Cleveland Heights is set to cut the ribbon on a $15 million affordable housing complex this Wednesday, adding 52 apartments to a stretch of Noble Road. The ceremony for Nobility Court, located at 2228 Noble Road, is scheduled for 1 p.m. and caps off a project that took years of city approvals, public meetings, and at least one false start to get off the ground.
According to cleveland.com, Nobility Court includes 52 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The outlet reports that applications are currently being accepted from prospective residents, though specifics on rents, income limits, or how many units have already been leased were not detailed. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency says co-developers TWG Development, LLC and Start Right CDC received approval for a $1.75 million loan for the project, which will create 52 new units for families in Cuyahoga County.
From Drive-Thru Lot to Community Amenities
The new building is stocked with shared spaces meant to foster a sense of neighborhood life beyond just a roof over tenants' heads. Per the same cleveland.com report, Nobility Court features a community garden, a resident lounge, a playground, an outdoor patio, and a coffee shop planned for the ground floor. The city has described those amenities in its own announcement of the project's completion.
The path to breaking ground wasn't a straight line. Cleveland Heights City Council first approved entering into a purchase agreement with TWG Development for city-owned property near Noble and Woodview roads back in December 2022, as the City of Cleveland Heights confirms. But the proposal failed to secure approval initially in 2023, and the city says it underwent revisions along with an extended public review process that included four community meetings and four focus-group sessions that same year.
A Stack of Approvals Before Construction Could Begin
Only after that extended review did the project clear the remaining regulatory hurdles. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency approved housing tax credits to support construction in May 2023, and the planning commission approved the project in April 2024, followed by sign-off from the architectural board of review and required variances from the board of zoning appeals, cleveland.com reports. The OHFA Board separately approved a $1.75 million Housing Development Loan for the project, according to the agency's own release.
City council took one more step in 2025, approving a development agreement authorizing the sale of several city-owned parcels totaling roughly two acres to make way for the finished complex, per cleveland.com's reporting. TWG Development had announced the financial closing on the project back on October 24, 2024, at which point the units were planned to serve households earning 30% and 60% of area median income, with completion expected by spring 2026.
Part of a Broader Wave Along Cedar-Lee and Noble Road
Nobility Court isn't the only residential project drawing attention in Cleveland Heights this month. The Marquee at Cedar Lee is scheduled to celebrate its own grand opening on October 21, cleveland.com reports, putting two notable housing debuts in the city within the same ten-day stretch. Together, they add to a broader expansion of the local housing stock at a moment when affordability has become a pressing concern across the region.
That concern isn't just local color. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency has noted that rents across the state have been rising rapidly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing an inflation-adjusted increase in the median two-bedroom rental price. For the families who end up moving into Nobility Court's 52 units, the project represents a tangible addition to Cleveland Heights' affordable housing stock.
