It’s official: Lakewood Center West sells

By Ken Prendergast / March 20, 2023

While Lakewood waits on the Downtown Lakewood development, a mostly residential development could come to this inner-ring suburb’s former office and current retail district even sooner. According to Lakewood city officials and Cuyahoga County records, a Brooklyn, NY-based developer has acquired the seven-story Lakewood Center West at the northeast corner of Detroit and St. Charles avenues for $2.4 million. The developer told NEOtrans that they envision 60-70 apartments on the upper floors and will retain the ground-floor and basement commercial tenants.

Two Tremont markets fade in a rite of passage

2 Comments / By Ken Prendergast / November 10, 2021

Tremont doesn’t have a grocery store but it does have tiny neighborhood markets. And two gritty members of that shrinking fraternity are about to fade into history.

Apartment tower groundbreaking waits on property transfer

By Ken Prendergast / October 19, 2021

For more than two months, a construction permit for the foundation of a high-rise apartment tower in downtown Cleveland has sat at the city’s Department of Building & Housing office, ready for the architect of record or general contractor to come pick it up.

Near-downtown bowling alley to become entertainment venue

By Ken Prendergast / October 18, 2021

A large, historic, two-level bowling alley that was once an industrial building has found new life with a new owner. Or at least a portion of it has found a new purpose and will provide something that Cleveland doesn’t apparently yet have.

West 25th transit plan to give development a lift

1 Comment / By Ken Prendergast / October 14, 2021

A plan to enhance West 25th Street with dedicated bus and bike lanes plus new zoning and parking guidelines could make it a ‘complete street’ and spur more development along it.

The power play property next to Sherwin-Williams’ new HQ site is in play

By Ken Prendergast / October 11, 2021

It’s not much to look at right now, but a five-story commercial building at the southwest corner of St. Clair Avenue and West 3rd Street in downtown Cleveland appears to be the subject of a power play involving the neighboring site of Sherwin-Williams’ proposed global HQ.

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.

city-owned land is proposed for parking lot

‘Temporary’, huge parking lot planned on downtown lakefront

By Ken Prendergast / July 31, 2021

An 18-acre swath of city-owned land is proposed to be developed with a surface parking lot that would offer up to 2,000 spaces for cars.

The first floor of the JACK Cleveland Casino

Higbee’s Public Square façade to add outdoor gambling

By Ken Prendergast / July 31, 2021

The first floor of the JACK Cleveland Casino, formerly the Higbee’s
department store downtown, is proposed to be opened up to create
an outdoor gaming patio.

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600 feet above the street: Sherwin-Williams sets HQ height

By Ken Prendergast / June 29, 2021

An executive-level committee at Sherwin-Williams (SHW) has made a critical decision — the final height of its new headquarters tower just west of downtown Cleveland’s Public Square. According to sources on the HQ design team, the height decided by SHW’s Building Our Future Committee is 600 feet.