Carter A. Edman, city architect, talks about design plans for the ArtCraft building which is expected to house the Cleveland Police department, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal Cleveland
Carter A. Edman, the city architect, told reporters the first floor will be a welcoming space for the public. Designers want to include a community room, the public records office and the Cleveland Police Museum.
Edman said designers are working on an accelerated timeline and are expecting a move-in date of 2025. The design team includes police representatives who are ensuring they stay within their $90 million budget.
Department members are also helping the team understand the role of police units and how they work together so that their spaces can be created to make collaborations easier, said Dorothy A. Todd, deputy chief of the Cleveland Division of Police and a member of the design team.
City Council received legislation in early January requesting approval for the city to buy the building. The request must be reviewed by several city departments and council committees before it goes back before council for a full vote.
The ArtCraft building on the corner of Superior and E. 25th St. is expected to be the home of the Cleveland Police department headquarters. Credit: Jessica Deeds for Signal ClevelandA rendering shows what the ArtCraft building is expected to look like after it’s remodeled to house the Cleveland Police headquarters. Carter A. Edman, city architect, said the design team plans to maintain the façade of the building. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandThe eastern end of Downtown is seen from a north facing window on the top floor of the ArtCraft building on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandMedia were invited to the seventh floor of the ArtCraft building Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The building is expected to be the new Cleveland Police headquarters if City Council approves the city purchase. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandRenderings of the Cleveland Police department’s headquarters at the ArtCraft building on Superior and East 25th Street were displayed during a media tour of the building’s top floor Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The renderings are from the first design proposal as the design team continues to work on remodeling plans, Carter A. Edman, city architect, said. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandMedia toured the seventh floor of the ArtCraft building and talked with the city architect and deputy chief of the police department on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, to learn about plans to remodel the building which is set to become the Cleveland Police department’s headquarters. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandCleveland administrators hosted media on the seventh floor of the ArtCraft building on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandThe ArtCraft building on the corner of Superior and East 25th Street is expected to be the future home of Cleveland Police headquarters. Credit: Jessica Deeds for Signal ClevelandA rendering of the parking garage planned for the future Cleveland Police headquarters is seen at the ArtCraft building on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal ClevelandThe Innerbelt Freeway is seen from an east facing window of the seventh floor of the ArtCraft building on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal Cleveland
A freelance reporter based in Arizona, Stephanie was the inaugural criminal justice reporter with Signal Cleveland until October 2024. She wrote about the criminal legal system, explaining the complexities and shedding light on injustices/inequities in the system and centering the experiences of justice-involved individuals, both victims and people who go through the criminal legal system and their families.
