Cleveland Real Estate News

I know I sometimes post futuristic ideas for housing styles. But this time, I am excited to talk about a house built by an urban planner in the Washington D.C. area.  He built it for himself and it’s gorgeous (see photo). I love the clean lines, I love how it fits into the style of the neighborhood. [...]

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Last year I wrote this post about the proposed Eco Village Cottages  at W. 58th and Pear. It’s an exciting project, and this past week it moved closer to fruition and occupancy with a ground breaking ceremony. These homes will meet Leeds standards for energy efficiency, are all of the same design (I think there are [...]

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Transit oriented development (TOD) has been a hot button for a decade. I was on the bus yesterday and passed a gas station on Lorain selling regular fuel for $4.05/gallon. We have one of the original transit systems in the Country right here in NE Ohio, in the form of The Shaker Rapid. Many of [...]

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I don’t suppose people who ride the bus or take light rail or car pool will get any relief, how about a 3% tax break for those who don’t drive? Anyway, here is the PD blog post outlining Rep. LaTourette’s Commuter Relief and Fuel Efficiency Act bill/proposal.  What about using that same money to increase [...]

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That’s what I kept saying over and over to myself as I read a PD post about how Governor Strickland seems to want to revive the stalled roadway work between I-490 and University Circle.  All through the discussion of the Corridor is talk about how rail lines need to be bought and moved, etc. If [...]

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I check out the headlines before I sign off for the night-including the PD.  Tonight there was a glaring headline about RTA losing money and maybe even having to cut more routes. They claim (RTA does) ridership is up 10% and many buses along the routes are full. That’s good right? Yes and no. Because [...]

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Are we ready for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Downtown Cleveland – and Northeast Ohio in general? There is an article in Crain’s Cleveland today about the Euclid Avenue design and it’s focus on the new RTA stops there. The ‘hope’ is to attract mixed use development on Euclid Avenue (shops, office, housing). Joseph Calabrese [...]

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Nothing seems more urgent to me than getting cars off the road. One reason why I am lobbying for The Cleveland Hub project. That can only happen of course if there is aggressive work to improve public transportation here. So I am mildly optimistic about some of the City plans. The Cleveland Planning Commission is [...]

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There are plans in the works to bolster our area’s economy through commuter rail. One plan is the Cleveland Hub Initiative . On a smaller scale, the West Shore Corridor commuter rail plan is also proposed. This would develop a system that runs from Lorain to Cleveland. All Aboard Ohio(AAO ) is the website to [...]

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