Shaker Heights

2015 Acquisition, Disposition & Development Highlights

The Cuyahoga Land Bank had another productive year in stabilizing communities and removing blight throughout the county.  In order to ...

County Demolition Program Begins First Major Commercial Demolition Projects

On November 23, 2015, the Cuyahoga Land Bank began the first major commercial demolition utilizing County Demolition Program funds at ...

Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights fight blight: The House Next Door (cleveland.com)

August 5, 2015 [Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.com] CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – On North Coventry Road, just a stroll from the ...

Cuyahoga County’s $50 million demolition plan looking to impact communities

November 7, 2014 [Andrew Cass, The News-Herald] “What we do today is not the end of the process, it’s really ...

Press Release: Cuyahoga Land Bank Does It Again: Leads Nation in Use of Stimulus Funding to Revitalize Neighborhood (Press Release)

A coalition led by the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, commonly known as the Cuyahoga Land Bank, has completed the ...

Study offers hope for Larchmere area

January 25, 2013 [Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND The “good, bad and ugly” are all in the eyes of developers when ...

Shaker Heights’ effort to rehab vacant home complicated by Florida bankruptcy court (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Long gone from the local real estate scene, George and Teresa Kastanes continue to make life miserable ...

Cuyahoga County tax lien sale wins over skeptics

November 23, 2012 [Laura Johnston, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County's controversial sale last year of liens on properties with ...

Cleveland Heights Among Suburbs to Receive Money to Raze Blighted Homes

August 3, 2012 [Patch.com] Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason announced Aug. 1 that Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights received $100,000 ...

Shaker Heights Among Suburbs to Receive Money to Raze Blighted Homes

August 3, 2012 [Patch.com] Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason announced Aug. 1 that Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights received $100,000 ...
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Back to the Future: The Land Bank Assists in a Historical Home Restoration

Sometimes, a family's search for their dream home brings them to another family's dream, from another time. For Derek and ...

Full House: Shaker Heights couple preparing to restore landmark Asa Upson house

August 18, 2011 [Julie Washington, cleveland.com] The Claytons have two babies. One is toddling around the furniture, and one is ...