Next Progressive Field renovations to start

Renderings of the three concession stands after they are renovated into the Market
by Progressive Field’s food and beverage contractor Delaware North (Rossetti).
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Demolition work is about to begin at selective locations throughout Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Guardians baseball team. This represents the start of the third and final phase of more than $200 million worth of renovations to the 31-year-old ballpark, located at 2401 Ontario St. in Downtown Cleveland.

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Westinghouse redevelopment wins city love

This view looks north along West 58th Street, once a street of heavy industry,
toward the vacant Westinghouse plant at the end. Today, the street is lined
with $600,000-plus townhomes and apartments leasing for from $1,500
 to $3,500 (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

City support came from several directions today for the redevelopment of the long-vacant Westinghouse plant, 1200 W. 58th St. in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. But more is needed in order to finalize the redevelopment financing package and design work for the project.

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Haslams-Cleveland deal gets first airing

Just about everything visible in this Downtown Cleveland lakefront view is due to
be erased in less than a decade. Not only does that include Huntington Bank Field
but the Waterfront Line station, the blue Shoreway bridge at right and even the West
3rd Street bridge from which this streetview was captured. West 3rd’s bridge will be
replaced with a span that accommodates a new lakefront boulevard (Google).
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Cleveland’s Design-Review Committee of the City Planning Commission was the first committee tasked by City Council to hear details on the proposed settlement between the city and the owners of the Cleveland Browns football team. But it was clear from some members that the deal left them wanting — for more details, more money and more time.

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Westinghouse redo phases announced

A conceptual rendering of what the former Westinghouse plant near Edgewater Park
in Cleveland would look like after all components of a phase-one redevelopment
are completed (AODK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Confirming a report first published by NEOtrans in July, a development group today announced their phased-approach plans to redevelop the vacant, former Westinghouse plant overlooking the West Shoreway. They also detailed upcoming steps that need to be taken in order to start construction on phase 1A in early 2026.

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Cuyahoga = Vinton; Every Ohio county gets $1M in Brownfield grants in 2026

Cleveland and some of its inner-ring suburbs are filled with Brownfield sites. It has so
many that the entire Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program could be used each year to
clean up and help repurpose these sites left over from the Gilded Age when Cuyahoga
County was an industrial giant (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cuyahoga County, once an industrial giant on a global scale, is trying to remake itself in America’s post-industrial economy. That remake is burdened by literally hundreds of properties awaiting environmental assessment and clean-up from more than a century of unregulated manufacturing.

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Townhouse construction hits the Marks

Five townhomes rise on Brevier Avenue in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. When
these are complete, Marks Building Co. will build three more across the street
(Marks Building). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In Greater Cleveland, there’s new life in the townhouse market after a recent slump. And in the City of Cleveland, there’s a new builder tapping into that rekindled market interest in new and remodeled townhouses.

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Highland Hills to gain large advanced manufacturing facilities

Up to 400,000 square feet of industrial space is due to be constructed
 starting early next year on 30 acres of land in suburban Highland
(Cresco). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

An Independence-based development firm yesterday closed on acquiring a large parcel of land in the eastern suburb of Highland Hills and plans to start construction early next year of up to 400,000 square feet of facilities to accommodate one or more manufacturing tenants.

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