BY Steven Litt PUBLISHED EDT May 13, 2026. See Article. The city of Cleveland and the nonprofit Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund unveiled a new strategy Wednesday to counteract decades of industrial decline and loss of factory jobs in city neighborhoods. The new project, called the Midline, aims to

BY Michelle Jarboe PUBLISHED EDT May 13, 2026. See Article. CLEVELAND — For graffiti artists, the brick ruins off Ashland Road are a canvas for creativity. To LaRhon Wheeler, though, the remains of the former Westinghouse Electric Corp. complex in Central are just a mess — a reminder of what

BY Rich Exner PUBLISHED 11:30 AM EDT May 13, 2026. See Article. CLEVELAND, Ohio — For decades, a manufacturing corridor stretching along a rail line south of Euclid Avenue through the Central and Fairfax neighborhoods has largely been known for what it lost. Factories closed. Jobs disappeared. Buildings sat empty.

BY Dave DeNatale, Amaya Ward PUBLISHED 11:52 AM EDT May 13, 2026. See Article. CLEVELAND — Cleveland officials on Wednesday unveiled plans for a sweeping redevelopment project on the city’s near east side aimed at transforming hundreds of acres of long-vacant industrial land into a modern employment and community district. The initiative,

BY Olivera Perkins PUBLISHED May 13, 2026. See Article. Cleveland announced The Midline, an initiative to redevelop 350+ acres of long-vacant East Side industrial land into an employment hub – a vision that could take years to become reality. The Midline’s goal is to attract larger-scale employers in the manufacturing,

BY Ken Prendergast, Neotrans PUBLISHED 6:45 pm May 13, 2026. See Article. Cleveland’s largest industrial redevelopment in its history, dubbed the Midline Priority Investment Area, was announced today as an effort to transform the city’s near-East Side into a job hub and community greenway. The 350-acre district in the Central, Fairfax and

BY Mark Oprea PUBLISHED May 13, 2026. See Article. The factory at 2175 Ashland was once a production behemoth. By the end of the 19th century, no other building in the region made more brass castings or street lighting. It was filled with workers that lived within walking distance in nearby

BY Matilda Bathurst PUBLISHED April 3, 2026 See Article. “You can’t teach planning today without grappling with how policy actually unfolds within communities,” says Professor Phillip Thompson. For the past three summers, MIT master’s students and recently graduated planners have collaborated with cities and community organizations to advance climate, infrastructure,

By Sean McDonnell PUBLISHED 7:05. ET, Apr. 28th, 2026. See Article. CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland is making a push for up to $10 million in state grants to clean up one of the largest stretches of industrial land in the city. The proposal would mark 89 acres along railroads tracks

Christine Nelson, Crain’s Cleveland November 19, 2025 05:50 AM See full article. “Economic development begins long before a company breaks ground or cuts a ribbon. It starts with building a strong workforce, investing in infrastructure and cultivating a business-friendly climate. Attracting transformative projects also requires a coordinated, region-wide sites strategy.

Dan Shingler, Crain’s Cleveland See full article. “Right now, it’s nothing … it’s a big open lot,” said Rick Barga, the Site Readiness Fund’s manager of site identification and development. “There’s a bunch of trees and shrubs. There used to be factories there and we’re hoping to repurpose it.” The

BY Nora McKeown Cleveland PUBLISHED 5:40 PM ET Apr. 03, 2025 PUBLISHED 5:40 PM EDT Apr. 03, 2025. See article. CLEVELAND — City and state leaders launched the demolition and remediation of the former National ACME Plant on Cleveland’s east side Thursday, with the goal of turning the blighted property

By Crain’s Cleveland Cleveland aims to construct 5,000 new homes within the next 10 years, using the tens of thousands of vacant lots within city limits. Nearly half of those may eventually be the site for a modular home built by one of the four manufacturers out of a new

By Staff reports at Cleveland.com. See article. Published: Jul. 08, 2025, 3:20 p.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland officials have named four finalists who are vying to establish a modular housing construction facility on the city’s East Side, with the goal of delivering more affordable housing options for Clevelanders.  The city has selected

By Dan Shingler, Crain’s Clevelend. Full Article. Cleveland’s getting a major new industrial site on the city’s East Side.

By Zaria Johnson See Article A Clean Harbors crane begins drilling into concrete at the former National Acme site on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. Work is officially underway to transform Cleveland’s former National ACME Plant into a site primed for economic growth and new jobs. The $11 million cleanup will take

By Ken Prendergast See Article Long abandoned and neglected, the former National Acme plant on East 131st Street at Coit Road is getting demolished and its site cleaned up to make way for a new end user offering new jobs for Cleveland’s Glenville and Collinwood neighborhoods. And now it will expand

By Megan Sims, cleveland.com See Article Mayor Justin Bibb address city leaders and partners about the future of the National Acme building, which will be demolished and remediated by the fall.Megan Sims, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — The National Acme building on the city’s East Side is coming down thanks to state

By: Michelle Jarboe Full Story CLEVELAND — A long-blighted industrial property on Cleveland’s East Side is set to become part of a 37-acre development site – land that will be marketed to manufacturers as the city tries to bring jobs and prosperity back to disinvested neighborhoods. The Site Readiness for Good

by: Rex Smith, Fox 8 Cleveland. See article. CLEVELAND (WJW) – Since it closed in the 1990s, the site of the former National Acme plant on Cleveland’s east side has sat vacant, decaying, and has been considered an eyesore. Once partially demolished, it’s a site that would need major renovations before another

by Nick Castele See Article Cleveland wants to bring a modular home manufacturer to the city to fill in vacant lots with new dwellings. FacebookLinkedInXBlueskyThreadsRedditCopy LinkEmailPrint Cleveland is asking the manufacturers of modular homes to consider setting up shop in town and helping to fill in vacant land with new, factory-made

By Ken Prendergast See Article Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity installed five modular homes Oct. 23 at 11830 Matherson Ave. on Cleveland’s West Side. Each was a three-bed, two-bath, 1,350-square-foot home and was the first significant project to build new homes in Ward 11 since 2005. But the nearest plant for

By: Michelle Jarboe Full article Workers used a crane and ropes to place half of a modular home on a lot in Cleveland in September. The house is part of Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity’s first foray into modular construction. By: Michelle Jarboe Posted 10:09 PM, Dec 02, 2024 and last updated 11:01 AM,

by Michelle Jarboe See Article Industrial land sits fallow along Cleveland’s Opportunity Corridor, a boulevard that cuts through long-disinvested neighborhoods on the city’s East Side. Brad Whitehead, who founded and built up the Fund for Our Economic Future, is taking on another nonprofit startup: Cleveland’s Site Readiness for Good Jobs

By: Michelle Jarboe See Article Cleveland’s new site fund plans to market the 15-acre property to industrial users. It’s 1 of 10 Northeast Ohio properties that won state brownfield clean-up grants. Cleveland’s new site fund plans to market the 15-acre property to industrial users. Posted 6:21 AM, Aug 14, 2024 and last

By Steven Litt, cleveland.com See Article Vacant factory that built Hulett ore unloaders purchased by Cleveland’s new $50M Site Readiness Fund. CLEVELAND, Ohio — An immense vacant factory in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, where massive Hulett ore unloading cranes were made more than a century ago, will have a new shot at

By: Michelle Jarboe See Article CLEVELAND — Overhead cranes and abandoned cabooses hint at the backstory of this building. A once-mighty factory where workers made the machines that shaped America. Now the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan plant on Cleveland’s East Side is getting a second shot at life. A new nonprofit just took control

by Alexandra Golden See Article The exterior of the Wellman-Seaver building at 7000 Central Ave., which the Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund has acquired after the structure sat mostly vacant since 1993. After sitting largely vacant since 1993, an expansive building and the 10 acres of land that it

by Alexandra Golden See Article The exterior of the Wellman-Seaver building at 7000 Central Ave., which the Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund has acquired after the structure sat mostly vacant since 1993. After sitting largely vacant since 1993, an expansive building and the 10 acres of land that it