Planning commission approves new Cleveland Clinic outpatient facility

by Melissa Martin

Aug. 6 planning commission meeting

Brecksville’s planning commission approved plans for a new 60,000-square-foot Cleveland Clinic outpatient facility following a public hearing where the community expressed its thoughts on the proposed $12 million, four-story center.

The meeting was a continuation of the commission’s July 9 meeting, during which members determined the hearing was necessary because the Cleveland Clinic facility was originally intended to be a single-story, 11,000-square-foot retail building under the original Valor Acres plan.

Planning commission members Dominic Sciria and Lawry Kardos said the commission owed the public another chance to weigh in now that the smaller retail site has become a larger medical building. The proposed building did not receive any negative feedback from the community.

The facility, which is slated to open in late 2027 at the northeast corner of Miller Road and Innovation Parkway, will now feature more than 100 exam rooms for primary care and specialty appointments in areas including obstetrics and gynecology, vascular surgery, gastroenterology, orthopedics, endocrinology, rheumatology and nephrology.

It will also offer a full range of imaging capabilities, including CT, MRI, X-ray and mammography, as well physical therapy and occupational therapy departments that will be accessible from the building’s ground floor.

“We are looking forward to offering expanded care at a new location in Brecksville, conveniently located close to home and work for many people in Northeast Ohio,” said Brian Harte, M.D., president of Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital and Cleveland Clinic’s East Submarket.

More than 100 new caregiver positions will be created at the site, Harte said.

The planning commission expressed its concerns over the limited number of parking spaces for the site – approximately 900 fewer spaces than what is called for under the city’s code – especially that there were so few spaces near the building to accommodate patients and their families.

“I’m supportive of this [medical building], but I’m still wrestling with how we do this the right way,” Sciria said July 9.

Given the proximity to other parking spaces throughout the Valor Acres site, however, developers said they do not believe a lack of parking spaces will be problematic.

Two additional businesses have committed to joining the Valor Acres complex this summer, a Pilates studio and a gym. Atoned, a Pilates studio headquartered in Stow, plans to open its second location later this fall on Hruby Street, named after former Mayor Jerry Hruby. The studio will also offer electrical muscle stimulation training as well as infrared saunas.

The gym, to be known as Club Valor, will fill the storefront next to Atoned.

Both businesses will be located in the complex’s Building G, which city Engineer Gerry Wise said is close to completion. Building G currently consists of a three-level parking garage on top of ground-floor businesses. A city “safety station” is also expected to occupy the building and will house both police and fire personnel.