News Category – NEOtrans

Universities worldwide compete to redesign Cleveland’s Lake Shore Power Plant site

Ken Prendergast / February 22, 2025

With deference to the classic movie “Casablanca,” of all the abandoned industrial sites in North America, the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Hines Student Competition picked Cleveland’s vacated Lake Shore Power Plant site as the canvas for its 2025 design competition. Four finalists were announced today in the competition that drew 82 entries from universities worldwide, with the winner to be named April 3 in Cleveland.

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Public Square info hub gets grant, design approval

Ian McDaniel / February 21, 2025

Improvements to Cleveland’s Public Square took a step forward today when the City Planning Commission unanimously approved a temporary, yet robust programming hub. The hub, designed to replace tents currently used by staffers for downtown events would not only provide workers shelter and a place to store materials, but also function as a kiosk for posting event schedules and wayfinding.

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Pioneer/Jaja restaurants at INTRO set repair plans

Ken Prendergast / February 20, 2025

Just after 3 a.m. on Halloween 2024, an Audi crashed at high speed into a section of the INTRO complex, at 2050 Gehring Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. While the driver wasn’t seriously hurt, the damage to the structure was so severe that two restaurants, Pioneer and Jaja, affected by the crash are still closed and repairs won’t be completed until 10 months after the initial impact.

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Rebuild Cleveland, FutureHeights unite to add housing

Ken Prendergast / February 19, 2025

Rebuild Cleveland, LLC and FutureHeights, Inc. have embarked on an official collaboration to bring transformative infill housing development to Cleveland Heights. This partnership leverages Rebuild Cleveland’s considered approach to residential development and FutureHeights’ extensive track record of creatively engaging the community to develop exceptional housing that is responsive to the community’s needs and respectful of its architectural heritage.

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Van Aken District’s next big project starts in March

Ken Prendergast / February 18, 2025

When one project is completed at a megaproject district, a good sign of its health is to see another project in same area start soon thereafter. That’s what is due to happen in a couple of weeks at the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights, according to a Columbus-based developer.

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Lake Shore Power Station site redo a long play

Ken Prendergast / February 17, 2025

The owner of one of Cleveland’s largest privately owned lakefront properties announced its intentions to redevelop the site. But some of its proposed uses were not welcomed by a lakefront advocacy group.

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Great Lakes Brewing IDs Scranton Peninsula project

Ken Prendergast / February 14, 2025

Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC) officials today confirmed a report published by NEOtrans last weekend that they are pursuing development on Cleveland’s Scranton Peninsula in the Flats. The first phase of that development was described by GLBC founders Pat and Dan Conway as “a potential entertainment venture and beer garden,” in a statement they issued today.

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Ronayne ‘optimistic’ about Browns staying downtown

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2025

Active discussions between the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the owners of the Cleveland Browns are back on for the $1.2 billion renovation of the city-owned, 1999-built stadium on Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne told NEOtrans in an interview today.

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Cleveland, Lakewood projects boosted by Port

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2025

Three redevelopment projects — two on Cleveland’s west side and one in Lakewood — were awarded financial assistance today by the Port of Cleveland’s board to advance them to construction in the coming weeks. The assistance totaled more than $97 million worth of financing, sales tax savings and bonds.

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Pinecrest bought by North Carolina firm

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2025

Tanger, a publicly traded owner and operator of outlet and open-air retail shopping destinations, has acquired Pinecrest, a 640,000-square-foot open-air, grocery-anchored, mixed-use center in one of the most desirable submarkets of Greater Cleveland.

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