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Renters! Are you looking for space, value and a deluxe apartment? If so, check out Livingston Park Apartments. Click HERE.

There are more than 4000 apartment and condominium units located in the Shaker Square area. Many of the apartment and condo buildings offer distinctive architectural details as well as hardwood floors and lead glass windows. The variety of housing options available throughout the Apartment and Condo Corridors meet a range of needs from the young person looking for their first apartment to empty nesters interested in downsizing to a condo.

This unique neighborhood north and west of Shaker Square, includes the Larchmere business district with its eclectic mix of shops and services, a variety of housing options and schools, plus Fairhill Center—a resource for senior services. Housing stock is a mixture of single-family and ‘Cleveland Doubles’ with their distinctive two-story front porches. The Larchmere Community Association meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Fairhill. The LCA distributes a monthly newsletter to all homes in the area. Membership information is included with every issue.

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SHAD publishes a neighborhood newspaper on a quarterly basis throughout the year. With a circulation of nearly 10,000, The Connection updates the community on SHAD’s latest actvities and assistance programs, and helps promote the desirability of living, working, and shopping in the Shaker Square area.

Download The Connection:

Shaker Square CinemasShopping is within walking distance from the apartments that ring Shaker Square. Shaker Square opened in 1929 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The renovated Shaker Square boasts a multi-plex cinema, full-service grocery and drug stores, a variety of restaurants and service and specialty shops.

Access to downtown Cleveland and Tower City is only 15 minutes via Rapid Transit. Shaker Square is only ten minutes by car or bus to world-renowned University Circle. University Circle is home both to University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic, as well as Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Related Links:
Shaker Square Website
Shaker Square Community Site

Fire Food & Drink
Metropolitan Galleries
Deweys Coffee House
Corcoran Fine Arts

Just one block north of Shaker Square is Larchmere Boulevard, known as Cleveland’s ‘Art & Antiques District.’ It is home to a remarkable assortment of art and antique shops. These are complemented by an outstanding variety of restaurants, crafts, books, clothing, and service businesses which attract both local and regional shoppers.

Related Links:
Larchmere Merchants Association

Flying Cranes
Loganberry Books
Larchmere Flea Market

Surrounding Plymouth Church, this neighborhood is comprised of the Cleveland portion of these two streets. They are in the Shaker School system. Drexmore/Chadbourne is part of the broader Boulevard Community Association which has an e-newsletter which is sent out as news warrants.

Join their email list through this contact: . Put BCA in the subject line.

Named for the streets—Cormere, Haddam, Ardoon, Larchmere, Kemper—CHALK is a community of comfortable colonial homes just north of Shaker Square. They are in the Shaker School system. The community celebrates Memorial Day each year with an organized potluck picnic. In 2008, they added an Easter egg hunt for the youngsters.

CHALK has a group email list. To be included, send an email to with CHALK in the subject line.

The Ludlow Community Association celebrated its 50th anniversary in fall 2007. This historic community encompasses both Cleveland and Shaker Heights, defined by the houses in the Shaker School District. Ludlow is roughly bounded by So. Moreland, Van Aken, Onaway, Livingston. The Ludlow School, the original focal point of the community, is still used for LCA meetings on the second Tuesday at 7:30pm and the fourth Saturday at 10:30am.

Check their website, www.ludlowcommunity.org, for meeting updates or location changes.

Ludlow has an email announcement list. Contact to be included.

Below are the suggested dues for an annual membership to SHAD. Please determine the amount that is appropriate for your membership level and click on the donate button to make your payment via PayPal*.

Individual................................... $25
Dual/Household......................... $40
Business...................................... $75
Friends (Household).............. $50-99
Sustaining Donor............... $100-249
Leadership Circle.................... $250+

* Please note that you can make a payment with PayPal without having to sign up for a PayPal account. Click the "continue" button at the bottom of the PayPal page to do so.

Membership dues are tax deductible.

Greater Circle Living offers down payment assistance to employees of University Hospital, Cleveland, Clinic, and Case Western Reserve who purchase property in several neighborhoods in Cleveland. The Shaker Square and Larchmere neighborhoods of SHAD’s service area are eligible neighborhoods for the program.

Click here for complete program rules, participating employers, and eligibility requirements.

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SHAD may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

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Rental Connection Information Service
SHAD provides a one-stop, apartment listings service for prospective tenants interested in renting a unit in the Shaker Square area. Nearly 400 clients used this information and referral service during the past year. SHAD also publishes an annual Apartment Hunters’ Guide to Shaker Square that is distributed to area colleges and employment centers.

The Connection
SHAD publishes this award-winning, neighborhood newspaper on a quarterly basis. With circulation of 7,500, The Connection updates the community on SHAD’s latest activities and assistance programs, and helps promote the desirability of living, working, and shopping in the Shaker Square area.

Larchmere Merchants Association
SHAD serves as the administrative agency for the Larchmere Merchants Association. This Association coordinates the marketing and promotion of the Larchmere Blvd. commercial district, sponsors special events, and responds to issues that affect the vitality of the street.

Landmark District Design Review
SHAD administers the local Design Review Committees for both the Shaker Square Historic District and the Larchmere Blvd. Business Revitalization District.  Fifteen proposals for exterior alterations were reviewed for design compatibility during the past year. 

Neighborhood Security Patrol
A subscription program using licensed security guards to patrol the Shaker Square apartment corridor and the Larchmere Business Revitalization District. SHAD contracts for this patrol with the Securitas Corporation.

Downloadable Form:  Hotspot Identification Form (PDF)

Code Enforcement
SHAD works closely with City inspectors to promote responsible building maintenance, and monitors court proceedings concerning problem properties within our service area. SHAD also conducts a minimal standards inspection of apartment buildings whose owners desire to use our Rental Connection referral service.

Downloadable Form:  Eyesore Identification Form (PDF)

Larchmere South Curb-Appeal Program
SHAD created this targeted, matching grant program to assist owner-occupants of distressed homes complete highly visible, exterior repairs to their properties. The program emphasizes painting, front porch, driveway and landscaping improvements. Five houses were completed this past year.

Livingston Park Apartments Renovation Project
SHAD completed this $12.5 million, 195 unit, mixed-income project in December 2005. The project is one of the most significant ventures to be completed by a Cleveland community development corporation as owner, developer, and manager. SHAD continues to own and manage this property. 

Cleveland Housing Network
SHAD partners with this citywide organization for the provision of renovated and newly constructed, affordable housing. A renovated house on Ashwood Road was sold in early 2007. 

Storefront Renovation Program
SHAD serves as a contract agency for this City program that provides financial incentives for the comprehensive, exterior renovation of commercial properties. The renovation of a storefront located at 12307 Larchmere was completed this year, with 2 additional renovations under contract for 2008.

Uptown Traffic Plan
SHAD is the administrative agency for the Uptown Traffic Committee, a coalition of major stakeholders advocating for a set of 5, City-approved, roadway modifications for improving traffic flow and safety in the Fairhill–Shaker Blvd.- Buckeye Rd. corridor. 

Shaker-West Professional Building (11811 Shaker Blvd.)
SHAD completed the $1.7 million renovation of this 50,000 square foot office building in order to demonstrate the potential that exists for underutilized commercial properties on Shaker Blvd. West. SHAD continues to own and manage this property. 

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Shaker Square Area Development Corporation
11811 Shaker Blvd., Suite 206
Cleveland, Ohio 44120-1927
Phone: (216) 421-2100

Executive Director: Pamela George-Merrill -
Director of Properties & Project Construction:
Greg Staursky -
Fiscal/Office Manager: Jalene Pardon -
Editor/Publications Manager: Kathryn Kay -
Larchmere Neighborhood Liaison: ReZina -
Administrative Assistant: Diana Betha -

Please contact us directly using the information above, or send us an email through our contact form.

Thank you!

Continuing Initiatives

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SHAD invites you to make your voice heard and support our neighborhood improvement initiatives. Besides the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping SHAD fulfill its vision and mission for this neighborhood, members also realize a number of direct benefits.

You will receive SHAD's quarterly newspaper, The Connection, by first-class mail. It will keep you abreast of what’s happening, who’s who, where to shop and eat, and other helpful area information.

Also, numerous neighborhood merchants offer special discounts* to SHAD members. When you shop or eat in the area, your membership will pay for itself in no time, and your business helps our merchants as well.

Executive Director: Pamela George-Merrill -

Director of Properties & Project Construction: Greg Staursky -

Fiscal/Office Manager: Jalene Pardon -

Editor/Publications Manager: Kathryn Kay -

Larchmere Neighborhood Liaison: ReZina -

Administrative Assistant: Diana Betha -

President: Thomas Starinsky - Larchmere

First Vice President: Myra Embry - Ludlow

Second Vice President: William Beard - Ludlow

Secretary/Treasurer: Kathy Rosner - CHALK

Trustees:
Joanna Cannon - Apartment Corridor
Gwen Chapman - Ludlow
Henrietta English-West - Larchmere
Cathy Fromet - Square Square Merchant
Judge Diane Karpinski, Ret. - Ludlow
Elina Kreymerman - Shaker Square Merchant
Valerie Landrum - Apartment Corridor
Harriett Logan - Larchmere Merchants Association
Gloria Moose - Larchmere
Suzann Moskowitz- CHALK
Kenisha Pierce - Shaker Square Merchant
Barbara Saltzman - Condo Corridor
Patrick Shepherd - Apartment Corridor

Shaker Square Area Development Corp.’s (SHAD’s) mission is to provide the people and businesses of the Shaker Square area with the leadership and action needed to foster well-maintained, economically strong neighborhoods.

A diverse membership of 1000 individuals, families and businesses support SHAD in its pursuit of the following objectives:

1. To maintain and promote the 4000 units of apartment/ condominium housing located in the Shaker Square area.

2. To promote home ownership and housing maintenance in the Historic Shaker Square, Larchmere and Ludlow neighborhoods.

3. To revitalize and promote Shaker Square, Larchmere Blvd. and Shaker Blvd. West as regional shopping, entertainment and business districts.

4. To preserve, protect and enhance the area’s landmark architecture, public spaces and green spaces.

5. To address security and quality of life issues within our physical environment.

6. To foster neighborhood pride and collaboration.

A feeling of neighborhood in a cosmopolitan setting describes the Shaker Square Area. It’s a neighborhood rich in diversity: racially, economically and socially. This variety makes it special and unique.

The area is anchored by Shaker Square — the second oldest shopping center in the nation.

For additional information about this historic shopping center, see www.visitshakersquare.com and www.shakersquare.net.

RTA Rapid TransitIn a great location, Shaker Square is 15 minutes to downtown Cleveland and Tower City via RTA Rapid Transit; 10 minutes by car from world-renowned University Circle and its medical, educational, cultural and religious institutions; and 35 minutes to Hopkins International Airport via RTA Rapid Transit.

Shaker Square Area Development Corp.’s Service Area constitutes a one square mile area in the City of Cleveland, bordered by Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights. It is home to 11,000 residents, many of whom live in the 4000 apartment/ condominium units. There are also 1500 one- and two-family homes. The area consists of the Shaker Square/Ludlow Historic District, the Larchmere neighborhood, and the apartment and condo corridors..

Do you think Shaker Square would make an exciting place to live? You’re right! Do you want to be closer to the Rapid Transit? Closer to all of the great shops, restaurants, movies and exciting events that take place on the Square and Larchmere Blvd?

The Rental Connection, a free rental information and referral service of Shaker Square Area Development Corp. (SHAD), can help you find an apartment and/or house that will be perfect for your needs. Vacancies in the Shaker Square apartment district, as well as the Larchmere and Ludlow neighborhoods, are listed with our Rental Connection service. These range from efficiencies to three-bedrooms to half of a double house.

To take advantage of this free service, or to receive a free copy of the Shaker Square Area Apartment Hunter’s Guide, e-mail Diana Betha at , or call her at the SHAD office, (216) 421-2100. If you are an apartment owner, you may also be eligible to have your vacancies listed. 

Please register for an account to receive email updates from SHAD and keep up with the latest news!

The renovated Robbins Shaker West Professional Building, located at 11811 Shaker Blvd., offers reasonable rates, central air, on-site security and underground parking with ample off-street parking for clients. Maintenance and management staff are located at the property to help resolve questions or problems. For additional information, contact Greg Staursky at (216) 421-2100, or .

Robbins Shaker West Professional Building at 11811 Shaker Blvd.

Livingston Park Apartments

Brand New Building and Apartments! Now showing beautiful 1100 square feet, 2 bedroom/2 full bath suites. In the Shaker Heights School District, close to Shaker Square and the RTA Rapid Transit, and in the city of Cleveland, these spacious apartments are located on Livingston Rd. at Southington Rd., the south end of So. Moreland. Rent: $815 per month.

These apartments include phone entry door security system, an elevator, laundry facilities on every floor, air conditioning, kitchen appliances including dishwashers, FREE plentiful off street parking, a park-like 9 acre campus setting, live-in custodians, public transportation nearby, mini-blinds, Pella windows, and much, much more! Call Cassandra Jernigan at (216) 561-3826 for an appointment.

Livingston Park Apartments, Livingston Rd.
at Southington Rd. (end of So. Moreland)In addition, Freshly Renovated Units in a campus-like setting with ample off-street parking. Suites feature new maple kitchen cabinets, carpeting, ceiling fans, mini-blinds, newer appliances. One- and two-bedroom units. Laundry facilities in each building. Phone entry door security system. Shaker school district. No pets. Livingston Rd. at Southington Rd., the south end of So. Moreland. Rent: from $450, includes heat and cooking gas. (Special Incentives may apply.) Additional information: Cassandra Jernigan, (216) 561-3826.

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