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Cleveland Area Economic and Development Updates Since 2011, the NEOtrans Blog has been your go-to source for news about economic growth, development, real estate, construction, and transportation in the Greater Cleveland area. We offer thorough analysis and accurate research, backed by well-verified data, to keep you informed about market trends in Northeast Ohio. This is the perfect resource for anyone interested in staying updated on local business activities.

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Lakewood church to become church again

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

Built as a church 103 years ago, this handsome Lakewood building will go back to it roots under a new owner (LoopNet). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Only a decade old, the Lakewood-based King’s Church has acquired its first permanent home by purchasing the former headquarters of the Roundstone Insurance Co. after it relocated to Rocky River last fall. But that former HQ is going back to its originally intended purpose.
Row on Garden gets pushed and pulled by city

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

The darker building at left is the proposed Row on Garden, amid several other phases of development by ALMiCo Group led by its first phase at right, the Flats on Pearl in Cleveland’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood (Brandt). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Different departments of the city of Cleveland are stretching a Lakewood-based real estate company, ALMiCO Group, with orders to stop and go on different aspects of its multi-phase development in the city’s Brooklyn Centre Historic District.
University Circle’s ‘Holy Oil Can’ is up for sale

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

In Cleveland’s University Circle, two of that district’s tallest structures stand next to the Wade Lagoon. The district’s tallest structure, The 267-foot-tall Artisan apartments, was topping out in September 2022. But the district’s longtime height champion at 200 feet was the Church In The Circle, built in 1928 as the Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. When a church has been around for a long time, its name can often change.
Here’s the Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s to Playhouse Square

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

Along Euclid Avenue, to the left or east of Starbucks in the Hanna Building, will be the latest location of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. The new parlor will take the entire space between Starbucks and the arched Euclid entrance to the historic building (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. While NEOtrans doesn’t normally devote an entire article to the planned opening of a small retail space, this is a new ice cream parlor in a high-profile location.
Ohio City Starbucks OK’d by Landmarks panel

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

The left side of this corner of an historic building in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood is where a drive-through for a new Starbucks Cafe is planned. The cars from this drive-through will exit here onto Abbey Avenue. In the background is the Intro development. Out of view to the right is the West Side Market and, behind this camera is the Ohio City Red Line train station Avenue (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Tony George buying Lake Avenue site

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

This office and warehouse at 8110 Lake Ave. on Cleveland’s west side is near to being acquired by the George Group of Lakewood to apparently remain a commercial use in a neighborhood with lots of residential development (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. A high-profile businessman is near to acquiring a piece of property between Cleveland’s stable Edgewater neighborhood to the west and the fast-growing Gordon Square neighborhood to the east.
Rose Building sign not a sign of construction yet

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

This proposed sign for Project Scarlet, a renovation and conversion of the former Medical Mutual headquarters into apartments and a hotel, is sought to stir up interest and create buzz about the project (Diamond Signs & Graphics). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. Cleveland Landmarks Commission is due to hear a proposal this week for the addition of a visible, unique sign atop an important building in Downtown Cleveland. But while the proposed sign on the Rose Building, 2060 E.
NE Ohio Soccer HQ, training facility search begins

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

A FIFA-regulation-size soccer pitch measures just under 2 acres, like this one in at the Old Crew Stadium in Columbus. In the winter, the field is covered with an air-supported bubble dome that is usually 20 degrees warmer inside than it is outside (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Next in Cleveland’s BVQ District: Vega Ave. Studio Lofts

2 weeks ago | neo-trans.blog | Ken Prendergast

The Vega Avenue Studio Lofts doesn’t just overlook its namesake street. The apartment building, clad in wood shiplap siding, will also overlook Interstate 90, set immediately south of the BVQ Lofts in the former J. Spang Bakery Building (Vocon). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. If it seems like a new development is popping up just about every month in Cleveland’s Barber-Vega-Queen (BVQ) District, you’re right. The latest to pop up on public records is the Vega Avenue Studio Lofts.
MGK’s Shooters Yacht Club gets go-ahead

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

Formerly Shooters on the Water had a 37-year run on Cleveland’s West Bank of the Flats. It will be renovated as Shooters Yacht Club, whose ownership group is led by musician and former Clevelander MGK (Share The River). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. A new direction for a longtime Flats West Bank restaurant site on the Cuyahoga River is about to get underway.