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📬 In today’s edition:

• 🚗 The Cleveland Clinic's growth is gridlocking its neighbors — and everyone knows it

• 🌊 Above Zestimate, zero deferred maintenance, abatement through 2027 — Battery Park delivers

• 🌱 From sugar refinery to future development — the Midline's Carnegie Ave. move explained

📰 Cleveland Market Minute

Clinic’s car-dependency collides with community

Each morning, the red lines appear on the traffic app’s map. The lines, along with their yellow brethren, make for a colorful mosaic along the otherwise green-shaded grid of neighborhood streets surrounding the Cleveland Clinic.

But that’s the only attractive thing about them. No one wants these indicators of traffic congestion — not city officials, Clinic officials, neighbors or commuters.

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Car wash biz withdraws Shaker Square plan

Clean Express Auto Wash, a Cleveland-area express car wash operator and a brand of Express Wash Concepts, issued a statement today today that it has withdrawn its application for a proposed car wash location in Cleveland’s Shaker Square.

The newly vacant site, 2750 Van Aken Blvd., will likely remain a landscaped green space until a new project can be found that the community will support.

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Another big site added to the Midline

Another big piece of land has been added to the Midline redevelopment district on the city’s near-East Side. And officials are wasting no time in clearing the site for future development.

Last month, the Site Readiness For Good Jobs Fund took title to the former American Sugar Refining Company plant, 6515 Carnegie Ave., in the Midtown portion of Cleveland’s Central neighborhood. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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🏠 Just Sold Spotlight – Beautifully Maintained Battery Park Townhome with Lake-Adjacent Living, Updated Baths & Tax Abatement Through 2027

📍 7306 Marina Ct, Cleveland, OH 44102

• 💰 Sold Price: $325,000

• 📏 Size: 1,257 sq. ft.

• 📅 Year Built: 2012

• 🛏 2 Beds | 🛁 2 Full + 1 Half Bath

• 🚗 Attached 1-Car Garage

• 🌳 Lot Size: 10,031 sq. ft.

• 🏫 School District: Cleveland Municipal School District

📝 Investor Takeaway

Closing $4,600 above its $320,400 Zestimate in a perfectly neutral 44102 market (50/100 index), this Battery Park townhome demonstrated that well-maintained, move-in-ready product with abatement still attracts competitive offers even as broader inventory ticks up.

At $259/sq. ft. with a Rent Zestimate of $2,817/month, the gross yield picture is solid for a low-maintenance condo structure where the $341/month HOA absorbs roof, structure, grounds, snow removal, insurance, and reserves — meaningfully reducing an investor's out-of-pocket exposure.

Tax abatement running through 2027 provides near-term carrying cost relief, and freshly updated bathrooms (2025) and new appliances (2025) mean zero deferred maintenance on entry. The 44102 market's 1.6% one-year price forecast and 26-day median days-to-pending signal steady, if measured, demand.

🏡 Neighborhood Insight

• 📍 Community: Battery Park, Cleveland (44102)

• 🏞 Nearby Landmarks: Edgewater Park, Gordon Square Arts District, The Capitol Theatre, Lake Erie, downtown Cleveland

• 🚶 Accessibility: Highly walkable; steps from Edgewater Park, a nearby dog park, local breweries, restaurants, and shops

• 🌿 Lifestyle Appeal: Battery Park delivers the best of Cleveland's lakeside living — urban convenience, green space, arts culture, and easy downtown access in one of the city's most desirable near west communities

📈 Recent Sales Nearby:

• 1257 W 74th St – $320,000 | 2 Bed | 3 Bath

• 7311 Father Frascati Dr – $390,000 | 2 Bed | 3 Bath | 1.6k sq. ft.

• 7308 Marina Ct – $280,000 | 2 Bed | 3 Bath | 1.2k sq. ft.

• 7417 Battery Park Blvd – $295,000 | 2 Bed | 2 Bath | 1.3k sq. ft.

• 1257 W 74th St #1257 – $320,000 | 2 Bed | 3 Bath | 1.1k sq. ft.

📌 Notable Features

• 🌊 Sought-after Battery Park location — minutes from Edgewater Park and Lake Erie with walkable access to Gordon Square Arts District

• 🍽 Open-concept kitchen with granite countertops, pantry, and brand-new refrigerator and dishwasher (2025)

• 🛁 Both upstairs bathrooms fully updated in 2025 with modern finishes throughout

• 💼 Versatile first-floor office — ideal for working from home or use as private flex space

• 🔥 Fireplace on the main living level for cozy urban entertaining

• 🌿 Freshly painted interior throughout — truly move-in ready

• 🚗 Attached 1-car garage with wire shelving (2023) for added storage

• 🔧 Mechanicals regularly serviced; most recent service completed April 2026

• 💰 Tax abatement in place through 2027 — near-term savings for owner-occupants and investors

💡 Insider’s Insight

🏘 Insight Holdings Floods the West Side With New Housing — From Townhomes to Apartments

📍 The Story

• Cleveland-based Insight Holdings, led by CEO Adam Hayoun, has a pipeline of projects ranging from for-sale townhomes to small-footprint market-rate apartments rolling out across Detroit-Shoreway, Ohio City, and Lakewood over the next 12 months. All projects share one developer — different products, different neighborhoods.

🏗 Lake & 83 Townhomes — Detroit-Shoreway (Closest to Construction)

• 📍 8207 Lake Ave., southeast corner of W. 83rd St.

• 3-unit, for-sale townhouse project on a 0.172-acre parcel

• Single 4-story structure totaling 3,750 sq ft

• Construction cost estimated at $1.2M

• Permits already in hand; build begins within weeks

• Built by ABC Renovations (also Hayoun-owned)

• Land acquired Dec. 2024 from B.R. Knez Construction (price undisclosed)

🏢 7511 Detroit — Detroit-Shoreway (Active, Pending Parking Solution)

• 2-story, 8-unit apartment building with 1,396 sq ft of ground-floor retail

• Three first-floor apartments (597–720 sq ft) + five upper-floor units (498–699 sq ft)

• One studio, rest are one-bedroom

• Market-rate but intentionally small to keep rents affordable

• Every unit gets a private bath, kitchen, and in-suite washer/dryer

• Hayoun says the delay is to expand on-site parking — financing is ready

🏡 The Burton Collection — Ohio City (Permitting Now)

• 📍 West 41st Street at Burton Court, south of Lorain

• 3 modern townhomes + 4 single-family homes

• All 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath configurations

• Clean architectural lines, expansive windows, premium materials

• Construction targeted within the next few months

🏙 4005 Detroit Ave. — Ohio City (Still in the Plan)

• 5-story new-construction apartment building (originally proposed as 7 stories in late 2010s)

• On hold while two renovation projects finish: a 97-unit community and the 25-unit 12065 Edgewater Dr. building in Lakewood

🏘 Where to Look Next

• Neighborhoods worth exploring: Glenville, West Park, Broadway–Slavic Village, Mt. Pleasant

• High-density investor zips: 44102, 44120, 44105, 44109

🌊 The Broader Lake Avenue Corridor

Insight's Lake & 83 sits inside a transforming block:

• Naia Noir high-rise apartments under construction at 1200 W. 76th

• 8400 Lake garden-style apartments across the street

• 8110 Lake warehouse being reactivated by restaurateur Tony George (staying commercial)

🔑 Investor Takeaway

A single developer running this many simultaneous projects across this many product types — for-sale townhomes, small-format market-rate apartments, single-family homes, value-add rehabs — is the strongest possible signal about where private West Side capital is comfortable right now. The 7511 Detroit play is the one to study: undersized units (under 500 sq ft on some) at market rate, every unit fully self-contained, intentionally engineered for affordability without subsidy. That's a real underwriting template for the next cycle of Cleveland infill — small footprints, full amenities, no LIHTC strings. The Lake Avenue corridor is the spillover beneficiary of Detroit-Shoreway's gentrification, with three meaningful projects converging on a single block. Expect comps at 8207 Lake to set the floor for everything that follows.

🏗 The East-Side Heights Are Booming — A $400M+ Snapshot

📍 The Story

Five major projects along and near the Warrensville Center Road corridor are moving toward completion this summer, transforming Shaker Heights, University Heights, Richmond Heights, and Cleveland Heights into more walkable, transit-oriented districts.

🚆 Arcadia — Shaker Heights (Van Aken District Phase 3)

• 141 new apartments + townhomes across from Shaker Rocks

• Built on a former Buick dealership site

• Tower crane topped out upper three floors in June

• Townhomes in the rear face Helen Road — designed to step down density

• Designed by RDL Architects (which will move its offices in upon completion)

• Developed by Metropolitan Holdings of Columbus

• Sits at the terminus of GCRTA's Blue Line — true TOD asset

🚉 New Van Aken–Warrensville Blue Line Station

• Cinder block and steel up; concrete being poured for center island platform

• Old station demolished and landscaped after completion (end of 2026)

• New Siemens S200 light-rail vehicles to run the Blue Line starting 2028

🎓 Gateway North — University Heights / John Carroll

• Upperclassmen apartment-style housing opening mid-2026–27 academic year

• Ground-floor Trader Joe's — the chain's 4th Northeast Ohio location

• 3–4 additional retail spaces being framed on the John Carroll Boulevard side

• Replaces a former Mr. Tire and a dilapidated BP gas station

• Brick + modern paneling facade blending into Warrensville Center Road's residential character

🛒 Bell Tower Center — University Heights

• 200 apartments planned where a portion of the Target/Macy's garage is being demolished

• New tenants already filling vacant storefronts: Urban Air Adventure Park, Qdoba, Smoothie King

• Mayor Michelle Weiss expects apartment construction to begin summer 2026

• Adjacent former Waterstone Medical Building demolished; foundations now pouring for a new Aldi (council previously rejected a Chick-fil-A at the site)

🏘 Belle Oaks Marketplace — Richmond Heights ($285M)

• Redevelopment of the former Richmond Town Square mall

• ~800 residential units total across 12 buildings

• First 3 residential buildings have risen above ground

• Already open: Meijer, Firestone, CLEAN Express Auto Wash

• Project expected to support ~1,400 construction jobs and 500 permanent retail/service jobs

• Amenities include a 5-acre nature and hiking park, 20,000-sq-ft community center

• Developer: DealPoint Merrill LLC (Los Angeles); recent additional Port of Cleveland bonds

🎭 Marquee at Cedar Lee — Cleveland Heights

• Two buildings: the 67-unit Meadowbrook (already ~100% leased) and the 139-unit Cedar building nearing completion

• Rebuilt completely after a January 2025 fire destroyed the original Cedar-facing structure during construction

• Pool installation underway in the U-shaped interior courtyard

• Wider sidewalks with planted buffer along Cedar Road already in

• Leasing starts Sept. 15 (per Apartments.com)

• Developer: Flaherty & Collins of Indianapolis

🔑 Investor Takeaway

This is the most concentrated wave of east-side multifamily construction in a generation, and the common thread is out-of-state institutional capital plus transit access. Metropolitan Holdings (Columbus), DealPoint Merrill (LA), and Flaherty & Collins (Indianapolis) are all underwriting Greater Cleveland east-side projects in 2026 — that's the demand signal Cleveland-only investors should be paying attention to. Two implications worth pricing in: (1) Roughly 1,000+ new market-rate units between Arcadia, Belle Oaks Phase 1, Marquee Cedar, Bell Tower, and Gateway North will deliver into the Warrensville corridor between now and late 2027. Existing east-side rentals — especially older Class B/C product within a mile of these projects — will face real rent and concession pressure as lease-up runs. (2) The Van Aken Blue Line investment is the most underrated catalyst. New Siemens light-rail vehicles in 2028 plus a brand-new station fundamentally re-rate every parcel within walking distance. Single-family rentals in the Shaker Heights school district adjacent to the corridor are still pricing on 2023 fundamentals — that window is closing.

🏡House of the Week – Rooftop Skyline Views, Heated Garage & Near-Zero Taxes in Ohio City

📍 1969 W 47th St, Cleveland, OH 44102

• 💰 Price: $430,000

• 📏 Size: 1,488 sq ft

• 📅 Year Built: 2019

• 🛏 2 Beds | 🛁 2 Full Baths + 1 Half Bath

• 🚗 Attached 2-Car Heated Garage

• 🏡 Four-Level Modern Townhouse | Ohio City

• 🏫 School District: Cleveland Metropolitan School District

🧘 Vibes: A 2019-built brick townhome in the heart of Ohio City with a rooftop deck, Cleveland skyline views, a heated two-car garage, and an annual tax bill of $890. At $289 per square foot with carrying costs this lean, this is the kind of listing that Ohio City buyers who've been sitting on the sidelines should take seriously before someone else does.

The curb appeal sets the tone — clean contemporary brick construction on a four-story footprint that makes efficient use of every square foot. The entry level provides garage access and a foyer that transitions naturally to the main living floor, where a sleek modern kitchen anchors the space with stainless steel appliances, ample white cabinetry, ceramic tile backsplash, and a layout built for both daily functionality and easy entertaining. A half bath on the main level keeps the flow practical. Natural light and contemporary finishes carry throughout, with a design vocabulary that holds up well against newer inventory in the corridor.

👉 Listed by: Joe Vaccaro & Ashleigh Vaccaro | EXP Realty, LLC.

📞 216-503-7007 | ✉️ [email protected]

🛠 Tools & Resources We Recommend

• PropStream → Lead generation + property comps

• AirDNA → Short-term rental profitability data

• BiggerPockets Cap Rate Guide → Know how to calculate investment ROI

• Cleveland Housing Court Tracker → Spot eviction risks and distressed deals

• Cleveland Real Estate Investor Facebook Group → Share deals and insights with local investors

📣 Weekly Wrap-Up

📰 Cleveland Real Estate Weekly | West Side Pipeline, East Side Boom & Battery Park Value

Cleveland's market continues balancing two realities at once: large-scale redevelopment and expanding inventory. While national housing momentum slows and buyers gain leverage, Cleveland remains active with new investment pipelines, adaptive reuse projects, and strong demand for premium urban housing.

📊 Market Momentum: Private Capital Flows West, Institutional Capital Flows East

Insight Holdings is rolling out a multi-product pipeline across Detroit-Shoreway, Ohio City, and Lakewood — townhomes, small-format apartments, and single-family homes all moving simultaneously.

🏠 Just Sold Spotlight | Beautifully Maintained Battery Park Townhome with Lake-Adjacent Living, Updated Baths & Tax Abatement Through 2027

• 📍 7306 Marina Ct, Cleveland, OH 44102

• 💰 $325,000 | 📏 1,257 sq ft

Closing $4,600 above its $320,400 Zestimate in a perfectly neutral 44102 market (50/100 index), this Battery Park townhome confirmed that well-maintained, move-in-ready product with abatement still draws competitive offers even as broader inventory rises.

💡 Insider Insight | One Developer, Five Projects, Three Neighborhoods — What Insight Holdings' West Side Pipeline Tells Investors

Cleveland-based Insight Holdings has permits in hand, financing ready, and ground breaking within weeks on a multi-product pipeline stretching from Detroit-Shoreway to Ohio City to Lakewood.

🏡 House of the Week | Rooftop Skyline Views, Heated Garage & Near-Zero Taxes in Ohio City

• 📍 1969 W 47th St, Cleveland, OH 44102

• 💰 $430,000 | 📏 1,488 sq ft

A 2019-built brick townhome in the heart of Ohio City with rooftop Cleveland skyline views, a heated two-car garage, and an annual tax bill of $890.

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