Ken Prendergast

Ken Prendergast has worked as a journalist for publications such as NEOtrans, Sun Newspapers, Ohio Passenger Rail News, Passenger Transport, and others. He also provided consulting services to transportation agencies, real estate firms, port authorities and nonprofit organizations. Writing about cities, transportation, history and the people who create these.

Ohio City Transit Oriented Development arrives the next station

A significant real estate development next to and possibly above the rail rapid transit line in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood moved a step closer to reality today. That occurred when the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Board of Trustees authorized staff to execute a development and use agreement with Carnegie Management and Development Corp. of Westlake.

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Financing set, work starts at Ohio City’s Intro

UPDATED MARCH 24, 2020

Overnight work began late Monday (March 23) on expanding utilities in the vicinity of a planned mixed-use development that will further enliven one of Cleveland’s most recognizable intersections.

The development is Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors LLC’s Market Square and the intersection is Lorain Avenue at West 25th Street onto which the iconic tower of West Side Market casts its shadow. The first phase of Market Square is Intro — a nine-story building with 290 market-rate apartments over 36,000 square feet of retail and 550 underground parking spaces. Note that these renderings show only seven stories.

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How the Coronavirus is affecting construction in Cleveland

UPDATED MARCH 16, 2020

As successful investor Warren Buffet says, “Be greedy when others are fearful.”

So are Greater Cleveland’s real estate developers fearful or greedy as Ohio and the country goes into Coronavirus emergency? And what might be the long-term implications of the pandemic on pending real estate developments?

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Cleveland Clinic, Fairfax seek homes, biz & opportunity

UPDATED MARCH 11, 2020

As more sections of the 3-mile, $330 million Opportunity Corridor Boulevard open, more stakeholders are pursuing real estate opportunities. That’s especially true where the first two sections have opened, from East 93rd Street north to Chester Avenue. Work is moving forward on the third and final section from East 93rd west to East 55th Street, set to open in two years.

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