public records reveal in the application for Ohio Brownfields Program funding that was awarded last week. But not all of the steam plant may be affected.

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CVSR pursues Downtown Cleveland link with CSX

CSX Transportation Inc. pulled up its railroad tracks into Downtown Cleveland north
of the Lorain-Carnegie Hope Memorial Bridge, which is where this view was captured
on May 29. However, south of the bridge, the tracks were still in place as of yesterday.
At left is the new Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center including a
practice facility for the Cleveland Cavaliers (Mark Schwinn).
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On March 16, family, friends and colleagues of Thomas V. Chema received horrible news. The 78-year-old leader of civic causes and institutions died suddenly at his home in Downtown Cleveland. Chema was in the midst of excitedly pursuing his latest civic endeavor — the extension of Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad trains into downtown.

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Great Lakes Brewing Co. looks to the suburbs, again

This is the location near the Columbia Road-Interstate 90 interchange in Westlake to
which Great Lakes Brewing Company reportedly could move. Although it’s not a
done deal yet and Cleveland city officials are trying to keep the brewer and its
200 jobs in the city (LoopNet). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In the latest episode of “where are they looking now,” Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC) reportedly has its eye on a site in suburban Westlake near the Interstate 90-Columbia Road interchange for a new craft beer production facility. But the deal isn’t done and the city of Cleveland reportedly is striving to keep one of Ohio’s largest craft brewers in the city.

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