St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Downtown Cleveland is demolished

Cleveland’s fastest-changing neighborhood isn’t where you think

University Circle and Ohio City might be Cleveland’s most recognizable development hotspots. But in the southern Campus District, which straddles the Central neighborhood and eastern edge of downtown, a handful of large-scale demolitions and relocations are setting up more than 50 acres for redevelopment next door to the central business district.

The 50+ acres in play next to downtown, but few are talking about it

Ken Prendergast / March 28, 2026

Mega-redevelopment sites are emerging all around Downtown Cleveland. There’s the 50-acre lakefront site that includes the to-be-demolished Huntington Bank Field. There’s the nearly 40-acre Bedrock Riverfront site. There’s the 62-acre ex-Lake Shore Power Plant site just east of downtown. And there’s the 450-acre site that now contains Burke Lakefront Airport.

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