What has MMPI been doing?
“My understanding is they’ve been putting together their team of professionals and consultants they plan to use in Cleveland,” said Fred Nance, a member of the executive committee of the Greater Cleveland Partnership who negotiated the April contract for the county. “They’re out in the marketplace looking for potential tenants.” Company representatives also have updated University Circle officials and leaders of the burgeoning biomedical industry on their progress, said Baiju Shah, president of the nonprofit BioEnterprise. “I’d say it’s full steam ahead,” he said. “It’s my pretty good understanding they’re making good progress on the nuts and bolts of getting this thing up and going.” How is land acquisition going? The county is finalizing the $20 million purchase of the current convention center from the city, McCafferty said. That will make way for the new center. The medical mart, though, is more complicated. MMPI wants to buy land on the northeast corner of St. Clair Avenue and Ont
