GOVERNMENT: Eric Wobser is back east to join Chris Ronayne’s administration. PAGE 17
CRAIN’S LIST Hospitals posted big gains before hitting rough patch. PAGE 18
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‘FOREVER HOME’ FOR CITY CLUB Free-speech forum will join the cast at Playhouse Square BY MICHELLE JARBOE
The City Club of Cleveland plans to move to Playhouse Square, ending the free-speech forum’s 40-year run in its eponymous home near East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue. The institution has signed a long-term lease on the first floor at 1317 Euclid Ave., a two-story building owned by an affiliate of the Playhouse Square Foundation. At 14,600 square feet, the space will boost the City Club’s seating capacity by roughly 50% in a more accessible, visible location. See CITY CLUB on Page 21 The City Club of Cleveland plans to move to the Playhouse Square district next year. The organization’s new venue, at 1317 Euclid Ave., will fill the first floor of a historic retail space that’s currently occupied by Dwellworks, a relocation-services company. | MICHELLE JARBOE/CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS
SCORE is sending business experts into East Cleveland
Office market trends hold steady
BY KIM PALMER
BY STAN BULLARD
The owner of the company hired to cater the East Cleveland Growth Association’s (ECGA) Community Lunch and Learn pulled founder and CEO Sean Ward aside after the Nov. 5 event, headlined by a SCORE Cleveland volunteer, and said he planned
to be at the next event — both as caterer and attendee, so he could learn how to grow his business. “They heard the SCORE message and they were so impressed with it, got so much helpful information for their business, that they told me See SCORE on Page 20
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Pandemic impact may be less than thought As the lockdowns at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and masking mandates recede into memory, signs of the impact of work-fromhome and hybrid work patterns on the Northeast Ohio office market are starting to emerge.
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A detailed analysis of office tenant patterns in downtown and suburban Cleveland markets since 2020 by national realty brokerage JLL’s area unit shows that as occupants execute new leases, the perceived movement to higher-quality office space and a generalized diet for office space are apparent. Andrew Batson, a Cleveland-based
JLL senior vice president for research and strategy, said in a phone interview, “I do not think there has been a monumental shift in terms of what we see in terms of migration (between building types), flight to quality and other office trends. The trends pre-COVID-19 remain very much intact post-COVID in terms of executed leases.” See OFFICE on Page 20
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