Dan Whalen starts his own firm called Spaces Development

Cleveland’s second mass-timber building planned

In May, real estate developer Dan Whalen left a Landmarks Commission meeting with a design approval in his pocket and a range of possibilities in the back of his mind. Those led him to consider building his latest development, a Marriott Tribute Portfolio boutique hotel, 1950 W 26 St., in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, with an extensive amount of mass-timber construction.

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Ohio City is first site for Whalen’s new venture

What does a quarterback like to do? Run a winning team and call his own plays. With that, Cleveland-area native and former football quarterback Dan Whalen is taking the snap from center this week by launching his own real estate development and investment firm — Places Development. Not only is the new firm based in Cleveland, Whalen said most of his business focus will be on Cleveland.

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