County’s biggest-ever project gets OK’d

A rendering of the proposed Cuyahoga County Central Services Campus in Garfield
Heights, as seen from Transportation Boulevard. More of the jail exists behind the
tree and the publicly  accessible and office-oriented portion (Cuyahoga County).
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With a vote by a Justice Center steering committee today, Cuyahoga County Council got the recommendation it needed to formally and legally approve construction tomorrow on a new $894.26 million Central Services Campus corrections center in suburban Garfield Heights.

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Cleveland’s fastest-changing neighborhood isn’t where you think

The Women Religious Archives Collaborative Heritage Center started rising in Cleve-
land’s Campus District after the nearby St. Vincent Charity Medical Center closed its
doors (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

University Circle and Ohio City might be Cleveland’s most recognizable development hotspots. But in the southern Campus District, which straddles the Central neighborhood and eastern edge of downtown, a handful of large-scale demolitions and relocations are setting up more than 50 acres for redevelopment next door to the central business district.

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Ohio City residential developments advance

Revival Residential’s Ambler Apartments rise on West 26th
Street (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, the spring season is well underway — and so are numerous apartment complexes, ranging from ground-up construction projects to residential conversions of historic buildings.

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Wellman-Seaver-Morgan plant reactivation plan revealed

Before Mother Nature reclaims it, funding is being secured to reactivate the former
Wellman-Seaver-Morgan factory on Cleveland’s East Side for a new commercial
end user (Taco Slayer Aerial). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A clearer picture is emerging of the planned redevelopment of the large, historic Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering Co. manufacturing plant, 7000 Central Ave., where Cleveland’s Fairfax and Central neighborhoods meet.

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AmTrust to relocate most downtown office workers to Mayfield Hts.

AmTrust Financial will be vacating the red-bricked 800 Superior and moving north up
East 9th Street to the darker, glassy AECOM Building to the upper-right of its current
home (CBRE). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

NEOtrans has learned that AmTrust Financial is vacating its current Downtown Cleveland offices and moving most of its 600 jobs to the suburbs. One result of this big shake-up of office properties is that the 23-story 800 Superior building downtown will be left mostly empty by year’s end.

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Capitol Theatre upgrade projected

Being able to show the latest movies in the best possible resolution will help the
Capitol Theatre compete for more films and more customers (NEOtrans).
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Northwest Neighborhoods CDC (NWN) was awarded a $50,000 Community Development Supplemental Grant (CDSG) from Cuyahoga County to fund a new digital projector in Auditorium No. 1 at the 105-year-old Capitol Theatre.

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Suburb to milk ideas for dairy’s redevelopment

The most significant remaining portion of the Hillside Dairy in Cleveland Heights is this long
structure along the west side Warrensville Road, between Mayfield and Noble roads in an
area called the Mayfield Triangle (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The reason why the city is leading it is because the Mayfield Triangle, a roughly 6.3-acre swath of land bound by Mayfield, Noble and Warrensville Center roads, is owned principally by the city. And, in Ohio, municipal governments determine how land is used in their jurisdictions.

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