DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND TO RECEIVE $350M OVERHAUL

CLEVELAND, OHIO — Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County executive Ed FitzGerald are partnering for a $350 million downtown development. The project includes a $260 million convention center hotel with 600 to 700 rooms; a $95 million endeavor that includes a pedestrian bridge to the lakefront; 740-space parking garage; overhaul of Public Square; and improvements to the grassy downtown malls, East 3rd Street and existing bridges over railroad tracks at West 3rd and East 9th streets. “This development will make downtown more attractive to residents and visitors and ensure better public pathways through the city,” Jackson said in a statement.