Cleveland Council OKs Browns settlement

Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront could look very different in a decade or less, following City
Council’s approval of a settlement that lets the Cleveland Browns leave for suburban Brook
Park and pays for the stadium’s demolition. In a couple of weeks, we may hear what replaces
the stadium and surrounding parking lots (FO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

With a 13-2 vote tonight, Cleveland City Council authorized a proposed settlement agreement between Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration and the Haslam Sports Group (HSG), owners of the Cleveland Browns football team. The deal involved some last-minute negotiations as it wasn’t even on council’s agenda earlier today.

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Cavs’ practice facility marks start of riverfront transformation

The Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center will host practice facilities for
the Cleveland Cavaliers (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In 2021, Detroit-based developer Bedrock first announced its plans to develop a long-neglected portion of the Cuyahoga riverfront with 35 acres of mixed-use development and green space. While the project was originally planned to be completed in phases over two to three decades, company executives now believe they can deliver it within 5-10 years.

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Heights developments reach new heights

Gateway North will offer 351 beds for John Carroll University students atop a Trader Joe’s
grocery store at the entrance to the college in University Heights (Ian McDaniel).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

This snowy edition of Progress Pics highlights the multiple developments under construction around the eastern suburbs. In total, several hundred residential units are set to open next year in Cleveland Heights, University Heights, Shaker Heights and Richmond Heights alone.

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Cleveland among fastest warming cities in USA

Enjoying outdoor events later the season has become possible in Cleveland due to climate change.
Here, the St. Ignatius High School soccer team plays at Cleveland State University’s Krenzler
Field on a sunny, mild October day (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Despite the snowy Thanksgiving holiday, Cleveland’s status as a climate refuge got a warm review thanks to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the last decade, only three U.S. cities’ climates warmed faster than Cleveland’s, according to the new data.

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Haslam-Cleveland lakefront deal delayed

Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront looks very different without anything there but green-
fields — be it a pro football stadium, a Shoreway bridge across the railroad tracks, or
parking lots encroaching on a big city’s waterfront. But this is what it could look like
by the early 2030s. The question of what will replace these longtime features will
be answered next month (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

One deadline has passed. Another is about to. And a third is coming up. But by the end of the year, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration hopes to have a much more coherent vision of Downtown Cleveland lakefront development whose private-sector investment could exceed $1 billion — with a capital B.

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Apartments arriving ‘soon’ at RTA station

With additional financial support in place, financing is near to closing for the Depot on
Detroit apartments, just west of the West Boulevard-Cudell transit station on Cleve-
land’s West Side (City Architecture). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Like any new large new development with multiple sources of public and private financing, Depot on Detroit is taking a long time to get rolling. But at long last, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it isn’t a train.

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CSU Fenn Tower, Hall renovations to start

A lot of construction will be happening here in the coming years. Not only is the 22-story
Fenn Tower to be renovated, but the brutalist Science Building at left will be expanded
with a new addition facing Euclid Avenue and Fenn Hall redeveloped to add a Bio-
medical Discovery Complex. Behind the Science Building is the four-story
Fenn Hall (CSU). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland State University (CSU) today announced the renovation of two of its most historic buildings. Fenn Tower, one of the campus’s most recognizable landmarks, and Fenn Hall, home to many of CSU’s STEM-related teaching and research labs are the focus of more than $100 million of planned investment.

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