The initial round in the fight over development in the Merriman Valley is over, with the city of Akron recently granting Petros Homes the variance it needed to build 197 townhomes on Akron-Peninsula Road. West Creek executive director Derek Schafer said he'll begin his work once Petros Homes completes the site's development plan. [Extracted from the article]
MONEYLENDERS, COVID-19 pandemic, HOTELS, HOPE, and TAX credits
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The university also has a stake in the project moving forward, as Chema said the school is leasing the site to the developers and would own a minority stake in the hotel. But after thinking the project was in the clear, with its financing nearly finalized at the end of 2019, Chema said he's now virtually back to square one and looking for a new senior lender. [Extracted from the article]
LEGISLATIVE bills, CHIEF legal officers, RENEWABLE energy standards, POLITICIANS, and COAL-fired power plants
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Keywords: NEWSMAKERS 2020 EN NEWSMAKERS 2020 12 12 1 01/30/21 20210125 NES 210125 A bailout embroils FirstEnergy, the state and political leaders in controversy House Bill 6, the law that federal prosecutors say traded a subsidy for FirstEnergy Corp.'s former nuclear and coal power plants for the credibility of the Ohio Legislature, has provided no shortage of news and controversy. The love child of Republican lawmakers and FirstEnergy, which wanted state ratepayers to subsidize its nuclear and coal-fired power plants, the law was passed in the summer of 2019. It was immediately lambasted by those who support renewables, such as Vox News, which termed it "the worst energy bill of the 21st century" and a "corrupt bailout for dinosaur power plants that screws renewable energy in the process.". [Extracted from the article]
NEW business enterprises, GENDER, DIVERSIFIED companies, and COMPUTER software
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The tech software sector has struggled with diversity, traditionally being dominated by white males. He said he thinks Bounce now has the right software accelerator program in place and that it will grow once things in the world at large normalize a bit. [Extracted from the article]
SDMyers in Tallmadge has a new president with plans to expand the company nationally and cement its presence in the Akron suburb with a major renovation of its local headquarters. SDMyers has strong ties to Tallmadge, and the company's not-for-profit affiliate, Good Place Holdings, is active with several local community organizations, Bucciarelli said. [Extracted from the article]
HEALTH facilities, MEDICAL personnel, CHIEF strategy officers, and HAND sanitizers
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Keywords: NEWSMAKERS 2020 EN NEWSMAKERS 2020 15 15 1 01/30/21 20210125 NES 210125 CEO leads GOJO in stepping up as pandemic-stricken world needs its hand sanitizer Carey Jaros knew it was an achievement to be named the next president and CEO of Akron's GOJO Industries on Nov. 5, 2019. Ironically, perhaps, one of her first challenges was dealing with a complaint from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which said in January 2020 that GOJO could not claim in its marketing that its Purell hand sanitizer helped eliminate specific viruses, including Ebola and flu. Carey Jaros timeline January 2020: Jaros begins her tenure as president and CEO at GOJO. [Extracted from the article]
Downtown Akron is getting a new round of apartments that are expected to come online next year, thanks to the redevelopment of a major student housing complex. The buyer, Alabama's Capstone Real Estate Investments, is converting the building to market-rate apartments that it plans to begin leasing next year, said Capstone principal and executive vice president Christopher Mouron. [Extracted from the article]
PANDEMICS, OFFICES, MARKETS, HOTEL management, and OFFICE buildings
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One of his real estate representatives at Colliers, vice president Matt Davis, said the building might not be considered Class A space, simply because of its age, but that it's like a much newer building thanks to Andreoli's decades of stewardship and recent upgrades. Davis agreed it's a challenging market for office buildings, but said he's already shown the building to several interested parties since Colliers began marketing the property in early December. [Extracted from the article]
