Fairmont Creamery
Making Chocolate with Cleveland Chocolate Co.’s Rebecca Hess
Rebecca Hess found her way to chocolate-making in a unique way: through a tropical fruit CSA. The CSA began to send her fresh cacao, which Rebecca collected until she had enough to make a batch of chocolate. Learning the process quickly inspired her to order more beans, invest in equipment, and eventually led her to outline a business plan for her own company—placing her on the path towards opening the Cleveland Chocolate Company.
Read MoreFreshWater: “Scranton listed on National Register of Historic Places”
An area of town heretofore dwarfed by the venerable Ohio City and Tremont neighborhoods is on the verge of getting a brand of its own, writes Erin O’Brien for FreshWater. Last month, the historic preservation consulting firm Naylor Wellman, LLC, presented a 120-page nomination to the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board for the Scranton South Side Historic District to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Read MoreCrain’s Cleveland: “Area’s latest industrial rehab project”
The $15 million Fairmont Creamery rehab represents one of Cleveland’s latest creative reuses of an abandoned industrial building rich in history, writes Kathy Ames Carr for Crain’s Cleveland.
The five-story brick structure — constructed in 1930 as a national distribution hub for dairy products — has been repurposed from its recent largely abandoned state into a 106,000-square-foot, mixed-used project featuring residential and commercial space, and parking.
Read MoreFreshWater: “Twist Creative to relocate, expand”
Twist Creative, a small design firm that was founded in Ohio City 15 years ago, is expanding into a larger, custom-designed space at the Fairmont Creamery in Tremont, writes Lee Chilcote for FreshWater. In part, the move was prompted by the need to consolidate its space, which is spread out over four floors in a building at West 28th and Lorain. Yet the firm also wanted room to grow, as revenues have doubled in recent years and there are plans to hire additional staff.
Read MoreCleveland Scene: “Healthy Foods Concept at Fairmont Creamery”
When the Fairmont Creamery officially opens its doors to residents and commercial tenants this fall, Anna Harouvis will be there too, writes Douglas Trattner for Cleveland Scene. The healthy foods chef has inked a deal to open Good to Go in a small space adjacent to the Tremont Athletic Club. Currently, she runs two concepts — Anna in the Raw, her raw and vegan food line and Good to Go, her fresh, healthy foods to go concept — out of one downtown space in the IMG Building.
Read MoreThe Plain Dealer: “Fairmont Creamery deal in Tremont closes”
Despite the frigid temperatures, writes Michele Jarboe for The Plain Dealer, work will start this week to turn a former creamery building in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood into a home for apartments, a business accelerator and other tenants.
Read MoreThe Plain Dealer: “Oberlin developer trio aims to remake former Fairmont Creamery”
Three young developers who won national attention for remaking a blighted block in Oberlin are ready to tackle their second project, a near-vacant former creamery building in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, writes Michelle Jarboe for The Plain Dealer.
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