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Sherwin-Williams, Stark, Realife & the fate of an historic Superblock survivor

Ken Prendergast / February 13, 2020

Downtown Cleveland’s largest parking crater, the so-called “Superblock” where Sherwin-Williams (SHW) plans to build its new headquarters, has a sole survivor among its once vast building stock.
That monolith is set off to one corner of the Superblock, named because its sea of parking is actually spread among two blocks, separated by the one-way alley Frankfort Ave.

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nuCLEus still lurks among many downtown projects

2 Comments / Ken Prendergast / February 10, 2020

In two years, construction may be underway in downtown Cleveland for as many as a half-dozen towers. And that doesn’t count all that are in pre-development. If you did, there would be at least 13 towers under consideration.

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University Circle-area housing finds new Heights

Ken Prendergast / February 7, 2020

Last week, this blog reported on a $72 million dormitory project by Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to add 600 beds to the South Residential Village at Murray Hill and Adelbert roads. This week, a private developer joined the party with a 58-unit boarding house project just up the hill.

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An analysis of Sherwin-Williams’ HQ news: it’s just the beginning

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / February 6, 2020

Up in the 90-year-old Landmark Building, where Sherwin-Williams’ (SHW) headquarters has been growing and expanding for the duration of that Art Deco beauty’s lifetime, the employees’ response to The Big News appeared to be less than big.

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SHW company e-mail sent to employees regarding staffing etc.

Ken Prendergast / February 6, 2020

Email sent to all corporate employees at about 8 a.m. Feb. 6. It was not edited in any way…

Dear Fellow Employees,

I am writing to share an exciting update with you regarding the planned locations for our new global headquarters and new R&D center.

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SHW confirms HQ on Public Square, R&D to Brecksville

Ken Prendergast / February 6, 2020

CLEVELAND, February 6, 2020 The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) today announces it is finalizing plans to build a new global headquarters in downtown Cleveland and a new R&D center in the Cleveland suburb of Brecksville. The plans follow an extensive competitive site selection processand are contingent upon completion of standard due diligence, approvals of incentives and other matters at the state, county and city levels, and resolution of business and legal matters that accompany such major real estate investment projects

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SHW: HQ lands west of Public Square, R&D to Brecksville

5 Comments / Ken Prendergast / February 6, 2020

Tomorrow Sherwin-Williams (SHW) will announce that its new, consolidated headquarters facility will be built on parking lots owned by the Jacobs and Weston groups west of Public Square, according to several sources.

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Ohio mega-project bill gets more complex, more backers

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / February 5, 2020

The Ohio House of Representatives’ Economic and Workforce Development Committee today could accept major changes to a bill designed to create a Transformational Mixed Use Development (TMUD) tax credit to kick-start real estate mega-projects.

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Sherwin-Williams’ HQ search is over (& probably its R&D search, too)

4 Comments / Ken Prendergast / February 3, 2020

More signs are pointing to Sherwin-Williams (SHW) getting close to announcing the sites for its new headquarters plus research and development facilities (HQ+R&D). At stake are up to 6,000 jobs in direct employment and many thousands more in spin-off/support jobs.

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Up to 1,000 HQ jobs may come to downtown Cleveland

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / January 31, 2020

More than 650 headquarters jobs could be on track to move to downtown Cleveland with hundreds more possible resulting from future growth. But in this instance, it’s not from the paint/coatings firm that’s known for covering the Earth. Instead, this news is about another fast-growing Greater Cleveland business that has outgrown its existing HQ.

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