Nobility Court on Noble Road in Cleveland Heights officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Mayor Jim Petras (Side Car PR). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
52 affordable units in walkable setting
Although Greater Cleveland is known as an affordable metro area to live in, the costs of living keep going up — especially for housing and transportation. And that’s where a development like Nobility Court, 2228 Noble Rd. in Cleveland Heights, comes to the rescue.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today, led by Cleveland Heights Mayor Jim Petras, city council members and officials from the project’s development team to officially open the doors to this new mixed-use property.
Nobility Court offers 52 modern apartments over a ground-floor retail space to accommodate a planned coffee shop with an outdoor patio. The development also has a computer room, children’s play area, community garden, resident lounge and indoor bike storage,.
The $15 million investment transforms former city-owned land into a transit-oriented development with ground-floor retail space and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, the development team noted.
Nobility Court sets on Noble Road, roughly midway between Euclid Avenue at upper-left and Monticello Boulevard to the lower-right. It is a few blocks from Nela Park (Google).
That team is led by Indianapolis-based TWG Development. Nobility Court is TWG’s first project in Greater Cleveland. TWG also was the project’s general contractor and will manage the property.
“Nobility Court represents an important investment in Cleveland Heights, expanding affordable housing options while supporting the future of the Noble Road corridor,” said Alex Frazier, senior development director at TWG Development in a written statement.
“Residents and local partners helped shape this project, from its design to the shared spaces where neighbors can gather and connect,” he added. “Their involvement made Nobility Court a stronger community, and we’re grateful to the city, Start Right Community Development Corporation and our partners for helping bring it to life.”
Designing it was STUDIO Architecture of Denver which specializes in affordable housing, multifamily, mixed-use and commercial projects across the country. Construction on the project proceeded rapidly over the past year.
Only about one-half of Nobility Court faces Noble Road. The rest extends behind the front, alongside a parking lot for residents (Side Car PR).
Apartments are for households earning 30 percent or 60 percent of the area median income, expanding affordable housing options in Cleveland Heights, where nearly 30 percent of households spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
Rents are as low as $419 per month but larger apartments are two to three times more expensive. Although the development will have 28 off-street parking spaces for residents and five on-street spaces for visitors, residents can live comfortably here car-free, or at least car-light.
Across Noble is a Save-A-Lot grocery store. Next door to Nobility Court is the Noble Food Deal Market & Deli offering fresh-cooked meals and more. And on the other side of Nobility Court is a laundromat. But that may not be needed by Nobility Court residents since every unit has a washer/dryer combo.
The building is also on the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) busy No. 41-41F Warrensville bus route that runs every 15 minutes throughout the day and hourly overnight. It is GCRTA’s only bus route that runs 24 hours a day and doesn’t go to Downtown Cleveland.
Final touches were being put on Nobility Court by construction crews in August (Harrison Whittaker).
The No. 41-41F bus route runs from the Windermere Rapid Transit Station in East Cleveland to the Southgate Transit Center in Maple Heights and every other bus continues on to the industrial parks in Solon and Glenwillow.
“A community-informed design process shaped through neighborhood meetings, focus groups and public design review, giving residents opportunities to weigh in on the project and how it would fit within the surrounding area,” the spokesman added.
Nobility Court received Energy Star certification and NGBS Silver certification, incorporating sustainability and energy-performance standards into the four-story, approximately 51,600-square-foot development.
Financing the project were federal 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits through the Ohio Housing Finance Agency and a $1.75 million Housing Development Loan approved for co-developers TWG Development and Cleveland Heights’ Start Right Community Development Corp.
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