Posted September 6, 200618 yr From Crain's: Better land management goal of new city division By JAY MILLER 6:00 am, September 4, 2006 The city of Cleveland wants to consolidate its scattered real estate operations into a new Real Estate Division in the Department of Community Development — an action the Jackson administration believes will make it easier for businesses and developers to execute projects in the city. The goal of the reorganization is for the city to better manage and market residential and industrial properties it holds for resale to homebuilders and developers. The new division also would consolidate the city’s existing property management functions and would be responsible for creating a land-use plan for the city. The seeds for the new office were planted in a position paper Mayor Frank Jackson published during his successful 2005 election campaign. In that paper, then-candidate Jackson observed that the city bounces from one city department to another those businesses looking for a building to lease or real estate to purchase. The end result of the runaround is to push those employers to the more welcoming suburbs. Read More...
September 7, 200618 yr this is a fantatstic idea. good to streamline and consolidate all that far flung property stuff. one stop shopping is easier for evryone involved.
September 7, 200618 yr I remember looking at the old site, it was terrible at best. Pink page just one long list of I think at best it was alphabetical order. It just gave a parcel ID and address. It would have been more useful if it linked up with the city's GIS map. Plus if you were ever on the GIS map and it showed vacant land and it was owned by the city, it never linked up to land banks, and you would just know it probably is for sale but no place to find it.
September 7, 200618 yr and as it stands now, you can't even view the residential land bank properties online (let alone wirelessly...)
September 7, 200618 yr ^ And that's not new ... I've been trying to access the land bank for eff'in months!
