New Huntington Bank Field officially starts construction

At today’s groundbreaking ceremony, officials discuss the new Huntington Bank Field
in suburban Brook Park. From left is play-by-play radio announcer for the Cleveland
Browns Andrew Siciliano, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell, and Cleveland Browns majority owner Jimmy Haslam (contributed).
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The Haslam Sports Group (HSG) alongside a joint venture of AECOM Hunt, Turner Construction Company and architect HKS officially broke ground today for the new Huntington Bank Field, the future home of the Cleveland Browns starting with the 2029 National Football League (NFL) season.

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Hub 27 boosts affordable housing construction on Near West Side

Site prep begins for Hub 27’s phase one apartment building which will add 53 units of work-
force housing in the BVQ District (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

On Cleveland’s near-West Side, the Clark-Fulton neighborhood is getting an infusion of affordable housing with the first phase of Hub 27 under construction in the BVQ (Barber-Vega-Queen avenues) District and continued progress at the Walton Senior Apartments on Clark Avenue.

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Rockefeller Building secured by K&D

The 17-story Rockefeller Building on Superior Avenue in Downtown Cleveland has a
new opportunity facing it as K&D Group took title to the property today (NEOtrans).
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As first reported by NEOtrans earlier this month, K&D Group said it would seek $6 million worth of “make-safe” repairs to Downtown Cleveland’s vandalized Rockefeller Building after it took title to it. But it began shoring up the Gilded Age edifice on the very day the sale closed.

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Cleveland has Ohio’s highest apartment rents

The Collins Apartments on Carter Road is one of two major developments to open in
the past year on Scranton Peninsula in Cleveland’s Flats. But it wasn’t enough to
meet Greater Cleveland’s demand for more multifamily units (NEOtrans).
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A new report released today by international real estate firm Colliers shows that multifamily development in Greater Cleveland isn’t keeping up with demand. The result is that average rents in the Cleveland area are now the highest of any metro area in the state.

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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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