2008

County commissioners paid $22 million for the property, where they planned to build government offices. They invested about $15 million more before abandoning the plan and setting a minimum price of $35 million to sell.
K&D offered the county $35,005,000, and commissioners are expected to snap it up. In the end, the county will have lost about $3 million on the transaction.
Debate continued Tuesday about the prudence of the county's Ameritrust purchase.

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2008

College Town - Creating a District
Situated along one of Cleveland's most recognizable arterial streets, the development of a College Town at Cleveland State University is conceived to take advantage of it's critical location and surrounding synergy that is now gaining momentum. Euclid Avenue's history has spanned from it's early 19th century growth and wealth struggles through the Great Depression, depreciation and change in scale in the mid-20th century, to its current state of reinvention and redevelopment.
Once heralded as "The Showplace of America", Euclid Avenue's "Millionaires' Row" was home to many of Cleveland's wealthy entrepreneurs and successful business. Linking Public Square to the eastern suburbs, Euclid Avenue's importance as a connector has remained as its condition and overall aesthetic has changed throughout its rich history.

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