BEREA, Ohio — A Speedway with room for semi-trailer trucks should rise in Berea’s North End and three nearby city-owned buildings will come down soon in hopes of further development in that area. After winning a long legal battle against… Read more ›
My name is Jim Rokakis. I am director of the Thriving Communities Institute, a program of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, a land conservation organization in a 17-county footprint in northeast Ohio. Four years ago, Western Reserve extended its work into… Read more ›
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Officials plan to post most if not all of the 124 city-owned vacant lots around town, although some could be set aside for possible land-banking ventures. At least half of those lots are available for $100… Read more ›
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Driving the streets of Mayfield Heights can be like a real estate time warp. Rows of near-identical bungalows with window awnings sit on tiny square lots. In 1951, the year Mayfield Heights was incorporated, those bungalows… Read more ›
New land bank program helps students, recent grads get discounts on renovated homes CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cuyahoga Land Bank is handing over the keys to the first home sold through the Buying and Retaining Academic Investment Now program to… Read more ›
LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Most vacant homes in Lakewood don’t stay empty for long, and the same can be said for Fairview Park, North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township. West-side mayors say the reason is a combination of strict code… Read more ›
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – On North Coventry Road, just a stroll from the famed Coventry Village, Cleveland Heights may try something it has never tried before – rebuild a neighborhood. North Coventry, which runs from Mayfield Road north into East Cleveland,… Read more ›
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio — Leaders of three southwestern suburbs expect soon to demolish more neglected homes. Middleburg City Council voted last month to authorize demolitions if necessary of three homes on Engle, Pearl and Fowles roads. Building Commissioner Norm Herwerden… Read more ›
Confused about how exactly foreclosure works, or what a land bank does? No worries. Northeast Ohio Media Group assembled a glossary of vacant home terms, to help you navigate the topic with aplomb. Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corp: The quasi-governmental nonprofit… Read more ›
Municipal Court Housing Division officials are already impressed with the turnout of interested observers in the case of two condemned apartment buildings overlooking Shaker Square. And up to now, that’s just been for the pre-trial conferences. It’s a trend that… Read more ›
Frank Alexander wasn’t expecting his book, Land Banks and Land Banking, to wind up so big.How the Zombie House Crisis Mutated and What Cities Are Doing About It “In 2010, when we created the Center for Community Progress one of the… Read more ›
The city is applying for a $3 million state grant to pay for a traffic study on Center Ridge Road. The study is necessary to upgrade traffic signals and keep up with new development on the busy road that connects… Read more ›
by Nick Castele A survey of every property in the city of Cleveland is nearing completion. The project will take a snapshot of the city’s housing seven years after the financial crisis. For years, Cleveland has tried to estimate just… Read more ›
This summer the Cuyahoga Land Bank has had the opportunity to host Joyce Pan Huang who was sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program. Joyce is currently a graduate student of the Masters in Urban Planning, Design and Development… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank was recently featured in Cleveland.com The House Next Door. The article discusses the problem that Cuyahoga County is facing with abandoned and vacant properties following the housing crisis. The feature discusses the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s Demolition… Read more ›
Briardale Green Golf Course is now able to expand with assistance from the City of Euclid and the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Briardale is an eighteen-hole course that is located between Babbitt Rd and East 250th. The course had previously bordered… Read more ›
LANCASTER — For the first time since its creation two years ago, the Fairfield County land bank has begun demolishing homes that were eyesores and rodent attractions in neighborhoods. Four had come down as of Friday and another four will come down… Read more ›
The Cleveland Council of Worlds Affairs (Council) through its Assistant Program Officer, Katie Ferman, contacted the Cuyahoga Land Bank to host a meeting for Sylvain Barfety of Bordeaux, France. The Council sponsors a International Visitors Leadership Program in which the… Read more ›
