Since 1947, The Dalad Group has been an innovative developer of office, industrial, retail and residential space throughout the Greater Cleveland Area.

Today the company continues to expand its portfolio with a particular focus on urban core property redevelopments, and managing assets in Cleveland’s active I-77 and Rockside Road corridor, where The Dalad Group holds the largest single inventory of commercial land under control.

The company provides building management and leasing services through its brokerage division, Dalad Realty, as well as construction management and supervision services through its general contracting arm, Dalad Construction. In all of these roles, The Dalad Group is committed to producing exceptional properties and enduring client relationships.

Our History

1960

January 1

The Canal Road Industrial Market

In the 1960’s, The Dalad Group established the Canal Road industrial market, creating hundreds of acres of industrial land by cutting down hillsides, filling low lands and re-channeling a segment of the Cuyahoga River in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers. In the newly formed Canal Road Industrial Park, the company developed Cleveland’s first flex building.

1978

December 3

Rockside Road Office Market

In the 1970’s and 1980’s, Dalad began acquiring land along Rockside Road in Independence, eventually becoming Independence’s largest single land owner. The company also began assembling land at State Route #82 in Broadview Heights, initiating its focus on the broader south-suburban market along Interstate #77.

1980

December 3

Historic Downtown Resurgence

In the mid 1980’s, The Dalad Group significantly influenced the resurgence of downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District, assembling 60% of The District’s 2.5 million square foot inventory of historic property. The company developed The Hat Factory, Cleveland’s first Tax Act loft restoration, and followed with The Hoyt Block, a pioneering office loft project.

1996

December 3

Beacon Place

In 1996, The Dalad Group opened Beacon Place, the first new suburban ground-up office building to emerge following the real estate recession of the early 90’s. Beacon Place introduced a variety of new design and engineering features to the Rockside Road office market.

2002

December 3

Oak Tree Office Park

In 2002, Dalad completed a 100-acre land assembly for Oak Tree Office Park. As the last large-scale commercial site in Independence, Oak Tree Office Park would be the first master-planned commercial office park in the Cleveland community to be unified through common graphics, landscaping standards and material palette.

2013

December 3

Downtown Apartment Market

In 2013, Dalad re-entered the downtown apartment market, working with Tower Press Development in converting the historic M.T. Silver garment factory, located in the Campus District at 2320 Superior Avenue, into 39 state-of-the-art loft-style apartments ranging from one to four-bedroom layouts. On the tails of M.T. Silver, Dalad teamed up with local developers at the Slyman Group for the 80-unit Creswell Apartment renovation at 1220 Huron Road in Cleveland’s world-renowned Playhouse Square theater district.

2017

December 3

Worthington Yards

In 2017, Dalad completed a $32 million mixed-use renovation of the 200,000 square foot, Worthington Yards complex. An award winning development, the project combines five buildings comprised of 98 apartments with highly designed amenities, private and public shared courtyards, an art gallery that regularly hosts events and rotating exhibits of local works, and 2,000 square feet of street level retail space.