Cosm Cleveland rises at the northeast corner of Huron Road and East 4th Street in Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District (Harrison Whittaker).
Progress Pics: Cosm, Peak Performance Center, Meet Me Here Park, more
In Downtown Cleveland’s Gateway District, Cosm’s vertical construction is moving along — fast. The massive “shared reality” entertainment venue, being developed as part of Bedrock’s Rock Block, would stream sports events on a nearly 100-foot, 12k-resolution LED dome.
While the development is addressed as 522 E. Prospect Ave., the building will front Huron Road, directly across from Rocket Arena — owned by one of Bedrock’s sister companies.
A pedestrian plaza is planned on the north side of the building, stretching from East 4th Street to the East 6th walkway. An 81-space surface parking lot fronting Prospect would fill the northern section of the development site.
Construction at Cosm Cleveland, looking east from the Jack Casino South Garage with Rocket Arena at right (Harrison Whittaker).
Cosm Cleveland was designed by Rossetti, a Detroit-based architectural firm. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is undertaking its construction.
Several other placemaking efforts are moving forward across the Gateway District. At the northeast corner of Ontario Street and Huron Road, the 30,000-square-foot Meet Me Here Park is already getting ready to open despite being revealed less than four months ago.
Looking south from the casino garage, the newly-built Meet Me Here Park is nearly ready for its June 19 opening ceremony (Harrison Whittaker).
Featuring an NBA-sized basketball court, the park’s opening is scheduled for Friday, June 19 — the 10-year anniversary of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship win.
Permits for the new park describe it as a “temporary” installation. While no details have been provided, earlier rumors suggested the land could be used as a future development site.
Directly in front of the new park, a section of Huron Road and Prospect Avenue now have a two-way bike lane — added as part of the street pair’s one-way conversion last year.
Dead space on either side of the bike lane on Huron Road will be transformed with murals in the coming weeks (Harrison Whittaker).
This summer, the intersection of the two streets will be transformed by murals lining the pavement on both sides of the bikeway. The work is being funded by a $100,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative.
The street art will be designed by local muralist Ryan Jaenke. Work is expected to be completed in June and July.
A new Eagle Avenue ramp is being constructed to connect the Global Peak Performance Center, right, to the Gateway District (Harrison Whittaker).
Meanwhile, the first of Bedrock’s riverfront developments is moving closer to completion at the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center.
The 210,000-square-foot facility — expected to be one of the largest training facilities in the world upon opening — will serve as the new headquarters of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
To connect the structure in the Flats to the Gateway District above, Eagle Avenue is being restored as a steeply sloping street to carry automobile, bike and pedestrian traffic.
The Global Peak Performance Center sits on the eastern banks of the Cuyahoga River. It is only Phase 1A of a broader riverfront masterplan (Harrison Whittaker).
The Global Peak Performance Center was designed by Populous, a Kansas City-based architectural firm. Whiting-Turner is the project’s general contractor.
On the western banks of the Cuyahoga River, the $100 million Irishtown Bend Park is making visible progress. After the Port of Cleveland completed hillside stabilization work in February, the project changed hands to the Cleveland Metroparks.
The under-construction Irishtown Bend Park, as seen from the window of a train on GCRTA’s Red Line (Harrison Whittaker).
The current phase of the project includes the construction of the final missing segment of the Centennial Lake Link Trail, which connects the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail to the Great Lakes. That phase is expected to wrap up in summer of 2027.
Construction on the rest of the park will occur between 2027 and 2029.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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