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Plain Dealer, February 22nd, 2006
Mayor Frank Jackson wants to take a closer look at Cleveland's residential tax abatement policy, which relieves buyers of new homes from paying property taxes for up to 15 years...more

Plain Dealer, February 21st, 2006
The lobby of an eight-story office building on St. Clair Avenue sparkles with fresh paint, a new floor and updated furniture. But a looming question threatens to upstage any improvements made to 113 St. Clair in Cleveland...more

Crain's Cleveland, February 20th, 2006
Cleveland really could use a new downtown convention center, but we’ve been saying that for more than a decade. So, what’s a few more months of waiting...more

Crain's Cleveland, February 13th, 2006
Planning for a new downtown convention center in Cleveland has been put on hold until a developer can determine whether a medical merchandise mart is feasible in the city...more

Crain's Cleveland, January 9th, 2006
It may not come to pass, but the notion that a “medical mart,” created around the concept of the huge (and hugely successful) Merchandise Mart in Chicago, might be developed in Cleveland as part of a new convention center, is exciting...more

Plain Dealer, November 17th, 2005
The Convention Facilities Authority hopes to recommend one of two proposed sites for a new downtown convention center by early next year...more

Plain Dealer, October 19th, 2005
Of the two locations being considered for a new Cleveland convention center, no clear favorite emerged from a public meeting Tuesday night...more

Plain Dealer, October 7th, 2005
Future of convention centers is likely bright, functional. Holographic booths might fill convention centers of the future. Movable floors could become as common as partition walls. And sports arena-style luxury suites may perch over exhibit halls...more

Crains Cleveland, October 3rd, 2005
Convention center task force hoping industry event will propel planning. After 14 months of work, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Convention Facilities Authority is at an impasse...more

Plain Dealer, September 14th, 2005
Potential sites for a downtown convention center have officially returned to two. The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Convention Facilities Authority voted unanimously...more

Crains Cleveland Business Online, August 12th, 2005
Peter Bastulli, Finance Committee Chair of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Convention Facilities Authority, was recently featured in Executive Chatter, a Crain’s Cleveland Business online feature that highlights conversations with Cleveland’s business leaders. Click here to read the conversation

Crains Cleveland, July 4th, 2005
The I-X Center lives. And its operator and users aren't going to abandon it quietly to ease the way for a new downtown convention center...more

Community News: Northeast, July 01, 2005
The Convention Facilities Authority launched an improved Web site this week, giving users a chance to discuss proposals
for a new convention center in Cleveland....more

Plain Dealer, June 27th, 2005
A state sales tax rollback could be commandeered to help pay for a new Cleveland convention center, but the politically unpopular move seems unlikely....more

Plain Dealer, June 18th, 2005
Cleveland's Planning Commission on Friday proposed a design competition for a new convention center on downtown's Mall.
A similar process led to construction of rival Pittsburgh's ...more

Plain Dealer, June 17th, 2005
An architect's rendering of a new convention center lobby shows a 30-foot-tall wall of windows overlooking Lake Erie.
Conventioneers would enter through a dramatic glass triangle bigger than the Rock Hall's signature pyramid ...more

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