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March 17, 2009
Forest City in the News
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, New med mart doubts raised as final decision on site nears
Forest City Enterprises takes its campaign to save its Tower City Medical Mart proposal directly to the Cleveland media by trash-talking a competing plan proposal:
Cleveland's historic downtown mall would undergo dramatic change if a new convention center is built below, according to a Forest City Enterprises executive.
The underground complex would elevate sections of the mall as much as 10 feet above Lakeside Avenue, further obstructing views of Lake Erie, said Forest City Co-Chairman Al Ratner, in a meeting Monday with Plain Dealer editors and reporters.
The mall would turn into a collection of walls and stairs, disrupting the century-old vision of architect Daniel Hudson Burnham, said Ratner, who is pushing his company's competing site behind Tower City for a combined medical mart/convention center.
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Posted by lumi at March 17, 2009 5:31 AM