County secures funding for Fresh Water Institute

In Cleveland’s post-industrial era, good and bad remnants of that era endure such as
this steel mill ore dock along the Cuyahoga River at Scranton Peninsula, where more
than 600 housing units are under construction in the shadows of Downtown Cleve-
land’s skyscrapers. Addressing the freshwater impacts and opportunities of those
good and bad legacies is among the charges of Cuyahoga County’s new Fresh
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Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne announced a $250,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation to support the creation of a Fresh Water Institute in Greater Cleveland. He made the announcement yesterday during the Climate Leadership Conference in Downtown Cleveland.

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Cleveland’s Denison Manor may get rehabbed

Denison Manor Apartments and the Kleinschnitz Building at right are a few feet east
of the intersection of Denison and Lorain avenues in Cleveland’s West Boulevard
neighborhood. Its owner, a Long Island, NY investor, intends to turn its sub-
sidized apartments into larger, more marketable units (Google).
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An historic apartment building set near one of the west side’s most important intersections is proposed to get a major renovation by its new owner. The Denison Manor Apartments, 3206 W. 100th St. in Cleveland’s West Boulevard neighborhood, could get its interiors completely rebuilt to offer larger, more marketable, subsidized apartments. But work reportedly began without securing the proper permits and the city ordered the work halted.

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Cohen to name its Downtown HQ tower

In Downtown Cleveland, Cohen & Co. intends to rename the Playhouse Square
office tower formerly known as the Renaissance Center and later as US Bank
Centre (Stratus). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

With accounting and consulting firm Cohen & Co. growing its office staff in Downtown Cleveland and US Bank reducing its, there’s going to be a change at the top of the former Renaissance Center at Playhouse Square. Superior naming rights to the 1990-built, 16-story office building US Bank Centre, 1350 Euclid Ave., is going to pass to Cohen.

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Cleveland-area affordable housing wins financing

The Walton Senior Apartments is proposed to be built on a vacant lot
on Clark Avenue with access from Walton Avenue, west of Fulton
Road. This project won conditional approval from the state for
the coveted 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (RDL).
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While only one proposed affordable housing development in Cuyahoga County was awarded the coveted 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from the state, four others in the county got conditional approval, putting them in a good position to get financing in the near future. All five developments, if built, would add 247 total units of affordable housing in the county.

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Lakewood church may be razed for senior apartments

The 106-year-old Lakewood Baptist Church on Detroit Avenue faces demolition
by a local developer which seeks to raze the church for a senior apartment build-
ing while retaining and expanding the day center that uses the school building
in back (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The days may be numbered for the historic Lakewood Baptist Church, 14321 Detroit Ave., just east of Downtown Lakewood. A Cleveland-based developer has at least an option to purchase the property and has notified two tenants of the church-school complex of its pending redevelopment into senior apartments.

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Urban Community School plans new athletic facility

Proposed on Urban Community School’s expanding campus in Cleveland, where
Ohio City meets the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, is a new 30,000-square-
foot athletic facility. It is being sought to address space constraints in the growing
programs of Near West Recreation and other campus partners (Kaczmar).
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When you’re in expansion mode, it’s a pretty good indication that you’re doing something right. Urban Community School’s (UCS) latest manifestation of it doing something right could soon appear at its growing campus where Cleveland’s Ohio City meets the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.

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Old treasures find new home in Tremont

Tim Yanko, left, and Dwight Kaczmarek, owners of All Things For You vintage
shop, stand out front of their store’s new location on West 14th Street in South
Tremont. After a sizable investment in the neighborhood, the partners are
getting ready for their grand opening weekend June 1 (Dan Milner).
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Nine months after extensive flooding forced the closure their award-winning vintage shop on Lorain Avenue in Ohio city, Tim Yanko and Dwight Kaczmarek shared their excitement in welcoming All Things For You back to the near-West Side community. The partners’ new store is opening June 1 in South Tremont.

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