CDE: Cleveland Development Advisors

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Project Profiles and Stories

The Midtown Collaboration Center, led by the Cleveland Foundation, links downtown Cleveland with University Circle

This project serves as a pivotal anchor in the broader La Villa Hispana mission, seeking to redefine Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood into an inclusive and vibrant Latino cultural district. Notably, this

The Midtown Collaboration Center, led by the Cleveland Foundation, links downtown Cleveland with University Circle

University Settlement is a social service nonprofit provider in the Slavic Village neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, where a majority of the residents are working poor and elderly, with over 30%

Brown Helped Expand the New Markets Tax Credit

The Cleveland Play House moved to the downtown theater district in Cleveland, Ohio. Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Playhouse, and Cleveland State University have created an arts education collaborative unlike any

Construction of owner-occupied real estate for contemporary arts facility, including a museum and street level commercial and upper floors housing. The project involved the redevelop menthe Cleveland Institute of Art’s

The Capitol Theatre renovation is the first anchor project of the $25 million Gordon Square Arts District plan, a national model for how the arts can be catalysts for economic

Construction of a new state-of-the-art facility that will focus on training welding educators and industry leaders.

The project will construct a new 34,000 sq. ft. facility allowing for more efficient use of space for programs and services.
The redevelopment of the historic Baker Electric Car Building transformed the venerable old-economy icon into a "new economy" efficient, modern incubator and post-incubator space for some of Cleveland’s emerging technology-based

The 5-story Fairmont Creamery was constructed in 1930 and has been vacant since 1980. In addition to providing much needed housing and commercial space for the neighborhood, the redevelopment of

Redevelopment of the vacant Swetland Building Rehab office building into apartments, office space, a full service grocery store and a hotel.

The historic renovation and adaptive reuse of this 120,000 sq. ft. nearly-vacant office building will serve as a catalyst to create a 24/7 vibrancy in the Playhouse Square neighborhood, a

The project financed tenant improvements to accommodate a new headquarters for Rosetta, the nation’s largest independent interactive agency. The growing digital marketing company relocated over 370 employees to downtown Cleveland.

The University Lofts project includes new construction and historic rehabilitation associated with three buildings along Euclid Avenue near Cleveland State University. The project includes nearly 10,000 sq. ft. of street-level

Once the largest unoccupied building on Euclid Avenue, Residences at 668 is now home to affordable apartment units as well as office and retail space. The historic redevelopment and adaptive

The Avenue District project entailed development of underutilized surface parking lots in downtown Cleveland into an eight-story, new construction, for‑sale housing project with street-level retail as well as for-sale townhome

Construction of mixed-use building with commercial space, parking, grocery store, Eastside School (early childhood education), co-office space and a restaurant.

A partnership between two educational pioneers, with financing support from Finance Fund, will reopen the doors to the former Kent Elementary School building as Buckeye Preparatory Academy, a community school

Rehabilitation of the vacant Joseph And Feiss Company factory location into a home for Ohio’s only k-8 tuition free community school focused on gifted learners.

Addressing the vacancy issue and related challenges of the NineTwelve District has been recognized by a number of civic and business interests as an important priority. AmTrust Financial Services acquired

In 2007 First Interstate properties transformed an abandoned steel mill into a regional shopping center with the creation of Steelyard Commons. Phase II(a) will build on the success of the

Construction of the new Marcus Thomas headquarters enabled the privately owned local marketing firm to stay in the existing community and expand its workforce.

MRN Ltd. undertook the redevelopment of East 4th Street between Euclid and Prospect Avenues. This destination neighborhood is a thriving entertainment and dining area of downtown. The Corner Alley was

Transformed a landmark building at the edge of University Circle into a 154-room hotel, with a vintage swimming pool, a wood-paneled lobby and a floor of restored ballrooms and event

Acquisition of equipment and machinery for an owner-occupied steel and iron manufacturing company.
Located four miles from downtown Cleveland, Shoreway Industrial Park turned a partially occupied truck manufacturing site into a logistics and distribution hub for the metro area.
The project is a collaborative public/private effort to dramatically update the 10-acre Public Square into a catalytic, dynamic, world-class public space in the heart of downtown Cleveland.
NMTC financing to rehabilitate the 30,000 sq. ft. Van Roy Coffee Company building into office space.

The UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children, a newly constructed facility of UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital, will serve a federally designated medical/dental

Renovation of a vacant, former school as its new 57,000 SF headquarters, training and production facility located in Hough/Midtown neighborhood in Cleveland, OH.

The May Dugan Center (MDC) was founded in 1969 and opened the current facility in 1975. MDC provides comprehensive health and human service programs to a diverse community that comes

The construction of a warehouse and distribution facility totaling to house the fresh, dry and frozen food for a foodbank in the Collinwood neighborhood.