Slavic Village’s Broadway in transit

Ken Prendergast / November 21, 2022

The beleaguered Broadway Avenue corridor in Cleveland’s Slavic Village could soon see new signs of life thanks to a federal grant that was awarded last week to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA). The $432,000 grant will allow the transit agency to develop plans to redesign the Broadway corridor from the Turney-Ella bus loop to downtown as a bus rapid transit (BRT) route with enhanced pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. Once those plans are complete, it can then apply for federal funds to build that infrastructure.

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Affordable apartments planned at RTA station

Ken Prendergast / October 25, 2022

An Indianapolis-based real estate developer is seeking to build affordable apartments just west of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) West Boulevard-Cudell rapid transit station on land owned by the transit authority. Today, the GCRTA Board approved giving that developer, Flaherty & Collins LLC, an option to purchase the land for the development of 60 to 80 apartments. The option, priced at $5,000, gives the developer site control so it can nail down financing and city approvals over the next year. If the developer needs more time, RTA can extend the option for another year for another $5,000.

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Ohio City RTA station site ideas arrive

Ken Prendergast / May 18, 2022

Representatives of a real estate development partnership have been making the rounds of near-west-side neighborhood block clubs to present conceptual ideas and get feedback for developing land next to the West 25th-Ohio City Red Line Station. But those same representatives caution there is no plan yet and there is no guarantee that anything will be built.

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Next Ohio City high-rise in the works

3 Comments / Ken Prendergast / March 21, 2022

Successful leasing of apartments at the INTRO mixed-use project is encouraging its developer to pursue a 15- to 16-story high-rise with its next phase of the Market Square development, across the street from the West Side Market.

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Kan Zaman expands, Ohio City parking crater endures

Ken Prendergast / December 22, 2021

When people in Cleveland’s real estate sector heard Kan Zaman will open a new location on the east side of downtown, their immediate reaction was — are they vacating the old site in Ohio City for a new development?

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Latest project may extend West 25th’s density

5 Comments / Ken Prendergast / December 7, 2021

The latest entry in the frantic pace of development on Cleveland’s near-west side is Realife Real Estate Group’s The Pearl, a seven-story apartment building over parking and a retail space.

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County offers large East Cleveland property

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / November 28, 2021

Cuyahoga County has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the disposition of a large piece of land that, if redeveloped, could help commercial activity in East Cleveland’s central business district.

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Mayfield Station Apartments next to Little Italy-University Circle Red Line

Circle Square, Ohio City, Van Aken District, Woodhill Station show what’s possible

Ken Prendergast / August 9, 2021

Putting more residents, jobs and services next to existing rapid transit boosts Greater Cleveland’s quality of life. More real estate developers are recognizing the value to them from investing next to transit, as well as the growing number of public incentives to make those investments. In 2019, Mayfield Station Apartments was rising next to the new Little Italy-University Circle Red Line rail station. More developments like this are happening at more stations in Greater Cleveland

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