New end users of nine closed schools were identified by the City of Cleveland today to reactivate those properties with new uses including senior affordable housing, social services, retail/community event space, and other projects.

Three of the most historic buildings on Cleveland’s Flats East Bank are now available for sale. And now might be an opportune time for them to get repositioned and redeveloped with other nearby properties getting new directions, too.

While Lakewood lacks the undeveloped greenfield sites that allow outer-ring suburbs to accommodate growth through sprawl, building expansions and infill projects on vacant lots are allowing the historic streetcar suburb to grow its housing supply to meet new demand.

Today, officials and community partners celebrated the opening of the Mandel Community Trail, a $12 million, 2.7-mile off-road connection along Cleveland’s east-side lakefront between Downtown Cleveland at East 9th Street and Gordon Park at East 55th Street.

A court-appointed receiver of Downtown Cleveland’s second-largest building has opted not to select a stalking horse bidder prior to a scheduled auction to satisfy a foreclosure action.

On the same day that Cleveland State University (CSU) celebrated completing the renovation of historic Fenn Tower, another aging property at the east end of its Downtown Cleveland main campus awaits a new, unknown fate.