A rendering of Union at Cleveland Harbor from the northeast (Annex Group). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Union at Cleveland Harbor to add 209 homes next to Lake Erie
On Friday, City Planning Commission unanimously approved a planned 209-unit lakefront apartment development at the north end of Cleveland’s Goodrich-Kirtland Park neighborhood. The project, Union at Cleveland Harbor, is being developed by the Annex Group of Indiana and designed by RDL Architects of Beachwood.
Despite its seemingly isolated location at 5475 N. Marginal Road, on the north side of Interstate 90, the development lies directly east of a 167-unit residential complex called The Shoreline Apartments.
The Shoreline’s owners, the locally based Landmark Companies, had originally planned to develop the site. But since it couldn’t make the numbers work for a market-rate project, the Annex Group is pursuing it instead — with Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).
East of the property, the city will allow Annex Group to build additional parking on a section of vacated right-of-way for East 55th Street. In exchange, the developer has agreed to build a public park spanning the right-of-way and an adjacent city-owned parcel…