Economic trends – Page 10

Buckeye neighborhood plan sets goals

Ken Prendergast / August 19, 2022

“That neighborhood has good bones” is often said about an inner-city community as its leaders look for foundations in the area to aid its comeback. Unfortunately, it is not always true the bones are good or if they even exist. But for Cleveland’s Buckeye neighborhood, located on the city’s southeast side, it has a number of features in it or nearby that can be considered good bones on which muscles can be enhanced to regain lost strength.

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Downtown construction boom looms

Ken Prendergast / July 6, 2022

Are you ready for some construction cranes, Cleveland? No, I’m not talking about the tower cranes that will rise next month above Sherwin-Williams’ new HQ west of Public Square or the crane soon to arrive over the City Club Apartments on Euclid Avenue. Those may be just the tip of the iceberg for downtown.

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Cleveland looks steady in new office market data

Ken Prendergast / June 25, 2022

Contrary to the narrative that office markets nationally and especially in Greater Cleveland are dead, two new reports show they are very much alive. And while they’re not fully recovered from the pandemic and remote working, some office markets including Cleveland’s have shown surprising resilience.

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ODOT Inner Belt plan gets city pushback

Ken Prendergast / March 19, 2022

Yesterday, Cleveland’s City Planning Commission unanimously tabled a request by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for consent to construct improvements to the Central Interchange, where Interstate 77 ends and connects with Interstate 90 in downtown Cleveland.

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Downtown lakefront development may depend on removing the Shoreway

2 Comments / Ken Prendergast / January 26, 2022

The fate of lakefront development in Cleveland appears to depend on whether local, regional and state policymakers want more traffic and for it to pass through downtown quickly or to have less traffic and for it to travel into the central business district more slowly.

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There’s much to look forward to in 2022

4 Comments / Ken Prendergast / January 5, 2022

If you thought 2021 was busy real estate-wise, there is every indication that 2022 is going to be even busier. How busy? Take a look….

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The 20 most-viewed news stories of 2021 on NEOtrans

Ken Prendergast / December 28, 2021

Personal experiences matter. That’s the lesson of why one news article gets opened and another article does not. It’s why the pending demolition of the Cleveland Play House was the most-read story of 2021. It got read because people went to see a show there once upon a time, not because it was the only Cleveland-area project designed by a Cleveland-area architect.

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Opportunity Corridor cold storage to boost local biz

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / December 19, 2021

Opinions varied on the physical appearance of a large new warehouse approved Friday by Cleveland’s City Planning Commission. But the project was lauded as the kind of catalytic development that’s needed for Cleveland’s food manufacturing sector, one that belongs on the newly opened Opportunity Corridor Boulevard. Construction is due to start this winter.

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Cleveland offers more jobs than some Sun Belt powerhouses

3 Comments / Ken Prendergast / November 23, 2021

Whether they’re statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor or employment listings at one of the world’s largest jobs Web sites, the data for Greater Cleveland is looking rosy again, for the first time since the global pandemic began in early 2020.

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peaceful summer evening in downtown Cleveland

Cleveland works to welcome Afghanistan refugees

Ken Prendergast / August 19, 2021

With Cleveland being listed by the U.S. State Department as one of 19 cities suggested for resettlement of Afghan and Iraqi refugees, numerous local organizations are ramping up efforts to attract as many as possible in light of the crisis in Afghanistan. But they need your help as soon as possible.

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