Mark Lammon News Today

As cold weather approaches, homeless advocates are ramping up outreach efforts in Cleveland while others are warning of the long-term effects of tent encampments.

The city of Cleveland is one step closer to rescinding the historic landmark status and making way for the demolition of the 461,000-square-foot former Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court building on East 22nd Street.

Officials chose the roughly 260,000-square-foot building, a onetime garment factory and recent artists' enclave that looms over the Inner Belt, after soliciting proposals from developers, property owners and real estate brokers.

The building, a historic anchor in Cleveland's Superior Arts District, is likely to be converted into apartments.

Built for The Plain Dealer newspaper, the 235,000-square-foot building opened in 2001 at the eastern edge of downtown Cleveland. Now a busy Solon-based developer plans to market the largely empty space as multi-tenant offices or a corporate headquarters site.

Welty Development of Fairlawn bought two Prospect Avenue buildings for $2.7 million, according to Cuyahoga County property records. The company expects to spend several times that amount converting offices to apartments.

Clevelands Artcraft Building is poised for apartment makeover Michelle Jarboe/Crains Cleveland Business Elevator operator Duane Clemmons salts a step outside one of the entrances to the Artcraft Building in Clevelands Superior Arts District. Since 1919, the Artcraft Building on Superior Avenue has been a space for makers, from early 20th century textile workers to todays eclectic mix of artists studios and small businesses. Now, the largest building in Clevelands onetime garment district is poi...