Sometimes it’s good to be the first. Sometimes it’s not. A two-phase, 72-unit apartment development planned at 8400 Lake Ave. in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood probably falls somewhere in between the two extremes as it was the first large project to be submitted and approved under the city’s pilot…

As Cleveland Clinic officials presented their plans for two new parking garages to neighborhood residents at a recent Ward 6 meeting, there also was an acknowledgement that the Clinic would have to take a broader view toward its transportation needs at the Main Campus.

A potentially large industrial redevelopment site is about to open up in Cleveland’s Cudell neighborhood, in a historic industrial district where there’s been a decent amount of commercial investment and expansion planning lately.

In Northeast Ohio, construction tends to hibernate in the winter months as snow and freezing temperatures take over. But despite winter storms and a record-setting deep freeze, there has been movement on several residential projects throughout the Heights.

While revitalization efforts since the 1990s have transformed Cleveland’s Ohio City into a vibrant urban destination, the demolition of vacant, abandoned, and fire damaged homes has scarred some blocks with empty lots. Construction of new “infill” development in the SoLo (South of Lorain) neighborhood is restoring the south…

While the 50-acre Downtown Cleveland lakefront redevelopment has most of the attention right now, an even larger lakefront redevelopment site has just hit the market. And its future re-use will influence the fate of the lakefront east of downtown for decades to come.