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CLEVELAND NEWS
$55 Million Ohio City Hotel Set to Rise on Surface Parking Lot on Lorain Ave.
“It’s a much needed use for this area. There’s not a single full service hotel between downtown and the airport.”
By Lee Chilcote on Wed, Jun 11, 2025
Currently, if you’re looking to stay in Ohio City while visiting the West Side Market, Rock Hall, downtown Cleveland or any other of a host of attractions, your options are limited. You can crash at a nearby Airbnb, but you can’t book a room at a hotel in Ohio City – because there isn’t one. However, that could start to change this year with the construction of the 129-room, seven-story Ohio City Hotel on a surface parking lot at Lorain Ave. and W. 26th St.
The developer behind the project is Dan Whalen, who also developed the $150 million Intro project at W. 25th and Lorain. The parking lot where the project will rise is owned by the nonprofit Ohio City Incorporated, which put out a request for proposals for the site in 2022. The $55 million hotel would include a first-floor eatery, ground-level coffee shop, 4,500 square foot second-level event space, as well as a rooftop restaurant and bar overlooking downtown.
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