Cleveland Sets Aug. 7 Target to Choose Teams for 12 Former Schools
Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District have reached the scheduled selection stage for redevelopment teams that could shape the future of 12 former school properties across the city. The city’s request for qualifications set Aug. 7, 2026, as the target date for choosing teams.
The date is a selection target, not confirmation that any team has been chosen. The available official information does not say whether Cleveland or CMSD announced selections on Aug. 7. It also does not identify approved projects, developers or financing for any of the properties.
What the request covers
The properties named in the request include Adlai Stevenson, Alfred A. Benesch, Bolton, Collinwood, Dike School of the Arts, Hannah Gibbons-Nottingham, Kenneth Clement Boys’ Leadership Academy, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Church Terrell, Michael R. White, Charles A. Mooney and Tremont Montessori.
They are former school properties described as surplus sites. The city’s listed property descriptions show individual sites ranging from 1.9 to 6.6 acres. Together, the properties represent 12 substantial neighborhood parcels whose next uses have not yet been determined.
The City of Cleveland and CMSD issued the request for qualifications, or RFQ, to seek redevelopment teams. The process is focused on identifying teams with the qualifications to propose and pursue future redevelopment, rather than announcing a completed project.
Deadlines have passed, but the outcome remains open
Interested parties were asked to submit letters of interest by June 5, 2026. The RFQ said qualifications would be accepted through June 30, 2026. Development teams were then expected to be selected by Aug. 7.
Those deadlines mark the stages of the city and school district’s selection process. They do not establish that construction will begin, that a particular property will be converted to housing or that public or private funding has been secured.
The RFQ says redevelopment should reflect community engagement and preserve the properties as neighborhood assets. That language leaves the eventual direction open. Depending on future proposals and decisions, the sites could become housing, community or business spaces, or other uses that serve local neighborhoods. The approved announcement does not assign a final use to any individual property.
Why the sites matter
The properties could affect the future of 12 large neighborhood locations in Cleveland. A successful redevelopment process could help determine whether the sites return to active use or remain vacant or underused. At this stage, however, that is a potential consequence of the selection process, not a completed result.
The next important public information would be a city or CMSD notice confirming whether teams were selected and identifying which properties, if any, are connected to those selections. More details would also be needed about proposed uses, community engagement, project schedules and financing before the redevelopment outlook for each site becomes clear.
For now, Aug. 7 remains the official target date in the RFQ for selecting redevelopment teams. The properties’ final futures remain undetermined.
Sources
- City of Cleveland, CMSD Launch RFQ for Redevelopment of Twelve Properties, City of Cleveland
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