Cleveland poured Opportunity Zone tax breaks into downtown projects, but local funders and advocates now question whether the deals produced measurable benefits for residents.

An incomplete city filing shows Silver Hills proposing a mixed‑use apartment project beside the St. Agnes bell tower two blocks from Cleveland Clinic. A nearby CVS lot could complicate any assembly plan.

Cuyahoga County is building a "Deed Lock" that would text owners when a deed is filed and give them 24–48 hours to confirm or block the transfer. The county aims to begin outreach this spring.

Peak Nano announced a U.S. manufacturing partnership with E&P Technologies to fast‑track NanoPlex films into capacitors and back plans for a Cleveland–Akron plant. The tie‑up aims to speed prototypes into domestic production for fusion, defense and grid uses.

Parma opens its long-awaited Ridgewood Golf Club & Event Center next week, adding simulators, a pub and year‑round rental space for weddings and fundraisers.

Akron will hold a groundbreaking next Thursday for a $76M Kenmore K–8 campus that combines Pfeiffer Elementary and Miller South on the former Kenmore High site.

Wadsworth merchants told council the city’s $12.7M downtown rebuild — slated for spring — could wipe out holiday sales and force small shops to close.

Aldi has bought a University Heights property and filed plans for a roughly 19,400-square-foot store at Cedar Road, city filings show. The project ties into the long-planned University Square revamp.

Cleveland’s Masonic Auditorium is back on the market with a Newmark listing that pitches the landmark as a venue or redevelopment site.

A temporary Cavs‑themed basketball court is headed to Meet Me Here Plaza this summer as part of the Riverfront development.

Buc-ee’s is pursuing a 70,000+ sq ft travel center at Mansfield’s I‑71/Ohio 39 interchange that could bring 200+ jobs and major infrastructure upgrades.

County commissioners added road upgrades in Brunswick and the Cobblestone Crossings mixed‑use plan in Montville to the county’s economic strategy to clear the way for state and federal grants. The moves aim to make infrastructure shovel‑ready for new jobs and housing.

A federal magistrate named a special master to review whether Cleveland can block Fannie Mae’s planned auction of a 15‑building portfolio near Shaker Square.