June 18, 20222 yr Farmers' market planned for West 25th Street in Clark-Fulton neighborhood A farmers' market is being planned for Cleveland's Clark-Fulton neighborhood, about a mile down the street from Ohio's City's West Side Market. The project, called CentroVilla 25, will turn several century-old buildings at 3140 W. 25th St. into a "mercado" with three separate office spaces, a 2,000 square-foot grocery store, a commercial kitchen, and a restaurant. In Spanish, mercado means market. Plans submitted to the city show space available for 21 different vendors inside of the building. The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development acquired the former H.J Weber Co. store and seven other surrounding parcels from Angela Weber in 2019. The project will extend between Buckeye Court and Prame Avenue. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2022/06/17/new-market-coming-to-west-25th-street.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 18, 20222 yr 6 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Farmers' market planned for West 25th Street in Clark-Fulton neighborhood A farmers' market is being planned for Cleveland's Clark-Fulton neighborhood, about a mile down the street from Ohio's City's West Side Market. The project, called CentroVilla 25, will turn several century-old buildings at 3140 W. 25th St. into a "mercado" with three separate office spaces, a 2,000 square-foot grocery store, a commercial kitchen, and a restaurant. In Spanish, mercado means market. Plans submitted to the city show space available for 21 different vendors inside of the building. The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development acquired the former H.J Weber Co. store and seven other surrounding parcels from Angela Weber in 2019. The project will extend between Buckeye Court and Prame Avenue. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2022/06/17/new-market-coming-to-west-25th-street.html “In Spanish, mercado means market.” 😂
July 31, 20222 yr CentroVilla25 may start construction this fall By Ken Prendergast / July 31, 2022 It has been years in the making, but things are finally starting to come together with CentroVilla25. Building permits were filed with the city last week for the start of construction that will turn a vacant warehouse at 3140 W. 25th St. into a center of Hispanic culture, shopping and entrepreneurship for Cleveland’s La Villa Hispana (Clark-Fulton) neighborhood. That follows City Planning Commission’s Design Review Committee giving the project schematic approval earlier this month — with two conditions. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/07/31/centrovilla25-may-start-construction-this-fall/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 1, 20222 yr 15 hours ago, KJP said: CentroVilla25 may start construction this fall By Ken Prendergast / July 31, 2022 It has been years in the making, but things are finally starting to come together with CentroVilla25. Building permits were filed with the city last week for the start of construction that will turn a vacant warehouse at 3140 W. 25th St. into a center of Hispanic culture, shopping and entrepreneurship for Cleveland’s La Villa Hispana (Clark-Fulton) neighborhood. That follows City Planning Commission’s Design Review Committee giving the project schematic approval earlier this month — with two conditions. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/07/31/centrovilla25-may-start-construction-this-fall/ Great news! I went to the kickoff event...like 6-7 years ago now (wow), still have my La Villa Hispana magnet on my fridge from that evening haha.
October 12, 20222 yr MetroHealth to raze buildings for apartments, police department in Clark-Fulton neighborhood The MetroHealth System is moving forward with its plans to construct a senior apartment complex and police department in place of several dilapidated buildings in Cleveland's Clark-Fulton neighborhood. The 60-unit apartment building and 13,000-square-foot, two-story police station received approval from the Near West Design Review committee on Wednesday. If the project receives its final approvals from the Cleveland City Planning Commission, the apartments and police station will join MetroHealth System's ongoing $946 million renovations of its main campus, which recently finished construction of its 250-unit apartment called Via Sana. Ron Tannenbaum, a project architect at Cleveland-based RDL Architects, is representing the project before the commission. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2022/10/12/metrohealth-plan-approved-by-near-west-committee.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 12, 20222 yr I posted that news in the Metrohealth thread (last week) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 13, 20222 yr I know. BizJournal dropped theirs today. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 15, 20222 yr 3140 W. 25th St wait, are they tearing down the weber flooring buildings or is itgoing in the freakin completely wide open grass lots directly across the street? 😬
October 15, 20222 yr 9 hours ago, mrnyc said: 3140 W. 25th St wait, are they tearing down the weber flooring buildings or is itgoing in the freakin completely wide open grass lots directly across the street? 😬 Neither. They're renovating the Weber building. BTW @ColDayMan I was just wondering which thread we should post articles about these MetroHealth non-hospital developments. This thread or the MetroHealth thread? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 15, 20222 yr ^ thats good news i should have read that. so are there any current plans for the grasslands lots across the street? if no, seems likely this project will bring developer interest around there.
October 15, 20222 yr 6 minutes ago, mrnyc said: ^ thats good news i should have read that. so are there any current plans for the grasslands lots across the street? if no, seems likely this project will bring developer interest around there. I think you can find most of that info in the Metrohealth thread. Similar stories got posted in both threads but there was more discussion in the Metrohealth one.
October 15, 20222 yr The Weber building is supposed to be turned into CentroVilla, a Latino market complex. It is just south of Clark and considerably north of Metrohealth's developments. Actually, the renderings of this project that were on the nearby wall were very cool and colorful. I hope they get it all done. Edited October 15, 20222 yr by urb-a-saurus
October 15, 20222 yr 7 hours ago, KJP said: Neither. They're renovating the Weber building. BTW @ColDayMan I was just wondering which thread we should post articles about these MetroHealth non-hospital developments. This thread or the MetroHealth thread? I think if it's about the ACTUAL hospital, then it should go in the MetroHealth thread. If it's MetroHealth affiliated but non-hospital related in the neighborhood, it should go in this thread. That's typically done in other sections of UO. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 15, 20222 yr Sounds good. 7 hours ago, mrnyc said: ^ thats good news i should have read that. so are there any current plans for the grasslands lots across the street? if no, seems likely this project will bring developer interest around there. The city has talked about making that city-owned property a district parking lot to be shared among multiple users in the area, rather than have several duplicative private lots. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 20, 20222 yr More information on CentroVilla https://thelandcle.org/stories/a-marketplace-7-years-in-the-making-centrovilla25-aspires-to-build-wealth-meet-community-needs/?fbclid=IwAR1QTNjGpIA9jBmqh4EyQNbN9MEC0HvX-s2Qeqtba3NDs4fc7mzgv0lfY8E Edited October 20, 20222 yr by ragarcia
October 20, 20222 yr I was at their one kickoff meeting years and years ago and still have the magnet on my fridge - here's to it finally coming to fruition!
June 1, 20232 yr New company amassing Cleveland properties By Ken Prendergast / June 1, 2023 A deep-pocketed company less than two years old and based in suburban Westlake has been busily acquiring residential properties in Cleveland, primarily on the city’s West Side. And last week, the company, Sanctus Capital LLC, made its biggest purchase yet — a 5-acre parcel at 3400 Vega Ave. sold by Caraustar Recovered Fiber Group Inc. that was home to Leisy Brewing Co., once Cleveland’s largest independent brewery. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/06/01/new-company-amassing-cleveland-properties/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 2, 20232 yr 23 hours ago, KJP said: New company amassing Cleveland properties By Ken Prendergast / June 1, 2023 A deep-pocketed company less than two years old and based in suburban Westlake has been busily acquiring residential properties in Cleveland, primarily on the city’s West Side. And last week, the company, Sanctus Capital LLC, made its biggest purchase yet — a 5-acre parcel at 3400 Vega Ave. sold by Caraustar Recovered Fiber Group Inc. that was home to Leisy Brewing Co., once Cleveland’s largest independent brewery. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/06/01/new-company-amassing-cleveland-properties/ Keep going, I'm almost there! I've talked about it before, but a red line stop at Fulton makes too much sense, just need more density to the South in Clark Fulton and probably a scrapcom conversion. Afaik, W 65th to W25th is the longest stretch of the red line without a stop. RTA owns the land where a station could be built, and it passes directly over the longest stretch of the red line greenway without an entry/exit point. This is the closest approach to the Clark Fulton neighborhood on the red line which could easily help serve the lower income residents of the area without access to a car. Selfishly, it would make riding to/from the airport a breeze for me. Just look at this screenshot of a 15 minute city radius from this stop. The circles are 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 miles in radius. I put a 0.5 mile circle at W25th and W65th to look at coverage into Ohio City since those residents are more likely to have a car than the Clark Fulton residents. Think about how many more people in Clark Fulton could benefit from this increased access, as well as the Ohio City residents who it would open transit as a viable alternative to a car trip. Edited June 2, 20232 yr by dastler
June 2, 20232 yr Did one more for the entire west side red line to understand context... 0.5mi circles (10 minute walk) for all stations. The density of stops on the edge near Lakewood is really interesting to me and shows that a higher frequency of stops can be effective.
June 3, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, dastler said: Did one more for the entire west side red line to understand context... 0.5mi circles (10 minute walk) for all stations. Just a minor thing but walking radii are heavily influenced by street geometry—I used a Google Maps tool for the W 25th station but I couldn't get it to work for Fulton or Lorain
June 3, 20232 yr New stations cost upwards of $10 million, especially if they have elevators and escalators. With the Greenway here, a ramp should suffice to make it ADA compliant. GCRTA puts in $1 million. Metroparks puts in $1 million. If the projected cost exceeds $10 million, get ODOT, the county and the city involved. Use those non-federal sources to leverage a federal grant on an 80/20 federal/local matching basis (more than 20 percent local increases your chances of getting federal money). This has a ramp from the west side of Fulton Road and descends at an 8 percent gradient with appropriately spaced landings to be ADA compliant. It also has a stairwell from the east side of Fulton Road to the Red Line's north platform and a signal-protected pedestrian walkway across the tracks to the south platform. The Red Line Greenway is on the south side of the Red Line. And in case you were wondering, Amtrak track(s) to CUT/Tower City would be south of this station site where the Flats Industrial RR's 3-track yard is located, north of the Norfolk Southern line closer to Train Avenue. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 14, 20231 yr CentroVilla25 project starts By Ken Prendergast / July 14, 2023 A $12 million project to redevelop a vacant warehouse as the cultural and business center of Cleveland’s Latino community got underway today after many years of planning and fundraising led by the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development (NEOHCED). Their unceasing efforts were rewarded with a groundbreaking ceremony at the former H.J. Weber warehouse, 3140 W. 25th St., that is due to reopen as CentroVilla25 in Fall 2024. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/07/14/centrovilla25-project-starts/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 14, 20231 yr ^ Fantastic, this project, though not 15 stories or 350,000 sq. ft. should be truly "transformational." I wish them the best. Edited July 14, 20231 yr by urb-a-saurus
July 14, 20231 yr 31 minutes ago, urb-a-saurus said: ^ Fantastic, this project, though not 15 stories or 350,000 sq. ft. should be truly "transformational." I wish them the best. The disinvestment gap between 90 and Metro is closing little by little.
July 17, 20231 yr On 7/14/2023 at 5:02 PM, marty15 said: The disinvestment gap between 90 and Metro is closing little by little. hah, looking at real estate stuff and they're starting to call it Ohio City lol surprisingly it wasn't a CALLING ALL INVESTORS listing, either.
August 7, 20231 yr 13 minutes ago, mrnyc said: great job with this ! 👍🐮🐷 That’s the most Clevelandish anyone has ever sounded
August 7, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, bumsquare said: That’s the most Clevelandish anyone has ever sounded yeah, i was watching and my spouse noticed that right off and i was like, ... wut? 🤷♂️ but then i was like, oooh yeaah you're riiight honey, you're right. you gotta give'm one sometimes. 😂
September 6, 20231 yr Construction fences were up today around the Weber warehouse for Centro Villa, with some blockage of W 25th St.
November 7, 20231 yr Centro Villa update, taken right after stopping at Bella Luna Bakery for lunch.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 26, 20241 yr Dahlia Coffee Co. brings Mexican coffee culture to Cleveland with new cafe Updated: Jan. 26, 2024, 8:43 a.m.| Published: Jan. 26, 2024, 6:00 a.m. By Alex Darus, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Dahlia Coffee Co. is one of the newest coffee shops in town, and arguably the only one that can essentially transport Clevelanders to Mexico through crafted cafe drinks. Dahlia Coffee started as an online retailer of locally roasted coffee by Natalia Alcazar. In December 2023, Alcazar opened a physical cafe inside of the Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression, 2937 W. 25th Street. Alcazar started her coffee roasting journey in May 2023 after leaving a corporate job. She moved to Cleveland from Portland, Oregon, and enjoyed frequenting the West Coast’s abundance of Mexican coffee shops. Her road to roasting had two key elements — a pursuit of education and documentation of her journey on social media. She took courses, purchased a roaster, and got connected with First Crack Coffee, a co-roasting facility at 1436 E. 31st Street. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/01/dahlia-coffee-co-brings-mexican-coffee-culture-to-cleveland-with-new-cafe.html
January 29, 20241 yr On 1/26/2024 at 8:09 PM, mrnyc said: any visible centrovilla action as yet? I'll snap a pic one of these days. It doesn't look that different from the outside, but when I rode by the other day a person was on scaffolding on the outside, so that's a good sign I'd say.
January 29, 20241 yr On 1/26/2024 at 8:09 PM, mrnyc said: any visible centrovilla action as yet? Longtime lurker here (since the downtown Hilton was announced), first-time poster. I work at 25th and Clark, and I can tell you that they've been working on this every day. There's clearly work going on inside and out. They've cut new openings in the walls that have been filled in with bricks and doors. Late last year, they demolished a pair of houses that used to be behind my building's parking lot, and there is a lot of machinery on site pretty consistently. The pic from November 7th doesn't quite show how much traffic is affected by the Jersey barriers blocking off part of the street, but the sidewalk in front is closed along with one lane of traffic, so people are constantly walking in the street rather than crossing to the other side.
March 13, 20241 yr Not the most artistic photos (mid bike) but here's some updates of Centrovilla: Edited March 13, 20241 yr by GISguy
May 3, 20241 yr Growing industry moving to Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / May 2, 2024 Along a Cleveland street known historically for dumping everything from trash to murder victims, a long-neglected property is about to gain something almost priceless — a future. On Train Avenue in the city’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, a truck terminal turned junk yard, infested with weeds, littered with abandoned vehicles and tagged with graffiti, is due to be replaced by a growing glass-glazing business and nearly 20 jobs from the suburbs. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/02/growing-industry-moving-to-cleveland/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 3, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, KJP said: Growing industry moving to Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / May 2, 2024 Along a Cleveland street known historically for dumping everything from trash to murder victims, a long-neglected property is about to gain something almost priceless — a future. On Train Avenue in the city’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, a truck terminal turned junk yard, infested with weeds, littered with abandoned vehicles and tagged with graffiti, is due to be replaced by a growing glass-glazing business and nearly 20 jobs from the suburbs. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/02/growing-industry-moving-to-cleveland/ They're going to have to repave the street otherwise there's going to be a lot of broken glass...Train is in roooough shape.
May 3, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, KJP said: Growing industry moving to Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / May 2, 2024 Along a Cleveland street known historically for dumping everything from trash to murder victims, a long-neglected property is about to gain something almost priceless — a future. On Train Avenue in the city’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, a truck terminal turned junk yard, infested with weeds, littered with abandoned vehicles and tagged with graffiti, is due to be replaced by a growing glass-glazing business and nearly 20 jobs from the suburbs. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/02/growing-industry-moving-to-cleveland/ I did a street view, holy crap what a wasteland.
May 3, 20241 yr 35 minutes ago, cadmen said: ^ Little by little. Oh I totally get it, just was commenting. Seems like a good get for this area.
May 3, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, JB said: I did a street view, holy crap what a wasteland. Let me know when you want a bike tour :) lol
May 4, 20241 yr Wasn’t there a plan years ago to turn train into a trail and close it to cars? Seems like that would solve a lot of the issues (they repave it every three years and it ends up looking terrible again, might have something to do with the way water infiltrates it off the hillside?) and be a good connection. I was always told Train Ave is where they go to dump the bodies. Let MP take it over and I bet it’ll improve.
May 4, 20241 yr On 5/3/2024 at 11:58 PM, noname said: Wasn’t there a plan years ago to turn train into a trail and close it to cars? Seems like that would solve a lot of the issues (they repave it every three years and it ends up looking terrible again, might have something to do with the way water infiltrates it off the hillside?) and be a good connection. I was always told Train Ave is where they go to dump the bodies. Let MP take it over and I bet it’ll improve. Thing is the Red Line Greenway pretty much parallels it at this point. Even though it looks dead there are still a few businesses down there too. Most notably Platform's building even though it's empty at the moment. Once you get past where this new site is, there's a bunch of businesses along the tracks and houses up the hill. I think the road is in such bad shape because it's one of the few roads that's actually covered by trees. In my experience, you usually see these conditions where there's trees overhead. Add to the fact that this is probably one of the lowest priority roads and you'll get those issues (tbh it gets better towards the businesses). Edited May 6, 20241 yr by GISguy Text to speak has me sounding incoherent lol
May 9, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, Chris314 said: Progress continues on CentroVilla25: Love it. This was a project I was worried would fall through the cracks and never happen. It should be a great anchor for that section of W25.
May 20, 20241 yr Cleveland-area affordable housing wins financing By Ken Prendergast / May 20, 2024 While only one proposed affordable housing development in Cuyahoga County was awarded the coveted 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from the state, four others in the county got conditional approval, putting them in a good position to get financing in the near future. All five developments, if built, would add 247 total units of affordable housing in the county. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/20/cleveland-area-affordable-housing-wins-financing/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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