CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The ceremonial groundbreaking for Cuyahoga County's $465 million medical mart and convention center is nearly two weeks away, but construction crews descended on the downtown malls this morning.
The county took ownership of the site today.
Barriers are up along Lakeside Avenue. Precision Environmental is preparing to start asbestos removal, and Independence Excavating Inc. is ready to start demolition, said Barb Shergalis, the county's in-house project manager. Trees will also be shredded, since they are too large to move.
"I'm incredibly excited," Shergalis said. "It's so awesome to see all of these people going to work."
The complex has been in the works since 2007, when county commissioners imposed a 20-year, quarter-cent sales tax increase to finance the four-story showplace for medical technology and a connected, L-shaped convention center beneath Malls B and C.
Turner Construction Co. will manage construction, and Chicago-based MMPI will manage the complex, expected to open in September 2013.
MMPI will host a groundbreaking Jan. 14, at which the company will reveal the more than 40 companies who have signed letters of intent to lease showroom space in the mart.
(Article courtesy of Cleveland.com)
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