A new, replacement Clark PreK-8 School opened last fall on the north side of Clark Avenue, welcoming students from the now-closed Walton Elementary School (Harrison Whittaker).
Progress Pics: Walton Senior Apartments, Hub 27, Walworth Pointe, more
As Ohio City continues to see new construction activity, momentum is edging south into the adjacent Clark-Fulton and Stockyards neighborhoods, where vacant lots are giving way to the types of dense developments that support walkability and transit ridership.
On Clark Avenue, the 52-unit Walton Senior Apartments are helping to bolster the corridor’s residential density. The $15.9 million development was awarded 9-percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) in 2024.
The four-story Walton Senior Apartments has topped out on the north side of Clark Avenue just west of Fulton Road (Harrison Whittaker).
Built by Völker Development of Fond du Lac, WI, the four-story affordable apartment building has its parking lot and vehicular entrance at 3517 Walton Ave. — separating automobile traffic from pedestrian activity on Clark Avenue.
Walton Senior Apartments was designed by RDL Architects of Beachwood, OH, while Cleveland-based John G. Johnson Construction is its general contractor.
Hub 27’s phase one apartment building is beginning to rise on the west side of West 27th Street at Swift Avenue (Harrison Whittaker).
At the northern fringe of the neighborhood, the first phase of the Hub 27 development is starting to rise at 2500 W. 27th St. The five-story “workforce” apartment building will add 53 units for households earning less than 80 percent of Area Median Income (AMI).
The project is being led by Pivotal Housing Partners of West Chester, OH and the Metro West Community Development Organization (MWCDO). The structure is being built by Ruscilli Construction of Dublin, OH and was designed by West Chester-based BDCL Architects.
On the north side of Barber Avenue, T & R Builders constructed 2 single-family residences with an ADU behind each (Harrison Whittaker).
Hub 27’s initial phase was awarded a 4-percent LIHTC by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) in 2024. However, none of the additional phases for the proposed multi-building development have won funding.
While the project would anchor the north end of an enclave known as the BVQ (Barber-Vega-Queen avenues) District, other major developments planned nearby have not seen much progress.
A modular single-family infill home on West 30th Street was built by Community Rebuilders, LLC (Harrison Whittaker).
One exception is a small infill development by T & R Builders on the north side of Barber Avenue. While only two single-family houses are visible from the street, each has an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in the rear of the lot — creating a total of four new homes.
While ADUs support housing access by allowing family members or other residents to live in detached homes on a shared lot, modular homes — like those being built by Community Rebuilders, LLC in Clark-Fulton — improve affordability by driving down construction costs.
Sabor Group USA led the development of Walworth Pointe Phase 2, consisting of the first eight townhomes from the right, after a previous developer filed for foreclosure (Harrison Whittaker).
Just south of Ohio City in the Stockyards neighborhood, Walworth Pointe Phase 2 is nearing completion on eight townhomes after a previous developer filed for foreclosure in 2022. The project sits on the site of an unfinished condo development, Ashbury Towers, which stalled after a 2006 fire.
The completed Phase 1 townhomes, consisting of six units at 4740-4756 Walworth Ave., and the adjacent Phase 2 expansion site were transferred to an LLC affiliated with Sabor Group USA in 2023 along with a third site on Junction Road, where Sabor plans to build another four units.
At 5706 Clark Ave. in the Stockyards neighborhood, Clark Recreation Center is nearing completion on major renovations (Harrison Whittaker).
In addition to residential, Stockyards’ institutional properties are getting a refresh. At 5550 Clark Ave., the two-story Clark Elementary School was replaced by a new three-story PreK-8 School which opened last fall, offering better street frontage and a more compact footprint.
Built by Greenspace Construction Services, Clark PreK-8 will serve students from the former building as well as Walton Elementary School, which recently closed.
Exterior renovations at the Clark Recreation Center include a new playground, splash pad, and basketball courts (Harrison Whittaker).
Another community space, the Clark Recreation Center, is nearing completion on major renovations including new outdoor play equipment, an upgraded indoor pool, and extensive remodeling of the historic structure at 5706 Clark Ave. Construction is expected to wrap up in September.
Nearby in the West Boulevard neighborhood, CHN Housing Partners’ Cleveland West Veterans Housing (CWVH) is rising beyond its first floor. The 62-unit affordable apartment building, located at 3311 W. 73rd St., will be reserved exclusively for veterans to address persistent issues with homelessness and provide on-site services from the Veterans Administration (VA).
Cleveland West Veterans Housing rises on the east side of West 73rd Street, across from a bus stop served by GCRTA’s No. 71 bus route to Downtown (Harrison Whittaker).
CWVH won a 9-percent LIHTC from OHFA and broke ground in October 2025. The apartment complex is being built by Ozanne Construction Company and was designed by architects Hiti, DiFrancesco and Siebold (HD+S), both of Cleveland.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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