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Fairfax, Glenville, Hough developments unveiled

Ken Prendergast / February 27, 2024

The economic development boom in Cleveland’s University Circle continues to be felt in the neighborhoods surrounding this epicenter of the local eds-and-meds jobs sector. Four new apartment development plans were revealed this week as they go on the design review docket at the City Planning Commission. Combined, all four projects could add more than 150 workforce housing units with many more in later phases.

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GCRTA’s new East 79th rail station is an Opportunity

Ken Prendergast / February 25, 2024

Planning and design work has advanced far enough on the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) new East 79th Street Blue/Green Line light-rail station to where renderings are being shared publicly. NEOtrans secured a copy of the designs and is publishing them here. But the plans are part of something larger — a growing investment in Cleveland’s Kinsman neighborhood.

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Downtown’s largest housing project in the works

Ken Prendergast / February 23, 2024

With nearly 900 mixed-income apartments envisioned, a plan to develop the largest single housing development in Downtown Cleveland’s history is reportedly in the works. While it will take multiple phases and many years to build, the partners and the plans for the massive project are coming together.

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Seeds & Sprouts 34 – McKinsey moving atop Key, Dunham Tavern adding green infrastructure, Brooklyn Polish hall to host Encompass Health, Nia’s Cafe to open on Kinsman

Ken Prendergast / February 22, 2024

In this 34th installment of Seeds & Sprouts, we cover McKinsey & Co’s planned move to near the top of Key Tower, Dunham Tavern & Gardens adding green infrastructure, Brooklyn Polish American Home to host Encompass Health’s first foray into Northern Ohio, and Nia’s Cafe & Store plans open on Kinsman Avenue in Mount Pleasant.

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CLE Consulting Firm leaving Downtown for MidTown

Ken Prendergast / February 21, 2024

CLE Consulting Firm, a growing provider of business accounting and tax services, has reached a purchase agreement to acquire the Euclid Gallery Building, 7029 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland’s MidTown neighborhood, public records show. The faded masonry building will reportedly be renovated as the new headquarters for the company which also has offices in Akron, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and Atlanta.

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Cleveland’s Select Medical Fairhill Hospital to see major rehab

Ken Prendergast / February 20, 2024

Just uphill from the Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, Select Medical Fairhill Hospital is seeking a significant renovation and partial conversion of its recovery-care hospital to provide rehabilitation services. The fate of this facility was unknown after Select Medical recently closed another facility near Downtown Cleveland.

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Cleveland AGA Building to fuel start-ups

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2024

Like many of Cleveland’s historic but vacant commercial buildings, the former American Gas Association (AGA) laboratory in Cleveland’s St. Clair-Superior neighborhood is about to get renovated for a new use. Unlike many other buildings, this one isn’t being converted into apartments. Instead, its new uses are intended to create long-term jobs and new businesses, especially among young women and minorities.

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Cleveland’s MLK Plaza redevelopment plans revealed

Ken Prendergast / February 6, 2024

A rezoning request for the redevelopment of Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, 9300 Wade Park Ave. in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood resulted in the developer revealing her plans for the site. And those plans show the plaza would be demolished for a sizable, mixed-use development that could provide 142 residential units, both multi-family and single family, plus at least 15 leasable spaces for commercial tenants.

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Lakefront megasite – for housing or distribution hub?

Ken Prendergast / January 24, 2024

A company that acquired a large piece of prime Cleveland lakefront land in December is a bit of an enigma if for no other reason because of its youth. This company, IDA Power LLC, is getting its hands on some very problematic yet high-potential properties around the country. It is engaged in a lengthy process of cleaning up those sites and turning them into productive properties again. But the company’s young life may give some insight into what we might expect here.

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Cleveland’s Carnegie contains a comeback

Ken Prendergast / January 15, 2024

Carnegie Avenue in the 70s of Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood was a mixed bag of speed, sin, steaks and seafood. And that applies to both the decade and the 10-block stretch of the East 70s along one of the busiest streets linking University Circle and Downtown. But today, the scene is changing quickly as the growth in jobs and residential development in those two hubs is spilling over to the place in between.

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