Flaherty & Collins’ Depot on Detroit rises on a formerly vacant lot on the north side of Detroit Avenue in Cudell (Harrison Whittaker)
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On Cleveland’s West Side, three Transit-Oriented Developments (TOD) are moving ahead within a 10-minute walk of a single Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) rapid transit station.
The West Blvd-Cudell rapid station is served by GCTRA’s heavy rail Red Line, the 24-hour No. 26 bus route, and the crosstown No. 18 bus route — but until recently, a GCRTA-owned property directly west of the station sat completely abandoned.
Once occupied by overflow parking for the station, Flaherty & Collins Development LLC of Indianapolis is transforming the unused property, 10300 Detroit Ave., with 60 affordable apartments.
Looking west on Detroit Avenue, a 60-unit apartment building rises at Depot on Detroit (Harrison Whittaker).
The $20 million development, called Depot on Detroit, will make units available to households earning 30 to 60 percent of Area Median Income (AMI). Transit passes will be provided to residents — helping to expand mobility options and reduce transportation expenses.
The new building was designed by City Architecture and is being built by John G. Johnson Construction, both based in Cleveland.
To the south of the station across Detroit Avenue, a very different type of TOD has started rising. Just behind Cudell Commons, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is replacing its demolished Marion C. Seltzer Elementary School with a new PreK-8 school.
Looking south from Cudell Commons, construction on a rebuilt Marion C. Seltzer School is beginning (Harrison Whittaker).
While GCRTA passes are limited to students in grades 9-12, the school’s proximity to major transit routes increases mobility options for faculty and staff.
Warrensville Heights-based Greenspace Construction Services, LLC is the general contractor for the project, located at 1468 W. 98th St.
In the Edgewater neighborhood, Cleveland-based SmartBuilt Development plans to build a six-unit townhome development at the southwest corner of Clifton and West boulevards.
On the west side of West 98th Street, signage depicts a rendering of CMSD’s new Marion C. Seltzer School (Harrison Whittaker).
Called WestCliff, the residential development is located 0.5 miles from the West Blvd-Cudell rapid station at 9903 Clifton Blvd. and includes off-street parking for both residents and guests.
The project won approval from City Planning Commission last month despite pushback from neighbors and politically-connected residents.
Streetscape and pedestrian/cycling enhancements are planned for the area around the station, too. State funds were awarded a month ago to the city to develop plans for a a shared-use path to better link the West Boulevard, Cudell, Clifton-Baltic and Edgewater neighborhoods to the transit station.
A local homebuilder plans to construct these six townhomes at the southwest corner of Clifton and West boulevards (Sixmo Architecture).
The West Boulevard Shared Use Path could be implemented in three phases. The first phase would connect Edgewater Park to Detroit Avenue and the Red Line station via West Boulevard.
The second phase would connect the rapid transit station, Cudell Commons Park, Cudell Recreation Center and Fine Arts Center, and the Depot on Detroit. Phase three would extend south from Cudell Recreation Center to the intersection of West Boulevard and Madison Avenue.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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