Public hearings continue for possible Solon rezoning initiatives on November ballot

Thomas Jewell, special to cleveland.com By Thomas Jewell, special to cleveland.com

on May 03, 2016 at 3:24 PM, updated May 03, 2016 at 3:40 PM

 

SOLON, Ohio -- A number of rezoning requests could be headed to the November ballot, including a proposed reconfiguration for the Liberty Ford dealership -- as well as no longer allowing sports training facilities in industrial districts.

 

The Solon Planning Commission will kick off a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (May 10) to remove sports training facilities as a permitted use in industrial zones.

 

While this use was added to the zoning code in 2005, city officials contend that permitting such commercial uses "has led to attempts to locate unintended commercial businesses within industrial areas."

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/solon/index.ssf/2016/05/public_hearings_continue_for_p.html

Dalad Group may sell office-residential-retail property in Brecksville to another developer

By Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.com

on August 01, 2016 at 9:58 PM, updated August 02, 2016 at 9:01 AM

 

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – While the city hopes to redevelop the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs property at Brecksville and Miller roads, another mixed-use project directly west of the VA site has stalled.

 

It's tentatively called Miller Road Crossings, according to a sign on the vacant property, and it would include 36 acres of housing, 31 acres of offices and-or laboratories and 10 acres of retail off the north side of Miller next to Interstate 77. Another 20 acres would remain green.

 

The Dalad Group – an Independence developer that in 2014 proposed restaurants, a gas station with convenience mart, offices, labs and possibly a hotel on the Miller Road Crossings site – may now sell the land to another developer.

 

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http://www.cleveland.com/strongsville/index.ssf/2016/08/dalad_group_may_sell_office-re.html

Omni pulls out of Rockside Crossings at Seven Hills

By Mark Holan/special to cleveland.com

on August 15, 2016 at 3:33 PM, updated August 15, 2016 at 3:39 PM

 

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio – The two proposed developments on Rockside Road now have only one senior living facility at this point in time. Both Rockside Crossings at Seven Hills and Glenn's Landing are being planned to have senior living facilities.

 

City officials got word Aug. 12 from Jeffrey A. Graef, president of Focus Development Group, representing LSB Seven Hills, LLC that Omni has pulled out of the Rockside Crossings at Seven Hills project. Omni owns and operates senior living communities.

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/seven-hills/index.ssf/2016/08/omni_pulls_out_of_rockside_cro.html

National Interstate announces $25 million Richfield expansion plan

August 31, 2016 UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

By STAN BULLARD   

 

Making no little plans, National Interstate Corp. (Nasdaq: NATL) on Wednesday, Aug. 31, announced that it plans by year’s end to start construction of a $25 million addition to connect its two buildings in Richfield.

 

In a news release, the company said the expansion, which should be finished in late 2017, will accommodate its growth to a staff of 1,000. The specialty insurer’s current staff is a little more than 500 at the buildings at 3250 Interstate Drive and 4059 Kinross Lakes Parkway.

 

Tony J. Mercurio, president and CEO of National Interstate, said in the release, “We are very excited to announce the construction of this new building. With our significant growth over the past several years, we need to continue to hired talented employees and that creates a need for additional space. When completed, our picturesque and convenient campus will accommodate approximately 1,000 employees.”

 

MORE:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160831/NEWS/160839926/national-interstate-announces-25-million-richfield-expansion-plan

University Hospitals to build $32.4 million health center in North Ridgeville

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20151022/NEWS/151029920/university-hospitals-to-build-32-4-million-health-center-in-north

 

They just finished one in Brecksville, this is their business model now.

This is what drives me nuts about the media. One person raises traffic concerns so it makes it into the headline as if it was a widely held opinion. Why? Controversy sells.

 

Plan for new office-restaurant in Broadview Heights raises traffic concerns

By Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.com

on August 30, 2016 at 12:01 PM, updated August 30, 2016 at 12:02 PM

 

BROADVIEW HEIGHT, Ohio – City Council expressed tentative support Monday for a two-story office-restaurant building, and a separate freestanding bank, proposed for the southwest corner of Ohio 82 and Interstate 77.

 

However, one Broadview Heights resident told council he's worried that the new businesses will worsen traffic at the interchange, where new buildings continue to pop up and ongoing roadwork is creating bottlenecks.

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/broadview-heights/index.ssf/2016/08/plan_for_new_office-restaurant.html

This is what drives me nuts about the media. One person raises traffic concerns so it makes it into the headline as if it was a widely held opinion. Why? Controversy sells.

 

Plan for new office-restaurant in Broadview Heights raises traffic concerns

By Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.com

on August 30, 2016 at 12:01 PM, updated August 30, 2016 at 12:02 PM

 

BROADVIEW HEIGHT, Ohio – City Council expressed tentative support Monday for a two-story office-restaurant building, and a separate freestanding bank, proposed for the southwest corner of Ohio 82 and Interstate 77.

 

However, one Broadview Heights resident told council he's worried that the new businesses will worsen traffic at the interchange, where new buildings continue to pop up and ongoing roadwork is creating bottlenecks.

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/broadview-heights/index.ssf/2016/08/plan_for_new_office-restaurant.html

 

It's how "Norman Bates" became "relevant".

Viewed from 271 it looks like a new office building is about to go up off of Science Park and S Woodland in Beachwood. Any idea what this may be? All I recall hearing about on that side of town was a spec office building Palmieri is building off of Park E.

I think it is a one story medical/rehabilitation building associated with the Clinic. Not a new office building.

State aid may help region land a new corporate headquarters and a big job expansion by a local firm

September 26, 2016 UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

By STAN BULLARD   

 

Northeast Ohio may gain another corporate headquarters if Oak Brook, Ill.-based Sterigenics US LLC consummates a planned move of its executive staff to Broadview Heights that on Monday, Sept. 26, received state aid from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.

 

The state body also approved incentives for ExactCare Pharmacy LLC of Valley View in hopes of landing a major expansion that could add hundreds of jobs here if Ohio wins an interstate competition for the expansion.

 

Gov. John Kasich's office announced Sterigenics received from the authority an incentive package to create 30 additional jobs at a new headquarters in Broadview and an incentive to help Ohio land the ExactCare expansion with more than 600 jobs. ExactCare also is considering two other states for the project.

 

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http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160926/NEWS/160929825/state-aid-may-help-region-land-a-new-corporate-headquarters-and-a

$20 million townhouse project set to rise in Pepper Pike

October 23, 2016 UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO

By STAN BULLARD

 

When real estate developers David Orlean and Ken Lurie were planning what stands to become a $20 million cluster home complex in Pepper Pike, they struggled for a name.

 

So they took a cue from when they were kids in Beachwood living next door to each other on Edgewood Drive to name the new gated community at 29450 Cedar Road as Edgewood Trace.

 

MORE:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161023/NEWS/161019754/-20-million-townhouse-project-set-to-rise-in-pepper-pike

Cleveland’s $132M Rockside Road Project Gets Green Light

by Bogdan Odagescu

The development has received zoning approval, with plans including luxury apartments, retail, a hotel and more.

 

Cleveland—The Seven Hills, Ohio, city council recently approved the PUD zoning required by LSB Seven Hills LLC for its 52-acre, mixed-use Rockside Road project. According to Cleveland.com, the estimated cost of the Rockside Crossings development is $132 million.

 

LSB bought the site in 2015 and is now looking to develop luxury apartments, retail, a 120-key hotel and an independent senior living facility close to the intersection of interstates 77 and 480. Neighbored on one side by a dense residential area and a large cluster of offices and hotels on another, Rockside Crossings will rise 10 miles south of Downtown Cleveland.

 

MORE:

https://www.multihousingnews.com/post/clevelands-132m-rockside-road-project-gets-green-light/

 

Cleveland’s $132M Rockside Road Project Gets Green Light

by Bogdan Odagescu

The development has received zoning approval, with plans including luxury apartments, retail, a hotel and more.

 

Cleveland—The Seven Hills, Ohio, city council recently approved the PUD zoning required by LSB Seven Hills LLC for its 52-acre, mixed-use Rockside Road project. According to Cleveland.com, the estimated cost of the Rockside Crossings development is $132 million.

 

LSB bought the site in 2015 and is now looking to develop luxury apartments, retail, a 120-key hotel and an independent senior living facility close to the intersection of interstates 77 and 480. Neighbored on one side by a dense residential area and a large cluster of offices and hotels on another, Rockside Crossings will rise 10 miles south of Downtown Cleveland.

 

MORE:

https://www.multihousingnews.com/post/clevelands-132m-rockside-road-project-gets-green-light/

 

 

Where in Seven Hills is there a dense residential area? Or are they extending "one side" all the way past Broadview into Parma?

 

Please, please no more retail. Midtown Plaza struggles to keep tenants.

Planning commission approves plans to raze former Sun News office in Berea, adjacent buildings

Beth Mlady, Special to cleveland.com

November 19, 2016

 

BEREA, Ohio -- A former Sun News office and adjacent buildings in a small shopping center in Berea will be demolished to make way for future redevelopment.

 

The structures are located at 24-28 Park Drive, just across the parking lot from Giant Eagle.

 

"It's four separate structures that have a unified façade on the front," explained Planning Commission Chairman Matt Madzy prior to the Nov. 17 commission meeting. "When you look at the building from the front, it looks like it's in pretty good shape, but when you look at the back, some of the brick is crumbling and it's not in tip-top condition. They haven't had good luck in trying to get the space filled and have been trying to market it for a while."

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/berea/index.ssf/2016/11/planning_commission_approves_p.html

Downtown Willoughby could see changes in 2017 https://t.co/lzQsf9rmgS

Downtown Willoughby could see changes in 2017 https://t.co/lzQsf9rmgS

 

It's definitely doing well, busy whenever I pass through (which is almost always daytime).  Nice blend of old and newer, and the activity has some depth beyond the main street.

Downtown Willoughby could see changes in 2017 https://t.co/lzQsf9rmgS

 

It's definitely doing well, busy whenever I pass through (which is almost always daytime).  Nice blend of old and newer, and the activity has some depth beyond the main street.

 

The city needs to step up their visions at the corner of Erie and Vine Sts.  The city's crucial intersection has a god-awful new build courthouse, a BP station and 2 suburban-style banks.  They can change the complexion there by promoting walk-ability.

Downtown Willoughby could see changes in 2017 https://t.co/lzQsf9rmgS

 

It's definitely doing well, busy whenever I pass through (which is almost always daytime).  Nice blend of old and newer, and the activity has some depth beyond the main street.

 

The city needs to step up their visions at the corner of Erie and Vine Sts.  The city's crucial intersection has a god-awful new build courthouse, a BP station and 2 suburban-style banks.  They can change the complexion there by promoting walk-ability.

 

I think they view the bend where Euclid becomes Erie as their focus.  Chagrin Riverwalk may pull some development towards itself and fill in some gaps.

Downtown Willoughby could see changes in 2017 https://t.co/lzQsf9rmgS

 

It's definitely doing well, busy whenever I pass through (which is almost always daytime).  Nice blend of old and newer, and the activity has some depth beyond the main street.

 

The city needs to step up their visions at the corner of Erie and Vine Sts.  The city's crucial intersection has a god-awful new build courthouse, a BP station and 2 suburban-style banks.  They can change the complexion there by promoting walk-ability.

 

I think they view the bend where Euclid becomes Erie as their focus.  Chagrin Riverwalk may pull some development towards itself and fill in some gaps.

 

Yes, that's the center, but I thought a few years ago they said they wanted to extend downtown to the north of Mentor/Vine toward the railroad tracks.

Downtown Willoughby could see changes in 2017 https://t.co/lzQsf9rmgS

 

It's definitely doing well, busy whenever I pass through (which is almost always daytime).  Nice blend of old and newer, and the activity has some depth beyond the main street.

 

The city needs to step up their visions at the corner of Erie and Vine Sts.  The city's crucial intersection has a god-awful new build courthouse, a BP station and 2 suburban-style banks.  They can change the complexion there by promoting walk-ability.

 

I think they view the bend where Euclid becomes Erie as their focus.  Chagrin Riverwalk may pull some development towards itself and fill in some gaps.

 

Yes, that's the center, but I thought a few years ago they said they wanted to extend downtown to the north of Mentor/Vine toward the railroad tracks.

 

Doubt it goes too far in that direction.  Riverwalk is supposed to add stores.  I suspect any development makes the turn onto Mentor.

Read in the Chagrin Valley Times that the Landerwood Plaza (at Lander and Pinetree) where the Heinen's is located will be getting a facelift.

 

I also saw that the Fresh Thyme opened up at the Golden Gate Shopping Center in Mayfield Heights. In one of the empty storefronts are plans for a facelift for that shopping center as well. The plans looked great, assuming they get approved. Its about time, because that shopping center needs it.

Broadview Heights developer scraps plan for 23-home subdivision at Royalton and Avery roads

By Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.com

on February 13, 2017 at 11:30 AM, updated February 14, 2017 at 11:48 AM

 

BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio - Broadview Heights home builder Petros Development Corp. has scrapped plans for a 23-lot subdivision at the northwest corner of Royalton and Avery roads.

 

Instead, Petros will sell the land to Zinc Insurance, a Broadview Heights insurance agency, which will expand its blueprint for a new headquarters at Royalton and Avery.

 

"The site was cramped," Seth Zaremba, founder and principal of Zinc, told cleveland.com last week. "Now, we can make it a campus feel."

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/broadview-heights/index.ssf/2017/02/broadview_heights_developer_sc.html

 

Some posts were removed and the discussion of Richmond Town Square Center Mall was moved to the Cleveland Retail thread.

Commercial development continues to boom in Avon (photos)

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/04/commercial_development_continu.html

I laughed at the Taco Bell in the list of commercial buildings.

A few big box stores which will cannibalize other big box stores, a company poached from a neighboring city, and more soulless cul-de-sacs. Yes, a boom worth celebrating for sure, thank you PD.

A few big box stores which will cannibalize other big box stores, a company poached from a neighboring city, and more soulless cul-de-sacs. Yes, a boom worth celebrating for sure, thank you PD.

 

Was that your post?

 

I asked about "sponsor content" because it sure read like it.

A few big box stores which will cannibalize other big box stores, a company poached from a neighboring city, and more soulless cul-de-sacs. Yes, a boom worth celebrating for sure, thank you PD.

 

Was that your post?

 

I asked about "sponsor content" because it sure read like it.

 

HA! Nope, was not me, but I see my words are popular enough for people to steal from here. I usually can never bring myself to even look at the comments on there, let alone create an account.

A few big box stores which will cannibalize other big box stores, a company poached from a neighboring city, and more soulless cul-de-sacs. Yes, a boom worth celebrating for sure, thank you PD.

 

Was that your post?

 

I asked about "sponsor content" because it sure read like it.

 

HA! Nope, was not me, but I see my words are popular enough for people to steal from here. I usually can never bring myself to even look at the comments on there, let alone create an account.

 

Called him on it.  :)

http://www.cleveland.com/hillcrest/index.ssf/2017/03/richmond_heights_28.html#incart_river_index

 

Interesting article about Richmond Heights' developing Master Plan, currently being put together with the help of the county Planning Commission.

 

Most interesting is the plan floated for the "Five Points" intersection of Chardon and Richmond where the city owns some property.  The county PC's Manager is talking up a plan for mixed use office/retail with residential units on top (!), which is a pretty bold goal for a suburb.  Right now, the area is not a retail destination but it would be interesting to see if new residential units would transform the intersection.

UPS buys 65-acre parcel in Middleburg Heights, says there are no firm plans for development - yet:

https://t.co/gCCjLESgTK

 

DiGeronimo-Baldwin Wallace project could give downtown Berea a lift

May 21, 2017 UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

By STAN BULLARD   

 

In a more than $15 million development project, a joint venture by Baldwin Wallace University and DiGeronimo Cos. of Independence plans to develop a four-story mixed-use building in downtown Berea.

 

The plan calls for replacing two single-story commercial buildings on the north side of the suburb's downtown at 111-118 Front St. with a structure with retail on the ground floor and a total of 81 units capable of housing 131 students above it.

 

Robert C. Helmer, president of Baldwin Wallace, said, "This novel collaboration will expand the attractive, contemporary housing options available to BW students and, at the same time, provide vibrant economic development for downtown."

 

MORE:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170521/NEWS/170529983/digeronimo-baldwin-wallace-project-could-give-downtown-berea-a-lift

Glad to see BW getting into the downtown student housing game. Larger schools like Kent and Akron have been doing this for a decade.

Crazy warehouse development!!

 

Highland Heights business gets grant toward big project in Mentor

By: Betsy Scott ([email protected])

POSTED: Friday, May 19, 2017 - 1:17 p.m.

UPDATED: 3 DAYS AGO

 

Another international industrial company plans a move - and a major investment - in Mentor.

 

Heilind Electronics, a global wholesale distributor of electronic connectors and circuits, intends to build a 181,000-square-foot warehouse and office in which to relocate its Highland Heights operation.

 

The project is planned for about 14 acres at 6240 Tin Man Road, southwest of the Tyler Boulevard/Heisley Road intersection.

 

MORE:

http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20170519/highland-heights-business-gets-grant-toward-big-project-in-mentor

Yet another big commercial building, but this one is a factory....

 

De Nora Tech is investing $31.2M in move to Mentor

Manufacturing company has been in Chardon for 48 years

May 21, 2017 UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO

By RACHEL ABBEY MCCAFFERTY   

 

De Nora Tech LLC last week officially kicked off a construction project that will move more than 150 employees from Chardon to Mentor in the coming years.

 

And that's a big change, because the plant that today is known as De Nora Tech has been in Chardon for about 48 years. But as the company has grown and changed, it's now in need of a larger, more technically advanced plant.

 

De Nora Tech makes anodes and cathodes for various industries, said project manager Jamie Schafer. Some recognizable products under that umbrella are in-ground pool chlorinators and equipment for chrome plating on vehicles. And that's been the case throughout the company's history. It got its start as Diamond Shamrock and became Eltech before being purchased by Italian-based De Nora in 2005.

 

MORE:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170521/NEWS/170529989/de-nora-tech-is-investing-31-2m-in-move-to-mentor

Brecksville appears to be very close to acquiring title to the 102 acre former VA site at Miller & Brecksville roads.  This is a huge asset, that is great news to redevelop but I don't see how the City can just turn the asset over to a developer with a memo of understanding.  How would there not be some RFP to transfer the property to create competition among developers for highest & best use/tax & job generation back to the community?

 

http://www.cleveland.com/brecksville/index.ssf/2017/06/brecksville_close_to_acquiring.html#incart_river_home

 

Developer is unnamed in the article per Mayor Hruby but I believe it's the DiGeronimo family of Independence Excavating and Pinecrest development

^I can see them trying to approximate a First and Main type of development there.

This is a nice sizable piece of land for development.  I might guess that it is likely one of the largest remaining in the county. 

Legally, there has to be a pre-advertised RFP or auction for the sale of any publicly owned property.

^I can see them trying to approximate a First and Main type of development there.

 

I think the goal is much more office, lab, research, HQ type site.  They don't want to draw retail from downtown.  Imagine a tenant like Sherwin Williams R&D from downtown or similar tenants with a mix of Class A office.  It's a perfect setting for a corporate HQ and possibly some mixed tenant buildings as well.

I always thought this is where the IKEA should go.

Why would you want to take SW R&D from Downtown?  Its a nice chunk of land.....I just wish it could be used to recruit a company from outside the area to come in. 

Seven Hills developer asks to amend PUD for luxury apartments

Updated on June 27, 2017 at 10:04 AM Posted on June 27, 2017 at 10:00 AM

BY MARK HOLAN/SPECIAL TO CLEVELAND.COM

 

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio - The plans for the Rockside Crossings at Seven Hills have changed.

 

At the June 26 meeting, council voted 6-1 to refer the ordinance, which would amend the Planned United Development District (PUD), to the planning commission. Council Pro Tem and Ward 2 Councilman Timothy Fraundorf was the lone dissenting vote.

 

Alan Ritchie, the attorney for LSB Seven Hills LLC, came before council caucus to ask for the change to move the apartments that were to be built above the retail/commercial/office building on Rockside and move them back on the property "standing on their own."

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/seven-hills/index.ssf/2017/06/seven_hills_developer_asks_to.html

Not so fast....

 

Seven Hills developer withdraws proposal for apartments

Posted on July 10, 2017 at 8:29 AM

Seven Hills city officials are still working with the developer to finalize plans for Rockside Crossings.

http://www.cleveland.com/seven-hills/index.ssf/2017/07/seven_hills_developer_withdraw.html

North Olmsted City Schools administration tours $90 million campus construction

Updated on July 13, 2017 at 6:54 AM Posted on July 13, 2017 at 6:49 AM

By John Benson, special to cleveland.com

 

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio - Construction of North Olmsted City Schools' new grade 6 through 12 educational, performing arts center and athletic complex isn't supposed to be completed until next year, but Superintendent Michael E. Zalar recently led a group of administrators on a tour.

 

"Obviously, there's a lot of curiosity about the building project," Zalar said. "People see what's happening on the outside as they drive by the school. And our administrators have not had the opportunity to be inside, and so we made arrangements during the workers' lunch break to have a tour.

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/north-olmsted/index.ssf/2017/07/north_olmsted_city_schools_adm.html

Crain's has an article about this development but you can't read it anymore due to a new paywall. So we'll have to wait for it to come out to in the PD to learn more about it....

 

Universal Windows will build $3.5 million headquarters in Bedford Heights

The site of a long-vacant Ramada Inn soon will host a new corporate headquarters, thanks to a team effort by the city and economic development agencies that are injecting a $1 million-plus package of financial assistance into the deal.

 

Cuyahoga County‏Verified account @CuyahogaCounty  7h7 hours ago

We're in Bedford Heights with @CuyaLandBank at the old vacant hotel on Rockside..& it's about to go DOWN!

 

 

Wow! I never thought I'd see the day! My dad lives around the corner from there, and over all these years I've just gotten a feeling that it would always remain abandoned. This is turning into a good year for demolishing long abandoned hotels. With that old Days Inn(?) on Northfield/Emery being torn down, and now this, anything is possible.

 

Its such a high visibility location that will per perfect for an HQ. Did you happen to catch what kind of presence the new building will have? I hope its more than just a single story.

For $3.5M, I can't imagine the new HQ being that much of a presence.

No, it's likely going to be 1 story flex space, with offices in front and warehouse / light manufacturing in the back, but it's an income producing property and removes an eyesore so I'd say it's a win.

Great urban project for a nice suburban downtown....

 

Officials break ground in Berea for mixed-use Front Street development (photos)

http://www.cleveland.com/berea/index.ssf/2017/09/officials_break_ground_in_bere.html