Design + Build

Hikia "Coco" Dixon is creating a creative labyrinth inside the 5th Street Arcades
Inventive entrepreneur Hikia “Coco” Dixon is taking 5th Street Arcades by storm with her two shops. Now, she's taken over 20,000 square feet in the Arcades to provide affordable studio space for entrepreneurs of color. 
Playhouse Square’s Lumen shines brightly as Cleveland’s largest residential project in 40 years
The much-anticipated official opening of the Lumen apartments in Playhouse Square—the largest residential building project in Cleveland in 40 years—happens today.
Holy homes: Historic Zion Church preserved, reconfigured as San Sofia Luxury Apartments
Tremont's historic Zion Church UCC has been transformed into 26 luxury apartments that preserve the ornate stained glass and other elements of the church's 135-year history.
Broadway rising: University Settlement, NRP break ground on $20 million affordable housing project
Slavic Village's University Settlement and developer NRP Group are working on an affordable housing project that they hope will be the beginning of the neighborhood's renaissance.
Gordon Green brings modern elegance, safe wedding protocol, to historic Detroit Shoreway building
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, earlier this month Gordon Green was able to open its events center in the renovated century-old Berger building and allow brides and grooms to save their dates.
A garden grows in Tremont: Electric Gardens to become CLE's first integrated live/work space
Ohio City’s most stylish co-working space will soon have to share the Limelight. Next spring, Limelight will open a sister location in Tremont—housed inside a 132-unit apartment building called Electric Gardens.
In the Heights: This mini-park project is set to breathe new life into the Cedar Lee District
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and that’s exactly why Deanna Fisher is passionate about making the Cedar Lee Mini-Park a place that makes visitors and residents fall in love at first sight with Cleveland Heights.
A lasting memento of Euclid’s lakefront luxury from Cleveland’s Jazz Age
In 1923 entrepreneur Jim Brown built a house on Lake Erie in Euclid. The six-bedroom home, with accents imported from around the world, still stands proudly today and is on the market for $1.2 million.
Downtown views, modern living—and free rent—in Cleveland’s original high rise apartment building
The 1965 Chesterfield apartment building has been renovated and rebranded as the Luckman—a stylish modern day downtown living option complete with rooftop pool lounge and second-floor outdoor courtyard.
A new pocket park is popping up in Collinwood's Waterloo Arts District
The former stomping grounds for an Irish Mafioso will soon become common ground for Collinwood residents.
Two suburban school districts finalize facilities master plans during uncertain times
With shrinking populations and more community need, Lakewood and Shaker Heights School Districts are completing facilities master plans to accommodate students and residents—just in time to ponder the reopening of the schools during a pandemic.
The Flats is getting into the swing of a things with a new platform tennis facility
A select group of Clevelanders has already fallen in “love” with the sport of platform tennis (aka paddle). Now, thanks to a new public facility in the Flats, the rest of Cleveland is set to embrace it, too.
Brick by Brick: Couple is transforming Slavic Village one house at a time
Anthony and Tiffany Anreoli fell in love with the historic charm of Slavic Village when they bought their home more than 10 years ago. They've been renovating neighborhood houses ever since and now are developing a community hub.
CLE Restoration Society celebrates the projects that preserve the region’s architectural history
The annual Celebration of Preservation honors the groups and individuals who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to restore and preserve the region's historic buildings.
Building hope: Suburban construction projects press on despite virus
While some construction projects have been put on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, large projects in Cleveland Heights and Maple Heights are forging ahead at full steam—creating jobs and positive economic development in Cleveland's inner rings suburbs.
Welcome to the Gayborhood: A 100,000-sq-ft LGBT hub is taking shape on the edge of Lakewood
Developers Daniel Budish and Betsy Figgie plan to open an enormous LGBTQ ecosystem that will house everything from apartments and an athletic complex to a multi-faceted entertainment and retail hub.
New gallery owners are moved by the spirit of the Hildebrandt Building in La Villa Hispana
Abattoir Gallery is opening in a refurbished space inside a former sausage factory in La Villa Hispana.
With new open-concept and infill housing, Euclid aims to modernize its housing stock
With 1,217 vacant lots in Euclid, infill housing can satisfy market demand for new construction—and a new open-concept home on Pasnow Avenue is leading the way.
Beck Center raises the roof on renovations to 100-year-old Lakewood campus
Improving accessibility and energy efficiency are the main reasons that Lakewood's Beck Center for the Arts is working to raise $5.7 million.
Compassionate care: Cleveland APL is renovating facilities and expanding programs
The Cleveland Animal Protective League's Tremont facility is becoming less of a shelter and more of an animal resource center.