JANUARY 13, 2025
Sherwin-Williams’ new global headquarters at 409 W. St. Clair Ave. | SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
Warehouse District preps for Sherwin-Williams HQ By Alexandra Golden
With the new year just started, the opening of Sherwin-Williams’ 36-story global headquarters is creeping closer. Once more workers begin moving into the gleaming high-rise at 409 W. St. Clair Ave., more people will begin wandering the blocks of the Warehouse District look-
ing for food options throughout the day. The new headquarters will house more than 3,500 employees, but there is not “specific data on how many employees will be in the building on any given day,” Julie S. Young, vice president of global corporate communications for the Sherwin-Williams Company, wrote in an email to Crain’s.
It's expected that the mixed-use development aspects of the new HQ will have a “combination of retail, dining, hotel, residential and other amenities that support our employees,” but no specifics are being given, according to an FAQ page from the company. And while there are several chain locations in the area ready to churn out lunch
orders, there are several locally based eateries that are preparing for the influx of potential customers and foot traffic. Crain's spoke to those behind a few of these restaurants, all within a 10-minute walk of the new HQ, about how they're preparing. See HQ on Page 32
Geauga Lake site retains connections to the past
‘It was a roller coaster we couldn’t continue to ride’
First apartments to open this summer at former amusement park
Melt founder says bad economy proved too much for restaurant
By Stan Bullard
By Jeremy Nobile
Baseball fans are not the only ones attuned to Opening Day; amusement park fans are also eager for seasonal parks to reopen. But an opening of a different sort looms for the former Geauga Lake Amusement Park in Bainbridge Township and Aurora. By summer, the first apartments will
open at VC Park on state Route 43, just east of the former amusement park's entrance in Bainbridge. Construction workers are laboring indoors to finish four-story apartment buildings that already stand near the lake shoreline. VC Park will be the first part of an area near the lake controlled by Industrial Commercial Properties of Mayfield See GEAUGA LAKE on Page 33
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Matt Fish said he pulled every lever he possibly could, but amid a pile of debt, a challenging economy and shifting consumer habits, none proved enough to keep Melt Bar & Grilled going. After nearly two decades in business, Fish announced at the start of this year that he has shuttered the once-flourishing Melt enterprise — which had been win-
nowed down to just its original Lakewood location — for good. “To not see it work and to see all of our efforts just fall short, it’s disappointing for sure,” Fish said. “I do feel that we put out a really good product, especially over the last four months after we re-did the (Lakewood) restaurant,” he added. “It was one of the See MELT on Page 32
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