Cleveland Scene: “Healthy Foods Concept at Fairmont Creamery”
When the Fairmont Creamery officially opens its doors to residents and commercial tenants this fall, Anna Harouvis will be there too, writes Douglas Trattner for Cleveland Scene. The healthy foods chef has inked a deal to open Good to Go in a small space adjacent to the Tremont Athletic Club. Currently, she runs two concepts — Anna in the Raw, her raw and vegan food line and Good to Go, her fresh, healthy foods to go concept — out of one downtown space in the IMG Building.
The Plain Dealer: “Fairmont Creamery deal in Tremont closes”
Despite the frigid temperatures, writes Michele Jarboe for The Plain Dealer, work will start this week to turn a former creamery building in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood into a home for apartments, a business accelerator and other tenants.
The Plain Dealer: “Oberlin developer trio aims to remake former Fairmont Creamery”
Three young developers who won national attention for remaking a blighted block in Oberlin are ready to tackle their second project, a near-vacant former creamery building in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, writes Michelle Jarboe for The Plain Dealer.
The Plain Dealer: “Oberlin College graduates bridge town-gown divide”
It’s been clear for a decade or more, writes Steve Litt for The Plain Dealer, that neighborhoods around colleges and universities offer some of the hottest development opportunities in American cities.
But it took three freshly minted graduates of Oberlin College starting in 2002 to see the potential in a vacant former Buick dealership on the tattered eastern flank of downtown Oberlin.
Inhabitat: “Oberlin’s LEED Development Revitalizes Community”
Ten years ago, writes Andrew Michler for Inhabitat, three college students had a vision to reclaim a stagnant downtown area in Oberlin, Ohio—in a couple of months that vision will become reality. Sustainable Community Associates has developed a $15 million LEED Neighborhood Development Gold (pending) project with perseverance and good will for their alma mater’s hometown. Now the downtown is getting hooked on green building as the community discovers the positive impact that sustainable development can have.
The New York Times: “Young, Idealistic and Now Developers”
In this quaint but economically stagnant college town 50 miles southwest of Cleveland, Ben Ezinga, Joshua Rosen and Naomi Sabel spent their first four years as typical liberal arts college students, going to class, writing papers and looking forward to graduation. Their last four years in Oberlin, however, have been spent learning hard lessons in real estate, writes Lisa Chamberlain for The New York Times.
