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Universities worldwide compete to redesign Cleveland’s Lake Shore Power Plant site

Ken Prendergast / February 22, 2025

With deference to the classic movie “Casablanca,” of all the abandoned industrial sites in North America, the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Hines Student Competition picked Cleveland’s vacated Lake Shore Power Plant site as the canvas for its 2025 design competition. Four finalists were announced today in the competition that drew 82 entries from universities worldwide, with the winner to be named April 3 in Cleveland.

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Pioneer/Jaja restaurants at INTRO set repair plans

Ken Prendergast / February 20, 2025

Just after 3 a.m. on Halloween 2024, an Audi crashed at high speed into a section of the INTRO complex, at 2050 Gehring Ave. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. While the driver wasn’t seriously hurt, the damage to the structure was so severe that two restaurants, Pioneer and Jaja, affected by the crash are still closed and repairs won’t be completed until 10 months after the initial impact.

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Van Aken District’s next big project starts in March

Ken Prendergast / February 18, 2025

When one project is completed at a megaproject district, a good sign of its health is to see another project in same area start soon thereafter. That’s what is due to happen in a couple of weeks at the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights, according to a Columbus-based developer.

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Lake Shore Power Station site redo a long play

Ken Prendergast / February 17, 2025

The owner of one of Cleveland’s largest privately owned lakefront properties announced its intentions to redevelop the site. But some of its proposed uses were not welcomed by a lakefront advocacy group.

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Ronayne ‘optimistic’ about Browns staying downtown

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2025

Active discussions between the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the owners of the Cleveland Browns are back on for the $1.2 billion renovation of the city-owned, 1999-built stadium on Downtown Cleveland’s lakefront, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne told NEOtrans in an interview today.

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Cleveland, Lakewood projects boosted by Port

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2025

Three redevelopment projects — two on Cleveland’s west side and one in Lakewood — were awarded financial assistance today by the Port of Cleveland’s board to advance them to construction in the coming weeks. The assistance totaled more than $97 million worth of financing, sales tax savings and bonds.

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Pinecrest bought by North Carolina firm

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2025

Tanger, a publicly traded owner and operator of outlet and open-air retail shopping destinations, has acquired Pinecrest, a 640,000-square-foot open-air, grocery-anchored, mixed-use center in one of the most desirable submarkets of Greater Cleveland.

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University Circle tower goes back to drawing board

Ken Prendergast / February 7, 2025

Design review of East Stokes, what would be University Circle’s tallest building, was moving along at a rapid clip last fall. Things were moving so quickly that the development team, led by PCP Voyager, anticipated that if City Planning Commission could approve the final plans by Thanksgiving, a spring groundbreaking of 24-story apartment tower might be possible.

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Commission OKs Bedrock’s riverfront masterplan

Ken Prendergast / February 7, 2025

A design review panel of Cleveland’s Planning Commission today approved Bedrock’s final masterplan for its multi-phase, $3.5 billion riverfront development. But while the vote was unanimous, commission members asked some pointed questions about how all of its components would successfully come together.

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Is DeWine’s stadium tax idea a good bet?

Ken Prendergast / February 5, 2025

Everything from helping to finance a new stadium for the Cleveland Browns to funding sports programs for low-income families could be supported by a new sports facility and education fund sought by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in his proposed state budget. But the proposed fund doesn’t pick a stadium site for the Browns, which appears to give Downtown Cleveland site backers more of a win than it does for the owners of the pro football team.

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