Namdar Realty and the Future of Severance Town Center
Namdar Realty and the Future of Severance Town Center. Written by Dennis Keating, Emeritus Professor, Urban Studies, Cleveland State University, for the Severance Action Group
Candidates should endorse SAG's vision for Severance
Namdar Realty purchased Severance Town Center in 2016, and, like many other struggling and distressed malls that Namdar owns, Severance’s occupancy and condition has continually declined—except, notably, for the independently owned Dave's Market and the Home Depot. Otherwise, the face of Severance is one of many empty storefronts and buildings (most notably the former Walmart and Regal Cinema buildings) and a sea of pothole-filled parking lots.
Council hears bold vision to reimagine Severance in Cleveland Heights
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Walmart is gone, Regal Cinemas has closed and been repurposed, vacant storefronts and Dave’s Market and Home Depot are the only two big businesses that remain in the middle of Cleveland Heights.
“This is the most important thing we’ve ever done and I think the city will ever do is revitalize Severance,” said architect Paul Volpe, of Severance Action Group. “But you got a chance to win this passion, the ideas, the dialogue, the thinking and even some of the drama that goes along with people getting together, right?”