Detroit-Shoreway District Real Estate

Just west of Ohio City and east of Lakewood, along the north coast of Lake Erie, you will find the Detroit-Shoreway District .  Long hailed as one of Cleveland's premiere theatre districts and lake-view communities, Detroit-Shoreway has begun taking advantage of its great location and breathtaking lake view capacity in its recent new construction projects.

The city has chosen this district as its next big project and has been using much of Cleveland's re-development dollars to help rejuvenate the area. 

Northeast Ohio's newest success story, Cleveland's Detroit Shoreway neighborhood is jumpstarting the local economy by building on its assets and strategically investing in the development of new ones.

Just minutes from the lakefront, the community-based Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization (www.dscdo.org) has taken a holistic and aggressive approach to neighborhood revitalization, building in part on the neighborhood's proximity to both the lakefront and downtown Cleveland.

The neighborhood has been on the rebound since the early 1990s and in just the past two years, 700 housing units have been built, are under construction or have been approved for construction. Since 2004, more housing has been built or rehabilitated in Detroit Shoreway than in any other Cleveland neighborhood.

Now, DSCDO has partnered with Cleveland Public Theatre and Near West Theatre on an ambitious and strategic plan to remake a portion of Detroit Avenue into an arts district that will rival the Cedar-Lee neighborhood in Cleveland Heights and drive more growth on the West Side.

The Gordon Square Arts District (www.gordonsquare.org)

is the economic cornerstone of Cleveland's West Side where a powerful combination of housing, new businesses, the arts and neighborhood beautification are sparking the development of new jobs for residents.

Already well underway, the Gordon Square Arts District is helping to infuse more than $500 million in economic development in the surrounding community.

The driving force for the arts district is a triad of established and successful arts and non-profit organizations that will provide unique entertainment, attracting audiences from throughout the region a collaboration that can serve as a model for funding the arts.

Early work on the renovation and construction of theatres in the arts district is having a ripple effect, triggering more projects and improvements on the West Side that play a role in attracting educated, creative, young workers.