Data-rich and deep analytical information about Greater Cleveland demolition news
A new direction for a longtime Flats West Bank restaurant site on the Cuyahoga River is about to get underway. But it may be early August before before the public will have the opportunity to enjoy it, according to a spokesman for the construction contractor.
Read MoreMGK’s Shooters Yacht Club gets go-ahead Read More »
Italy has its famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. Cleveland has its leaning laundromat of Little Italy. But while Pisa’s was built in 1372 and is in no danger of falling, Cleveland’s version is a danger to surrounding buildings and may be demolished soon after five years of consideration.
Read MoreLeaning laundromat of Little Italy demolition due Read More »
Digging through public records can reveal a lot of interesting things sometimes. One of those is where Cleveland’s new Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund, Cuyahoga Land Bank and the city’s Department of Economic Development (ED) are focusing their efforts to assemble land for new employers.
Read MoreWhere Cleveland’s job-ready sites are assembling Read More »
A coalition of developers from throughout the state of Ohio assembled at Cleveland City Hall Friday to discuss the transformation of the abandoned Warner & Swasey building in Midtown Cleveland. A project seven years in the making, representatives from developer Pennrose LLC’s Cincinnati office, architect Moody Nolan of Columbus and Midtown Cleveland Inc. sought schematic approval for the adaptive reuse project.
Read MoreWarner & Swasey redevelopment on precipice of becoming reality Read More »
Cleveland State University is seeking to redevelop the Wolstein Center arena site in Downtown Cleveland and today issued a request for developers to submit their qualifications to do the job. But the request for qualifications leaves it to developers to decide whether the 34-year-old arena, 2000 Prospect Ave., should stay or go.
Read MoreCSU seeks to redevelop Wolstein Center site Read More »
There’s an underutilized 50-acre area on Cleveland’s near-West Side dubbed the BVQ District. It is surrounded by Ohio City, Tremont and the La Villa Hispana section of Clark-Fulton. All of those neighborhoods have seen, and continue to see a lot of investment. BVQ has been walled off from that activity by Interstate 90 and the Red Line tracks. But like water overtopping a dam, soon that dam is going to break.
Read MoreCleveland’s new hot spot: BVQ District. Here’s why… Read More »
A public record filed this week provided the first indication that the space which housed the Tick Tock Tavern in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood has a new lease on life. The owner of Downtown Cleveland’s Sausalito on Ninth was notified by the city that his plan to start renovating the recently closed, eight-decade-old tavern was approved.
Read MoreTick Tock Tavern leased by Sausalito On 9th owner Read More »
Six weeks ago, city officials announced that they had picked Pennrose, LLC and its proposal to build senior affordable apartments on the current site of the Thomas F. McCafferty Health Center, 4242 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. Now, with a Pennrose-led development team submitting to the state its application for Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for the project, the public can see the developer’s proposed plan.
Read MoreMcCafferty site redevelopment in Ohio City revealed Read More »
Although the demolition of an historic retail strip in Cleveland’s Shaker Square district was on Landmarks Commission’s docket, much of the panel’s discussion focused on what might follow the demolition. Ultimately, the commission unanimously approved razing the two-structured Van Aken Plaza located at 2742-2782 Van Aken Blvd. for a landscaped greenspace — for now.
Read MoreShaker Square demolition to avail housing site Read More »
City officials in Cleveland Heights today announced they have entered into a purchase agreement with National Church Residences (NCR), a Columbus-based non-profit senior housing developer, to acquire two city-owned properties for a planned $22 million, 71-unit, senior affordable-rate apartment building.
Read MoreSenior affordable housing deal OK’d in Cleveland Hts Read More »
