NEOtrans business, development, real estate, and construction news from the Downtown Cleveland area
Two weeks ago, I posted a speculative but data-driven article suggesting Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. will probably start looking for a new headquarters facility given its recent corporate shopping spree. This week, several sources at and close to Cliffs confirmed that the company is in fact considering a new HQ.
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A 10,000-seat soccer stadium proposed to be built in downtown Cleveland is on hold until pandemic-hurt finances improve among backers of the project so they can acquire a site for it.
Last spring, the Ohio Department of Transportation began soliciting responses from prospective real estate brokers or auctioneers to help it dispose of at least 30 acres of land it owns immediately south of the Inner Belt section of Interstate 90 next to Ontario Street. The goal was to put the land on the market in November.
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The real estate market is divided into four basic end-users — residential, hospitality, retail and office. Although the retail market has been shrinking for years, it is basically on hold during the pandemic with some exceptions. The hospitality market is pretty much in a coma but it will probably return healthy once it regains consciousness. Only the residential market has shown a great deal of resiliency throughout the pandemic.
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Developer Scott Wolstein announced that he plans a tentative “early 2021” groundbreaking for an 11-story mixed-use building on Flats East Bank. But future phases could bring the total as many as a half-dozen residential towers with thousands of residential units in the downtown waterfront district.
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When you look at several critical aspects behind Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.’s recent acquisitions of AK Steel and ArcelorMittal USA, you can see how it’s possible, if not probable, that Cliffs won’t be a tenant of 200 Public Square for much longer.
The critical aspects behind the acquisitions include the post-assimilation staffing needs of the combined company measured against the office space vacancies in Cliffs’ headquarters building. The data for populating this equation were gathered from online sources and by interviewing Cliffs staffpersons, real estate brokers and others familiar with Cliffs and its acquired companies.
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Given the current state of the pandemic-ravaged hospitality industry, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that the proposed 19-story Dream Hotel next to the Masonic Temple in Cleveland’s Midtown has been delayed.
According to the construction database The Dodge Reports, the delay will be more than one year. The site reported that design work on the hotel will be on hold until Summer 2021. That means the earliest construction could start would be Summer 2022, it said. Last spring, officials at New York-based Dream Hotels hoped to start construction in early 2021.
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Bedrock Real Estate Services’ planned remake of The Avenue shopping mall at Tower City Center into an entrepreneurship hub is showing signs of life again.
Chatter surrounding the proposed $110 million redevelopment of the 350,000-square-foot downtown Cleveland retail center had gone silent since last winter, and the global COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t the primary reason why.
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For those who wanted another skyscraper in Cleveland that approaches “supertall” status, you just might get your wish.
Ten days ago, Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) announced it is restarting development of its global headquarters plus research and development facilities (HQ+R&D). As part of its announcement, SHW confirmed insider information NEOtrans has been reporting for nearly a year, including SHW’s HQ+R&D construction manager is a new partnership called Welty Gilbane. It was formed last year by Welty-Testa Builders, LLC of Akron and the Gilbane Building Co., a global firm with offices in Cleveland.
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Two births were noted in 2014. Ideas for a pair of major urban core real estate developments in Cleveland — nuCLEus and Circle Square — were set into motion, leading to much excitement and debate by everyone from urbanistas to media to fellow developers to elected officials.
Since those births six years ago, neither project has turned a shovel of dirt for new construction. Yet nuCLEus gets publicly criticized and doubted while Circle Square doesn’t. Is that fair? Let’s take a look at that….
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Reports are coming out today that Sherwin-Williams (SHW) has restarted the development of its global headquarters plus research and development facilities (HQ+R&D). But the months-long pause has pushed back the project’s completion from 2023 to 2024. The reason is the global pandemic and the economic disruption that it is causing.
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