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A remarkable building boom is under way in Greater Cleveland. Because of a strong economic recovery that’s been picking up momentum here over the past five years, there are more large building projects in the metro area now than at any time in perhaps the past 50 years.
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There is an incredible story playing out among the spreadsheets and city streets in the Cleveland. On the data side, real estate market observers are watching a remarkable rise in the number of housing sales and prices in the City of Cleveland. At the same time, social service organizations and agencies are witnessing a sad downside — worsening homelessness — that needs to be addressed very soon, preferably before another cold winter sets in.
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Cleveland’s East Side, with one big exception, is a mess. It’s got some of the worst urban poverty in the United States and is the reason for Cleveland’s #2 ranking among America’s biggest cities in terms of percentage of residents living in poverty. Only Detroit outranks Cleveland in that regard.
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Perhaps you’ve noticed it on the license plates of cars in your neighborhood. Perhaps you’ve noticed it while shopping for a new house. Perhaps you’ve noticed it in the new faces at your child’s school. Perhaps you’ve noticed it on local dating apps.
Something is happening in Greater Cleveland that we’re not accustomed to. They’re coming. Many are already here. Lots of them. Lots of what?
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For those who keep track of new real estate developments in Greater Cleveland, they might be noticing something about the location of these developments. Where are most of the planned, proposed, under-construction and recently completed developments? If you said “within walking distance of a Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority rapid transit line” you’d be right!
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To anyone who follows real estate development news closely, you are allowed to be surprised by the scale and intensity of development occurring in the cores of our largest cities. And one of the biggest turnarounds anywhere in the USA is occurring in Cleveland.
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By Ken Prendergast For metropolitan areas, how they emerge from recessions is a lot like how companies emerge from bankruptcies. Did they learn anything? Are they leaner and more efficient Have they positioned themselves to grab growth opportunities from the coming economic upswing? Unlike the last two recessions in the early 1990s and early
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