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University of Akron to sell Quaker Square complex
The University of Akron will sell the Quaker Square complex at 135 S. Broadway St. to Ohio River Investments, LLC, the ...
Crain's Cleveland Business1d
Akron's Quaker Square sold with new hotel on tap
A group of local businesspeople has received the go-ahead to buy the Quaker Square site from the University of Akron. The ...
Crain's Cleveland Business16d
Blick Center pays $6.8M for Akron building to host new HQ
Klein said Blick paid $6.8 million for the site, which includes a 35,000-square-foot office building that Sikich occupied from 2017, when it was new, until the firm moved to Richfield in 2024. The ...
As Akron tears down Rankin Elementary, city pursues a special preservation quest
With demolition in full swing at West Akron's Rankin Elementary School, crew are hoping to preserve some of building's ...
Blick Center to relocate headquarters in Akron, expand programs
AKRON, Ohio – The Blick Center, a nonprofit offering services for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental ...
1 taken to hospital, 9 families displaced following fire at Akron apartment building
AKRON, Ohio — One person was taken to the hospital following a fire at an Akron apartment building Tuesday afternoon. Officials say the blaze broke out inside a ground-floor apartment of the ...
University of Akron confirms buyer under contract to take over Quaker Square property
The University of Akron has signed an agreement to sell Quaker Square, the former hotel, retail and dining complex in ...
WJW-TV Cleveland on MSN16d
1 hospitalized, 9 families displaced after Akron apartment fire
Akron fire officials are investigating after an apartment fire sent one person to the hospital and displaced nine families Tuesday afternoon.
What is Issue 18 on the May primary election ballot in Northeast Ohio? Here’s how much your taxes will increase if it passes
Without levy funds from Issue 18, the Library will not be able to make needed repairs or modernize buildings to keep pace ...