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While a large federal grant was awarded to improve existing conditions at Shaker Square, plans to make long-term changes that reenergize the 95-year-old square are advancing. The short- and long-term work on the square is based on the belief that this historic district can and should be a neighborhood gathering spot rather than try to compete as a regional retail draw.
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As fundraising continues, the nation’s first independent repository for Catholic Sisters’ archival collections could see construction start in March 2025 on the southeast side of Downtown Cleveland. The planned Women Religious Archives Collaborative (WRAC) Heritage Center at 2490 E. 22nd St. will offer public programming, exhibitions, meeting space, and be an important place for research and remembrance due to open in 2026.
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Cleveland city officials revealed their intentions today to acquire and redevelop a closed grocery store property, 15900 Lake Shore Blvd., in the North Collinwood neighborhood. Officials requested City Planning Commission approval to start assembling the land, then later rezone it and ultimately offer it to developers through a community-driven request for proposals.
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A new apartment building and row of townhomes called Skyline on Stokes have taken form in Cleveland’s University Circle. The last structural features of the seven-story apartment building, formerly called Stokes West, were added and celebrated last week in a “topping-out ceremony.”
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Cuyahoga Land Bank has been awarded $4.95 Million from the Ohio Department of Development’s Welcome Home Ohio Program to support affordable housing development in the county. The funds will be used to create new, affordable homes in partnership with Cuyahoga County, CHN Housing Partners and Near West Land Trust.
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Increasingly, artist studios and nonprofit arts organizations have been moving eastward from downtown into Cleveland’s Goodrich-Kirtland Park neighborhood and St. Clair-Superior. But few are making as big of an investment as that which the Cleveland Print Room (CPR) plans by acquiring and renovating a former commercial laundry at 4730 Lexington Ave.
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Manufacturing work has begun this month on the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) new railcars, said members of the authority’s management team overseeing the replacement of its aging railcar fleet. But until enough railcars are delivered, which won’t happen until 2027, the public will still be riding the oldest trains among any transit authority in the nation.
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Shaker Square mainstays Edwins Restaurant and Edwins Too on the other side of the square may not be staying put much longer. In fact, they could be headed for the former Nighttown restaurant location in Cleveland Heights to avoid what Edwins’ owner Brandon Chrostowski says is a worsening safety issue at Cleveland’s Shaker Square.
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A second major groundbreaking event is coming later this month in Cleveland, following that of the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center. But this one could be a little confusing to those familiar with Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) $300 million Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB). They may be excused to wonder if this project hasn’t already been underway for some time — because it has.
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Last evening, a new Cleveland Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) was launched when Cleveland City Council passed legislation that requires the city to provide financing to the new fund. The city’s $18 million commitment leverages $20 million pledged by Cleveland-based KeyBank to boost the development of mixed-income rental housing and home ownership opportunities.
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