Food biz feasts on East Side expansion

At the northeast corner of East 55th Street and Central Avenue in Cleveland,
plans are coming together for the expansion of a food service manufacturing
plant by repurposing and expanding the former Goodwill Industries building,
later used briefly by the Wahconah Group Inc. (LoopNet).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

A food service business that’s barely two years old has nearly outgrown its 120,000-square-foot building in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood and is already making plans for expansion. Such growth is an increasingly common story for food sector businesses located on the city’s near-East Side, especially from Midtown south to Slavic Village, generally along East 55th Street.

READ MORE

Old Play House gets May 16 curtain call

 The vacant, former home of the Cleveland Play House in the Fairfax
neighborhood is the subject of a community meeting scheduled to be
held next month. Owner Cleveland Clinic plans to demolish the com-
plex for one or more possible uses that will be discussed at the
meeting (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. will host a public meeting to gather community input on what to do with the vacant former home of the Cleveland Play House (CPH), 8500 Euclid Ave. The meeting is part of a larger effort by the community development corporation and the Clinic to refine a multi-billion-dollar construction masterplan for the health system’s Main Campus.

READ MORE

Near West Side continues to boom

Looking south on West 20th Street from near the Norfolk Southern
railroad tracks, the West 20th Apartments would continue to add to the
growing housing density of the Lincoln Heights section of Cleveland’s
Tremont. The first level along this wing of the building is proposed to be
enclosed parking (GLSD). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

If it’s Tuesday, then the West Side must be adding another apartment building. With remarkable frequency, Tremont, Ohio City and other near-west-side Cleveland neighborhoods continue to attract new residential developments. And given the current tight state of the local real estate market, that means more apartments. Lots of them.

READ MORE

Evergreen plants itself in fertile ground

Representing a million-dollar investment, the new home of Evergreen
Podcasts on St. Clair Avenue, just east of downtown, will do more than
support this new technology company. It’s also home to two other new-
start businesses. And the principals hope to turn the neighboring proper-
ties in to a creative hub (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

When Michael DeAloia shows off the new home of Evergreen Podcasts, there’s an air of entrepreneurial energy and optimism in the place. Crafted out of the former radio studios and offices of WZZP/WDOK-FM at 2644 St. Clair Ave., the fresh smell of paint and carpet pushed around by the action of people coming and going makes the building feel reinvigorated. That aura extends to the surrounding area on the east side of downtown.

READ MORE

New Hough apartment complex for sale

The Axis at Ansel is next to University Circle which was named by USA
Today in 2021 as the “Best Arts District” in the country. The district con-
tinues to be recognized as a prestigious, yet accessible community to live,
 work and play (Colliers). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

If there’s any building that shows the strength of the housing market in Cleveland’s University Circe, it’s the Axis at Ansel which is now for sale. Despite starting with two strikes against it, the developer hit a leasing home run. And now Signet Real Estate Group of Akron hopes to close out the game by selling the 163-unit apartment building and possibly use the sale proceeds for its next project in the booming area.

READ MORE

Seeds & Sprouts XXIII — IMG moving, Flats South, Analiza, May Dugan, Mens’ Shelter expanding

IMG Group is reportedly moving from
one for-sale downtown Cleveland property
to another that’s also for sale (Hertz).
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

In this article:

• IMG Group reportedly moving nearby
• Flats South redevelopment activity increasing
• Life sciences biz expands at Tyler Village
• May Dugan Center, Men’s Shelter expanding

READ MORE

Bridgeworks design to be re-refined

This stone-built garage at the west end of the Detroit-Superior Bridge
in Cleveland’s Ohio City is proposed to be demolished to make way
for a 15-story mixed-use high-rise building here. But demolition plans
for the Bridgeworks tower were denied and its developers advised to
incorporate features from the Art Deco-designed garage into the plan
(Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM

Development team members of a proposed high rise in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood are going back to the drawing board again. While this redesign may be less significant than the last one, done to bring Bridgeworks’ costs in line with available financing, its impact on the residential-hotel-retail project’s $60+ million budget is not yet known.

READ MORE