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 ‘megaproject’ tax credit regains life at 11th hour

UPDATE: E&WD Committee passed Sub. SB 39 on Nov. 18

That rhythmic sound you’re hearing again is a pulse after eight months of silence. It is coming from Substitute Senate Bill 39, also known as the Transformational Mixed Use Development (TMUD) tax credit, which could be passed by the Ohio General Assembly by the end of the year.

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Cleveland’s real estate revs up for first time since March

It’s as if someone turned the electricity back on and got the gears of Greater Cleveland’s real estate sector turning again. Today, NEOtrans heard from a real estate professional about that surge and began asking around to see if other experts in the business locally were experiencing the same thing. Turns out they were.

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More hints about the future Sherwin-Williams HQ+R&D

Every few days I sift through hundreds of newly filed Cleveland Building Department records to see if something new and interesting was posted. Invariably there’s something worth noting there, like the filing yesterday by Parma-based Gazde LLC for an “ice cream/coffee shop with axe-throwing” at 5807 Detroit Ave., next to the temporarily closed Happy Dog bar.

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Chicago developer buys land to kick-off a new neighborhood in Tremont

A Chicago developer this week has acquired about one acre of land to construct a new multi-family building on a stretch of West 25th Street that’s been in between destinations for a long time. But the project could trigger more investment that might make this section of Tremont’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood an actual destination.

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