Greater Cleveland

Mayfield Station Apartments next to Little Italy-University Circle Red Line

Circle Square, Ohio City, Van Aken District, Woodhill Station show what’s possible

By Ken Prendergast / August 9, 2021 January 9, 2022

Putting more residents, jobs and services next to existing rapid transit boosts Greater Cleveland’s quality of life. More real estate developers are recognizing the value to them from investing next to transit, as well as the growing number of public incentives to make those investments. In 2019, Mayfield Station Apartments was rising next to the new Little Italy-University Circle Red Line rail station. More developments like this are happening at more stations in Greater Cleveland

Hough Bakeries-Lakeview-Wade Park-Building

Hough Bakeries redevelopment plan revealed

By Ken Prendergast / July 29, 2021 November 20, 2021

Plans for redeveloping the vacant Hough Bakeries plant on the Cleveland-East Cleveland line were revealed today.

Westinghouse site may see $85 million reno with hotel, apartments, shops

By Ken Prendergast / July 16, 2021 November 20, 2021

Abandoned Westinghouse factory in Cleveland may be renovated for $85 million with hotel, apartments & shops.

Knez Homes wins large undeveloped Tremont property

1 Comment / By Ken Prendergast / April 6, 2021 November 22, 2021

In Cleveland’s built-up, booming near-West Side neighborhoods of Tremont and Ohio City, it’s not often that a clean, undeveloped piece of land as big as 3.55 acres becomes available for development. But that’s what just happened in the Lincoln Heights section of Tremont.

Greater Cleveland RTA requests proposals for new trains

1 Comment / By Ken Prendergast / March 21, 2021 November 22, 2021

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the replacement of its four-decade-old rail fleet with a standardized type of train. The first new trains could arrive in Cleveland by early 2024.

Saucy Brew Works adding new brewpub, triple production

By Ken Prendergast / December 30, 2020 December 2, 2021

It’s been a banner couple of years for Saucy Brew Works and their founders, Brewmaster Eric Anderson and entrepreneur Brent Zimmerman. And the long-time craft beer fanatics are teaming up for their biggest expansion yet.

Lots of good long-term economic news for Greater Cleveland

By Ken Prendergast / July 4, 2020 January 17, 2022

As jobs start to come back following the pandemic-related economic shutdown, there are also new jobs coming online for Greater Cleveland. These aren’t restored jobs; they are jobs resulting from economic growth in sectors that were either unaffected by the shutdown or they are structural changes from employers seeking lower-cost ways of doing business.

How nuCLEus and Herold got their lives back

By Ken Prendergast / April 24, 2020 December 18, 2021

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.

Cleveland’s economy is kicking butt

2 Comments / By Ken Prendergast / October 20, 2018 January 17, 2022

In case you’ve missed it, and judging by the lack of coverage in local mainstream media you have, but Greater Cleveland’s economy has managed to win some serious momentum in recent months.
September jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics just came in this past week (see chart below). It showed that Greater Cleveland’s employment grew by 2.7 percent compared to September 2017 year-over-year (YOY). That would have been an increase over August’s robust 2.5 percent increase YOY, except that August’s preliminary data was adjusted upward to 2.7 percent in this latest report.