There is a saying in real estate deal-making that “November is the month where we ask — are we doing this or not?” The reason is that many in the real estate business want to get deals closed and projects under way before the end of the year.

Some said 9410 Hough Ave. couldn’t be saved. Others doubted the development team’s ability to move the rebuilding project forward. But Gina Merritt doesn’t succumb to those who doubt her or the endeavors she pursues.

West 117th Street south of Interstate 90 hasn’t seen a lot of development in the past 20 years or so, unlike the areas to the north of the highway. But that may be starting to change for this portion of Cleveland’s Westown neighborhood.

Burke Lakefront Airport is an obstacle. You can’t build a decent-sized park on the lakefront because of it. You can’t build lakefront high-rises because of it. And you can’t access much of the water’s edge near Downtown Cleveland because of it and other nearby barriers, Huntington Bank Field,…

While downtowns in large and fast-growing cities always seem to have at least several new buildings under construction, it may come as a surprise to many people that Downtown Cleveland has seen construction on several buildings each year too. The difference is that Cleveland’s construction is occurring inside…

If it seems like housing prices in Greater Cleveland are rising at rates faster than they used to, there’s new data to back up your experience. Yesterday, the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) released the latest housing price changes in the S&P Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) Case-Shiller Index.