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August 19, 2008
Hundreds protest Shoreway Shopping Center’s ‘slumlords’
The Chronicle-Telegram [Elyria, OH]
by Stephen Szucs
The mailboxes of Shoreway Shopping Center owners Marc Levin and James Ratner should soon be stuffed full of mail from Sheffield Lake.
Postcards preprinted with their addresses were passed out to hundreds of Sheffield Lake residents who flocked to the shopping center Monday in an effort to convince the owners to sell what many called a defunct “eyesore” ravaging the city’s economy.
“A lot of the signs you’re carrying make reference to slumlords holding the city hostage,” said Sheffield Lake Mayor John Piskura from atop a flatbed semitrailer. “The truth of the matter is they’ve been playing games with this city for over 30 years.”
...The Levin Family Trust in McLean, Va., owns 76 percent of the shopping center, while the Ratner family, which owns Forest City Enterprises in Cleveland, owns the rest.
Posted by eric at August 19, 2008 9:41 AM