Projects and initiatives achieved through City of Cleveland financing, advocacy and/or process oversight in the Development Cluster under Tim Mueller, Chief Development Officer:

SYSCO Foods

• $30mm+ payroll (Largest in 35 years to enter the City of Cleveland)
• $50mm, 330,000 Sq. Ft. newly constructed distribution center (opening Fall of ’04)
• 600+ employees -- $1mm annually to City budget
• Company considered relocating from Bedford to Toledo, Richfield or Mansfield

East 4th TIF/House of Blues

• $9.2mm Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Project
• $1mm streetscape/resurfacing project
• 155,000 Sq. Ft. of Retail; 500-Car Parking Garage;
• 170 New Housing Units
• 770 construction jobs; 900 Permanent Jobs
• Property values estimated to increase from $17.7mm to $44.8mm

Veterans Administration Hospital

• Relocating Brecksville Facility to Wade Park (approved by Department of Veterans Affairs, awaiting final approval by Congress); Project comprised of a $100mm construction that will yield a 600,000 Sq. Ft. Facility (scheduled to open in ’07)
• New $4.5mm Data Center (under construction)
• New $4.5mm Training Facility (under construction)

Core City Fund

• $23mm fund established using proceeds from sale of Chagrin Highlands land
• Fund restricted to Community Development and Economic Development Projects

CCF Heart Center

• $450mm construction project (Phase I under construction)
• One million square feet of new research, patient and administrative space
• $359mm payroll (will be the largest in 35+ years at opening in 2006)
• $1 billion total economic impact to State of Ohio
• 1,500 new jobs ($70k avg.)
• $9mm in new Cleveland Taxes
• $27mm in new Ohio Taxes

Lakefront Planning

• City of Cleveland raised $4.3 million in private and foundation money to begin implementation of plan that will be completed in ‘04 (beginning with the Innerbelt Transportation Study)
• Take back of Dock 32 with re-use beginning in ‘04
• Reclamation and renovation of Mall “C” as public green space

International Steel Group

• Resumed steel-making from shuttered LTV Facility
• $38mm payroll
• $4mm investment
• 1,200 jobs restored

Midtown Technology Center

• Former Ohio Knitting Mills
• $21mm Renovation
• $18mm Public Support
• $3mm Brownfield Clean-up
• 112,000 Sq. Ft. Complex
• 150+ new jobs

Myers College

• Former University Club
• $10mm redevelopment project
• 100 new jobs
• 60,000 square feet renovated
• $5mm City of Cleveland investment

Gebauer HQ Facility

• Manufacturer of topical anesthetics
• New $5mm, 58,000-square-foot facility (Lee Road and Miles Avenue)
• 13-acre former Ashland Oil Chemical
• City of Cleveland Brownfield cleanup project
• Project required rezoning, land swap and tax abatements

Housing

• 1,300 new units online in 2003
• Highest number in decades

Building and Housing Department

• Reformation of Department, formerly a division of Community Development
• New online permitting process launched
• Reduced permitting process from a minimum of 6-to-12 weeks to 4-to-6 weeks

Research Centers

• Achieved goal of establishing two new research centers:
• Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CCF/UH/CASE)
• Wright Center of Innovation Fuel Cell Research Center

WRHS/Crawford Auto Museum

• Relocation to former Aviation High School
• New 100,000 Sq. Ft. facility @ East Blvd.
• New 100,000 Sq. Ft. facility @ Burke Lakefront Airport
• 82 Jobs; $1.2MM payroll
• $35mm investment
• $7mm annual economic impact

Technology

• Established City’s first Office of Technology and Innovation
• Achieved goal of attracting eight new tech companies in 2003
• Developed role of city’s first Chief Technology Officer
• Redeveloped City’s website to rank among the best in the country (40th to 15th)

Project A.C.T. (Advancing Cleveland Trade)

• Launched proactive industrial retention initiative in partnership with CIRI, CAMP, Wire-Net, and local Community Development Corporations.
• Visitation program focuses on 500 small and mid-sized companies each year
• Cleveland’s Department of Economic Development also reaches larger employers via its “Top 50 Company” visitation program that may include the mayor and/or Chief Development Officer.

Gravity Games

• $25mm/year in economic benefits for three years
• NBC broadcasted 20 hours nationally-televised programming
• Attracted 300,000 spectators to events
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