Partners working together on the transformational Irishtown Bend project have reached a tentative settlement agreement following a lawsuit by an affiliate of the George family against the use of eminent domain to acquire their land for the project. Terms of the deal were not fully disclosed at this time.
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In a project beset with hurdles — primarily centered around money — the effort to move forward on developing the 23-acre Irishtown Bend Park in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood got a big financial boost today. That boost came from a $5 million challenge grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. If enough donations are received by the end of 2024 to match the challenge dollar-for-dollar, it could generate up to $10 million.
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Friday was a big day for Scranton Peninsula in Cleveland’s Flats. A new brewpub opened in a repurposed industrial structure next to the Cuyahoga River. City Planning Commission gave conditional approval to plans for a new neighborhood that would add more than 300 housing units to the city’s riverfront. And the commission approved new zoning for a large area of the Flats to support additional development.
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Dalad Group is proposing to redevelop this 19th-century mansion turned-elderly care facility on Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood into 38 market-rate apartments.
Read MoreOn 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
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A skeptical Clevelander would look at the above map where five potential major real estate developments may rise atop the West Rim of the Cuyahoga River valley and question how many will actually get built. An optimistic Clevelander would be certain that most, if not all, will get built. And an older, lifelong Clevelander would look at that map and be amazed that there are five potential major projects at all.
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