A new Eagle Avenue ramp between the Gateway District and the Cuyahoga riverfront is well underway (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Progress Pics: Global Peak Performance Center, Cosm, Irishtown Bend Park
Along the Cuyahoga riverfront, several components of Bedrock’s $3.5 billion masterplan are taking shape in Downtown Cleveland. Furthest along is the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center — home to the future practice facility for the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team.
The 210,000-square-foot building will house the professional basketball team’s new headquarters as well as sports health and wellness programs for the general public. It’s expected to be one of the largest training facilities in the world upon opening.
Bedrock Real Estate is a Detroit- and Cleveland-based developer and a member of Dan Gilbert’s Rock Family of Companies (FoC). The Cleveland Cavaliers, also owned by Gilbert, are managed through sister company Rock Entertainment Group.
The Cavaliers’ future home at the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center moves closer to completion on the banks of the Cuyahoga River (Harrison Whittaker).
Since NEOtrans’ last construction update in December, the structure has topped out and neared completion on exterior walls and windows. Construction of a rebuilt Eagle Avenue ramp is also underway.
The new ramp will connect to a realigned Canal Road, creating space and transportation connections for new development on the riverfront. Parks, bike paths, a riverwalk, and a kayak launch are also planned.
In less than a decade, the view of Downtown Cleveland from the Lorain-Carnegie will be dramatically altered. At bottom right, a 6,200-seat open-air amphitheater is planned (Harrison Whittaker).
In January, NEOtrans was first to report on Bedrock’s purchase of additional riverfront land at 401 Stones Levee Rd. for a rumored outdoor amphitheater. Those rumors were later confirmed.
The 6,200-seat music venue, to be operated by Live Nation, will fill a gap in the market as a medium-capacity performance space. A similar venue, the 5,000-seat Tower City Amphitheater, operated in that location until 2011.
Cosm Cleveland will fill a 250-foot gap on the north side of Huron Road in the Gateway District (Harrison Whittaker).
In Cleveland’s Gateway District, Bedrock already has another entertainment venue underway. Cosm Cleveland will add a nearly 100-foot, 12k-resolution LED dome where sports events will be broadcast in an indoor setting with larger, more comfortable chairs.
The “shared reality” venue will be built on Huron Road between East 4th Street and the East 6th pedestrian walkway, though its address is listed as 522 E. Prospect Ave. Cosm will offer a downtown alternative to Huntington Bank Field stadium after the Cleveland Browns move to suburban Brook Park in 2029.
While Cosm Cleveland will host a groundbreaking ceremony on April 16, construction crews are already on site (Harrison Whittaker).
Cosm Cleveland was designed by architectural firm Rossetti of Detroit and will be built by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company of Baltimore. The venue’s official groundbreaking is set for April 16, although construction crews are already at work on the site.
Next door at 219 Huron Rd., fencing is up at the future “Meet Me Here” Plaza, where Bedrock plans to build a basketball court to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cavaliers’ NBA Championship win in 2016.
Fencing is up around the “Meet Me Here” park, where a basketball court is planned for the 10th anniversary of the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship win (Harrison Whittaker).
The park is considered a temporary installation and had a building permit issued on March 25. The project received final approval from City Planning Commission on Friday.
This follows the start of construction on Irishtown Bend Park in February, when the Port of Cleveland finished its $65 million stabilization of the hillside and handed off the project to the Cleveland Metroparks.
Current progress on the Cleveland Metroparks’ Irishtown Bend Park, from a GCRTA Red Line train on the Cuyahoga Viaduct (Harrison Whittaker).
The next phase of the $100 million project will construct the final section of the Centennial Lake Link Trail, a bike and pedestrian path connecting the Towpath Trail from Akron north to the shores of Lake Erie.
While the trail is expected to finish construction next year, work on the rest of the 25-acre park will continue into 2029. Also included in the project is an enhanced and realigned Franklin Boulevard, which will connect Carter Road in the Flats directly to the western portion of the boulevard at West 25th Street.
An enhanced and realigned section of Franklin Boulevard appears to be nearing completion. Streetlights were added just after this photo was taken (Harrison Whittaker).
Enhancements include a wide sidewalk on the north side of the street to accommodate pedestrian and bike traffic. Construction on the street is almost complete, with light posts having been installed within the past few days.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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