For a transit agency facing upcoming budget deficits in 2026, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) struck a hopeful tone at the first committee meeting of the year. But due to rising costs of healthcare and static ridership numbers, others are sounding the alarm for immediate change to avoid collapse.
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A clear sign of a project getting underway is when street barriers and fencing go up around that project’s site. In this case, it’s the vacated Medical Mutual of Ohio headquarters, 2060 E. 9th St. in Downtown Cleveland, that’s about to see work get started.
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Two journeys are represented at the site of the former Tick Tock Tavern that saw its nearly eight-decade-long run end in December 2024. One is that of the tavern and the other is of its new owner Saravanan “Babu” Chandrababu.
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Among 45 U.S. cities with urban rail transit systems, Greater Cleveland has the nation’s the oldest train fleet. The first tangible evidence of that changing will arrive in June when the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) is expected to receive its first new rapid transit railcars since 1985.
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A nursing home complex is proposed for a major expansion but requires the demolition of two historic homes, including a 19th-century mansion designed by a famous local architect. A permit application for the mansion’s demolition was submitted to the City of Cleveland last month and is still pending.
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If the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) was a human being, it might look like the Black Knight from the 1975 movie “Monty Python and The Holy Grail” after being confronted by King Arthur. In the British comedy, the king had hacked off the knight’s arms and legs, yet the knight continued to fight, claiming “It’s just a flesh wound.”
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It’s the kind of success story just about everyone cheers for and it’s a story that Cleveland needs more of. It’s the story of a husband-and-wife team growing a business they started, outgrowing their first building in Cleveland to the point they need a new one — and staying in Cleveland.
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A $1.1 billion Neurological Institute on Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus will be structurally completed. Downtown’s new 616-foot-tall Sherwin-Williams headquarters tower, part of the coatings company’s $860 million “Building Our Future” initiative, will see its ribbon cut. And construction is due to start on the Haslam Sports Group’s $2.4 billion enclosed stadium in Brook Park.
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One of Northeast Ohio’s largest for-sale office properties will soon be put up for bid. Progressive Insurance’s first headquarters campus it constructed in the eastern suburbs is scheduled for a Feb. 2, 2026 auction.
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In the early 2000s, the Hyacinth Lofts were developed in the old Cleveland School Book Depository, offering hope for a revival of the Slavic Village enclave named after an historic St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church. Then the foreclosure crisis hit, devastating this once working-class, ethnic neighborhood.
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