July 1, 20213 yr Cleveland, district reach agreements with developers to make use of 14 vacant school properties Eric Heisig - Cleveland.com - June 30, 2021 "In addition to apartments, the chosen developers have plans ranging from creating more green space to adding storefronts. The developers now must submit designs to the city for approval and confirm that they have obtained financing to carry out their projects. Purchase offers total more than $2.5 million, more than the fair market value for all the properties combined, according to the release. ... Wednesday’s release said that the team received 51 proposals, one of which was to turn any properties not selected for redevelopment into parks." All 13 of the 14 properties and buildings are scattered across the East Side. Here are four of the landmark school buildings: Central High School - 2199 E. 40th St. Audubon Junior High - 3055 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Mount Auburn Elementary School - 10110 Mount Auburn Ave. Empire Junior High School - 9113 Parmelee Ave.
July 13, 20213 yr ** Cleveland.com Subscriber Exclusive ** Plans dropped for asphalt, concrete plants along Cleveland’s new Opportunity Corridor Eric Heisig - Cleveland.com - July 13, 2021 "The nonprofit behind a proposed construction school along the nearly completed Opportunity Corridor in Cleveland has dropped their controversial plan to build concrete and asphalt plants on the site. Norm Edwards and Fred Perkins are instead exploring such operations “in a location that is next to other comparable assets,” Betsy Figgie a consultant on the project, said Tuesday. But the group remains on track to put the Construction Opportunity Institute of Cleveland on the Opportunity Corridor site between East 79th and East 83rd streets, and Rawlings and Holton avenues, Figgie said."
July 13, 20213 yr Author More (yay, BTW)... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 13, 20213 yr On 5/26/2021 at 5:09 PM, KJP said: Forgotten Triangle forgotten no more By Ken Prendergast / May 26, 2021 Cleveland received the best news possible today for the redevelopment of one of the city’s oldest public housing sites. The Woodhill Homes redevelopment won the largest possible federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Last year the project was a finalist for HUD’s $35 million Choice Neighborhoods grant but came up just short. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/05/26/forgotten-triangle-forgotten-no-more/ So does this happen if the Corridor doesn't get built?
July 13, 20213 yr Author 27 minutes ago, E Rocc said: So does this happen if the Corridor doesn't get built? This happens regardless. The Woodhill Homes were the oldest/worst public housing in the city and needed to be replaced. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 13, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, NorthShore647 said: ** Cleveland.com Subscriber Exclusive ** Plans dropped for asphalt, concrete plants along Cleveland’s new Opportunity Corridor Eric Heisig - Cleveland.com - July 13, 2021 "The nonprofit behind a proposed construction school along the nearly completed Opportunity Corridor in Cleveland has dropped their controversial plan to build concrete and asphalt plants on the site. Norm Edwards and Fred Perkins are instead exploring such operations “in a location that is next to other comparable assets,” Betsy Figgie a consultant on the project, said Tuesday. But the group remains on track to put the Construction Opportunity Institute of Cleveland on the Opportunity Corridor site between East 79th and East 83rd streets, and Rawlings and Holton avenues, Figgie said." I wonder where they intend to move this. I'd argue it shouldn't be within city limits at all.
July 13, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Mendo said: I wonder where they intend to move this. I'd argue it shouldn't be within city limits at all. What??
July 13, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, KJP said: This happens regardless. The Woodhill Homes were the oldest/worst public housing in the city and needed to be replaced. It was a competition for the $$. Was isolation of the area, or now lack thereof, a factor?
July 13, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, KJP said: More (yay, BTW)... Paywalled. Were these full sized commercial plants, or small ones that were part of the school's function? We had small foundries and machine shops in my department's main building at Case.
July 13, 20213 yr Author 2 minutes ago, E Rocc said: It was a competition for the $$. Was isolation of the area, or now lack thereof, a factor? No. It lost out before when construction on the road had already started. And isolation for whom? At least least half of the households at Woodhill Homes don't have cars. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 13, 20213 yr The proximity to a lot of start up food businesses (among other things) made this a poor location. No love lost on this moving.
July 14, 20213 yr 14 hours ago, Mendo said: Is there a question here? No, just disbelief that you’d voluntarily chase this out of the city limits
July 14, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, inlovewithCLE said: No, just disbelief that you’d voluntarily chase this out of the city limits Asphalt and concrete plants discourage the kind of development the city really needs like residential and office use. Maybe "not within city limits" is unfair if there is a logical place to put it. Areas with heavy industry are a lot closer to residential than people realize. So when they say they are looking to locate near existing uses I worry they're going to make an existing problem worse. Do you think all development is good development?
July 14, 20213 yr What is this that is getting built on 79th and CarnegieSent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
July 14, 20213 yr 5 minutes ago, MyPhoneDead said: What is this that is getting built on 79th and Carnegie I believe that's a Dunkin Donuts. https://www.crainscleveland.com/government/carnegie-avenue-wins-friends-influences-development Quote The Cleveland Culinary Launch and Kitchen, a food hub, has been at East 75th Street and Carnegie for more than four years. It's home to a number of food-processing startups and one of them, Souper Market, has had a retail operation. Now, another of those processors, Cleveland Bagel Co., has carved out a retail space along Carnegie. Down the street, at the intersection of Carnegie and East 79th Street, Angie's Soul Food Café will soon open in the former Hot Sauce Williams space at the northwest corner, and Dunkin' Donuts is building a new shop on what had been a vacant lot on the southeast corner. Epstein said the opening of Souper Market and Cleveland Bagel, and the future potential to expand retail there, has his organization even thinking about bringing back on-street parking, which has been absent from the roadway for decades.
July 15, 20213 yr Author 17 minutes ago, Mendo said: I believe that's a Dunkin Donuts. https://www.crainscleveland.com/government/carnegie-avenue-wins-friends-influences-development It's a Bank of America branch. Dunkin Donuts already has a new shop on the other side of Carnegie. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 15, 20213 yr 42 minutes ago, KJP said: It's a Bank of America branch. Dunkin Donuts already has a new shop on the other side of Carnegie. That makes more sense. Thanks.
October 30, 20213 yr Author Paving for opportunity along a new corridor By Ken Prendergast / October 30, 2021 A few days after the ribbon is cut at 2 p.m. Nov. 3 for the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) new Opportunity Corridor Boulevard, the first traffic will enter the roadway and its parallel multi-purpose trail. That traffic will pass through 1,000 acres of what was a crowded, uneasy mix of neighborhoods and heavy industries until the 1970s. Today, it is a mostly peaceful setting that has gone back to nature. It has been derisively dubbed The Forgotten Triangle. Its residential population and industrial workforce had all but vanished, leaving behind a mostly empty shell behind. And it got its triangular description due to the arrangement of its principal streets — Kinsman Avenue, Woodland Avenue and Woodhill Road. But that setting is no longer being forgotten. As a result, its surroundings aren’t likely to remain peaceful for long. It’s not just about roadway traffic either. As early as this winter, everything from a huge new warehouse to apartment buildings will start breaking ground along the $331 million, 3-mile roadway. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/10/30/paving-for-opportunity-along-a-new-corridor/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 5, 20213 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 18, 20213 yr Author BOOMING! More big East Side warehouses coming By Ken Prendergast / November 18, 2021 More than 1,000 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of investment are some of the potential spin-off benefits from multiple large warehousing projects blooming on Cleveland’s East Side — along the Opportunity Corridor and in Slavic Village. Two of the projects are reportedly a direct result of the Opportunity Corridor roadway project which opened to traffic last weekend. But all of them are the result of the city’s efforts in recent years of assembling many contiguous parcels of land into larger, development-ready sites. The efforts are being rewarded by investors’ interest in developing numerous large warehouses and distribution centers. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/11/18/booming-more-east-side-warehouses-coming/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 20, 20213 yr I enjoyed driving through the Opportunity Corridor today for the first time. It reminded me of Chester Blvd. Lots of vehicular traffic flowing through already that will only increase as more people become aware of it. Cleveland's newest artery is a game changer for this neglected area. I love the fact it has a designated bike path along side it as well.
November 20, 20213 yr Author Took me 15 minutes this evening from East 105th/Euclid to Lakewood's Gold Coast. The curves are clearly designed for 35 mph, unlike the Shoreway. And as I drove the OC, I was imagining what the road would look like with all of the new development along it. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 15, 20213 yr Not a huge fan of the enormous setback from the street, at least for the part of the building designed for people. Hopefully they leave the cool older stations standing and someone finds another use for them.
December 16, 20213 yr On 11/19/2021 at 8:25 PM, shack said: I enjoyed driving through the Opportunity Corridor today for the first time. It reminded me of Chester Blvd. Lots of vehicular traffic flowing through already that will only increase as more people become aware of it. Cleveland's newest artery is a game changer for this neglected area. I love the fact it has a designated bike path along side it as well. Question? How is this a "game changer" if drivers/people are passing through the area and not stop and spending money in the aforementioned neglected areas? Interested in hearing what you think as you drove through the area.
December 16, 20213 yr Where would you stop and spend money right now? Pretty sure the hope is that there will be development around the OC that people might want to stop and spend money at.
December 16, 20213 yr 8 minutes ago, X said: Where would you stop and spend money right now? Pretty sure the hope is that there will be development around the OC that people might want to stop and spend money at. Based on what was written, that is what I would like to know and why I asked.
December 16, 20213 yr I am asking you. If, as you suggest, the measure of the "game changing" nature of the Opportunity Corridor is people stopping and spending money- now- then where would you suggest they stop and spend money?
December 16, 20213 yr 6 hours ago, X said: I am asking you. If, as you suggest, the measure of the "game changing" nature of the Opportunity Corridor is people stopping and spending money- now- then where would you suggest they stop and spend money? It’s pretty close to Crispy Chick. From everything I’ve heard, that’s worth a stop. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
December 16, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: It’s pretty close to Crispy Chick. From everything I’ve heard, that’s worth a stop. Crispy Chick is pretty good and thanks for reminding me that the Opportunity Corridor makes Crispy Chick a whopping 2 minutes closer to my house! I vote that we rename Opportunity Corridor to Crispy Chick Blvd. Seriously though, I don't think we can evaluate Opportunity Corridor until we see what happens in the next 5-10 years. You gotta give the businesses that are supposedly gonna develop along the route a little chance to get developed. If there is no further development, then yes, Opportunity Corridor will have been an expensive disaster. But you have to hope there will be some good things.
December 16, 20213 yr 9 hours ago, X said: I am asking you. If, as you suggest, the measure of the "game changing" nature of the Opportunity Corridor is people stopping and spending money- now- then where would you suggest they stop and spend money? maybe @MyTwoSense is not understanding build it and (hopefully) they will come... the road came first.... Edited December 16, 20213 yr by lockdog
December 16, 20213 yr 12 hours ago, X said: I am asking you. If, as you suggest, the measure of the "game changing" nature of the Opportunity Corridor is people stopping and spending money- now- then where would you suggest they stop and spend money? No...no. A person posted, I'm asking what they consider "game changing". If and when they respond, I can respond. I do not know what persons definition of "game changing" is in context to the OC. I think I'm asking a reasonable question, engaging in the conversation, that is in line with the topic of this thread.
December 16, 20213 yr Question? How is this a "game changer" if drivers/people are passing through the area and not stop and spending money in the aforementioned neglected areas? Interested in hearing what you think as you drove through the area.It allows a fresh start for an area that unless completely demolished and restarted would have continued to languish and be ignored. Now that the ground work has been laid to get this area back on track with the demolitions we can create an area that will be prosperous in the future. With all the spillover from UC and recently announced projects it is off to a great start. So yes it is game changing because without it none of the recently announced projects would be there. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
December 16, 20213 yr 10 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: It’s pretty close to Crispy Chick. From everything I’ve heard, that’s worth a stop. I love to patronize them, and I want similar businesses to become as accessible as the areas along the boulevard become developed. It's easy to interpret this as a joke, but I'm far more likely to stop at a business along the OC than along a traffic sewer like Chester Ave.
December 17, 20213 yr 21 hours ago, MyTwoSense said: Question? How is this a "game changer" if drivers/people are passing through the area and not stop and spending money in the aforementioned neglected areas? Interested in hearing what you think as you drove through the area. I was thinking that this would be a good location for an Amazon warehouse, or a Walmart, somewhere along those lines.
December 19, 20213 yr Author Opportunity Corridor cold storage to boost local biz By Ken Prendergast / December 19, 2021 Opinions varied on the physical appearance of a large new warehouse, as approved Friday by Cleveland’s City Planning Commission. But the project was lauded as the kind of catalytic development that’s needed for Cleveland’s food manufacturing sector, one that belongs on the newly opened Opportunity Corridor Boulevard. Construction of the distribution center is due to start this winter. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/12/19/opportunity-corridor-cold-storage-to-boost-local-biz/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 19, 20213 yr Opportunity Corridor cold storage to boost local biz By Ken Prendergast / December 19, 2021 Opinions varied on the physical appearance of a large new warehouse, as approved Friday by Cleveland’s City Planning Commission. But the project was lauded as the kind of catalytic development that’s needed for Cleveland’s food manufacturing sector, one that belongs on the newly opened Opportunity Corridor Boulevard. Construction of the distribution center is due to start this winter. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2021/12/19/opportunity-corridor-cold-storage-to-boost-local-biz/Good for the city but bad as far as design. Also the building uses are pretty terrible seeing that the RTA station is walking distance away. I know there is land still left but TOD is off to a bad start on the opportunity corridor.Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
December 19, 20213 yr 26 minutes ago, MyPhoneDead said: Good for the city but bad as far as design. Also the building uses are pretty terrible seeing that the RTA station is walking distance away. I know there is land still left but TOD is off to a bad start on the opportunity corridor. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk As mentioned in the article, proximity to RTA stations is one of the reasons the warehouse is being built where it is so the workforce without cars can easily access jobs. Sounds like a pretty good use of land to me.
December 19, 20213 yr Author 7 hours ago, MyPhoneDead said: Good for the city but bad as far as design. Also the building uses are pretty terrible seeing that the RTA station is walking distance away. I know there is land still left but TOD is off to a bad start on the opportunity corridor. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk I wasn't expecting a bunch of Circle Squares, Uptowns, Crocker Parks or Legacy Villages along the Opportunity Corridor. Putting this much land on the market now at a time when warehouses are in such high demand pretty much told how this boulevard was going to be developed. And these warehouses offer low-skill jobs, perfect for people who are trying to develop a work history and take (or retake) their first steps up the ladder of success. The land use master plans for the Opportunity Corridor showed things like office buildings and laboratories. But that seems to be happening instead along the Euclid Corridor near Midtown. Either way, these jobs and land uses need to be provided in the city of Cleveland so people of all incomes and skills can access them. Given the amount of available land and the different geometry of roadways for truck access, I think the landing spots for these various land uses are working out pretty well. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 19, 20213 yr How is this seen as a negative? Right by two RTA stations that the population can take advantage of to get to a possible place of work. What were some of you expecting?
December 20, 20213 yr Author Cleveland’s new police HQ, mounted unit, fire station all start By Ken Prendergast / December 20, 2021 City officials broke ground for three major developments for the Department of Public Safety last week, in the waning days of Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration. They were a new police department headquarters, a relocated Mounted Police facility and a new Fire Station No. 26, replacing Cleveland’s longest-operating fire station. All three new developments are located on the city’s East Side. MORE https://neo-trans.blog/2021/12/20/clevelands-new-police-hq-mounted-unit-fire-station-all-start/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 21, 20213 yr A couple things...while l preferred keeping the police headquarters downtown (the old PD building seemed like a natural place to relocate it) l have to admit the new design is pretty cool and seems inviting to the public rather than the usual closed off look these kind of entities usually have. Plus, I'd never seen Fire Station 26 before. What a great looking building. I can't imagine what it could be repurposed for in that neighborhood but it would be a shame if its torn down.
February 14, 20223 yr Author Seeds & Sprouts XXII – Jacobs Pavilion, Van Dorn, Ohio City, BigHaus In this article: + Jacobs Pavilion renovations in the cards + Van Dorn Iron Works’ last structure to fall + BigHaus in Edgewater returns sans offices + Developer to demolish Ohio City eyesore MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/02/14/seeds-sprouts-xxii-jacobs-pavilion-to-refresh-van-dorn-and-ohio-city-eyesores-falling-bighaus-rising/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 30, 20223 yr Author Food biz feasts on East Side expansion By Ken Prendergast April 30, 2022 A food service business that’s barely two years old has nearly outgrown its 120,000-square-foot building in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood and is already making plans for expansion. Such growth is an increasingly common story for food sector businesses located on the city’s near-East Side, especially from Midtown south to Slavic Village, generally along East 55th Street. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/04/30/food-biz-feasts-on-east-side-expansion/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 30, 20223 yr Nice expansion from a company that is under the radar here. And I didn't realize that there were all those food service businesses in such relatively close proximity. These are the kinds of businesses that I usually associate with the suburbs. It's great to see all of them existing in the city and it's even greater to see them growing in the city too. No need to go into all the great reasons why development internally (central city) is better than development externally (outer suburbs) but it's safe to say that this is one example of the kind of growth we need to see if we want to be a viable region.
April 30, 20223 yr Author I heard some more follow up information that Snap Gourmet Food has won some large national contracts to the tune of millions of dollars. That's part of the reason why they're growing so rapidly. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 30, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, cadmen said: Nice expansion from a company that is under the radar here. And I didn't realize that there were all those food service businesses in such relatively close proximity. These are the kinds of businesses that I usually associate with the suburbs. It's great to see all of them existing in the city and it's even greater to see them growing in the city too. No need to go into all the great reasons why development internally (central city) is better than development externally (outer suburbs) but it's safe to say that this is one example of the kind of growth we need to see if we want to be a viable region. The main food terminal is right there. I might be out of pocket but that’s also why the main Central Market was down the street too.
April 30, 20223 yr 36 minutes ago, bumsquare said: The main food terminal is right there. I might be out of pocket but that’s also why the main Central Market was down the street too. Ya, Woodland from E55th to E30th on the south side of the road is the primary food terminal location for the city if not the region.
May 18, 20223 yr Author Miceli sees need to store more cheese, please By Ken Prendergast / May 18, 2022 When Miceli Dairy Products Co. turns 100 years old next year, it hopes to open its latest cheese-making expansion in Cleveland’s Lower Buckeye neighborhood, near where Buckeye Road intersects with the new Opportunity Corridor Boulevard. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/05/18/miceli-sees-need-to-store-more-cheese-please/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 19, 20223 yr ^ Thanks Ken. Not a sexy article but it is exactly the kind of news that Cleveland needs. A seemingly forgotten part of the city, a growing food business with local ownership providing jobs for local people. Not sexy but completely necessary to stabilize and grow the neighborhood. This is investment and hope which have been in short supply there.
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