From West 3rd Street in the Flats, the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center looms in front of the downtown skyline (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Progress Pics: Global Peak Performance Center, Eagle Ave ramp, more
Along Downtown Cleveland’s riverfront, construction work is ramping up — both figuratively and literally — on the next stages of Bedrock’s $3.5 billion downtown masterplan.
Last month, NEOtrans was early to share renderings of a new riverfront Cleveland Amphitheatre to be operated by Live Nation. Its design received approval from City Planning Commission on July 24.
A single-story structure at far right will be demolished to make way for a riverfront Cleveland Amphitheatre (Harrison Whittaker).
While the popular Jacobs Pavilion also boasts a riverfront location, that venue is operated by AEG and draws from a separate pool of performances.
A permit was issued July 8 to raze a warehouse at 401 Stones Levee to make way for the new amphitheatre. While the removal of outdoor pavement is underway, the structure remains standing.
A new parking lot is visible behind the Global Peak Performance Center at left. The riverfront Cleveland Amphitheatre will be constructed directly across the street at far right (Harrison Whittaker).
Directly across West 3rd Street, construction on a new practice facility for the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team is in the final stretch.
The 210,000-square-foot Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center will contain the team’s new headquarters. Sports health and wellness programs, open to the general public, will also be hosted at the facility.
From the Cuyahoga River, the Global Peak Performance Center’s design is said to evoke a large ship (Harrison Whittaker).
The Global Peak Performance Center is expected to be one of the largest training facilities in the world upon opening.
The building was designed by Kansas City-based architectural firm Populous. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is undertaking its construction.
At right, illuminated signage will be installed to commemorate the Cavaliers-Cleveland Clinic partnership on the Downtown Cleveland skyline (Harrison Whittaker).
A permit was issued on July 23 to install illuminated signage on the new facility. The Cavaliers are expected to relocate there by February 2027.
Connecting the Global Peak Performance Center to the Gateway District’s Rocket Arena, where the team plays, a new Eagle Avenue ramp is being constructed between Ontario Street and Canal Road.
All GCRTA rail service east of Tower City station to East 55th station is suspended until August 15 as work continues on the Eagle Avenue ramp above GCRTA rail tracks (Harrison Whittaker).
Crossing over the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) rail tracks into the Tower City station, construction of the ramp had continued around the tracks for months without interruptions to transit service until earlier this week.
Now, all rail service east of Tower City is being replaced by shuttle buses until Aug. 15 as work continues above the tracks. Red Line trains continue to operate between Tower City and the Airport station, as well as between Stokes-Windermere and East 55th stations.
With steel beams in place between Ontario Street and the existing Canal Road alignment, the shape and incline of the new Eagle Avenue ramp is clearly visible. At bottom, work is underway on the Cleveland Memorial Bridges Loop (Harrison Whittaker).
West of Eagle Avenue, construction is underway on a new shared-use path for the Cleveland Memorial Bridges Loop — a popular running and cycling route across the Veterans Memorial Bridge and Hope Memorial Bridge between Ohio City and Downtown Cleveland.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the City of Cleveland began construction on the path in June, replacing narrow or missing sidewalks on the south sides of Ontario Street and Huron Road.
Work continues on the final segment of the Centennial Lake Link Trail. At right, a portal underneath the Veterans Memorial Bridge will connect to an existing segment of the trail to Lake Erie (Harrison Whittaker).
At the opposite side of the loop, construction continues on the final segment of the Cleveland Metroparks’ Centennial Lake Link Trail, traversing the future 25-acre Irishtown Bend Park. The trail will connect the southern shores of Lake Erie to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, which continues south through Akron.
For more construction updates around Greater Cleveland, check out NEOtrans’ other Progress Pics articles.
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