City of Cleveland

developer Somera Road to build in the Bolivar Road-East 9th Street and Progressive Field

Gateway live-work apartments planned, more possible

By Ken Prendergast / September 10, 2021

New York City-based real estate firm SomeraRoad is proposing a big addition to several downtown properties it acquired two years ago along Bolivar Road east of East 9th Street and Progressive Field.
According to documents submitted to the city prior to seeking conceptual approval from Cleveland City Planning Commission, SomeraRoad wants to construct a seven-story apartment building with 203 units. The project would consist of a two-level parking garage with ground-floor retail and topped by the new apartments.

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George files development plan for Irishtown Bend land

By Ken Prendergast / June 8, 2021

On May 10, at a building at the southeast corner of West 25th Street and the Detroit-Superior Bridge, crews paint over graffiti including obscenities directed at the property owner Bobby George. With the clock ticking down on sale negotiations with the city, George has submitted a development plan for the site

The Justice Center plan that could transform downtown

1 Comment / By Ken Prendergast / March 9, 2021

At the end of this month, on March 25, the Justice Center Steering Committee may make a decision on whether to build a huge new Cuyahoga County-City of Cleveland courthouse facility or rehabilitate and expand the existing one at 1200 Ontario St.

West Side gem may sparkle again as Arch at St. Michaels

By Ken Prendergast / July 21, 2020

Article updated July 21 with quote from Councilwoman Jasmin Santana, with corrections made July 27 regarding property ownership.

Considered by some historic preservationists as one of the rare architectural gems on the city’s West Side, St. Michael School is in the hands of local interests seeking to restore the luster to this weathered jewel. The five-story school building with its statues of saints and other ornaments was threatened with demolition when the property fell into foreclosure nearly three years ago.

How nuCLEus and Herold got their lives back

By Ken Prendergast / April 24, 2020

As a follow-up to last week’s article in which NEOtrans broke the story about the new nuCLEus and Herold Building plans, there is an interesting back-story behind the new approach. It all centers on addressing the difficulty of constructing new office buildings in Cleveland.