By the 1980s, the Cedar Glen Apartments had lost much of their social cachet.
The building was in disrepair due to wear and tear and years of deferred maintenance.

In 1991, the Judson Park retirement community (located across Ambleside Drive) purchased the Cedar Glen Apartments with the intent of razing the structure so that it could build a parking garage on the site.
 Residents of the Cedar Glen Apartments organized to opposed the demolition, proposing to buy the building themselves and renovate it.
Financing for that plan did not materialize.
 In the summer of 1993, Judson Park agreed to sell the Cedar Glen Apartments to the local law firm of Climaco Seminatore Lefkowitz & Garofoli for $1.2 million ($2,100,000 in 2019 dollars) and title to the Trigve-Hoff Building at E. 107th Street and Chester Avenue.
The new owners planned to convert the building to condominiums.
Sale of the building required making several emergency repairs to shore it up, which were financed in part by a $200,000 ($400,000 in 2019 dollars) grant from the Cleveland Division of Economic Development.
City officials estimated, however, that another $1.5 million ($2,700,000 in 2019 dollars) in repairs and renovations would still be needed.
To help the new owners secure historic tax credits to pay for the repairs, the city of Cleveland designated Cedar Glen Apartments a Cleveland Landmark, and the building owners sought and won designation of the structure as a National Historic site.

The renovation and repair of the building, which topped $3.5 million ($6,200,000 in 2019 dollars), merged three apartments, leaving the structure with 27 condominium units with one to four bedrooms each.
Each condo unit was renovated one at a time, with buyers offered various packages of improvements to choose from.
Cleveland Public Power designed and implemented the building's interior and exterior lighting schemes.

In July 1995, the Cleveland Restoration Society honored Cedar Glen residents Michael and Debbie May for their campaign to save the historic structure, and in negotiating its sale to the Climaco law firm.
By the 1980s, the Cedar Glen Apartments had lost much of their social cachet. The building was in disrepair due to wear and tear and years of deferred maintenance.
In 1991, the Judson Park retirement community (located across Ambleside Drive) purchased the Cedar Glen Apartments with the intent of razing the structure so that it could build a parking garage on the site.  Residents of the Cedar Glen Apartments organized to opposed the demolition, proposing to buy the building themselves and renovate it. Financing for that plan did not materialize.  In the summer of 1993, Judson Park agreed to sell the Cedar Glen Apartments to the local law firm of Climaco Seminatore Lefkowitz & Garofoli for $1.2 million ($2,100,000 in 2019 dollars) and title to the Trigve-Hoff Building at E. 107th Street and Chester Avenue. The new owners planned to convert the building to condominiums. Sale of the building required making several emergency repairs to shore it up, which were financed in part by a $200,000 ($400,000 in 2019 dollars) grant from the Cleveland Division of Economic Development. City officials estimated, however, that another $1.5 million ($2,700,000 in 2019 dollars) in repairs and renovations would still be needed. To help the new owners secure historic tax credits to pay for the repairs, the city of Cleveland designated Cedar Glen Apartments a Cleveland Landmark, and the building owners sought and won designation of the structure as a National Historic site.
The renovation and repair of the building, which topped $3.5 million ($6,200,000 in 2019 dollars), merged three apartments, leaving the structure with 27 condominium units with one to four bedrooms each. Each condo unit was renovated one at a time, with buyers offered various packages of improvements to choose from. Cleveland Public Power designed and implemented the building's interior and exterior lighting schemes.
In July 1995, the Cleveland Restoration Society honored Cedar Glen residents Michael and Debbie May for their campaign to save the historic structure, and in negotiating its sale to the Climaco law firm.
Cedar Glen Apartments