Plans for $49M renovation, expansion of convention center revealed

Ken Prendergast / December 20, 2022

Plans for renovating, expanding and converting the ill-fated Global Center for Health Innovation into additional meeting and event spaces for the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland were made publicly available this week. They were released ahead of their scheduled review Thursday by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission. Those plans show Cuyahoga County would increase the size of the 120,000-square-foot, former global center, aka Medical Mart, by more than 23,000 square feet.

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45 Erieview sale, financing closes

3 Comments / Ken Prendergast / February 3, 2022

A zombie is about to be slayed thanks to a property transfer and a development partnership that got good news this week. That zombie is 45 Erieview, the former Ohio Bell headquarters in downtown Cleveland at the southeast corner of East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue.

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200 Public Square to get major updates, new amenities

Ken Prendergast / January 22, 2022

The pandemic, remote working, tenant downsizing and a flight to quality are challenges facing New York City-based DRA Advisors. In downtown Cleveland, they are fighting those challenges with a 37-year-old skyscraper, 200 Public Square.

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City Club Apartments breaks ground for its first Cleveland project

2 Comments / Ken Prendergast / December 10, 2021

It wasn’t just the sound shovels hitting the dirt at the City Club Apartments’ groundbreaking ceremony today in downtown Cleveland that was heard. It was also the news that the Farmington Hills, MI developer and owner of multi-family and mixed-use properties was just getting started in establishing a presence in Cleveland.

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