Although some finishing touches are still coming, The Park in Cleveland’s Tremont is welcoming its first tenants in a setting that offers 1.5 acres of green space featuring walking paths, native landscaping and amazing views of Downtown Cleveland. This is one half of the L-shaped building. Plus, a second phase with for-sale townhomes could someday rise on the land to the right (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Apartment leasing is off to a brisk start
It’s like a secret hidden behind a 19th century Cleveland neighborhood, found only by wandering the back streets of Tremont’s Lincoln Heights section. And just when you’re wondering if you made a wrong turn, The Park jumps out at you like a surprise.
The secluded location of the latest apartment community in Tremont is why such a large, developable piece of land remained available for so long and why it’s a marketing bonanza for its development team, led by Property Advisors Group, design-builder Geis Companies and property manager RHM Real Estate Group.
A grand-opening party for The Park, 1851 Brevier Ave., was held yesterday evening as some of the first residents of the building were coming home from work. The new, five-story, 112,473-square-foot apartment building received its certificate of occupancy from the city on July 14.
Leasing began at the end of May and, so far, the 107-unit, market-rate apartment building is about 40 percent leased — a pace that pleases Brad Nosan, vice president of leasing and acquisitions at Property Advisors Group of Beachwood.
Lobby of The Park apartments in Tremont’s Lincoln Heights section. To the right is a rotating gallery of contemporary art just outside of the mail/packages room (NEOtrans).
“It’s not bad,” he said during a tour of the building. “We’re getting a steady flow of people through the building. Tours are by appointment and people can call or register online, including for a video tour if you’re out of town.”
All of the apartments have either one or two bedrooms and each has an open-floor concept connecting the kitchens and living rooms. The units have modern finishes, in-suite washers and driers, Juliet balconies and big windows.
The smallest unit is a 550-square-foot, one-bedroom unit offered at $1,303. The largest is a two-bedroom, corner suite measuring 1,158 square feet and available for $2,357. There are also large one-bedroom apartments offering more than 800 square feet, according to The Park’s Web site.
“Apartment 503 is the model suite and that’s the one of the smallest units we have at 640 square feet,” Nosan said.
The model apartment on the fifth floor of The Park shows its open floor concept, contemporary finishes and Juliet balcony with a view to the west (NEOtrans).
The highlight of a tour is the amenity-laden community room and outdoor deck on the top floor of the north wing. Its view of downtown is unobstructed and likely to stay that way because the view is across the wide valleys for Walworth Run and the Cuyahoga River. This common space has a lending library, outdoor sauna, TVs, and beer tap.
The Park was the result of three things. First was the fact that the large site was never developed, even in Cleveland’s peak years during the Gilded Age. The site had a man-made pond that used to “flush” a downstream hog slaughterhouse in the mid- to late-1800s. By the mid-1900s, as Cleveland’s growth stopped, the pond naturally filled in.
Next, a community masterplan for the Lincoln Heights section, including the former pond site, was created in 2020 by Tremont West Development Corp. and its consultant Seventh Hill Design. The plan was approved by affected block clubs and the City Planning Commission.
The masterplan included multifamily uses, townhomes, greenspace and a trail linking West 25th Street to Scranton Road via Brevier. All of those things were built or under construction as part of The Park development, including five townhomes so far by Marks Building Co. of Stow. More townhomes are planned.
A highlight of the building is the top-floor community room and outdoor deck which has a sauna whose doors reflect The Park’s unobstructed view of Downtown Cleveland (NEOtrans).
Then, in April 2021, the 3.55-acre ex-pond property was sold by the Animal Protective League which has a shelter next door. Acquiring it was Knez Homes who then sold it in 2023 to a partnership led by Property Advisors Group. Knez typically develops single-family homes and that market had soured by then.
Construction on the apartment building, then called the Lincoln Heights Apartments, began in November 2023. The irregularly shaped site and the neighborhood development masterplan proscribing greenspace required a unique site plan that threaded a new driveway under The Park.
The driveway links Brevier Avenue to the north and to a narrow, one-way Lamoille Court to the south. There is resident parking under the building and alongside it. The site also offers 1.5 acres of permanent greenspace with walking-biking trails.
The Park has an L-shaped footprint with a lobby and a talking elevator at the corner where the two wings meet. The lobby has a glassy leasing office on one side and a mail/packages room on the other. There is also a kitchen and coffee bar in the lobby, with furniture still to be delivered.
The top-floor community room has games, a lending library, kitchen, comfortable seating, TVs and a beer tap (NEOtrans).
Nosan pointed out an art gallery in the lobby with new pieces displayed every few months by Hedge Gallery, based at the 78th Street Studios in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. Residents can buy any of the pieces of art displayed by scanning a QR code next to the gallery in The Park’s lobby, he said.
A dog wash/spa is next to the lobby in this pet-friendly building. In the opposite direction from the dog wash/spa is the fitness center with its colorful ceiling and large windows overlooking the down-sloping greenspace and walking path to the south. The southern exposure also means lots of natural light.
While Marks Construction builds townhomes next door, a second phase of The Park is planned by the same team that delivered the apartment building. That second phase would have 21 for-sale townhomes on 1 acre of land south of the first phase, according to plans approved by the city.
But Nosan said there’s no timeline yet for building the second phase. “Is that the market now?” he said. “It does seem like it’s coming back so we’ll see.”
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