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.

Lakewood weighs Plan B for hospital redevelopment

Starting today, the City of Lakewood will begin the process of salvaging the redevelopment of the city-owned Lakewood Hospital site.

That redevelopment was left in limbo when Mayor Meghan George last week announced that the city and its first-choice developer had reached an irreconcilable impasse over the site clean-up costs. Carnegie Management and Development Corp. had terminated its agreement with the city.

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Demolition, groundbreaking this week for big Ohio City project

Demolition work is scheduled to start today for the $140 million Intro phase of the Market Square development in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. But if you wanted to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for this mixed-use project, the coronavirus crisis has made that risky and unnecessary.
There’s still going to be a groundbreaking in the coming days,

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Lack of city hall tech risks making construction sector sick

On March 24, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Board of Trustees did two things it had never done before.
One, GCRTA’s board voted to help form and partially own a unique public-private corporation to acquire and oversee development of its Ohio City Red Line station-area property in partnership with Carnegie Management and Development Corp.

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