CLEVELAND, Ohio — Plans are underway to demolish the PearlBrook shopping center on the border of Cleveland and Parma to make way for a Sheetz gas station.
The new gas station would sit on the northwest corner of Brookpark and Pearl roads — just south of Interstate 480 — and be built on the west side of the property, according to a site plan submitted to the Cleveland Planning Commission. The plan leaves space for “future development” on the north and east side of the parcel.
The Planning Commission approved the site plan Friday. Because the building isn’t in a design review district, the commission doesn’t need to approve the demolition.
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A timeline for construction wasn’t presented at the meeting. A reporter reached out to Sheetz and engineering firm GPD Group for comment.
Real estate developer Visconsi currently owns the shopping center. The shopping center has 85,000 square feet of space, according to the developer’s website, and is passed by 50,000 vehicles each day.
PearlBrook was built in 1947 and has 21 units, with eight of them vacant, according to Visconsi’s website. A reporter reached out to Visconsi for comment.
Ward 14 Councilman Kris Harsh spoke in support of the project, saying the area hasn’t had a project like this in “many, many decades.”
“I think this is a welcome development project,” he said.
The site plan presented at the planning commission would leave the former Yorktown Theatre intact. The building is owned by a different company.
Sheetz new station will include a drive-thru lane and outdoor seating.
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