Rockefeller buyer has big plans for site

The Rockefeller Building was the tallest building in Cleveland when the first phase of it was
built in 1905. It was added onto at left in 1910 and remained an office building until several
years ago. While its redevelopment has been elusive, there is some light at the end of the
tunnel or, in this case, ramp (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

We may be only a few weeks away from learning more details about a possible sale of Downtown Cleveland’s historic Rockefeller Building. But the grapevine is already buzzing as to what might happen after a sale is closed.

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Circle North fuels Glenville momentum

The second phase of NRP’s Churchill Gateway project rises on Churchill Avenue in Cleve-
land’s Glenville neighborhood (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Five years ago, NEOtrans reported that a development boom in Glenville’s Circle North district had reached nearly “every block.” Despite an economic environment which had slowed construction activity, that momentum seems to be making a comeback.

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Why Hopkins Airport may regain hub

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has the most international travelers of any non-hub
or non-focus-city airport east of the Mississippi River. Yet this is Cleveland’s only nonstop
transatlantic flight, a near-daily Aer Lingus round trip to Dublin, Ireland. In the background
is Concourse D which, as of next year, will have been abandoned for as long as the 12 years
it was in use (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Eleven years ago, United ended its hub operation at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, leaving the 1999-built Terminal D vacant and relinquishing some of the airport’s remaining gates to expansion by low-fare airlines.

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Lakewood developments come into focus

The façade of Westline apartments nears completion on Detroit Ave (Harrison Whittaker).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In October, NEOtrans’ inaugural Progress Pics article featured exclusive construction photos of Lakewood’s Westline apartments.

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Filling the lakefront void left by the Browns

The North Coast Yard is a pop-up park created on city-owned lakefront land, north of
Huntington Bank Field and next to the Steamship William G. Mather Museum. Al-
though temporary, its recreational uses are are the types of public-space programming
that can be expected in a redevelopment of Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront after
the stadium is demolished (NCWDC). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Among the objectives in redeveloping Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront is to fill the physical and economic void to be left by Huntington Bank Field and their main attraction, the Cleveland Browns. That was one of the insights shared by the chief of the North Coast Waterfront Development Corp. (NCWDC) at yesterday’s Planning Commission meeting.

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Warner & Swasey revival is a go

A building that was left for dead many times over the past four decades displayed a hopeful
message for the first time in a long time last night under a full moon. A timetable for its
recovery was projected onto the long-vacant Warner & Swasey building on Carnegie
Avenue (MidTown Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Warner & Swasey co-developers Pennrose and MidTown Cleveland today announced the closing of the last gap in the financing for the $64 million redevelopment of the historic factory, located at 5701 Carnegie Ave. in Cleveland’s MidTown neighborhood.

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Tremont hillside mixed-use vision at risk

As seen from the Interstate 90-Inner Belt bridge, the Tremont hillside land above the
Cuyahoga River includes a flat “shelf” where the dump truck and piles of aggregate
are located. It was the site of a railroad yard for 125 years and is proposed to be re-
developed with mixed uses (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A potentially massive mixed-use development at the north end of Cleveland’s vibrant Tremont neighborhood, next to the Towpath Trail and overlooking the Cuyahoga River, may be on hold for a while. Instead, if there is a hillside development here, it could be mostly commercial — at least for the foreseeable future.

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