Rising to the occasion: Van Aken District developers seek more skyline with proposed 17-story apartment complex Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — There may be much more in the way of transformational development going up in the Van Aken District — as many as 17 stories worth of new market-rate apartments, according to preliminary plans. That would be about 190 feet in height for the slightly taller of two buildings connected by bridges in a dual-tower design proposed for the Farnsleigh Road parking lot, just west of the Ohio Savings Bank branch. The smaller structure would be 16 floors reaching 163 feet — just about a foot lower than the historic 12-story Tower East office high-rise, currently the tallest building in Shaker Heights, which is situated on the opposite end of the Van Aken District.