The Centennial project promises affordable housing to help recruit workers back to downtown Cleveland
The Centennial project promises affordable housing to help recruit workers back to downtown Cleveland By Jen Picciano | May 6, 2021 at 10:49 AM EDT - Updated May 6 at 10:01 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The rebound of downtown Cleveland businesses depends upon their ability to recruit a workforce back to the city center, and the developers behind The Centennial, a landmark downtown building, think they can fill a void.
“Plans got derailed in the beginning of 2020 when COVID hit and everything ground to a halt,” said Tom Mignogna, senior tax credit developer for the Millennia Companies.
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What if we turned empty offices into housing?
Remote work is hollowing out downtown Boston and other cities that desperately need affordable housing. With imagination and political will, we could address both problems at once.
By Miles HowardUpdated May 2, 2021, 2 hours ago
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This former bank building in Cleveland is being converted into workforce housing for people who make less than the city s median income.Ryan Ready/Flickr/Creative Commons by 2.0
Cleveland has a lot of empty commercial real estate and a glaring need for affordable housing, especially downtown. So a new development there aims to address both things. Itâll turn most of a sprawling old bank building into 868 units of âworkforce housing.â
A rendering of the proposed redevelopment of the Centennial building on Euclid Avenue.
The historic Union Trust building in Downtown Cleveland could be reimagined as workforce housing under a redevelopment plan that’s been securing public financing in the past few months.
The mostly vacant, 1.3 million-square-foot building, renamed The Centennial, at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street would be home to more than 860 apartments. Plans also include some retail and office space.
“This is the missing tooth in the center of the mouth of the smile on Euclid Avenue,” said Tom Mignogna, a senior development officer for Millennia Companies, which is leading the redevelopment.
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Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a televised address on March 4 when he announced that he would lift the state s public health orders when Ohio s COVID-19 numbers drop to 50 cases per 100,000 people for two weeks. (Ohio Channel)
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