Ferrante Village’s first three homes could soon rise on West 14th Street in Tremont. The houses are currently listed for sale for $1.5 million (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
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This week, construction crews broke ground on the first phase of Ferrante Village, a six-home single-family development planned on Tremont’s West 14th Street. It joins a handful of residential projects boosting new construction in the neighborhood — which has quieted since a 107-unit apartment building opened last year at The Park.
Closer to completion are the Pelton Flats, two condo apartments above first-floor retail under construction at 1006 Literary Rd., behind an 1860-built mixed-use building renovated in 2022 as The Pelton.
The condos are being developed by Pelton Flats LLC, which Ohio Secretary of State records and a local building permit link to local developers James Asimes and Thomas Hasson of The Dalad Group. The Pelton Flats were designed by Cleveland-based, woman-led The Architetta.
Pelton Flats, left, is adding two condo units in a new construction building above ground level retail behind an 1860-built mixed-use building, right, (Harrison Whittaker).
While the Pelton Flats fill a long-vacant lot, Ferrante Village could require the demolition of up to three historic homes at 2915-37 W. 14th St. — the first of which has already come down.
Three single-family detached townhomes currently listed for $1.5 million apiece would replace the razed home and a neighboring garden lot in its first phase. If successful, two more existing homes could make way for a second phase of the same size.
The first three homes at Ferrante Village show signs of construction. The two houses at right could be razed for a second phase of the same size (Harrison Whittaker).
Ferrante Village is being developed by Lifelong Homes LLC, organized by former homeowner Wayne C. Francis and named after a previous resident. Because the properties fall outside of Tremont’s historic district, owners like Francis retain the right to demolish their homes and rebuild.
The Ferrante Village Houses will be custom built, allowing buyers to select from three designs by Sixmo Architecture of Cleveland. The three-story homes feature four to five bedrooms, attached two-car garages, heated driveways, and elevator-accessible rooftop terraces.
The first two homes at the Carter Road Subdivision appeared to be nearing completion in September (Harrison Whittaker).
While their seven-figure price tag is unusually high for Cleveland, there is a precedent for custom-built luxury homes on the Near West Side. Just a mile to the north on the Flats’ Scranton Peninsula, a development team organized as Lake Link LLC is leading a similar project.
The Carter Road Subdivision, 1993-2109 Carter Rd., would include up to 12 single-family residences designed by Lakewood-based architectural firm AODK and constructed by Civic Builders of Cleveland. The homes, two of which are nearly complete, feature premium finishes and convenient access to the Cleveland Metroparks’ Centennial Lake Link Trail.
At left, two single-family homes by LevelUp Renovations are under construction on West 18th Street in Tremont’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood (Harrison Whittaker).
That said, infill homes continue to be delivered at a wide range of price points. In the Lincoln Heights section of Tremont, LevelUp Renovations LLC of suburban Hinckley is building two single-family homes currently available for $699,000.
The homes, 2609 and 2621 W. 18th St., each feature three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a detached 1.5-car garage, and a finished basement.
Nearby, Painesville-based Marks Building Co. has broken ground on a three-family residence at 1830 Brevier Ave., opposite five rental townhomes they opened earlier this year as The Addison Residences.
Marks Building Co. recently broke ground on a three-family residential building in Tremont’s Lincoln Heights (Harrison Whittaker).
The building is reported to include three stories of flats as well as garages and rooftop decks. Photos of the construction site indicate the building could offer views of the Downtown Cleveland skyline.
Marks has another home wrapping up on Tremont’s narrow West 6th Street — but this time, it’s not a new build. Instead, building permits indicate that a small, 1920-built single family home is getting extensive renovations, including a second-story addition.
Clockwise from top-left, infill homes are being constructed by: O’Neill & Sons Construction on West 17th Place; Civic Builders on West 6th Street; Manfredi Enterprises, right, and Marks Building Co. (second-story addition to existing home), left, on West 6th Street; and Civic Builders on Columbus Road (Harrison Whittaker).
Next door, another two-story single-family home is being constructed by Manfredi Enterprises, a relatively new general contractor in Greater Cleveland.
Other builders active in the neighborhood include Brunswick-based O’Neill & Sons Construction, which is finishing up a large two-story home at the end of West 17th Place, as well as Civic Builders, whose Tremont infill includes a four-story single-family home on West 6th Street and a two-story single-family home on Columbus Road.
Surveying stakes were spotted at the corner of West 7th Street and Jefferson Avenue, where a 12-unit apartment building could soon rise (Harrison Whittaker).
Tremont’s development isn’t limited to single-family homes. At 2433 W. 7th St., The Dalad Group could soon begin construction on The Thomas, a 12-unit apartment building which held a groundbreaking ceremony in June.
The development, designed by Horton Harper Architects of Cleveland, has been characterized as “missing middle” housing — i.e., middle-density residential buildings found in historic, walkable neighborhoods, but often overlooked by modern developers.
Surveying stakes were spotted at the construction site earlier this week.
The Treehouse Apartments are planned to be built around the Treehouse Pub at far right. The mixed-use development will have apartments built over a new commercial space at left (GLSD).
Dalad Group appears to be moving forward on another Tremont development — the Treehouse Apartments, 2291 Professor St. While survey stakes are not yet present, there has been a flurry of e-mails with city officials recently that indicate construction could soon start.
Planned to be built around The Treehouse pub, 820 College Ave., is a $13 million, 45-unit apartment building that will have a 3,300-square-foot restaurant or retail space on the ground floor facing Professor. No tenant has been announced yet for that commercial space.
A pedestrian-friendly convenience store and Amoco gas station nears completion at the northwest corner of Clark Avenue and West 14th Street (Harrison Whittaker).
Another pedestrian-friendly development is underway at 3074 W. 14th St. — and it’s a gas station convenience store. But this one, now fitted with Amoco-branded signage, flips the usual layout by placing its store entrance along the sidewalk and tucking gas pumps and parking away from the street.
The property is being developed by convenience store operators Nefuz and Sami Salem through Salem Construction. The Salems ran a previous gas station on the site.
On Brevier Avenue, ornamentation on a historic multifamily home, left (Google) gives way for a simpler, minimalist design, right (Harrison Whittaker).
Finally, several renovation projects are working to modernize the neighborhood’s building stock. In Lincoln Heights, Medina-based Critchfield Construction LLC is transforming a historic two-family home which dates to 1870 with an updated look.
Renovations are also underway at St. Theodosius Cathedral, which suffered significant fire damage in May 2024. The three-phase reconstruction project is led by WR Restoration of Twinsburg.
Renovation work at St. Theodosius Cathedral as seen on Starkweather Avenue in September (Harrison Whittaker).
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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