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Randall Park Mall demolition under way, as crew tears into former Dillard’s store (Cleveland.com)
A trio of excavators surrounded the entrance to the defunct Dillard’s department store on Monday morning, starting the final chapter in the riches-to-rags story of Randall Park Mall. When the mall opened in 1976, thousands of people flocked there to see the stores,… Read more ›
How the Cuyahoga Land Bank is helping refugees “Discover Home” (Community Progress Blog)
Land banks can work in concert with a whole host of private, public, and nonprofit partners, using those creative partnerships to help the communities they serve. An example of one such partnership is the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation (Cuyahoga… Read more ›
Cuyahoga County Land Bank Featured in National Study (Campus District Observer)
Land banks’ adaptability yields results for communities tackling vacant and problem properties, according to report. Approximately 120 land banks exist in the United States. Their ability to adapt to local conditions and needs is helping communities address the negative impacts… Read more ›
Board of Omaha Land Bank has plenty of work to do before it can begin buying run-down properties for redevelopment (Omaha.com)
The board of the newly created Omaha Municipal Land Bank expects to begin acquiring run-down properties in 2015 for redevelopment, but it has a lot of groundwork to handle before doing any groundbreaking work. Meeting Monday for the first time,… Read more ›
Children’s Museum of Cleveland gains control of Euclid Avenue mansion in $50,000 deal (Cleveland.com)
A quiet real estate deal that closed Tuesday augurs a second chance for a small Cleveland cultural institution and an expansive house on the city’s onetime Millionaire’s Row. A company tied to the Children’s Museum of Cleveland paid $50,000 this week for… Read more ›
Heinen’s is building a $9 million expanded bakery, meat-cutting and prepared-foods kitchen in Warrensville Heights (Cleveland.com)
Demolition crews from the Cuyahoga Land Bank are clearing the future home of Heinen’s Fine Foods’ $9 million expanded bakery, meat-cutting facility and prepared foods kitchens on South Miles Road in Warrensville Heights, just west of the 85-year-old grocer’s current warehouses. Scheduled for completion in… Read more ›
Cuyahoga Land Bank demolition in Warrensville Heights makes way for Heinen’s expansion (Press Release)
Cuyahoga Land Bank demolition crews got to work early this morning, taking down a dilapidated 77,000 square foot structure in order to make way for a new Heinen’s food production plant. The demolition is the culmination of a $610,000 effort… Read more ›
Fun Fact
The Cuyahoga Land Bank property inventory is constantly changing through our acquisition, disposition, sale and renovation of homes. Currently, the Cuyahoga Land Bank has a total of 60 homes for sale throughout the county. There are a total of 58… Read more ›
Advice for land banks from Cuyahoga Land Bank’s Gus Frangos (Community Progress Blog)
Our new report, Take it to the Bank: How Land Banks Are Strengthening America’s Neighborhoods, takes an in-depth look at how the Cuyahoga Land Bank serves the community in and around Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 2009, has nearly 30 staff members and,… Read more ›
Did you know?
The Cuyahoga Land Bank is currently launching a new Greening Program with support from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency’s Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP). The program was inspired by the success of a similar nationally recognized program, Reimagining Cleveland. Through the… Read more ›
Cuyahoga County Land Bank featured in national report (Cleveland.com)
The county land bank was featured positively in a recent report from the Center for Community Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based think-tank that advocates for policies to fight urban and community blight. The report offered profiles of seven different land bank… Read more ›
An Instant Connection to Cleveland
Have you ever felt a calling to a particular place? That is how Bob and Judy Willard felt when they visited Cleveland for the very first time in 2010. The Willards had visited several cities throughout the country, searching for… Read more ›
Educational Garden for Urban Community School
The Urban Community School (UCS) recently collaborated with the Cuyahoga Land Bank to acquire land to develop a Learning Garden. UCS will be partnering with The Cleveland Botanical Garden, to offer unique educational lessons for students and teachers alike. Since… Read more ›