Month: May 2025

New businesses are popping up in Shaker Square.

Developers don’t want to lose the momentum, which is why they are pushing to fill the remaining vacant spaces in the square.

Rey Galindo and his nephew Jorge Sierra Galindo are back in business in Shaker Square. The former owners of Luchita’s, a long-standing Mexican restaurant in Shaker Square, are opening a restaurant in early June. Different from Luchita’s and under a new name called Coyoacan Taqueria & Brew.

“We left about 20 years ago, and we are coming back. It’s a historic area. I just love this place. There is the rapid right in the middle and it is European,” said Galindo.

Shaker Square hopes to attract diverse businesses to its historic district with its new request for proposals.

The RFP, titled “A New Era for a Cleveland Classic,” was announced this week by Shaker Square co-owners Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc., in partnership with FASS Real Estate Services.

The RFP seeks businesses from within the Cleveland-area and beyond the region to set up shop in the square, which has several vacancies.

Shaker Square co-owners Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Burten, Bell, Carr Development Inc. have launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for new retail and restaurant tenants at Shaker Square.

The RFP, released in partnership with FASS Real Estate Services, is the first step of the retail center’s plan “A New Era for a Cleveland Classic,” unveiled in January, Tania Menesse, president and CEO of CNP, told Crain’s.

“One of the first things that we want to do is ensure that the tenant mix of the square that we’ve worked really hard to better understand is continued to be reflected in the new tenants that we’re bringing in,” she said.

Shaker Square is launching a comprehensive initiative aimed at attracting a vibrant mix of storefront tenants. Titled “A New Era for a Cleveland Classic,” Shaker Square co-owners Cleveland Neighborhood Progress (CNP) and Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. (BBC) in partnership with FASS Real Estate Services, are building off community input received throughout the recently completed Vision Plan to seek a retail mix that aligns with neighborhood demand.

Those interested in leasing opportunities can learn more by viewing the RFP at this link or by contacting tenant@shakersquare.com