Looking west along Superior Avenue, the Cleveland Division of Police’s new headquarters is visible just left of center. The underutilized street is set to be transformed into a multi-modal transportation corridor with the Superior Midway (Harrison Whittaker). CLCK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Progress Pics: Heller and Keller-Kohn buildings, CDP HQ, Emerald Senior, more
As soon as this summer, one of Cleveland’s most prominent streets could see a bike- and pedestrian-friendly overhaul with construction of the Superior Midway. But walkable neighborhoods need destinations — and several developments are creating just that.
In 2022, TurnDev completed the renovation of four commercial buildings in the Superior Arts District into the new, 168,000-square-foot headquarters for CrossCountry Mortgage.
TurnDev’s renovation of the Heller building, left, is well underway across East 22nd Street from the new CrossCountry Mortgage HQ at right (Harrison Whittaker).
The $46 million project moved about 600 full-time employees to to the new corporate office at 2160 Superior Ave. With its front doors opening up to the future Midway, workers may soon find themselves a comfortable walk or bike ride away from apartments, restaurants, and shops downtown.
Or they might just cross East 22nd Street, where work by TurnDev is already underway on its next project: a $44 million mixed-use development in a pair of historic textile buildings.
At the corner of Superior Avenue and East 23rd Street, restoration of the Keller-Kohn building is underway (Harrison Whittaker).
The Heller and Keller-Kohn buildings, built at 2202 and 2230 Superior Ave. in 1911 and 1912, will be transformed into 100 apartments above 2,261-square-feet of ground-level retail space.
And that’s not all — the same developer is nearing completion on a $90 million renovation of the historic ArtCraft building, 2540 Superior Ave., into the new Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) headquarters. The seven-story structure, built as a garment factory in 1919, was previously utilized as studio space for artists.
The future Cleveland Division of Police HQ, looking southeast on Superior Avenue at East 25th Street (Harrison Whittaker).
The 250,000-square-foot building will be occupied by administrative offices along with community meeting spaces and a Cleveland Police Museum on the first floor. Behind it, an addition will house the Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC), while a newly-built garage will provide parking for up to 450 cars.
The decision to renovate an existing building rather than build from scratch on the Opportunity Corridor saved taxpayers around $40 million — even after $9 million in sunk costs from pursuing the latter. The previous plan held a ceremonial groundbreaking in 2021, in the final days of Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration.
Two solar-powered, affordable duplexes built by Padsmart in cooperation with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries on the north side of Luther Avenue (Harrison Whittaker).
Further east, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry teamed up with Padsmart of Westlake to build two solar-powered, affordable duplexes on Luther Avenue — one block off Superior and across from the former Richman Brothers factory in the Goodrich-Kirtland Park neighborhood.
Units will be rented to formerly homeless individuals coming from transitional housing and similar programs. Designed to prioritize energy-efficiency to reduce utility bills, the homes came at a per-unit cost of about $170,000 — a total of $680,000 for the four, side-by-side units.
Emerald Senior rises on the south side of Superior Avenue in Glenville (Harrison Whittaker).
To the east in Glenville at 11100 Superior Ave., CHN Housing Partners and Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN) are building Emerald Senior, a 62-unit affordable senior housing development for veterans and seniors with disabilities.
The project, which NEOtrans highlighted in January, was designed by architects Hiti, DiFrancesco & Siebold and is being built by Ozanne Construction Company, Inc., both of Cleveland.
The demolition of two structures at East 107th Street and Superior Avenue in Glenville is underway (Harrison Whittaker).
A few blocks west, demolition is underway on two deteriorating commercial structures, 10702 and 10708–12 Superior Ave., to create developable sites for the neighborhood.
The former was a warehouse built around 1920 facing East 107th Street, while the latter was a retail/office building from around the same period which has since been completely gutted.
On Churchill Avenue in Glenville, Churchill Gateway’s second phase will be called The Davis II (Harrison Whittaker).
One block south at 10700 Churchill Ave., work is nearing completion at The Davis II, a 70-unit affordable apartment building and the second phase of the Churchill Gateway project.
Built by The NRP Group in partnership with the May Dugan Center, units will be offered to households making between 30 to 60 percent of Area Median Income. The structure was designed by RDL Architects.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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