Midline redevelopment district announced

Officials gathered today to announce the Midline Priority Investment Area, a major rede-
velopment initiative of Cleveland’s near-East Side, amid the backdrop of old, decayed
industrial sites that will be razed to make way for new jobs and opportunity (NEOtrans).
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Cleveland’s largest industrial redevelopment in its history, dubbed the Midline Priority Investment Area, was announced today as an effort to transform the city’s near-East Side into a job hub and community greenway.

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The Vibe financing OK’d, Fall start ID’d

The six-story Hanover House and the lobby for The Vibe development are seen here
next to the Ohio City Firehouse in Cleveland’s Hingetown enclave (Vocon).
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With financing approved, the developer of Ohio City’s largest new-construction project in four years has an eye toward fall for a groundbreaking date of The Vibe, 2828 Clinton Ave., in Cleveland’s Hingetown enclave.

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CSU’s Woodling transformation may hit $60M

From the outside, the 1970s windowless bunker Woodling Gym is unidentifiable. It’s doubtful
that anyone who hasn’t attended or competed against Cleveland State University would know
where it is. But this view of Woodling, from between Chester and Euclid Avenues looking
west towards the 1970s iconic Rhodes Tower, provides some orientation (Google).
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A request from Cleveland State University (CSU) has gone out in search of qualified design teams to transform the 53-year-old Woodling Gymnasium, 2420 Chester Ave., into a modern, competitive facility. The request notes that the project budget for Woodling’s transformation could range from $30 million to $60 million.

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Music Settlement breaks ground on $12M expansion

This rendering illustrates the south façade of the planned Mandel Music House. Its design
was revised to use a lighter color to visually transition between the addition and a historic
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On Friday, The Music Settlement (TMS) held an official groundbreaking for a $12 million expansion of its campus in University Circle. The project will restore and expand the historic Gries House, 1560 Mistletoe Dr., into the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Music House.

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Next TOD project planned on Red Line

The Lorain West Apartments are proposed to be located on its namesake street near the
Lorain-West 65th Red Line rail station. (RDL). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

One by one, the many used-car dealerships along Lorain Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side are going away. For the most part, they are getting replaced with new multifamily housing developments and that’s what’s proposed to happen again.

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St. Luke’s Church begins interior demo at Memphis & Pearl

At Memphis Avenue and Pearl Road, the demolition of two historic commercial buildings could
make way for a mixed-use development featuring 84 apartments over ground-level retail
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At the center of Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, $2.34 million in interior demolition work is set to begin for Memphis & Pearl — a $42.3 million mixed-use development that could add 84 apartments next to retail uses in a renovated St. Luke’s Church.

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Part 2: The Yellow Brick Road of Cleveland’s East Side

A significant research laboratory is planned by the Cleveland Clinic and other partners at the
southeast corner of Opportunity Corridor Boulevard and East 79th Street where a fading
neighborhood stood until recently. At left is the elevated Norfolk Southern railroad, along-
side which the East Side Trail is proposed. This is an unofficial rendering but is based
on conceptual parameters for the project (Google/ChatGPT/NEOtrans).
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Elton John once sang “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” when his songwriter Bernie Taupin bid adieu to city living in his ambitious, fast life, trading it for the quiet lifestyle of tending to a rural farm. Cleveland is heading in the opposite direction by welcoming the start of a new journey.

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