Monday, November 17, 2025

Progress Pics: Cleveland Clinic advances on largest-ever building

Construction crews shuffle between floors at the Cleveland Clinic’s new Neurological
Institute (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland Clinic is pushing closer to completion on a collection of new facilities across three different buildings. On Carnegie Avenue between East 89th and 90th streets, the 1-million-square-foot Neurological Institute has topped out with façade work nearly complete.

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Downtown AC Hotel construction to start

Renovations will start in about two months to convert the Holiday Inn Express in Down-
town Cleveland into the first AC Hotel by Marriott located in the city’s central business
district. This entrance on Euclid Avenue will be closed for the duration of the con-
struction work (SA Group). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Condominium owners and other tenants of the historic New England Building, 629 Euclid Ave., got word this week that renovations will start soon to convert just over half of the building from a Holiday Inn Express into an AC Hotel by Marriott. This will be the first AC Hotel in Downtown Cleveland.

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Warner & Swasey, Westinghouse redevelopments get Port financing

The five-story Warner & Swasey building at left and the eight-story Westinghouse
building at right are east- and west-side redevelopment stories that preserve Cleve-
land’s historical identity for new roles in the city’s post-industrial future
 (GLSD, AODK). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s Board of Directors today approved financing actions supporting two of Cleveland’s long-proposed major redevelopment projects. And it also approved a land transfer today to advance the Irishtown Bend Park in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood.

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Progress Pics: Lakewood Common fills ‘The Pit’

The former Lakewood Hospital site is cleared in preparation for the Lakewood
Common mixed-use development, from the corner of Detroit Avenue and Belle
Avenue (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Though the $119 million Lakewood Common project celebrated its groundbreaking in late September, the former Lakewood Hospital site has remained dormant for more than a month.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Tech firm expands in Downtown Cleveland

Data integration firm NE2NE expanded into new offices on the third floor of Downtown
Cleveland’s Caxton Building on Huron Road, seen here from its intersection with
Prospect Avenue. (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Growing technology company NE2NE today announced the opening of its new headquarters in the historic Caxton Building, 812 Huron Rd., in Downtown Cleveland. This move marks a significant milestone in the young company’s journey and a renewed commitment to fostering community and innovation in its hometown.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame and Museum gets new home

A grand-opening ceremony will be held next week for the Urban Community School’s
new Roundstone Athletic Center on West 47th Street on the city’s West Side
 (Kaczmar). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

After more than a year of construction, the Urban Community School today announced that it is scheduled to open the Roundstone Athletic Center (RAC) with a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 21.

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Monday, November 10, 2025

River Recycling plant to be rebuilt

Although difficult to see from Bradley Road in summer time, River Recycling Industries,
Inc. will be more visible this winter, especially as demolition and reconstruction work
take place following a destructive fire in September (Google).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A start-from-scratch rebuilding project was launched today following a late-September fire at River Recycling Industries, Inc., 4195 Bradley Rd., in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. The fire ignited multiple rounds of live bullets that were among spent casings to be recycled along with a propane tank that exploded.

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