In Cleveland, some development projects – from new senior housing to major downtown redevelopment – are designed to have an impact on Clevelanders’ pocketbooks even before they are finished. 

This is because Community Benefits Agreements, legally binding pacts between the city and a developer or company receiving city assistance for a project, require it. For years, residents complained that though there is much construction happening in the city, Clevelanders are often left out. The aim of Community Benefits Agreements is for Clevelanders to economically benefit from construction projects. 

Cleveland has had a program requiring similar agreements for decades.  But many officials, including Council President Blaine Griffin and Mayor Justin Bibb, believed it wasn’t strong enough. In 2023, with council and the Bibb administration working together, council  passed a beefed-up ordinance. It was not only more intentional about Cleveland residents and businesses getting jobs, contracts and opportunities, the law also set up measures and penalties to hold developers accountable for meeting their goals.

Since then, the city has executed 52 agreements, according to Tyson Mitchell, director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, which oversees the program. Those agreements include more than $1.3 billion in total project cost, he said. The projects have garnered $259 million in city incentives, according to the office’s website. Those can include tax abatements, tax increment financing, grants, loans and city-funded infrastructure improvement.  

Review of executed Community Benefits Agreements

In the spring, Signal Cleveland requested copies of all executed agreements. So far, the office has only sent 45. We culled through the documents to pull out pertinent information, including developer goals relating to jobs and contracts. (Scroll down or click here to jump to the list.)

In some cases, the agreements are marked as “final” and signed by the parties involved. In other cases, the agreements are noted to be expanded agreements or amendments. Some don’t include whether they are final or still drafts. The agreements were made either in 2024 or 2025.

Mitchell has promised to provide Signal Cleveland documents on the other projects this week. He said they include Project Scarlet, a downtown luxury apartment and hotel development, and the ArtCraft Building, a $90 million project to convert a century-old building on Superior Avenue into the new Cleveland Division of Police headquarters. Early phases of Bedrock’s The Riverfront Cleveland, a $3.5 billion 35-acre mixed-use development that encompasses areas near Tower City and along Cuyahoga River, is another. 

Updated law supposed to be more effective

Mitchell, who has been in the job since 2022, said the strengthened community benefits program is more effective than what existed. Before his office took the lead on the program, he said, it wasn’t looped in on the specific executed agreements until late into the process. The community development and economic development departments, he said, had often finalized the terms of the agreements because input from the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) usually wasn’t required.

“And then they’re like, ‘Hey, were you monitoring that?’ Mitchell said, referring to whether developers had met their goals. “Well, how can we salvage it now, when it is 90% finished. Now, there is more of a partnership.”

The 2023 ordinance includes more accountability. Mitchell’s office is supposed to send quarterly compliance data on the workforce and community benefits to Cleveland City Council’s finance, diversity and inclusion committee for review. Mitchell admits that hasn’t happened. 

Signal Cleveland asked Mitchell whether that lack of accountability — similar to what prompted the 2023 law — runs the risk of developers not complying with the agreements.

Mitchell gave two reasons for the delay in following the law: He was waiting for more projects to be completed. And a new framework for quarterly reports is still being developed. 

A substantial number of the projects have been completed, however, and are in use, based on those Signal Cleveland received. 

They include housing developments such as Gordon Crossing on the Glenville/University Circle border, The Hawthorne in Jefferson and The Arch of St. Michael in Clark-Fulton. 

Reporting ‘framework’ still being developed

Mitchell said in addition to the monthly reporting developers must do, his office now requires them to make quarterly reports until the requirements of their community benefits agreements are complete and this office “issues a formal closeout.”  That quarterly reporting “infrastructure and framework” for those reports is still being developed. He said there have been no close outs, but some are expected soon. 

“This framework will allow us to evaluate each development against the specific CBA commitments while using a consistent methodology,” he said. 

Signal Cleveland has contacted Council President Blaine Griffin to comment on the fact that council has not received reports required under the law. We will update this article with his response when we receive it. 

Mitchell said his department is on top of compliance.   

“My team monitors this information throughout the life of the project. We are currently monitoring over $1.3B in CBA projects,” he wrote. “Because many construction projects are tracked over multi-year periods — from design/preconstruction to construction/completion-compliance is always ongoing and not a single point.”

The ordinance also requires Mitchell’s office to create a public dashboard of workforce and community benefits data. In an email, Mitchell said his office is currently working with the city’s Office of Urban Analytics and Innovation on how to collect, set up, collect, validate, organize and display the information so it is a useful representation of performance and community impact of the agreements.

Community Benefits Agreements required for some projects

Cleveland requires Community Benefits Agreements for projects receiving at least $250,000 in city financial assistance. It is a two-tiered system in which projects of at least $20 million are required to offer more benefits than smaller ones. In the list below you will find projects estimated to cost under $1 million and those costing more than $200 million. 

Participating in apprenticeships, internships and mentor/ protégé programs are among the ways developers can fulfill their community benefits requirements. The latter is a program in which experienced developers and contractors are teamed with younger, diverse companies to impart skills and knowledge. 

“I am happy about our mentor/protégé program because it helps to build the capacity of the protégé firms coming up [to bid on future projects,]” Mitchell said. “In order to build a diverse ecosystem, we have to put more towards capacity building and barrier removal.”

Community Benefits Agreements details

While apprenticeships, internships and mentor/ protégé programs are standard, not all developers participate in all three on an individual project. In the list below, you’ll often see “not provided” for any of these. It could mean a developer opted not to participate in one of the programs. The CBA agreements aren’t specific about this. 

We also used “not provided” when information was missing for such things as city financial assistance.

In some cases, the city allowed developers to opt out of some community benefits programs in lieu of paying penalties or making contributions into the city’s Community Equity Fund, which goes toward such things as down payment assistance, workforce and skill trade training, bonding and insurance assistance for certified contractors, home repair and neighborhood improvements. The fund currently has $491,107.16, Mitchell said.

Here is the list of the 45 projects: 

Housing and mixed-use developments

1355 E. 105th Redevelopment

Description: Repurpose a building into a mixed-use residential, commercial and cultural facility.
Developer: Famicos Foundation
Cleveland neighborhood: Glenville
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $1.55 million
City financial assistance: $800,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $442,500
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns, each at $20/hour for a 50-hour minimum.
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

45 Erieview, The Bell Project

Description: Redevelop former AT&T office building into 367 apartments, retail and office space.
Developer: Twain SLB III, LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Downtown
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $134.7 million
City financial assistance:  $2 million (may have been revised)
Total diverse subcontractor award (including small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses majority woman or minority ownership): $25 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Not provided
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: Contribute $4,000 into City of Cleveland Community Equity Fund for internship development program
Community engagement commitments: Sponsor 2 outreach events for emerging developers

6400 Herman Ave.

Description: Demolish vacant industrial building to construct a 129-unit market-rate apartment building.
Developer: 6400 Herman Ave., LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Detroit-Shoreway
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $33.4 million
City financial assistance: $11.9 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $4.95 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 2% of the 10% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Developer agreed to be listed in a database of potential mentors for 12 months.
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 1 registered apprentice or pre-apprentice
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland resident intern; $20/hour for a 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 1 community stakeholder meeting

African Town Plaza

Description: Convert the former Cedar Branch YMCA into a mixed-use facility, including 19 apartments, 10 offices, commercial kitchen and event center.
Developer: JSAACC, LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Fairfax
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $9 million
City financial assistance: $2.96 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $1.65 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1 mentor/protégé relationship
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns; $20/hour for a 50-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Victory Villas / Alpha Apartments

Description: Rehab two duplexes and construct 14 townhouse units
Developer: Alpha Apartments / 1555 E. 118th St., LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Glenville / University Circle boundary
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $3.97 million
City financial assistance: $1.42 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $600,384
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 2% of the 10% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1 mentor/protégé relationship
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: Internship requirement; 1 at $20/hour for a 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings and 2 Community Benefits Resource Expos

The Arch at Saint Michael

Description: Convert the former Central Catholic High School and convent into 46 units of affordable senior independent living housing.
Developer: CHN Housing Partners
Cleveland neighborhood: Clark-Fulton
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $23.82 million
City financial assistance: $3.33 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $3.99 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Not provided
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 3 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland resident interns; $20/hour for a 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Northern Ohio Blanket Mill – Phase II

Description: An historic preservation and adaptive reuse project that includes 60 multi-family affordable housing units and 31,600 square feet of commercial space
Developer: Blanket Mill Main, LLC/Levin Group Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Clark-Fulton
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $15.33 million
City financial assistance: $1.25 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $1.68 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 1 Internship requirement; $15/hour for 40 weeks
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Buckeye Road Commercial Corridor Revitalization

Description: Project includes the renovation of 10 vacant, distressed buildings into 20 apartments, 7 live-work spaces, 14 retail bays, 6 offices and improvements to the Moreland Theater.
Developer: Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Buckeye-Shaker
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $17.94 million
City financial assistance: $3.87 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $1.16 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 3 mentor/protégé relationships
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns; $17/hour for 60-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Churchill Gateway II

Description: A 70-unit multifamily affordable housing development, with 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units.
Developer: The NRP Group / Churchill Gateway II LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Glenville
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $12.94 million
City financial assistance: $2.4 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $2.15 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 2% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Developer agrees to be listed in database of potential mentors
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 1 registered apprentice or pre-apprentice
Internship requirements: 3 internships, $20/hour for 50 hours
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings and 1 Community Benefits Resource Expo

City Club Apartments

Description: A market-rate high-rise apartment building
Developer: CCA CBD Cleveland, LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Downtown
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $94.3 million
City financial assistance: $2.08 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): Not provided
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: Not provided
Share of low-income resident work hours: Not provided
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Not provided
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: Not provided
Community engagement commitments: Not provided
Agreement in lieu of CBA requirements: Developer agrees to pay a non-compliance penalty to the city’s Community Equity Fund for $72,000, make a $50,000 contribution to the fund and contribute $50,000 to the fund for Cleveland residents experiencing homelessness. Developer agreed to set aside 15 of 304 units for renters making no more than median family income in Greater Cleveland, which is $105,000.

Depot on Detroit

Description: Project includes constructing 60 affordable apartment units.
Developer: Flaherty & Collins Development, LLC, Northwest Neighborhoods CDC, RTA
Cleveland neighborhood: Cudell / Edgewater boundary
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $19.53 million
City financial assistance: $1.46 million, plus a residential tax abatement to be determined
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $4.3 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 5 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 interns; $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Emerald Senior

Description: A new 62-unit supportive housing development targeting chronically homeless seniors and senior veterans.
Developer: CHN Housing Partners
Cleveland neighborhood: Glenville
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $21.25.million
City financial assistance: $3.9 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $4.72 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 3 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns; $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Erieview Tower

Description: Redevelop Erieview Tower, the Galleria at Erieview and parking garage into a luxury hotel, luxury apartments, office space, parking, dining and entertainment spaces.
Developer: Erieview Developer entities
Cleveland neighborhood: Downtown
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $217 million
City financial assistance: $18.72 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): Developer agreed to 40% of construction costs, but no dollar figures are in the agreement.
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: At least 5 apprentices
Internship requirements: At least 5 internships for CMSD students and hire 5 Cleveland youths
Community engagement commitments: At least 3 community stakeholder meetings

Franklin Yards

Description: Redevelop three buildings on Franklin Boulevard, including the former YWCA, into 38 units of housing, construct 29 units and include retail and commercial space as part of the project.
Developer: TDG Franklin Realty, LLC and TDG Franklin North, LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Ohio City
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $19.104 million
City financial assistance: $7.039 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $5.73 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 3
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 3 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Gateway 66

Description: Construction of an 80-unit mixed-income apartment development
Developer: Frontline Development Group, LLC / Woda Cooper Development, Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Hough
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $26.3 million
City financial assistance: $5 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $3.35 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 3
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 10 pre-apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 internships for Cleveland residents or CMSD students
Community engagement commitments: 3 community meetings

Gordon Crossing

Description: Mixed-income affordable housing apartment building
Developer: Woda Cooper Development, Inc. / Frontline Development Group
Cleveland neighborhood: Hough / Glenville boundary
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $15.3 million
City financial assistance: $600,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $4.59 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 3 mentor/protégé relationships
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 interns 20/hour for the duration of project
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Heller-Keller-Kohn

Description: Renovate existing buildings into 100 apartments and also include office and retail space.
Developer: Twenty-One Six Development, LLC (TurnDev)
Cleveland neighborhood: Downtown / Campus District
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $45.3 million
City financial assistance: $3.745 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $8.01 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 2
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 4 registered apprentices/pre-apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 interns $20/hour for 50-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

The Finley / HOYA Ventures

Description: Convert former motel into 35-unit apartment building
Developer: HOYA Ventures, LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Old Brooklyn
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $2.02 million
City financial assistance: Tax abatement TBD
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $1.56 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland resident intern $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Hawthorne School Redevelopment

Description: Former school transformed into 37-unit apartment building.
Developer: Hawthorne Elementary Partners LLC/Sustainable Community Associates
Cleveland neighborhood: Jefferson
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: Not provided
City financial assistance: $1.38 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (including small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses majority woman or minority ownership): $3.34 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 2 mentor/protégé relationships
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: Not provided
Community engagement commitments: 1 community stakeholder meeting

Hope Homes I

Description: 30-unit scattered-site housing affordable single-family housing
Developer: CHN Housing Partners
Cleveland neighborhood: Buckeye-Shaker; Mount Pleasant; Lee-Harvard
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $10.67 million
City financial assistance: $892,500
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $2.12 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns; $20/hour for 50-hours minimum each
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Hough Senior Independent Living

Description: Construction of 55-unit senior housing development
Developer: CHN Housing Partners
Cleveland neighborhood: Hough
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $18.85 million
City financial assistance: $579,330
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $2.9 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 3%
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns; $20/hr for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community engagement events/meetings

Karam Senior Living

Description: Demolition of existing structure to build new 51-unit affordable senior housing apartment.
Developer: Northwest Neighborhoods CDC / Salus Development LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Detroit-Shoreway / Gordon Square
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: 15.8 million
City financial assistance: $5.2 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $3.89 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 2 mentor/protégé relationships
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 3 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 3 Cleveland resident interns at $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Memphis & Pearl

Description: Mixed use new construction and renovation project, including 81 market-rate residential units and commercial and community space.
Developer: Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation (OBCDC)/Memphis Pearl LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Old Brooklyn
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $36.58 million
City financial assistance: $32.76 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $8.71 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 2
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 3 apprenticeships
Internship requirements: 3 internships at $20/ hour for a 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Parkside Homes East

Description: Affordable housing project that will build 55 single-family homes on sites throughout the Glenville and Buckeye-Shaker neighborhoods.
Developer: CHN Housing Partners
Cleveland neighborhood: Glenville; Buckeye-Shaker
Agreement signed or last updated: 2026
Estimated project cost: $20.9 million
City financial assistance: $933,770
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $3.66 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 internships ; $20/hour for a 50-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Puritas Senior Apartments

Description: Construction of 48-unit senior housing apartment building
Developer: Volker Development, Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Puritas-Longmead
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $16.24 million
City financial assistance: $892,500
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $3.3 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1 mentor/protege relationship
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland resident internship $20/hours for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Shoreway Tower

Description: Project includes constructing a 13-story tower with 110 apartments and adding 10 units to the existing Shoreway building
Developer: The Shoreway Tower, LLC/J Roc Development LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Edgewater / Detroit-Shoreway boundary
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $85.96 million
City financial assistance: $1.69 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $18 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 apprenticeships
Internship requirements: 2 interns at $20/hour for 50 hours
Community engagement commitments: 3 community engagement events

Skyline CRA Renovation

Description: Affordable housing project that includes the renovation of a 278-unit senior housing community
Developer: Skyline Tower, LP
Cleveland neighborhood: Central
Agreement signed or last updated: 2026
Estimated project cost: $4.28 million
City financial assistance: $5.47 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $837,620
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Developer agrees to be listed in a database of potential mentors
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 1 internship at $20/hours for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community meetings

University East

Description: Renovation of 48-unit apartment building
Developer: First Interstate Properties, Ltd.
Cleveland neighborhood: University Circle (Uptown)
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $8.37 million
City financial assistance: $1.049 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (including small businesses based in Cleveland, with majority woman or minority ownership): 20% at $642,259
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 2% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1 mentor/protege relationship
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 1 internship at $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community engagement meetings

W. 26 Apartments

Description: Project includes developing a four-story multifamily building with about 109 apartments and 86 parking spaces.
Developer: W26 Apartments LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Ohio City
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $29.76 million
City financial assistance: $4.14 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $4.11 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 2% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Developer agrees to be listed in a database of potential mentors for 12 months
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 1 apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland resident at $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 1 community stakeholder meeting

Warner & Swasey Redevelopment

Description: Redevelop the former Warner & Swasey manufacturing building into a mixed-use development that includes mixed-income housing and office space
Developer: Penrose
Cleveland neighborhood: Midtown
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $64.11 million
City financial assistance: $11.92 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $12.74 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 2 mentor/protege relationships
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 6 pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeships
Internship requirements: 4 internships at $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Cleveland Housing Investment Fund

Description: Agreement between the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity, which oversees the CBA program, and the Cleveland Housing Investment Fund, which is managed by LISC Fund Management, to use the money on projects that meet CBA requirements.
Developer: LISC / Cleveland Housing Investment Fund
Cleveland neighborhood: Multiple / citywide program
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $18 million
City financial assistance: $18 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): Program-level agreement, not a single project
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: Program-level agreement, not a single project.
Share of low-income resident work hours: Program-level agreement; not a single project
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Program-level agreement; not a single project
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Program-level agreement; not a single project
Internship requirements: Program-level agreement; not a single project
Community engagement commitments: Program-level agreement; not a single project

Commercial and workforce

Canon Healthcare USA

Description: Project focused on Canon Healthcare USA relocating its headquarters to Cleveland and remodeling the former IBM building
Developer: Canon Healthcare USA, Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Fairfax
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $12 million
City financial assistance: $3.32 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): Only lists 30% (of construction costs). That would be $3.6 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland resident interns; $20/hour for 50-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: Not provided

Laurel’s Gate

Description: Redevelopment of former industrial property.
Developer: 1030 East 62nd LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: St. Clair-Superior / Hough boundary
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $3.9 million
City financial assistance: $893,311
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $1.17 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours/not listed
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 4
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 2 Cleveland residents $15.33/hour for 30-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: At least 3 community engagement meetings

Oswald Tower

Description: Project to move Oswald Cos. headquarters to the former Ernst & Young Tower, now known as the Oswald Tower
Developer: The James B. Oswald Co.
Cleveland neighborhood: Downtown / Flats East Bank
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $12.47 million
City financial assistance: $1.566 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $2.9 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 3 mentoring sessions with small Cleveland businesses
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: At least 2 apprentices
Internship requirements: 2 interns
Community engagement commitments: 3 community engagement meeting

Project Boron

Description: Construction of cold storage and refrigerated warehouse facility
Developer: Project Boron, LLC/Weston, Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Broadway-Slavic Village
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $33.5 million
City financial assistance: $2.7 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): Not provided
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 3
Number of pre-apprenticeshipsor apprenticeships: Sponsor 5-10 Cleveland residents for supply chain logistics tech warehouse certification
Internship requirements: Not provided
Community engagement commitments: Not provided
Agreement in lieu of CBA requirements: Developer agreed to pay a $100,307 non-compliance penalty to the city Community Equity Fund and $500,000 over five years to the Cuyahoga County Land Bank for home repair programs and other community needs

Shaker Square

Description: Renovations to Shaker Square retail and commercial spaces
Developer: Shaker Square project developer /SH SQ, LLC
Cleveland neighborhood: Buckeye-Shaker Square
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $5 million
City financial assistance: $850,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $255,000
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: At least 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland resident intern $15/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Urban Bridges Vocational Training Center

Description: Project description not included in CBA document
Developer: Urban Bridges
Cleveland neighborhood: Old Brooklyn
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $287,000
City financial assistance: Not provided
**Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $**86,250
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Mentor at least 5 Cleveland residents by providing coaching, social services, etc.
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: At least five adults struggling with barriers to employment
Internship requirements: At least 1 intern at $20/hour for 50-hour minimum.
Community engagement commitments: At least 1 outreach event

West Side Market Transformation

Description: Part of West Side Market transformation project, which includes renovations and new HVAC system
Developer: West Side Market Transformation, LLC/Cleveland Public Market Corp.
Cleveland neighborhood: Ohio City
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $68 million
City financial assistance: $23.09 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (including small businesses based in Cleveland, with majority woman or minority ownership): Only states 30% (of construction costs), but doesn’t give a dollar amount.
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 2
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 3 internships at $20/hour 20-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community engagement meetings

Health care and social services

Birthing Beautiful Communities Birthing Center

Description: Project includes constructing a 15,000-square-foot building housing a birthing center and offices for the nonprofit.
Developer: Birthing Beautiful Communities
Cleveland neighborhood: Hough
Agreement signed or last updated: 2025
Estimated project cost: $13.62 million
City financial assistance: $1.75 million
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $2.52 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: Not provided
Internship requirements: 1 intern; $20/hour for 120 days
Community engagement commitments: 3 community outreach/engagement events

Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center

Description: Agreement doesn’t give project details. City records show funding was to expand shelter and relocation assistance to victims of violent crimes.
Developer: Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center
Cleveland neighborhood: Union-Miles
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $500,000
City financial assistance: $500,000, according to city website
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $150,000
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Mentor at least 2 college students to work with people of color who experience violence
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: A union contractor, WTD Mechanicals, participates in a registered apprenticeship program
Internship requirements: At least 2 interns $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: At least 1 outreach event

Jordan Community Residential Center / The Oasis in the City

Description: Expansion of the Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center
Developer: Jordan Community Residential Center
Cleveland neighborhood: Kinsman
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $300,000
City financial assistance: $300,000, according to the city’s website
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $90,000
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: At least 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 1 apprenticeship-participating subcontractor / apprenticeship commitment
Internship requirements: 3 interns at least $20/hour for 50-hour minimum.
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings, according to the city’s website.

Joseph’s Home / Joseph & Mary’s Home

Description: Renovation of north tenant space to house men’s medical respite program
Developer: Joseph’s Home dba Joseph & Mary’s Home
Cleveland neighborhood: Central
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $2.26 million
City financial assistance: $398,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $1.67 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 1 intern; $17/hour for 60-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

May Dugan Center

Description: Renovations to May Dugan Center
Developer: Near West Side Multi-Service Corporation dba May Dugan Center
Cleveland neighborhood: Ohio City
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $500,000
City financial assistance: $500,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $150,000
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of Cleveland resident construction worker hours
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: Not provided
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: At least 2 apprentices
Internship requirements: 5 Cleveland resident interns at least $20/hour for 50-hour minimum each
Community engagement commitments: 1 community stakeholder meeting

W. 130th Community Health Center

Description: Redevelop vacant CVS Pharmacy building into medical and dental clinic with a pharmacy
Developer: Neighborhood Family Practice
Cleveland neighborhood: Jefferson
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $2.87 million
City financial assistance: $550,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (includes small businesses based in Cleveland and businesses with majority woman or minority ownership): $667,491
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 20% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: 4% of the 20% requirement
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1 mentor/protege relationship
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 2 Cleveland resident apprentices
Internship requirements: 1 Cleveland intern requirement; $20/hour for 50-hour minimum
Community engagement commitments: 3 community stakeholder meetings

Civic and cultural

Karamu House Renovation

Description: Theater wing renovation
Developer: Karamu House, Inc.
Cleveland neighborhood: Fairfax
Agreement signed or last updated: 2024
Estimated project cost: $5.24 million
City financial assistance: $500,000
Total diverse subcontractor award (including small businesses based in Cleveland and business with majority woman or minority ownership): $2.48 million
Share of Cleveland resident work hours: 10% of total construction worker hours
Share of low-income resident work hours: Not provided
Number of mentor/protégé relationships: 1
Number of pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeships: 12 participants in an apprentice program
Internship requirements: 1 internship
Community engagement commitments: At least 3 community stakeholder meetings