Buyer emerges for prime TOD site

At the northeast corner of West 117th Street and Berea Road, and next to the Red Line train sta-
tion in the background, is a self-storage property that’s being acquired by a national self-storage
company. So it’s likely to remain a storage facility despite past efforts to redevelop it with tran-
sit-supportive housing and mixed uses (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A Michigan-based self-storage company that has been expanding its property holdings in Ohio is adding another. This time it’s a property that’s been courted for decades by developers and planners as a potential site for Transit Oriented Development (TOD).

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Scranton Peninsula makes space for 1,000 residents

Triton at the Flats nears completion on Scranton Peninsula next to Downtown
Cleveland (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In 2024, Cleveland’s Scranton Peninsula was home to a single resident. Now the construction of 609 homes ranging from studio to 3-bedroom apartments creates enough residential capacity for more than a thousand.

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Rafih Auto Group Development OK’d

Rafih Auto Group’s new home plus associated retail and office developments near the Inter-
state 90-Nagel Road interchange were approved by Avon Planning Commission this week,
opening the door to luxury auto dealerships to relocate from Cuyahoga County. The inter-
section of Chester and Jaycox roads is at the bottom of this image (Cresco).
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Two luxury car dealerships that first sought to redevelop part of Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted are now heading to Avon in Lorain County instead. It’s the latest symptom of urban sprawl that’s driving high-profile Cuyahoga County businesses into the collar counties.

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Sherwin-Williams HQ boosts office market

Occupancy of the new Sherwin-Williams HQ beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025 gave
a brief boost to Greater Cleveland’s office market which has been sagging since before
the pandemic (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although the occupancy of Sherwin-Williams’ new 1-million-square-foot headquarters downtown has caused a brief boost to Greater Cleveland’s office market, a new report showed that longer-term, structural changes to the market are causing it to return to more pre-pandemic conditions.

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Bedrock Riverfront development evolves

Construction is happening on Bedrock Real Estate developments in Downtown Cleveland,
from the Rock Block seen here, to the Riverfront. But despite a masterplan approved less
than a year ago, some of the developments envisioned for the 38 acres of downtown land
Bedrock owns appear to be changing (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

According to sources and a recent presentation by Rock Entertainment Group CEO Nic Barlage, Bedrock Real Estate’s Downtown Cleveland Riverfront plans are flowing like the Cuyahoga River, below the ice and out of sight. But the revisions reveal the desire of Rock Ventures owner Dan Gilbert to deliver tangible progress sooner than originally planned.

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West 25th bus lanes to move forward

Despite the opposition of some businesses in Ohio City’s Market District, GCRTA and City
of Cleveland officials pledged to move forward with plans to replace 55 on-street parking
spaces with bus-only lanes and traffic calming features, with or without a hoped-for
federal grant that could be announced as early as next month. (GCRTA).
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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) officials today said they intend to move forward with plans to build bus-only lanes on West 25th Street through Ohio City’s Market District as part of its MetroHealth Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) from Detroit Avenue south to Old Brooklyn.

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Five affordable senior housing developments emerge across Cleveland

Puritas Senior Apartments rises behind single-family homes on West 145th Street in Cleveland’s
Jefferson neighborhood (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

As the new year opens to a snowy start, a flurry of local construction activity is bringing four ongoing senior apartment projects totaling over 200 units closer to completion. A fifth, the 55-unit Hough Senior Living, has started site preparation after closing on financing.

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