CLEVELAND | Project Rundown

[mrnyc]

also, work on the new browns stadium is underway --




Dee Haslam on Browns stadium: No Plan B despite $600M state funding holdup
Updated: Mar. 31, 2026


more:
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/03/d...b-despite-600m-state-funding-holdup.html

[mrnyc]

'the mistake on the lake' is going away, aka nfl football stadium, now 'the mistake that ruined downtown' is getting a reboot.

the sadly downtown neighborhood clearing, but iconic i.m. pei erieview tower (+ galleria mall) major reno is moving ahead.

the hotel will be a marriott w brand.

the ol' classic cle top of the town restaurant will be back too.


via sonisharri


luckily it didn't get as far as envisioned!


the erieview plan 1961

[mrnyc]

amazing -- a pdf of all the major metroparks capital projects --

https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getm...319-Capital-Project-Update-Info-Item.pdf

irishtown bend

[mrnyc]

nice conversion leadership news --




Empty Department Stores Are Housing Cleveland’s Booming Population

Historic buildings are being reimagined as modern apartments, attracting young renters, empty nesters and reverse commuters

By Jessica Flint
Photography by Marta Xochilt Perez for WSJ
April 14, 2026 at 5:30 am ET


In downtown Cleveland, renters are moving back to the future as architectural icons from the city’s early-1900s golden age are reborn as modern apartments.

While office-to-residential conversions gained national attention post-pandemic, Cleveland has spent about 50 years refining the practice.

The city is considered a national leader in the space, according to real-estate services firm Newmark.

Driven by state and federal tax incentives, approximately 30 historic buildings have been reimagined as apartments, hotels and more since 2013 alone.

Notable examples include the circa-1915 May Company department store, which was converted to apartments in 2020, and the 1920s Terminal Tower Residences above Cleveland Union Terminal train station, which became rentals in 2019.

Projects like these have helped boost the downtown population 12% since 2019 to roughly 21,000, according to Michael Deemer, president and CEO of non-profit Downtown Cleveland, Inc.


more -- wsj paywall:
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/clevelan...-19864f0c?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1


On Cleveland’s Public Square plaza, the May Company building, formerly a department store, now houses apartments.

[mrnyc]

do you like infrastructure?

the ne ohio sewer district is about to start on the last of seven massive multi-billion dollar sewage tunnels to prevent overflow into lake erie during storms —

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXb5s3SHGdU/?igsh=MWs5YTlpZjgzN2V2bw==

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women leading the affordable development charge on the east side —



They wanted to build affordable apartments. These Black women developers are doing more than that.

Sheila Wright and Angela Thi Bennett of Frontline Development Group measure their success by how many underrepresented groups they can include on their projects.

Olivera Perkins, Economics Reporter
by Olivera Perkins
April 23, 2026

https://signalcleveland.org/they-wanted-...men-developers-are-doing-more-than-that/


Gordon Crossing, a mixed-rate apartment building in University Circle. Credit: Michael Indriolo/Signal Cleveland/CatchLight Local

[mrnyc]

you see cleaning up and prepping old industrial lots is a never ending job for cities and taxpayers in the former ‘rust belt’ —



Cleveland eyes $10M in grants for one of city’s largest swaths of vacant land

Published: Apr. 28, 2026
By Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com


Cleveland is making a push for up to $10 million in state grants to clean up one of the largest stretches of industrial land in the city.

The proposal would mark 89 acres along railroads tracks on Cleveland’s East Side as a special investment zone, which is needed to apply for brownfield grants from the Ohio Department of Development. The collection of industrial parcels stretches between Carnegie and Woodland Avenue, east of East 55th Street.


more:
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/04/c...citys-largest-swaths-of-vacant-land.html


Aerial view of abandoned buildings on Cedar Avenue near East 55th Street in Cleveland's Central neighborhood.John Pana, cleveland.com

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new can do owner will rehab rockefeller building —


K&D buys Cleveland's Rockefeller building, with plans for 275 apartments, new parking garage

News 5 got an inside look at the vacant building, from the once-grand lobby to the roof

By: Michelle Jarboe



CLEVELAND — A local developer is tackling one of Downtown Cleveland’s biggest eyesores, with plans to turn the Rockefeller Building into roughly 275 apartments.

The K&D Group bought the vacant property Tuesday, paying $5.13 million to an out-of-state lender who ended up with the building after a previous redevelopment effort failed.



more:
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/loca...ns-for-275-apartments-new-parking-garage

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cwru gets largest donation to a college in ohio history for a new consolidated humanities building —



Record $125 Million Gift To Case Western Boosts Humanities In Age Of AI

ByAlicia Park
Apr 30, 2026

The Mandel Foundation, started by three brothers on the first Forbes 400 list, is giving $125 million for, among other things, interdisciplinary studies such as the ethics of robotics.

Over the last two decades, the humanities and social sciences have been in retreat on many college campuses, as debt-burdened students have sought better-paying careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and state legislatures and private university boards have pushed to eliminate low-enrollment, low financial return majors. That trend has accelerated with recent federal funding cuts. Meanwhile, universities have been scrambling to beef up their artificial intelligence offerings, while billionaire donors like Mark Zuckerberg have poured money into keeping their alma maters in the AI race.

But dramatic changes in the job market and a just-announced, record-breaking $125 million gift to Case Western Reserve University from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, suggest a resurgence could be in the offing for the humanities and social sciences, and for programs that produce double majors schooled in both STEM and the humanities.


more:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/...-western-boosts-humanities-in-age-of-ai/

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Mandel Foundation gifts $125M to Case Western Reserve University

Ideastream Public Media | By Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence, Conor Morris
Published May 1, 2026


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Funds will support four areas across the university, with a focus on humanities and social sciences:

Establish the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Building, a 50,000-square-foot center for humanities studies, workspaces, and research

Scholarship endowment at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences through the continuation of Mandel Dean’s Scholarships

Creation of the Morton L. Mandel Presidential Chair, with President Eric W. Kaler as the inaugural holder

Expansion of the Experimental Humanities Program in the College of Arts and Sciences.


more:
https://www.wvxu.org/2026-05-01/mandel-foundation-gifts-125m-to-case-western-reserve-university

[mrnyc]

naia noir redevelopment is rising up fast along the shoreway --



via PaulinCleveland

[PoshSteve]

Thanks for all the updates @mrnyc! I've unfortunately been away from the scene for awhile, and looking thru all you've been steadfastly posting over the years has greatly helped in getting me caught back up on what's been going on around town. I knew Cleveland has been busy, but wow! It's a whole new world.

Keep up the good work. Greatly appreciate it!