Ken Prendergast

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Journalist and Writer at NEOtrans

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Cleveland Clinic to Nearly Double the Size of Its Campus in Avon

3 days ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Ken Prendergast

The article is published as part of an exclusive content-sharing agreement with neo-trans.blog. To meet the growing demand for patient care on Cleveland’s west side, a growing Cleveland Clinic announced plans to significantly expand both Avon Hospital and Richard E. Jacobs Family Health Center. The $340 million project would nearly double the size of the campus, which is located just north of the Interstate 90-Nagel Road interchange in Avon.
Port of Cleveland Inks Agreement to Strengthen Trade With European Union

3 days ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Ken Prendergast

The article is published as part of an exclusive content-sharing agreement with neo-trans.blog. Officials from the Port of Cleveland have signed a strategic agreement with those of Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), Ireland’s second-largest port operator, to strengthen trade ties and unlock new business and economic opportunities between the Great Lakes region and Europe.
Cleveland Clinic to nearly double Avon Hospital’s size

3 days ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

This simplified rendering, called a massing, shows only the scale and placement of proposed structures. Their final design will change. This also doesn’t show a proposed parking garage or where it might be built. North is to the lower-left corner of the image (Cleveland Clinic). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. To meet the growing demand for patient care on Cleveland’s west side, a growing Cleveland Clinic announced plans to significantly expand both Avon Hospital and Richard E.
Fenn Tower leads historic tax credit winners

3 days ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

A $50.4 million renovation of Fenn Tower at the east edge of Downtown Cleveland by Cleveland State University got a big boost today by the Ohio Department of Development when it awarded a maximum $5 million historic tax credit to the project (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Northeast Ohio did well in the latest round of Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program awards, garnering nearly half of all awards in terms of dollar amount and total number of projects aided today.
Sinito walks away from running Millennia

5 days ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

Key Tower is owned by and is the headquarters of The Millennia Companies, one of the largest affordable housing property owners and managers in the United States. It is reducing its affordable housing portfolio, expanding into market-rate multifamily properties and, this month, went through significant leadership changes (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Frank T.
Ohio Sports Teams Back DeWine's Stadium Funding Plan

1 week ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Ken Prendergast

The article is published as part of an exclusive content-sharing agreement with neo-trans.blog. Exploration in high school robotics is what helped NASA Engineer Christopher Morris find his future career as a mechanical test engineer in the propulsion systems laboratory. “I kind of like this designing a little bit of the project management side of things, and then going to college, it's figuring it out. Yeah, mechanical engineering suits me,” says Morris.
Ohio teams support DeWine’s stadium funding plan

1 week ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

Two existing sports and entertainment facilities plus one proposed venue are seen in this view of the Gateway district from Terminal Tower. In the foreground is Rocket Arena, followed by Progressive Field. To the right, just beyond the rapid transit tracks and Inner Belt highway is the site of a professional soccer stadium (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
University Circle site offered for mid-rise apartments

1 week ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

This AI-generated rendering shows a potential 11-story residential development for Cleveland’s University Circle at Cedar Avenue and East 107th Street. The property, zoned for a 60-foot building height, is surrounded on three sides by zoning allowing for taller buildings (Cresco). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Warner & Swasey faces $2M gap, needs help

1 week ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

Someday, this perspective of Downtown Cleveland could be the view from someone’s home. But for the last 40 years, Mother Nature has been steadily reclaiming this property from its prior use, the Warner & Swasey Co.’s machine tool factory on Carnegie Avenue near East 55th Street. That decay can end and the building be restored if just $2 million more can be found to close a financing gap (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Dan Gilbert's Bedrock to Prep Downtown Site for a Large Development

1 week ago | clevelandmagazine.com | Ken Prendergast

The article is published as part of an exclusive content-sharing agreement with neo-trans.blog. Site preparations for a significant new development called the “Rock Block” are sought in the Gateway District of Downtown Cleveland. But the permit application outlining the proposed preparations offers more questions than it provides answers as to what may rise here and when. There are some answers and, of course, rumors.