CHN Housing Partners and EDEN build Emerald Senior on the south side of Superior Avenue (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Progress Pics: Emerald Senior, The Davis II, Parkside Homes, more
As Glenville’s stock of older — and largely historic — buildings continues to shrink, new construction is rushing to fill some of the lost supply. Much of that development aims to cater to specific needs, such as for seniors, veterans, or individuals with disabilities.
The scattered-site Parkside Homes development addresses a slightly broader need, creating an affordable path to homeownership for households leasing one of its 55 new construction infill homes.
Developed by nonprofit CHN Housing Partners and designed by City Architecture, both of Cleveland, the new single-family residences have been completed in the East Side neighborhoods of Glenville, Hough and Buckeye-Shaker.
CHN Housing Partners’ Parkside Homes development resulted in the construction of 55 single-family homes similar to these ones on East 115th Street (Harrison Whittaker).
Meanwhile, The NRP Group of Cleveland has wrapped up construction on the second phase of the Churchill Gateway development on the site of the demolished Harry E. Davis Middle School.
Called The Davis II, the 70-unit affordable apartment building at 10526 Churchill Ave. joins the project’s 58-unit first phase, The Davis.
Units are available in one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations and are being leased to households earning 30 to 60 percent of Area Median Income (AMI).
A 70-unit affordable apartment building, The Davis II, was recently completed on Churchill Avenue (Harrison Whittaker).
The Davis II was approved for a $1.75 million housing development loan from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) in December 2024. It won competitive 9-percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) earlier that year.
Columbus-based MA Design was the building’s architect. Construction was completed in-house by NRP — the developer has its own general-contracting arm.
Directly north of it, a proposed mixed-use development called Gold Coast Lofts has stalled. However, a more recent proposal on the north side of Superior Avenue may be showing signs of life.
A single-family infill home on Orville Avenue was completed as part of the Parkside Homes development (Harrison Whittaker).
The $26 million residential care facility, known as GlenHAVEN, would fill an acre of vacant land at 10609 Superior Ave. The four-story building would consist of 71 housing units for residents with disabilities or other health conditions above ground floor retail and amenities.
Developing it is Ryte 2 Development Corp., LLC of Cleveland, led by CLE-EDI graduate Briget Grant. The planned structure was designed by Robert P. Madison International.
The site of a proposed residential care facility, GlenHAVEN, shows what appear to be signs of preliminary site work (Harrison Whittaker).
While no permits have been issued for the project, an excavator was spotted on the property earlier this month along with signs of preliminary site work.
A quarter mile east, a masonry façade is going up at Emerald Senior. The affordable senior housing project, led by CHN Housing Partners and Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN) of Cleveland, will create 62 apartments for seniors with disabilities and senior veterans.
In 2023, OHFA awarded $1.075 million in LIHTCs and a $1.75 million housing development loan to the development, 11100 Superior Ave.
The 62-unit Emerald Senior is under construction at the southeast corner of Superior Avenue and East 111th Street (Harrison Whittaker).
Emerald Senior was designed by architects Hiti, DiFrancesco & Siebold and is being built by Ozanne Construction Company, Inc., both of Cleveland.
Over at Rockefeller Park, the African American Cultural Garden is fenced off for construction. Located at 890 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive within the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, the garden’s second phase includes the addition of a terrace and water feature.
In 2016, stakeholders celebrated the completion of the “Door of No Return” installation at the west end of the garden. The monument mimics a historic gateway which enslaved Africans passed through as they boarded ships headed for the Americas.
Fencing was recently erected around the African American Cultural Garden in preparation for Phase Two construction work (Harrison Whittaker).
Below it, the new terrace would be engraved with an illustration of the North Star — used by formerly enslaved people to navigate the Underground Railroad — symbolizing the pursuit of freedom.
Design work was completed by W. Daniel Bickerstaff II of Ubiquitous Design Ltd. The AKA Team of Cleveland is the project’s general contractor.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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