Lakefront master developer is chosen

This lakefront development masterplan, created in the last three years, will be updated
to include the redevelopment of the 25 acres on which Huntington Bank Field, seen
as a white box here (FO). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A company with a great deal of development experience in Greater Cleveland, including having a hand in the relocation of the Cleveland Browns to suburban Brook Park, was named today as the master developer of Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront that encompasses the current Browns stadium site.

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Ten Cuyahoga County developments win Ohio historic preservation credits

West Side Market stands at the center of the bustling Market District in Cleveland’s
Ohio City neighborhood. And its continued renovation got a $5 million boost today
in the form of Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits (NEOtrans).
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Ten redevelopment projects in Cuyahoga County were awarded historic preservation tax credits today by the Ohio Department of Development. In total, those represent nearly one-third of all winning projects statewide and two Cleveland projects won the $5 million maximum of historic credits.

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Euclid seeks redo of former church site

A small portion of the former St. Robert Church property is visible here at the corner of
Lakeshore Boulevard and East 238th Street in Euclid. The property wraps around the
house at far-right and extends south 1,000 feet to Elmwood Drive (Google).
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One of Euclid’s largest undeveloped properties may not lay fallow much longer. After the former St. Robert Bellamine Church, located at 23802 Lake Shore Blvd., closed 15 years ago, the site is finally being put on a path to redemption.

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Canon Healthcare USA HQ comes into focus

At just seven years ago, the former IBM Explorys building is still young. But new owner
Canon Healthcare USA has big changes in store for the structure to accommodate the
imaging business and its equipment (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. 

After nearly a year since it acquired an office building in Cleveland’s University Circle and two years since it announced a partnership with Cleveland Clinic, Canon Healthcare USA has now revealed that it is moving forward with modifications to that office building for its headquarters.

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Clinic to coach healthy cooking at new kitchen

A rendering of the planned new teaching kitchen at the Langston Hughes Community
Health and Education Center in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood (RPMI).
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A large number of a hospital’s patients are treated for avoidable health problems, with many of those traced to what we eat. For many of us, we didn’t learn enough about healthy foods or how to prepare them. Or we simply forgot in our grab-n-go, fast-food culture.

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Richmond mall redo, Old Brooklyn bank jobs get Port financing

Belle Oaks, a planned mixed-use redevelopment of the former Richmond Town Square
shopping mall in Richmond Heights, got port financing to advance its development
(Bialosky). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Board of Directors today approved $55 million in bonds for apartments and retail space at the site of the former Richmond Mall in Richmond Heights and $6 million in bonds for new housing planned for Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood.

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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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