A Strongsville developer’s $32 million plan to build 82 rental townhomes and one retail building at the southeast corner of Ohio 82 and Prospect Road has been approved by the Planning Commission. City Council still must vote on the site plan.
A lawsuit between Crocker Park developer Stark Enterprises and the city of Westlake centers on whether the mixed-use center's next building can be one story now or six stories sometime in the future.
Architects have a better card to play when it comes to getting paid for unpaid bills as Ohio law now grants lien rights. That means they may file a lien document in property records of projects they design saying they have an unpaid bill. Construction contractors and material suppliers have long been empowered by such a mechanism.