$800,000 grant means more improvements for Shaker Square, but EDWINS reportedly mulling a move

Shaker Square is an iconic Cleveland property – it first opened in 1929 as the nation’s second planned shopping center. Yet in recent years, it’s been a bit down-at-the-heels, having gone through a foreclosure sale, fleeing merchants and, more recently, a rash of business break-ins.

That story is beginning to change thanks to an infusion of more than $5 million in property repairs by the new owners, Burten Bell Carr Inc. and Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, in the past two years. Now, thanks to an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more improvements are slated to come. According to Joy Johnson, director of BBC, the funds will go to renovating Dave’s Market, adding an elevator to the CVS building, and assorted other repairs. She said the project will create 29 new jobs, at least 75 percent of which will be for low-income individuals.

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