Red Chimney restaurant to be razed

On Aug. 5, 2025, this smoky fire broke out in a second-floor apartment above the Red
Chimney Restaurant in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. The building is
structurally but not economically salvageable, so it will be demolished before
summer (Tony Brancatelli). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

If the beloved Red Chimney Restaurant was a luxury establishment in a vibrant, thriving neighborhood, the economics might favor its rebuilding following an Aug. 5, 2025 fire that was confined to a second-floor apartment at the back of the building where the blaze began.

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Clinic’s trauma center plan gets $50M

The Cleveland Clinic Main Campus’ existing Emergency Department on Cedar Avenue
does not have trauma rating. The Clinic and the Mandel Foundation would like to
change that (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Cleveland Clinic’s Community Bridge to Care Initiative announced receiving a $50 million grant today from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation. That grant will, among other things, help the health care system expand its Emergency Department and possibly gain a Level I trauma rating at its Main Campus.

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Restoring density to Euclid Ave.

Triton at the Flats is Silver Hills' first project in its home town. Its next project looks to
be taller and more 'senior' (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A clearer picture is emerging of Silver Hills’ proposed mixed-use development at 8014 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood after a project description was recently submitted to the city. NEOtrans broke the news of Silver Hills’ latest Cleveland development more than two weeks ago.

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Commercial foreclosure business is booming

In Downtown Cleveland, multiple buildings in receivership can be seen from Euclid Avenue and
East 12th Street, starting with the reddish Statler Arms apartments. Not only is it in foreclosure,
but so is 925 Euclid at left and Reserve Square, seen in the distance at right. Recently, LIV
Cleveland, originally the Chesterfield Apartments next to Reserve Square, was in fore-
closure, too (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

When a company expands in an already busy market, the inference is that the company expects the market to get even busier. Unfortunately, that may be the case with the commercial property market where foreclosures keep coming and more receivers are getting appointed by courts to hire real estate brokers.

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The 50+ acres in play next to downtown, but few are talking about it

There’s a lot to unpack in this photo at East 24th Street and Central Avenue. First is the Nurses
Home arched doorway, a survivor from multiple demolitions of St. Vincent Charity Hospital,
leaving a vacant lot at far left. In the center beyond the fence are piles of rubble from another
demolition, that of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center. And at far right is a corner
of the 22-acre Olde Cedar public housing and may be demolished, too. Downtown Cleveland
is in the distance (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Mega-redevelopment sites are emerging all around Downtown Cleveland. There’s the 50-acre lakefront site that includes the to-be-demolished Huntington Bank Field. There’s the nearly 40-acre Bedrock Riverfront site. There’s the 62-acre ex-Lake Shore Power Plant site just east of downtown. And there’s the 450-acre site that now contains Burke Lakefront Airport.

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ODOT approves funding for several Cuyahoga County projects

Road and rail construction in Cuyahoga County will benefit from state funding approved this
week by the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Transportation Review Advisory Council.
In 2020, the Opportunity Corridor Boulevard was getting built above while the light-rail
tracks of the Blue and Green Lines were getting rebuilt west of Shaker Square (GCRTA).
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On Wednesday, the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) released its latest list of construction commitments for transportation infrastructure throughout the state. Over $60 million is allocated to four projects in Cuyahoga county expected to begin construction within the year.

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Settling into Sherwin-Williams’ new HQ

Employees are settling into Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters tower, fronted by its
pavilion on Cleveland’s Public Square. And like any new building, they’re still working
out the kinks as evidenced by the HVAC contractor’s van parked out front (NEOtrans).
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On any given day, you’re bound to see a contractor’s truck or a repair van parked outside of Sherwin-Williams’ brand-new headquarters on the northwest side of Public Square, in Downtown Cleveland.

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