CLEVELAND | Project Rundown

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city council approves browns leaving for the suburbs,
tearing down stadium —
goodbye to the mistake on the lake —



'It was a responsible decision': Cleveland City Council approves Mayor Justin Bibb's $100M Browns stadium settlement with Haslam Sports Group

Story by Dave DeNatale, Danielle Wiggins, Kristen Mirand, Kristen Mirand


Cleveland City Council has approved Mayor Justin Bibb's $100 million settlement with the Haslam Sports Group at its meeting Monday night, paving the way for the Browns to play in a new domed stadium in Brook Park.


more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...up/ar-AA1RwmbR


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immediately there are plenty of redevelopment pitches —



18 groups express interest in Browns Stadium site redevelopment on Cleveland lakefront

North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation interviews 11 potential developers for 50-acre lakefront property

By Katie Tercek
Published: Dec. 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM EST


CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Eighteen groups have expressed interest in redeveloping the soon-to-be-demolished Browns Stadium site, officials announced Friday.

The North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation interviewed only 11 of the 18 groups, asking them what they would do with the property. No names are being revealed at this time, only the types of developments being proposed.


more:
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/12/...redevelopment/

[mrnyc]

more wonderful news --
it seems the cuyahoga river is not the only place cle is building and connecting access and parkland to the waterfront --
the same is happening on the east side along lake erie --
work starting in early 2026 --

per acd on uo --
Lots of great updates about East Side Lakefront projects from the Metroparks in this presentation from 11/20:

-- Mandel Community Trail completion estimated for late summer 2026

-- Parker Sailing Center and Boathouse completion estimated for Memorial Day 2026

-- Gordon Park improvements construction starts March 2026. This includes infrastructure, trails, playground, and more.

-- CHEERS Habitat Loop "shovel-ready" in early 2026. Looking at the renderings, this is a more significant project than I'd thought.

-- Euclid Beach Connector Trail construction starts in early 2026.

more:
https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/...-Lakefront.pdf

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so nice to see giving back --- the old cedar ymca, the city's first integrated y, is being converted into a part of african town plaza --




Cuyahoga County Council backs African Town Plaza project with grant and loan

Members also discussed on-again, off-again federal funding for solar projects.

by Frank W. Lewis and Cleveland Documenters
April 3, 2025


Cuyahoga County Council unanimously approved a $300,000 community development grant for African Town Plaza, a planned $9 million commercial and residential redevelopment of the long-closed, historic YMCA Cedar Branch in the Fairfax neighborhood.

“To have this developer come in and redevelop this building for a multi-million-dollar project is a godsend to this community,” District 8 Council Member Pernel Jones, Jr. said. “It fills a void. The developer has talked about an opportunity for mentoring of individuals to be developers like himself.”

The developer is James Sosan, a former telecom engineer turned developer who purchased the former Y, at 7515 Cedar Ave., in 2023. A Nigerian immigrant, Sosan told Crain’s Cleveland in December that African Town Plaza will include 20 apartments, a cultural event center and commercial kitchen in the gym and offices in the converted pool area.

The first Cedar Branch YMCA was built on the site in 1879 and was the first in the city to welcome Black and white men, according to Green Book Cleveland. The current building was erected in 1942.


more:
https://signalcleveland.org/cuyahoga...rant-and-loan/


The painted-over YMCA sign is still visible on the front of the former Cedar Branch, soon to be redeveloped as African Town Plaza. Credit: Frank W. Lewis / Signal Cleveland

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happy holidays --



via glen petranek

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another nice conversion --



City View Lofts to Turn Aging Euclid Avenue Office Into Affordable Housing

The latest plan to Downtown Cleveland would convert a 1950s-era office property into 33 apartments, continuing the city's post-pandemic shift toward housing.
BY KEN PRENDERGAST, NEOTRANS | OCT. 8, 2025


Plans were submitted to the city yesterday for the latest conversion of an aging, post-war office building near the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 30th Street. But the proposed conversion at 2728 Euclid Ave. may come at a bargain price.

Several vacant, obsolete office buildings nearby in the Euclid-East 30th area were recently converted. These apartments — Innerbelt Lofts, University Studios, The Midtown Apartments — have more affordable prices than those in the central business district.

Yet they offer easy easy car, bike and transit access to Downtown Cleveland and University Circle — the first- and fourth-largest employment centers in Ohio. Cleveland State University also been a draw for tenants to these buildings.


more:
https://clevelandmagazine.com/articl...dable-housing/


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happy new year --

massive reno of the rose and sloan buildings at e9th & prospect is underway --

formerly medical mutual hq, it will become 'the country’s first amalgamation of Marriott’s boutique Tribute brand of hotels and nine floors of downtown luxury apartments.'


https://www.projectscarletcle.com


Rose Building to Rekindle Front Door of Cleveland Identity With Boutique Marriott Hotel
A Marriott Tribute, with a ground-floor restaurant and nine floors of apartments, will begin construction in August

by Mark Oprea
January 7, 2025

https://www.clevescene.com/news/rose...otel-45819511/



A fine-dining restaurant and a “signature” bar will occupy the first floor of the Rose Building’s next act: Marriott’s first boutique hotel combined with multi-family apartments. Credit: Mark Oprea

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up & leasing — we love infill —
glenville circle north —


https://www.clevelanddevelopmentadvi...-circle-north/

https://www.universitycircle.org/eve...le-circlenorth

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breaking ground for senior housing —


New Cleveland apartment building addresses affordable housing for seniors

By Aria Janel
Published: Oct. 29, 2025

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“We have an aging city,” said Mayor Justin Bibb. “As I’m talking to a lot of seniors across Cleveland, they want to see more good quality affordable housing, and this fits the bill.”


more:
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/10/...using-seniors/

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more to come for the cle clinic campus, if rather vague at this point —



Cleveland Clinic to expand, modernize main campus, CEO says

Published: Jan. 28, 2026
By Julie Washington, cleveland.comadvance local express


CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Clinic is developing plans to expand and modernize a large portion of its main campus, CEO Dr. Tom Mihaljevic told reporters this week after his annual State of the Clinic presentation.

Mihaljevic provided few additional details about the plan, but Clinic officials, in follow-up emails with cleveland.com, described how the Clinic is “developing a comprehensive main campus master plan to build, expand and modernize our facilities so we can continue delivering the highest level of care to our patients and community.”


more:
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2026...-ceo-says.html


The Cleveland Clinic's Neurological Building had its topping out ceremony in January 2025. The Clinic says it will finish new construction before undertaking a redesign of its main campus. Cleveland Clinic

[mrnyc]

well unfortunately they tore down historic st vincents charity hospital (1856) and now the also historic and beautiful old juvenile detention center campus across the street (1931). the juvie campus was the oldest in the usa and was a model when it was built.

no one would take these structures to redevelop them — it was just too much to handle.

plans are to build a highway cap to connect to a campus district and perhaps csu housing.

ugh.

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a new ampitheater for the the riverfront --



Bedrock announces 6,200-seat riverfront amphitheater for Cleveland

Updated: Feb. 26, 2026
By Rich Exner, cleveland.com


CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bedrock’s emerging riverfront development below Tower City Center and Rocket Arena will include a 6,200-seat open-air amphitheater for concerts and other events, the company announced Thursday.

Work will begin in March or April of this year, targeting an opening in May 2028, said Nic Barlage, who as CEO of the Rock Entertainment Group oversees plans in Cleveland for Dan Gilbert’s family of companies.


more:
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/...cleveland.html


Bedrock’s emerging riverfront development below Tower City Center and Rocket Arena will include a 6,200-seat open-air amphitheater for concerts and other events.Bedrock and MKSK

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good neighborhood infill progress -- franklin yards --


via PaulinCleveland