Singer Steel on Random Road in Cleveland’s Little Italy could soon enter a new chapters in its history — that of a residential and parking complex. The residential would be developed where the factory stands and the parking would be alongside the Red Line rapid transit, the power lines for which are visible at left (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Developer submits plans for Little Italy land
In November 2024, real estate developer TurnDev acquired the old Singer Steel site-turned-parking facility at 2100 Random Rd. in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood. A year later, it acquired more land. And now, the Beachwood-based developer and its architect have revealed its plans for the combined 2.8-acre property.
Architectural firm Vocon Partners LLC of Cleveland delivered conceptual plans to the city’s Building Department on Friday for a market-rate apartment building that would require demolishing the surviving skeletal frame and roof of the former steel plant.
“This project is being submitted for zoning and fire access review only,” wrote Vocon Practice Director Roberto Vega-Peralta in submitting the documentation. Shown is a “Four-story, 119-unit apartment building with 124 parking spaces and an additional adjacent plus or minus 50 for-hire parking spaces.”…