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Tower City Center lacks coherent future without more development, rail access By Ken Prendergast / March 21, 2025 Like many who work in one of the dozen buildings of Downtown Cleveland’s Tower City Center complex, Nora Romanoff parks her car where more than 100 railroad passenger trains a day once pulled into or out of a labyrinth built as Cleveland Union Terminal. Just as rail travelers did from 1930-1977, she rides an escalator up into a grand railroad concourse that was significantly remodeled in 1988-90 to become today’s retail-heavy The Avenue at Tower City. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/21/tower-city-center-lacks-coherent-future-without-more-development-rail-access/

Nice. Sort of. Townhomes near Columbus Road and GLBC's riverfront venue are still to rise.

Next apartment project at Detroit & Lake plannedBy Ken Prendergast / March 20, 2025 The next new apartment building at the intersection of Detroit and Lake avenues in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood is already in the works. But it’s planned to be quite a bit smaller than its to-be neighbor across West 75th Street. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/20/next-apartment-project-at-detroit-lake-planned/

Buckeye Rd. & East 116th Street in the late 1940s, at one time had the largest Hungarian population outside of Hungary. There was a large Slovak population too!

Yes, i saw. But my wife and son were able to go to the beach today. 🫠 And I'm writing this from a store at Hollywood and Highland... So the Browns fired off a late-afternoon PR reply... Statement from a Haslam Sports Group Spokesperson: While we respect the Mayor and County Executive, the facts are the facts. We have detailed the work completed in collaboration with our team of experts and have taken a conservative approach in our exploration and projections for both stadium options. The work shows definitively that an enclosed stadium in Brook Park is the most viable long-term solution, and the best choice to ensure a thriving future for the Cleveland Browns, our fans, Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Despite our extensive efforts to explore and collaborate on a lakefront option, the City’s plan is the risky bet. It is not economically viable. It includes no concrete path for making funds available to start construction. And, more importantly, it will burden its taxpayers for decades to come while kicking the can down the road. In stark contrast, the Brook Park proposal will not draw from existing taxpayer revenue streams, does not require any funding from the City, and will be funded primarily by revenue generated from the project. Further, we have not finalized any ticket prices and are committed to offering ticket options at a variety of price points. We can say definitively that the average ticket price claimed by the Mayor and County Executive is more than three times what we would expect the average ticket price at the new stadium to be. We remain committed to coming together with both state and local public officials to create a positive and meaningful long-term economic benefit for Cleveland and the surrounding region while giving Browns fans one of the best game day experiences in the world. Peter John-Baptiste Chief Communications Officer

Just updated the NEOtrans article with a couple of paragraphs from Ronayne as well as a link to a two-page backgrounder from the county. And I'm doing this while I should be enjoying my vacation here in sunny southern California..... 😎

Hmmm 🤔 Sounds like trump is forcing him out. Rumor is that his second in command will be the interim CEO... Statement from Stephen Gardner on Amtrak CEO Leadership Transition: I am stepping down as CEO to ensure that Amtrak continues to enjoy the full faith and confidence of this administration. https://media.amtrak.com/2025/03/amtrak-ceo-leadership-transition/

At this point I don't think the Haslams are trying to sway public opinion. I think they're trying to wear everybody down so they just give up and give in.

@coneflower I haven't had time to really get into this since I'm actually on vacation on the West Coast. But leave it to the Browns and the city of Cleveland to get into a new spat, giving me new material and helping to bump up my blog's views while I'm away. 😘

Cleveland Mayor calls Brook Park stadium ‘betrayal’ By Ken Prendergast / March 19, 2025 Yesterday it was the owners of the Cleveland Browns, the Haslam Sports Group (HSG), accusing Cleveland city officials of “misguiding” its residents. Today it was Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb firing a return volley in kind. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/19/cleveland-mayor-calls-brook-park-stadium-betrayal/

Cross-posted from the Cleveland Housing thread....

Cleveland, LISC unveil housing investment fund By Ken Prendergast / March 19, 2025 Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Cleveland) announced details today of a major new initiative to address the affordable housing crisis facing Cleveland residents. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/19/cleveland-lisc-unveil-housing-investment-fund/

Haslams drop a new video...

Haslams say Cleveland officials misguided residents By Ken Prendergast / March 18, 2025 Haslam Sports Group (HSG), owner of the Cleveland Browns, submitted an amended complaint in an existing federal lawsuit against the city of Cleveland which is seeking to keep the Browns from moving to suburban Brook Park. In announcing its filing today, HSG said the city is “misguiding” its residents. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/18/haslams-say-cleveland-officials-misguided-residents/

People could witness the demolition and some, including @GISguy photographed it. Was it demo'd into the basement?

Yeah, it made the rounds back in the late-2000s

2,500 employees would be nice. But the even-bigger gain might be the relocation of sales and government relations offices of NASA contractors.

Where Cleveland’s job-ready sites are assembling By Ken Prendergast / March 17, 2025 Digging through public records can reveal a lot of interesting things sometimes. One of those is where Cleveland’s new Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund, Cuyahoga Land Bank and the city’s Department of Economic Development (ED) are focusing their efforts to assemble land for new employers. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/17/where-clevelands-job-ready-sites-are-assembling/

Wait until you see the proposed schedule.

I believe the Haslams will own it. But I haven't heard them "brag" about it.

@coneflower Not necessarily. The sin tax is about $4 million per year. I think the may also be pushing a local or countrywide share of the bed tax. I'm not sure so I didn't mention it. But those are not large numbers so there may be a way around them.

State lawmakers want Browns in Brook Park By Ken Prendergast / March 14, 2025 Barring a surprise, the last of the big hurdles appears ready to be surpassed for the Cleveland Browns football team’s move from downtown to Brook Park. Yes, there’s a million other things that can happen or not happen in the next year before financing might close and construction contractors are given the green light. But most of those hinge on events occurring now at committee hearings in our state’s capital. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/14/brook-park-stadiums-fate-rests-with-state-soon/

I don't think you realize the immense pressure and responsibility you've just put on yourself by exposing the fact that you live across the street from this development 😉

If it wasn't for immigrants, Ohio and some of its cities wouldn't be growing

LOL!!