With financing closed, construction work will begin in the next couple of weeks on the $40 million rehabilitation and conversion of the historic 700 Prospect Ave. office building into apartments, called The Electric Building. And now the ground-floor has the end user of its lone commercial space identified — Tom’s Watch Bar, a national chain sports bar founded in 2014.
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The private home of the owner of some of Cleveland’s most well-known buildings and restaurants was searched today by federal investigators and assisted by local police in an ongoing matter involving the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Frank Sinito and his wife Malisse reside at a mansion at 6736 Eagle Road in Waite Hill, in suburban Lake County.
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In the coming weeks, demolition crews are due to level the fabled Cleveland Vibrator machine shop, 2828 Clinton Ave., in the Hingetown section of Ohio City for a large apartment complex. Site preparations for two new apartment buildings will take place over the winter with construction work to follow, said Jon Pinney, managing partner at the project’s developer TurnDev.
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The rumor mill of Cleveland sports is always turning. And lately it’s been turning out rumors that Cleveland has won the 16th franchise of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Others are dropping hints of this possibility while at the same time managing expectations.
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An obviously exasperated Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb today claimed the owners of the Cleveland Browns football “abandoned” downtown for suburban Brook Park, in a move due to be announced by the team as early as tomorrow. But Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne said he wasn’t ready to concede defeat yet.
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Christoff Group isn’t wasting any time in moving forward on a new townhouse development in the Duck Island section of Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. Only two months after acquiring just over a quarter of an acre of land, the developer and its realtor are announcing a six-unit collection of large, for-sale homes.
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Although it’s not the full $260 million federal grant that city of Cleveland officials had hoped to get for its lakefront vision, the $59.7 million it won today from U.S. Department of Transportation will knock down the first lakefront domino. Once knocked down, other aspects in the city’s plans can be funded and built.
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Shaker Square mainstays Edwins Restaurant and Edwins Too on the other side of the square may not be staying put much longer. In fact, they could be headed for the former Nighttown restaurant location in Cleveland Heights to avoid what Edwins’ owner Brandon Chrostowski says is a worsening safety issue at Cleveland’s Shaker Square.
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To finally repurpose the site of the former Lakewood Hospital that was closed in 2016, plans for a proposed major development have one more hurdle at the city of Lakewood to clear before crossing the finish line. That last hurdle, City Council, will take up those plans next month. If they’re approved by the end of this year, construction could start by Spring 2025 on the $100-plus million development.
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The Port of Cleveland board on Friday approved issuing up to $15 million in taxable bonds for financing of the $25.6 million Taylor Tudor Plaza Project, part of the first phase of a larger $150 million mixed use neighborhood revitalization of the Taylor Road neighborhood in Cleveland Heights.
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