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Our 10,000th Demo!
Our 10,000th demolition is finally here, and it didn’t come without a great story! Located on Holyrood Road in Cleveland, just about a mile west of Wade Oval and south of the Cleveland Cultural
10,000 Demolitions: Building Safer, Stabilized Neighborhoods One Lot at a Time
This July will mark the 10,000th time Cuyahoga Land Bank has positively impacted a community through the removal of an abandoned property. Strong, stabilized neighborhoods are safer and feature homes
Benedictine: A Mainstay in the Community
Benedictine High School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school on Cleveland’s east side, has been a mainstay in the community since 1927. The school was founded by the Benedictine
Cuyahoga Land Bank Secures $9.4 Million in ODOD Funding to Continue Strategic Demolition Efforts
The Cuyahoga Land Bank successfully secured a $9.4 million grant award from the Ohio Department of Development’s $150 million new Building Demolition & Site Revitalization Program. The
Think it’s Easy to Demolish a House? Hint: Its Not!
Most of the houses in our inventory come into the Cuyahoga Land Bank through the real estate tax foreclosure process. These houses, unfortunately, have sat abandoned for a long time and have
Reaching a Milestone
The Cuyahoga Land Bank hit another major milestone in March as it demolished its 9,000th blighted structure in Cuyahoga County since forming in 2009. The building was on East 126th Street in
Clearing the Way for Redevelopment in Southeast Suburbs
Dormant factories, closed gas stations, obsolete warehouses, and other types of vacant and abandoned properties have long plagued many of Cuyahoga’s inner-ring suburbs. These abandoned,
Demolition makes way for Heinen’s expansion
On an early December morning, Cuyahoga Land Bank contractors began work to demolish a dilapidated 77,000 square foot structure for the future site of Heinen’s new food production plant in the