CLEVELAND, Ohio — The owner of the site of a former Kmart store in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood is planning a full overhaul of the space to accommodate national retailers who want to open new locations.
The New York City-based TLM Realty plans to transform the former Kmart building at Lorain Avenue and West 150th Street, which has sat dormant since the store closed in 2017. The updated site will include spaces for three retailers and a new building for a possible coffee shop on the northwest corner of the property, according to plans presented at a meeting last week.
TLM also plans to tear down a portion of a building on the eastern side of the property, which is home to Rubin’s Family Restaurant and a now-closed Dollar General. The space will be used to build two stores, one of which will likely be a grocer. TLM also plans to demolish the vacant Marquard apartment along Lorain Avenue, which dates back nearly a century and was once home to Cowan’s Pub.
If completed, the…
