Countywide zoning sought to aid development

Transit oriented development isn’t limited to rail station areas. It can also be built along high-
frequency bus lines like Cleveland Clinic’s North Campus expansion of Fairview Hospital
where Cleveland meets Fairview Park (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Most municipalities in Cuyahoga County were built-out decades ago, limiting opportunities to offer newer, more competitive housing and build a stronger tax base without raising taxes. The few remaining places for development are infill sites for which many communities lack zoning to develop them.

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Lakewood’s latest car dealership swap

Where Steve Barry Buick’s showroom stood on the north side of Detroit Avenue at Brockley
Avenue in Lakewood now is a 66-unit apartment building with a yet-to-be-leased ground-
floor retail space (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Until the first decade of this century, Detroit Avenue in Lakewood had a half-dozen car dealerships along it. Today, they’re all gone after having closed or moved to exurban highway interchanges.

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Slavic Village eyes transformation

The Slavic Village Neighborhood Plan represents the culmination of a series of outreach
events involving diverse members of the community (Slavic Village Development).
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On Friday, City Planning Commission approved not one, but two transformative plans developed alongside each other for Cleveland’s Slavic Village — which hasn’t seen a comprehensive neighborhood plan in almost two decades.

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Housing, health hold hope for Hough

Construction on a single-family infill home by Cleveland Bricks wraps up on East 84th Street
north of Chester Avenue (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

While Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood has been the target of redevelopment efforts for decades, new momentum from public and private players could accelerate the area’s comeback.

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Film studio campus planned for Euclid

A conceptual rendering of a film studio proposed in Euclid. This graphic shows the administra-
tive offices and one of the film/sound stages but three more stages are planned as additions to
the right (Christopher A. Lobas & Associates). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Getting ready for its close-up is a mid-sized film studio campus planned by an experienced filmmaker in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid. The goal for the filmmaker, Northeast Ohio native and Ingalls & Co. CEO James Ingalls II, is to transform Greater Cleveland into “a premier cinematic hub.”

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ORRIS townhomes open in Rocky River

Only five ORRIS townhomes front Center Ridge Road in Rocky River. The other
20 units are set behind in a large lot near shopping, schools and parks (TKG).
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A collection of new luxury rental townhomes is now open and move-in ready at ORRIS, 22601 Center Ridge Rd., Rocky River. Developed by The Krueger Group (TKG), this phase-two expansion of the ORRIS development adds 25 townhomes to offer single-family living in a maintenance-free rental setting.

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Warner & Swasey groundbreaking arrived

Officials gathered yesterday for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the renovation and
mixed-use repurposing of the long-vacant Warner & Swasey factory in Cleveland’s
Midtown district. But the actual site preparations began months before (NEOtrans).
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Although site preparations have been underway since winter, now the repair, recovery and rebuilding work begins on the redevelopment of the long-vacant Warner & Swasey factory, 5701 Carnegie Ave., in Cleveland’s MidTown neighborhood.

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