Wednesday, February 22, 2012
City council approved the city’s planning and development department to market the sale of five city-owned pieces of property.
The city of Lakewood is selling some plots of land. On Monday, city council approved the city’s planning and development department to market the sale of five city-owned pieces of property. Two of the properties, at 1195 Gladys Avenue and 2060 Marlowe Avenue, are expected to be renovated and sold by the end of the year. The other properties — at 1459 Lakewood Avenue, 1548 Lakewood Avenue; 2042 Dowd Avenue — are vacant lots and will be put on the market. Dru Siley, the city’s director of planning and development, said those homes will first be offered to neighbors. “We’ll sell them at a very reasonable price,” he said. “We’re not looking to make any money. The real benefit is that we were able to eliminate a blighted property from the …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
US Rep. Marcy Kaptur stops in Lakewood on Saturday to scope out a neighborhood benefiting from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
At a dilapidated house at 1301 Cranford Avenue, US Rep. Marcy Kaptur met up with Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers on Saturday to talk about restoring Lakewood's aging housing stock. They also talked about how the federal government fits into the plan. The home will be completely renovated — from the roof to the electric system — and sold at market value as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program. "This is exactly what the program is intended for," said Summers, adding that to save houses, it often costs more than the house is worth. "You've got a strong, viable neighborhood, with a decaying piece right in the center of it." Kaptur met with Summers to highlight the program. She compared the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to…
Monday, August 1, 2011
Money to be spent on fixing up properties near the Birdtown neighborhood.
City officials are hopeful that a recent $250,000 grant from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization program can help fix up a Lakewood neighborhood hit hard by the recession. The money — made available through the Cuyahoga County Department of Development — will go toward buying and fixing up properties near the city's Birdtown neighborhood. This isn't something new. The city — not typically in the real estate business — has been buying homes that have been deemed a nuisance, fixing them up and selling them to improve the quality of neighborhoods. Dru Siley, the city's director of planning and development, said recently that the city has a "long history of being (a) part of rehabs." “We can now get out there, we can be much more assertive …
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Only one contractor bids on the project to build a home on city-owned property at 2070 Dowd Avenue that was deemed a nuisance in 2009.
It’s back to square one for the city on its plans to build a home at 2070 Dowd Avenue. As part of its program to clean up nuisance properties around the city, officials had hoped to get a bid for less than the $200,000 federal Neighborhood Stabilization grant awarded to pay for the project. But the lone bid on the project wasn’t even close to the city’s projections. The bid came in at $275,000 — or $175 per square foot. The city had targeted $119 per square foot. “The bid came in higher than we expected,” said Dru Siley, the city’s director of planning and development. “We’re meeting with our architect this week to talk about how to go at this one again. “The city hasn’t constructed too many houses, and we had an opportunity with some of …
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
City uses federal neighborhood stabilization funds to fix up an old house for sale.
The city of Lakewood has sold its second house in four months. The city — not typically in the Real Estate business — is trying to buy homes that have been deemed a nuisance, fix them up and sell them to improve the quality of neighborhoods. On Friday, city officials handed the keys to 1598 Wyandotte Avenue over to David Ellsworth, who recently bought the home for $125,000. The city purchased the home for $24,000 in 2009, and last fall finished a one-year, $100,000 rehabilitation project. Dru Siley the city’s assistant director of planning and development, said the project was paid for by a the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The home needed quite a bit of work. The city had to replace the plumbing, electrical system, floors, …
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
One ordinance would allow the planning and development department to sell nine properties; another would allow department to buy land under $60,000 without council approval.
Last year, Lakewood City Council authorized the sale of city-owned land. A few of the properties, once deemed nuisances, were sold. But there’s still some unfinished business. On Monday, council considered an ordinance that would allow the city to sell the remaining properties — and a few more. Some of the buildings on the properties have already been demolished, while others are slated for rehabilitation. The properties that may soon be on the market are: The land at 1667 Waterbury Avenues is valued at $27,400, according to the Cuyahoga County Auditor’s Office; 2070 Dowd Ave. (appraised at $219,400); 2107 Robin Ave. ($153,000); 13736 Madison Avenue ($177,000); 1482-84 W. 117th St. — which was recently torn down (the land was appraised at…
Brandon Scullion
1:53 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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