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A transit-oriented development (TOD) plan for the Red Line rail station at Euclid Avenue and East 120th Street was completed in 2008. It calls for the station location to be moved several blocks to East 119th Street and Mayfield Road, where it will be closer to Little Italy. It will be called Mayfield Station.

In December 2011, RTA was awarded a $12.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, via the Federation Transit Administration. It was part of the TIGER III program for national infrastructure investments. TIGER stands for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery.

The $17.5 million project cost includes the design and construction of the station and rehabilitating two transit track bridges. The design is now 60 percent complete. One of RTA's goals is to improve the sidewalks and lighting under all of the bridges on both sides of Mayfield Road, for pedestrian access to and from the station.

RTA hopes to begin construction in early 2013.

In May 2011, The Plain Dealer wrote:

The project aims to mesh with a burst of development along Euclid Avenue, including the residential-retail Uptown project; the proposed, new home of the Museum of Contemporary Art; and the consolidation of the Cleveland Institute of Art into the Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts. When completed, the station should be a strong example of what planners call transit-oriented development, in which rail stations complement residential, retail and institutional growth in neighborhoods.

• Two buildings (one five-story, one seven-story) featuring first-floor retail and nine floors of apartments.
• Retail use of approximately 24,000 square feet dedicated to convenience-oriented uses, such as a small grocer, dry cleaner and restaurants.
• Apartments in Building One (four floors, 48 units) designated to temporary corporate (institutional) housing. CWRU, University Hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic or other institutions and businesses could lease an entire floor or two.
• Each floor would contain 12 units, averaging 1,000 square feet per unit.
• Apartments in Building Two (five floors, 72 units) would be designated for market-rate apartments, with the future opportunity for these to convert to condo.
• The institutions would be able to offer their visiting professionals a place to stay on a short-term basis at the designated corporate housing area. A separate key card to create exclusivity would access these floors.

• The medical resident group and their families would look to this project as a place to rent for their 3 +/- year stint in Cleveland, rather than searching for housing in other areas.
• The first floor would feature convenience-oriented retail for the residents, as well as the 30,000+ employees of University Circle parking nearby or walking by.
• The building should offer services to distinguish it from other building and service the residents, such as a concierge for dry cleaning, car wash, theater tickets and dinner reservations.
• Incentives would be limited to new markets tax credits and tax abatement.