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to buyers sold for upwards of BUILDING MOMENTUM Builders who survived worst market $350,000. Gossip is the remaining, prime corner unit with a patio view A look at the number of of downtown may top $400,000. single-family housing permits issued Fast and furious in decades find business picking up There also is a new, privately built through the end of August 2013, ■ Randy Ross (above), president By STAN BULLARD cently in the Cleveland neighbor- $1 million home a block away. and how the totals compare to the and CEO of Quality Synthetic [email protected] hood of the same name. From downtown Cleveland to same period in 2012: Rubber Inc., and many auto Some of the buzz is over the min- far-flung suburbs, home building’s Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor suppliers rapidly are moving away The buzz is back in Northeast imalist but colorful design. Some is rebound has continued this year metropolitan statistical area from the downturn. PAGE 3 Ohio home building, at least for over location, a site along alleys despite a rise in long-term — Permits 1,530 ■ Ben Venue closing has survivors of the recession and long near the one-way Pelton Court at though still low — mortgage rates Increase 22% increased concerns about cancer housing downturn. West 11th Street. But much is over and a shortage of construction Akron MSA drug Doxil’s future. PAGE 3 Consider Tremont North, a four- the price, as the three units J-Roc help. Permits 340 townhouse development built re- Development LLC has transferred See HOME Page 6 Increase 11% Corridor E-CIGS FIRE UP is leading CONTROVERSY to some Device’s rise in popularity anxiety INSIDE has many local companies A look at the rise Concern about in total revenue of trying to figure out how electronic cigarettes eminent domain since 2007. It’s now to handle their use an estimated $1.2 arises along path billion business. PAGE 8 of $331M project By TIMOTHY MAGAW By JAY MILLER [email protected] [email protected] harlie Lardomita has The specter of eminent domain is been an off-and-on haunting Andrew Wright and other smoker since he was property owners along the planned about 16 years old. And Opportunity Corridor, a $331 million Cwhile it’s only been two months roadway that would connect Cleve- since he lit up, the 38-year-old land’s University Circle area with In- IT executive thinks this time he’s terstate 490. kicked the habit for good. Mr. Wright is general manager of Forget the patch or nicotine Forge Products Co., a metalworking gum. Mr. Lardomita swears by company along the corridor route his electronic cigarette, a device that has been expanding. It added on that could be described as the to its offices and moved its machine lovechild of RoboCop and Joe shop, and then its shipping and re- Camel. He has made believers ceiving department, into a vacant — or “vapors” — out of a hand- building just north of its longtime ful of his friends who’ve since home at 9503 Woodland Ave. At the dropped traditional smokes. He time, it looked like the Opportunity even has dreamt of opening a Corridor wouldn’t come to fruition vapor lounge — a one-stop after a decade of talk. shop and haven for e-cig con- Now, though, that building is in the noisseurs — near his home in path of what would be an extension of Kirtland. Ohio Route 10. Like many buildings See CIGS Page 8 and homes in the neighborhood, it is GETTY IMAGES more than 100 years old. See CORRIDOR Page 17

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company. That process takes time, Shuttering of Bedford lab increases questions about future of popular cancer drug though, because the manufactur- ing process is complex and highly By CHUCK SODER lar cancer drug — announced last ing problems at the 75-year-old in- of Doxil. regulated. [email protected] week it would shut down all pro- jectable drug maker, the largest em- Since 2011 — when Ben Venue Officials from a few local hospi- duction by the end of the year. It ployer in Bedford. Johnson & John- announced that it temporarily tals said they are concerned about It may be a while before ovarian will lay off all its 1,100 employees in son filed a lawsuit against Ben would stop all manufacturing after a shortage of Doxil. However, this cancer patients here and around Bedford, starting this month and Venue in early September, saying inspections by domestic and for- shortage should be easier to handle the world have the option of being continuing into 2014. the Bedford company breached its eign regulators identified dozens of than the previous Doxil shortage treated with Doxil. Doxil’s owner, Johnson & John- contract to make the drug. quality-control issues at the Bed- that occurred after Ben Venue tem- Ben Venue Laboratories — the son, already was predicting it would The announcement that Ben ford complex — Johnson & John- porarily stopped production two only company in the world that has run out of the drug at some point Venue will cease production does- son has been saying it is working to years ago. been approved to make the popu- this month because of manufactur- n’t bode well for the future supply move Doxil production to another See DOXIL Page 18 Ashtabula will receive Texas-size shale boost ca and Marcellus shale plays and Pinto Energy hooks convert it into diesel fuel, high-end lubricants and industrial waxes up with Columbus used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other products. firm for $300M Once finished, the plant will em- ploy about 30 people, but Pinto said processing plant it expects to employ about 400 con- struction workers to build it. Pinto By DAN SHINGLER figures the plant also will support [email protected] more than 100 jobs among suppli- ers, contractors and others not di- Ashtabula is about to benefit rectly involved with on-site con- from the Utica shale boom, as a struction. Texas energy company and a tech- Three things came together to nology firm from Columbus plan to put the plant into motion: new build a gas-to-liquids processing technology from the Columbus- plant in the city. area company, Velocys; new sup- Houston-based Pinto Energy said plies of cheap gas coming from the it will spend about $300 million to shale plays of Ohio and Pennsylva- build the plant, which is expected to nia; and Ashtabula’s proximity to be completed and online in early both the gas plays and necessary 2016. The plant would take rail and barge terminals. processed natural gas from the Uti- See ASHTABULA Page 10

THE WEEK IN QUOTES

“If you partake in “The trend in the any nicotine product Cleveland MSA without a (Metropolitan prescription, you Statistical Area) is can’t be employed. It following the state makes sense that (trend).We’re seeing e-cigarettes should be growth in our included in these professional business situations.” services, educational — Dr. Donald Rosenberg, and health services medical director for corporate health, University Hospitals. and the leisure and MCKINLEY WILEY Page One Randy Ross, president and CEO, says Quality Synthetic Rubber Inc. is hiring “as fast and as furiously” as possible. hospitality industry.” — Coretta Pettway, bureau “What engenders chief for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services growth for service Labor Market Information firms, especially bureau. Page 13 ZOOMING ALONG advisory firms like “We’re still not seeing By DAN SHINGLER Randy Ross, president and CEO of ours, is referrals from Northeast Ohio [email protected] Quality Synthetic Rubber Inc. happy clients.” students choosing (QSR) in Twinsburg. engineering as a auto suppliers are he U.S. auto industry has Like a lot of auto suppliers that — David C. Fulton Jr., president again found traction, and survived the dramatic industry and chief operating officer (and major to the extent benefiting from as sales of cars and trucks downturn of 2009, QSR has been soon-to-be CEO) of Hartland rebound, it’s taking North- lifted by both rising sales generally & Co. Page 10 that we need them to Teast Ohio suppliers and some OEM and from gaining market share as a industry rebound plants along for a welcomed ride. result of competitors disappearing do that.” “We’re hiring — as fast and as or shedding production capacity. — Judith Crocker, director furiously as we possibly can,” said See ZOOMING Page 12 of work force and talent development, Magnet. Page 14 20131007-NEWS--4-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/4/2013 2:18 PM Page 1

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PUBLISHER/EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Brian D.Tucker ([email protected]) ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/EDITORIAL: John Campanelli ([email protected]) EDITOR: Mark Dodosh ([email protected]) MANAGING EDITOR: Scott Suttell ([email protected]) OPINION Yes on 82 ew public bodies can say they haven’t sought a tax increase from voters in their entire exis- tence yet still have done their jobs and done F them well. An exception is the Cleveland- Cuyahoga County Port Authority, which has gone 45 years without a tax hike and is asking voters this Nov. 5 to approve a five-year renewal of its soon-to- expire levy. Voters should say “yes” to Issue 82, a tax that is a FROM THE PUBLISHER bargain relative to the economic benefits the Port Authority provides the region. The 0.13-mill levy is miniscule in terms of its ef- Life isn’t a party in Washington right now fect on the tax bills of Cuyahoga County residents. It costs the owner of a $200,000 house about $7 for the feel sorry for Dave Joyce. And for support for same-sex marriage. House anism to reverse it! No muss; lots of fuss. entire year. Rob Portman. I even have some Speaker Boehner, a respected lawmaker Do any reasonable people really think However, the $3.2 million the tax yields when sympathy for John Boehner. I be- who was known to be able to work across that this country could continue to ab- the aisle to get things done, sorb hefty, yearly increases in health care those small amounts of money are pooled together lieve that in their hearts — Iregardless of what they might now must deal with what Sen. costs that far outpace inflation rates or accounts for 35% of the Port Authority’s annual BRIAN be forced to say publicly — they TUCKER Harry Reid last week called “ba- wage and price increases? budget and produces a big impact for the region. must be pretty irritated at their nana Republicans.” (Sen. Reid, As J.B. Silvers, noted health care expert, The port is a key part of the success of the Arcelor- party’s ultra-conservative fac- a Democrat who rarely lets the said at our recent summit, this country is Mittal steel plant in Cleveland. The plant is the giant tion. You know, the self-pro- “aim” part get in the way of his moving away from an industry-depen- steelmaker’s most efficient operation in the world, claimed tea party folks. mouth’s “ready” and “fire” dent to a consumer-driven model of and relies on iron ore shipments delivered through Rep. Joyce represents the mechanisms, probably didn’t health care. And the Affordable Care Act help the shutdown battle much is simply hastening a change that was well the Port of Cleveland for the raw material it uses to Northeast Ohio congressional district once so ably handled by with his rhetoric, but that term on its way anyway. Think, for a moment, make the metal its customers demand. Steve LaTourette, a moderate just made me chuckle.) how much more you and your fellow em- The port also serves as the entry point for high- Republican. That district in- Even the conservative, pro- ployees pay as a share of the costs of grade, flat-rolled steel that is produced by mills in cludes Ashtabula County, a largely De- business editorial pages of The Wall Street health insurance that once might have Europe and is transformed into products by Ameri- mocratic base. A successful congress- Journal took to task the Republicans — been fully paid by the company. ca’s auto and appliance makers. man must balance the needs and wishes led by Sen. Ted Cruz — who wanted to The last presidential election should Marc Krantz, managing partner of the Kohrman, of those folks. The tea party folks, who shut down the government in order to de- have prompted the Republican Party to fund the Affordable Care Act, the health Jackson & Krantz law firm and chairman of the Port were largely behind the recent, ridicu- push its leaders to do something to lous government shutdown, don’t be- care legislation known as Obamacare. broaden its base with the American peo- Authority board, provides a great visual image of the lieve in bending for any person or any This despite the fact that Congress had ple. Then along comes Sen. Cruz and his port’s role as a vital link in the region’s transporta- purpose, even if it means moving for- approved the legislation and the Supreme band of merry men, forcing a government tion network. Mr. Krantz told Crain’s editorial board ward an important piece of legislation. Court has ruled in its favor. shutdown to bolster their tea party cred. it would take 4,700 miles of semi-trailers aligned end I’m sure that Sen. Portman, a reason- Apparently, this is the new version of I hope prospective donors remember to end to handle the volume of cargo that moved able, conservative Republican from political maneuvering. Lose a vote to the these antics when the Cruz folks start to through the Port of Cleveland last year. That’s a line Cincinnati, has been on the blacklist of majority? Why should the majority rule? raise money for his presidential the tea party ever since he declared his campaign. ■ that would extend more than one-and-half times Let’s just find another legislative mech- across the United States from coast to coast. But, the Port Authority plays a valuable economic TALK ON THE WEB POLL POSITIONS role beyond its maritime operations through its de- velopment finance activities. Re: The power There will be three countywide of print catalogs Reader responses to stories tax issues on the Cuyahoga Under Ohio law, port authorities can serve as fi- and blogs that appeared on: County ballot this fall, covering nancing intermediaries by selling bonds on behalf www.crainscleveland.com parks, the port, and health and of companies, local governments and nonprofits Yes, print catalogs continue to be a powerful marketing tool. human services. How many of that are undertaking construction and redevelop- But it is worth pointing out that B2B them will you support? ment projects. Over the last 20 years, the Cleveland- We are lucky to have the Northeast print catalogs don’t have to be all or All of them. Cuyahoga County Port Authority has helped finance nothing. In contrast to the companies Ohio Regional Sewer District. It actually projects that have resulted in nearly $2 billion of pri- making a single, large catalog, there are wants to help make our region resilient. 37.2% vate investment in Northeast Ohio. other businesses creating numerous — Erin Huber The Port Authority also covers the local share of small catalogs targeted at particular the cost of dredging the Cuyahoga River in order to niches. Re: Cleveland’s progress One or two of them. keep the channel a navigable waterway for The ultimate niche catalogs are those aimed at a specific customer. These days Under Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleve- freighters and to control flooding in the Flats. It isn’t it is possible to enable individual sales land has in fact imitated the pragmatic, 25.6% a glamorous activity, but it’s an important one to reps or dealer to easily make a custom “no broken windows” strategy of New ArcelorMittal and the producers of cement, lime- catalog, which contains just the products York mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael stone, petroleum products and salt that rely on the that are appropriate to the target Bloomberg, emphasizing safety and None of them. vessels that ply those waters to deliver their goods. prospect. — Tim Hennings clean streets downtown, and public The November ballot in Cuyahoga County is school reform. 37.2% I don’t think Chirlane McCray (the more crowded than usual with levy issues. The Re: Sewer district’s value wife of New York City mayoral candidate port’s levy, Issue 82, fits the no-brainer category. It We have to take care of our region and Bill de Blasio who paid Cleveland a back- isn’t an increase, its cost is small and its benefits are pay for the upkeep of our infrastructure handed compliment as a progressive Vote in the poll each week at big. We give it a big thumbs up. while caring for our people, land and city) knows whereof she speaks. CrainsCleveland.com. water. — Patrick Gallagher 20131007-NEWS--5-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/4/2013 2:18 PM Page 1

OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2013 WWW.CRAINSCLEVELAND.COM CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS 5 COMING NEXT WEEK OHIO ISN’T KEEPING PACE From March 2012 to March 2013, employment increased in 282 of the 334 We salute the CFOs U.S. counties with employment levels of 75,000 or greater, according to Crain’s takes a look at some of the federal government data. Fort Bend, Texas, posted the largest increase, with a 700 W. St. Clair Ave., Suite 310, gain of 7% in the period, compared with national job growth of 1.6%. Midland, Cleveland, OH 44113-1230 top financial officers in the region Texas, had the second-largest increase in employment (6.9%), followed by Phone: (216) 522-1383 with our annual CFO of the Year Elkhart, Ind. (6%) and Douglas, Colo. (5.6%). Ohio, where 13 counties met the Fax: (216) 694-4264 www.crainscleveland.com section. size criteria for the list, was not a stellar performer. Here is how the counties ranked: Publisher/editorial director: Change in employment from March 2012 to March 2013 Brian D. Tucker ([email protected]) CORRECTION Associate publisher/editorial: 1. Delaware 2.3% 7. Mahoning 0.4% John Campanelli ([email protected]) The name of aircraft parts maker TransDigm Group Inc. was incorrect Editor: 2. Franklin 1.9% 8. Hamilton 0.1% in a Sept. 30, page 4 story on the inaugural Midwest Investment Conference Mark Dodosh ([email protected]) organized by CFA Society Cleveland. National average 1.6% 9. Summit -0.1% Managing editor: Scott Suttell ([email protected]) 3. Cuyahoga 0.9% 10. Lake -0.3% Sections editor: REGULAR FEATURES Amy Ann Stoessel ([email protected]) 3. Stark 0.9% 10. Lucas -0.3% Assistant editor: Classified ...... 18 Milestone ...... 19 Kevin Kleps ([email protected]) 5. Warren 0.8% 12. Montgomery -0.5% Editorial ...... 4 Reporters’ Notebook....19 Sports From the Publisher ...... 4 Talk on the Web ...... 4 6. Butler 0.4% 13. Lorain -1.0% Senior reporter: Stan Bullard ([email protected]) Going Places ...... 11 The Week ...... 19 ■ Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov Real estate and construction Reporters: Jay Miller ([email protected]) Government Chuck Soder ([email protected]) Technology Dan Shingler ([email protected]) Energy, steel and automotive Tim Magaw ([email protected]) Health care and education Michelle Park ([email protected]) Finance Rachel Abbey McCafferty ([email protected]) Manufacturing and energy Research editor: Deborah W. Hillyer ([email protected]) Cartoonist/illustrator: Rich Williams Events manager: Jessica Snyder ([email protected]) Special events coordinator: Kim Hill ([email protected]) Marketing strategist : Michelle Sustar ([email protected]) Advertising director: Nicole Mastrangelo ([email protected]) Senior account executive: Adam Mandell ([email protected]) Account executives: Dawn Donegan ([email protected]) Andy Hollander ([email protected]) Lindsie Bowman ([email protected]) John Banks ([email protected]) Office coordinator: Denise Donaldson ([email protected]) Digital strategy and development manager: Stephen Herron ([email protected]) Web/Print production director: Craig L. Mackey ([email protected]) Production assistant/video editor: Steven Bennett ([email protected]) Billing: Susan Jaranowski, 313-446-6024 ([email protected]) Credit: Todd Masura, 313-446-6097 ([email protected]) Crain Communications Inc. Keith E. Crain: Chairman Rance Crain: President Merrilee Crain: Secretary Mary Kay Crain: Treasurer William A. Morrow: Executive vice president/operations Chris Crain: Executive Vice President, Director of Strategic Operations Brian D. Tucker: Vice president Dave Kamis: Vice president/production & manufacturing Mary Kramer: Group publisher G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996)

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STAN BULLARD Visit 1350 Euclid Ave, Suite 300 Tremont North is a four-townhouse development built recently in the Cleveland neighborhood of the same name. TerryCoyne.com Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Home: Single-family permits are up 22% in Cleveland market in 2013 continued from PAGE 1 pause. has been, Mr. Torio said in general U.S. Census data provided by the “There was a lull this year,” Mr. only the strongest builders can get National Association of Home Otero said. “We’d be working with financing. Bank lending is stronger, 1HHGÀQDQFLQJ" Builders — a workaround due to people, doing drawings and getting though, and super-creditworthy last week’s federal government ready to rock. Then things went builders may be able to get money shutdown — show single-family cold. However, they often came to build a house or two on specula- We’re OLVWHQLQJ permits in the Cleveland-Elyria- back later.” tion. Mentor metropolitan statistical The result: Mr. Otero said when Still, terms of bank loans remain area through the end of August subcontractors “should have been strict, with high equity require- Choose CBSUD›O\OGHZDVR were up 22%, to 1,530 from 1,250 in going gangbusters,” work slowed ments, and bank loans to buy land DK›GHEVM=FMOTDROHXIMHGHDK the like period of 2012. In the Akron down. Now, subcontractors who and ready it for homes — the riski- MSA, single-family permits posted might have put in basements and est end of the building business — HJVMIPHOU \OFVOFHRSU\OF an 11% rise, to 340 homes from 300. foundations in the summer are are scarce. the power of collaboration. “Everybody I talk to is busy,” said rushing to do them before winter “I’ve had more than one builder George Davis, president of the weather arrives. say, ‘If I have to put 50% down, I DOWHOUMDO\=\OF/›O\OGMOT\W\M=\E=H Home Builders Association of Problems associated with better may as well do it with my own mon- Greater Cleveland. “This is the re- times are surfacing. Some builders ey,’” Mr. Torio said. As a result, covery. All the signs are there, and who are short on staff are hiring. more land developers are turning to it’s primarily because people can Mr. Davis said ProBuilt is preparing private equity sources — which re- sell their existing homes again at to add a sales person and a con- quire higher returns than banks — good prices.” struction superintendent to its staff to fund projects. Mr. Davis, president of ProBuilt of six. Northeast Ohio builders have Homes Inc. in Mentor, said he’s Also, supplies of ready-to-go lots plenty of company in dealing with Providing Commercial Loan Financing in Partnership with Area Credit Unions SM looking at a record year for his com- are slim in high-demand areas, and the challenge of lining up money. A pany in 2013 — a possibility that builders must pitch less-desirable recent National Association of 440-526-8700 existing lots in areas further from Jonathan Mokri [email protected] www.cbscuso.com not long ago looked unthinkable. Home Builders survey found access ProBuilt is on track to start 22, employment centers than they to credit remains difficult. Indeed, and perhaps as many as 25, custom would like. the group said 20% of land develop- homes costing upwards of $300,000 Carmine Torio, executive vice ers it surveyed now rely on private president of the Home Builders As- this year, with signed contracts in equity, compared with just 6% pri- sociation of Greater Akron, said place for 19 so far. The firm’s record or to the downturn. builders have gone from too little was 19 in 2007, the year before the The rise in homebuilding activity work to do to too much. 2008 financial crisis put the brakes also requires a strong dose of per- “However, the fact is that this is on many construction projects na- spective. Last Wednesday, Oct. 2, Congratulations are in order! among those people who are left in tionwide. during a National Association of business,” Mr. Torio said. “The We are pleased to announce that three of Gross sales volume is up 20% this Home Builders webinar called “The (builders) who made it through long road to normal,” a panel of our Cleveland attorneys have been elected year at Otero Homes, a custom don’t have a lot of people to com- economists agreed the housing builder in Chagrin Falls with homes pete against. And they are doing it to the firm’s membership. downturn is over, and the biggest underway that range in price from with crews and office staffs that are challenge to returning to normalcy $600,000 to $2 million. The homes greatly reduced.” — which might not happen until primarily are in Geauga County, but The availability, or lack thereof, 2019 — now is the strength of the the company is building in an area of subcontractors and workers is a from Pepper Pike to Hinckley. widespread worry voiced by many general economy. Ted Otero, owner of Otero builders and their vendors. Mr. Torio agrees, noting that Homes, wouldn’t say how many “The problem is that everyone, Cleveland-area permit figures still homes the firm has underway, including subcontractors with a are down about 80% from the hous- though he counts 2013 as a great one-man crew or a couple workers, ing boom years and 60% from aver- year and hopes “2014 is even better.” reduced staff,” Mr. Otero said. age years. However, he said he be- lieves this recovery has more Matthew J. Cavanagh Heather M. Kern Jason M. Smith The lull has passed “Now you’re waiting in line for sub- contractors to show up. We have strength than the one that followed Like builders across most of the loyal painters who can’t do our the shock home builders got from country, Northeast Ohio home- jobs.” double-digit interest rates in the builders weathered a pause in sales Part of the reason for the tight early 1980s. in the early summer that national supply of help is that no one wants Nick Catanzarite, the attorney for analysts blamed on the rise in 30- J-Roc Development, which pro- McDonald Hopkins LLC Shawn M. Riley, to staff up before the winter slow- Cleveland Managing Member year mortgage rates to about 4% down or hire if another slowdown duced Tremont North, said the pro- 600 Superior Avenue East, Suite 2100, Cleveland, OH 44114 • 216.348.5400 from 3%, as well as labor shortages hits, Mr. Otero said. ject selling out in advance of con- and price shocks as building mate- struction at strong prices shows Chicago • Cleveland • Columbus • Detroit • Miami • West Palm Beach rial prices climbed. On the ‘road to normal’ opportunities for well-designed mcdonaldhopkins.com Carl J. Grassi, President Even at the higher end of the Although construction lending and located projects are afoot market, Mr. Otero witnessed the for home builders is better than it again. ■ 20131007-NEWS--7-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/3/2013 3:03 PM Page 1

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Neighborhood is KATHYAMESCARR ON THE WEB Read Kathy Ames Carr’s adding to demand What’s Cooking blog at: for ‘quality artisan www.crainscleveland.com enth season of Plated Landscapes food entrepreneurs’ culminated on Saturday, Sept. 21, at ingetown is at the corner Killbuck Mushroom Farm, where of emerging and where WHAT’S COOKING about 50 guests foraged for fungi it’s at, and its burgeoning that chef Ben Bebenroth skillfully in- artisan food scene is tegrated into that evening’s multi- Hheading down the same road. an excellent complement to the course meal, expertly paired with The percolating Ohio City neigh- champagne bar … and yes, we sold quality wine. borhood at the geographic hinge of out,” she said. Mr. Bebenroth is adjusting next the Market District, Gordon Square The participation of the Cleveland year’s schedule for the monthly and Warehouse District/Flats East Heights bakery represents Hinge- field-to-table alfresco dining experi- Bank is serving as the latest incuba- town’s goal of bridging Cleveland’s ence ($150 per person), explaining tor of Cleveland’s entrepreneurial artisan community, Mr. Veysey said. that instead of holding one event to economy by linking existing and “There’s a radical inclusiveness each venue, he will double up at emerging businesses with con- to what we’re doing,” he said. each location (Cleveland Botanical “More is more. Hingetown is a real sumers who embrace all things Gardens, Mackenzie Creamery, celebration of quality.” handmade. New Creation Farm, Ohio City Hunter Harlor, whose nascent “We want to cultivate the demand Farm). Forty.One supplies Rising Star Cof- for quality artisan food entrepre- “Because of the logistics involved, fee Roasters with his craft vegan al- neurs and connect these businesses it makes more sense to have the Plat- mond milk, bolstered his fledgling through deliberate development and ed Landscapes on both a Friday and CONTRIBUTED PHOTO customer base after serving as a programming with a strong food Saturday night at the venue,” Mr. Brittany Gonzalez, left, and Alicia Candelario of La Banana Frita sold their French Market vendor. component,” said Graham Veysey, a ■ products last month at Hingetown’s inaugural French-themed market. “Phoenix Coffee on Lee (Road in Bebenroth says. small business owner with a real es- Cleveland Heights) is testing our tate, media and political background milk, and we just started delivering who also is part of a collaborative it to the Coventry location,” Mr. partnership to spark Hingetown’s Harlor said. methodical growth. Mr. Veysey is glad to see such Thursday, October 31 Within the last few months, Beet connections. Jar Juice Bar (which makes vegan BN
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15800 Commerce Park Drive, Brook Park Cigs: Many employers have banned devices • 22,00022,000 SSFF AvAvailableailable forfor L LeLeaseeasase • Gas Heat - Office continued from PAGE 1 E-CIG REVENUE: BY THE NUMBERS • Industrial/Office Space • Gas Infrared - Industrial “I’m so into them it’s ridiculous,” A look at the annual sales of electronic cigarettes in the United States since • 30’ X 50’ Bay Size • 151 Paved Parking Spaces said Mr. Lardomita, chief technolo- 2007, according to the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association: • 14’ - 16’ Ceiling Height • Multi-Tenant Building gy officer for International Excess Al- liance in Richmond Heights, a Year Total sales wholesaler of property, casualty and other types of insurance. “It’s the fu- 2007 $10,000 ture of smoking.” Mr. Lardomita surely isn’t alone. 2008 $5 million Sales of the devices, which use electrically generated heat to vapor- 2009 $15 million ize liquids that can emit nicotine 2010 $45 million into the body, could reach $1.2 bil- 15800 Commerce Park Drive lion this year in the United States. 2011 $250 million Last year, sales were about $475 mil- lion, according to the Tobacco Vapor 2012 $475 million Electronic Cigarette Association, a 2013 x-$1.2 billion Georgia-based trade group. But as sales balloon, so have con- ■ NOTE: x-Projected total cerns with the devices, particularly FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: by public health advocates who say That said, some big-ticket gather- their long-term effects are unknown. “My hunch is employers Kevin J. Kuczynski will probably want these ing spots are looking to snuff out the 216-861-7200 Late last month, Ohio Attorney practice. www.ostendorf-morris.com General Mike DeWine and 39 other to go away.” The Browns, Cavaliers and, with- attorneys general asked the U.S. – Dr. Ronald Golovan, medical in the last month, the Indians all Food and Drug Administration to director, Be Well Solutions have prohibited their use within regulate the devices as tobacco their facilities. Indians spokesman products, which would restrict man- cigs phenomenon to the growing Joel Hammond said the decision ufacturers’ advertising efforts and use of social media in the workplace was to ensure “the most safe and ability to sell to minors. Also, at pre- — a trend that has human resources family-friendly ballpark as possi- sent, the FDA doesn’t sanction e-cigs executives scrambling to update ble.” as a legitimate smoking cessation their employee handbooks. Solon-based Cleveland Cinemas, tool like the patch or gum. “This is just another situation which operates the Cedar Lee and Their rise has companies grap- that, as technology evolves, it even- Capitol theaters, among others, CHOOSE THE TOPIC CHOOSE THE SPEAKER pling with how to handle the devices tually impacts the workplace,” he doesn’t let moviegoers partake of — both in terms of their use by em- said. the devices. Cleveland Hopkins In- ployees and patrons. It could be a No butts about it ternational Airport’s smoking poli- AND slippery slope, as Ohio’s smoke-free cy doesn’t include e-cigs, but air- workplace statute doesn’t refer ex- Mr. Lardomita has no issue vap- port officials said they’re reviewing plicitly to e-cigs, according to John ing his e-cig in his office, though the matter. Cernelich, who co-chairs the labor others have nixed the practice. and employment group at law firm Huntington Bank, for one, does- Ready for prime time Calfee, Halter & Griswold in Cleve- n’t allow the use of tobacco or e-cigs While e-cigarettes have been SPONSOR A WEBINAR land. The law, as he sees it, could be in any of its buildings, parking lots, available in some form for decades, argued both ways as to whether e- company-owned vehicles or at they haven’t crept into the main- cigs are included. company-sponsored events. Lin- stream until recently. Last week, For webinar sponsorship information contact Nicole Mastrangelo While he hasn’t dealt with any coln Electric, a Euclid-based maker “Arrested Development” star Will at 216-771-5158, [email protected]. workplace issues concerning the de- of welding equipment, won’t hire Arnett took a drag off his e-cigarette vices, Mr. Cernelich likened the e- smokers and specifically notes in its during an appearance on a late- policy that e-cig users fall into that night talk show, with host Jimmy category. Kimmel quipping that he might be While not all employers ban to- the first to vape on network televi- bacco use, many charge employees sion. who light up higher premiums. A Charlotte-based maker of the Some are unsure whether to rope e- devices, blu E-Cigs, announced last cig users into that category, accord- week it was sponsoring a cross- ing to Dr. Ronald Golovan, medical country concert tour encouraging director for Be Well Solutions, a its fans to “embrace their freedoms” Solon-based wellness provider. by using the devices. The tour will Dr. Golovan stressed that each stop Oct. 31 in Cleveland at the company’s situation is different, but House of Blues and offer adult given that these devices transmit smokers samples of the devices. A nicotine and aren’t regulated by the news release touted the devices as FDA, their proliferation in the work- an alternative for smokers who place isn’t advisable. don’t want to miss performances by “My hunch is that employers will their favorite artists while smoking probably want these to go away,” he outside. BENEFIT FROM DISNEY’S EXPERIENCE IN INSPIRING said. These marketing ploys are a big Consequently, e-cig users looking concern for public health advo- CREATIVITY AND LEARN TO THINK DIFFERENTLY to sidestep a company’s non-smok- cates, as many suggest the devices ing policy could be out of luck. Be- could be a gateway to full-fledged cause the devices pump nicotine in cigarettes or other drugs for young the system, the urine analysis used people. by most employers would show “It’s a cool thing right now and trace amounts of the drug. being promoted on Internet and in University Hospitals’ non-smok- advertisements,” University Hospi- Foster a collaborative environment • Maximize creative output ing policy doesn’t outright refer to tals’ Dr. Rosenberg said. “They Nourish creativity in your organization • Take an idea from expression to implementation e-cigs, but that could change soon. make them sound as if they’re safe, “If you partake in any nicotine but their long-term safety really is product without a prescription, you not known.” Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 AGENDA: 7:30 – 8 a.m. Registration and can’t be employed,” said Dr. Don- Although it’s only been a few Continental Breakfast ald Rosenberg, the health system’s months since Mr. Lardomita traded 8 – 9:30 a.m. Collaborative Culture medical director for corporate his smokes for the battery-fueled Location: Corporate College variety, he says he’s already felt the 10 – 11:30 a.m. Organizational Identity health. “It makes sense that e-ciga- 4400 Richmond Road rettes should be included in these benefits. 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TAX LIENS The Internal Revenue Service filed tax Type: Employer’s withholding Date filed: Sept. 17, 2013 ID: 55-0756218 Date filed: March 30, 2011 liens against the following businesses Amount: $47,488 Type: Employer’s withholding Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 Date released: Sept. 17, 2013 in the Cuyahoga County Recorder’s Amount: $22,992 Type: Employer’s withholding Type: Employer’s withholding, Office. The IRS files a tax lien to Sushi Prime LLC Amount: $6,973 corporate income protect the interests of the federal 583 Dover Center Road, Bay Village McKnight & Associates Ltd. Amount: $12,321 Management & Marketing government. The lien is a public ID: 27-3719874 812 Huron Road E., Suite 421, Vectors Inc. Alescis Place Inc., Jim Alescis notice to creditors that the Date filed: Sept. 24, 2013 Cleveland Type: Employer’s withholding ID: 30-0687506 2706 Lorain Ave., Cleveland Place government has a claim against a 33475 Station St., Solon company’s property. Liens reported Amount: $45,760 Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 ID: 26-4102496 Type: Employer’s withholding Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 ID: 34-1691234 here are $5,000 and higher. Dates Nadia 1 Inc. Amount: $22,566 Type: Employer’s withholding, Date filed: March 21, 2011 listed are the dates the documents 11316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland unemployment Date released: Sept. 17, 2013 were filed in the Recorder’s Office. ID: 30-0128679 Styling Tips Inc. Amount: $5,180 Type: Employer’s withholding LIENS FILED Date filed: Sept. 17, 2013 16210 Madison Ave., Lakewood Amount: $11,947 Type: Employer’s withholding, ID: 34-1546447 GMA Computer Room Services Ramode Manufacturing Co. unemployment, corporate income Date filed: Sept. 24, 2013 LLC TA Plenum Control Stec Construction LLC 6507 Luelda Ave., Parma 1400 E. Granger Road, Brooklyn Amount: $42,346 Type: Employer’s withholding, 4126 W. 145 St., Cleveland ID: 57-1175189 Heights unemployment ID: 20-3908720 Clyde Tavern Inc. Date filed: Nov. 5, 2007 ID: 30-0235028 Amount: $22,426 Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 2692 W. Saint James Parkway, Date released: Aug. 27, 2013 Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 Type: Unemployment, employer’s Cleveland Heights Veritas Vocational Services LLC Type: Employer’s withholding Type: Employer’s withholding, ID: 27-0574787 P.O. Box 470091 annual federal tax return Amount: $38,533 unemployment Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 ID: 35-2422858 Amount: $5,179 Amount: $71,705 Type: Employer’s withholding Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 William E Crowe MD Inc. LIENS RELEASED 6631 Ridge Road, Suite 204, Parma Practice Management Amount: $29,872 Type: Employer’s withholding Amount: $21,422 ID: 30-0019966 Consultants LLC 3283 W117 Inc. T/A Al-Manar Alescis Place Inc., Jim Alescis Date filed: March 23, 2012 20006 Detroit Road, Suite 200, Market Deloach Orthodontics Inc. Place Date released: Aug. 27, 2013 Rocky River 3279 W. 117 St., Cleveland 5 Severance Circle, Suite 805, 33475 Station St., Solon Type: Employer’s withholding ID: 75-2995645 ID: 27-0168331 Cleveland Heights ID: 34-1691234 Amount: $16,789 Date filed: Sept. 17, 2013 Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 ID: 31-1565627 Type: Employer’s withholding Type: Employer’s withholding Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 Amount: $58,393 Amount: $27,003 Type: Employer’s withholding Amount: $9,562 Legacy Landscape Co. LLC Ramode Manufacturing Co. Ashtabula: Construction 5996 Louis Drive, North Olmsted 1400 E. Granger Road, Brooklyn Adventure Team Racing LLC ID: 81-0600651 Heights 5247 Wilson Mills Road, 145, Date filed: Sept. 6, 2013 ID: 30-0235028 Cleveland could begin early in 2014 continued from PAGE 3 probably says as much about the Velocys’ technology is based on potential of the Marcellus and Uti- something known as the Fischer ca plays as it does anything else. Tropsch processes — more com- Pinto and Velocys say their expecta- monly referred to as “FT processes” tions for the two plays drove the de- in the gas processing industry. The cision to build the plant, and they process is complex, but it involves a only expect production to increase, series of chemical reactions that particularly from the Utica. form liquid hydrocarbons from the Although drilling in the Utica has components of natural gas. Essen- yet to take off, recent data from the tially, it builds longer chains of hy- Ohio Department of Natural Re- drocarbons to form diesel fuel and sources show the play’s develop- other components, using smaller ment is speeding up. A total of 885 molecules found in natural gas as its horizontal shale drilling permits building blocks. had been issued by Ohio as of mid- Westlake $1,265,000 Westlake $933,500 The result, say the companies September and, of that number, 428 This unique landmark property which has an Ohio Historical Award winning Manor house on one of Westlake's most fa- and other scientists familiar with permits were issued just this year. marker was built in 1838 by Thomas Hurst and was one of the vorite cul-de-sac streets. Located on an eco pond filled with the process, is a form of diesel fuel Many of those wells are expected to largest farms in Ohio with over 3200 acres. From 1900-1913 rock and exotic flora surrounded by a cathedral of trees. To- lower in sulfur and other impurities be brought online quickly as US Senator Burton lived here. Supposedly Teddy Roosevelt gether with the beautiful patio with waterfall this picturesque than the diesel fuel produced by re- pipelines and processing facilities spent the night here. Steve McQuillin has spent many years setting makes for a relaxing atmosphere! Quality built by Miller fining. are completed this year and in 2014. painstakingly restoring and completely rehabilitating this home Pastel constructed of brick and stone, arch openings, mold- Refiners begin their process with Pinto has said it plans eventually to meet modern codes, yet conserving the period decor. ings, crowns, cathedral ceilings and walls of windows. heavy crude oil, and then strip away to expand the Ashtabula plant, impurities and unwanted sub- bringing its production capacity up stances until they are left with the to about 7,000 barrels of liquids per gasoline, diesel fuel and other prod- day, and it will consider building ucts they need. additional plants in the Utica region But refineries don’t remove all and elsewhere, using Velocys’ tech- the impurities, so they end up with nology. a dirtier form of diesel than is pro- Velocys, however, hopes for even duced by an FT process, said Velo- more. cys business development director Because its technology is scalable Tad Dritz. With FT technologies, and relatively portable — its gas-to- processors aren’t dealing with any liquids plants are constructed off- impurities to begin with, he said. “To get it to be diesel fuel you ba- site and then built where they are sically have to dirty it up a little,” needed — the company hopes to Westlake $829,000 Avon Lake $2,900,000 Mr. Dritz said. find more uses for its process, Mr. Dritz said. Fabulous New Construction based on the design of the historic One of a kind LAKEFRONT French Manor Estate, designed by Other gas-to-liquids processes For example, the technology Anderson House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a 175 year old world famous architect Tony Paskevich and built by Restifo exist, but the most common require could be used in places such as the historic landmark property next door. This one of a kind prop- Builders, situated on 2 parcels of land, 1.5 acres, with circular far larger plants — often costing $10 Dakotas, where drillers working in erty was built by Steve McQuillin, a builder using quality mate- drive, wrought iron fence, 5 car garage. Exterior is stone and billion or more to build — and can’t rials, like sandstone from the Cleveland Quarries and decora- cedar with a slate roof, extensive sandstone patio for relaxing be scaled down the way Velocys’ the vast Bakken shale play current- tive stones from Kipton Quarry. 5 levels including a walk-out and entertaining while taking in beautiful Lake Erie. Watch the system can, said representatives of ly burn off the gas they find right at lower level with 3+ car garage, first level living space, second boats go by, feel like you are on vacation! First floor Master both Pinto and Velocys. The square the wellhead, in a process called level with 4 bedrooms and an office on the 3rd level with suite. footage of the plant was not dis- flaring. That’s because drillers there panoramic views. closed, but it will sit on an 80-acre are focused on recovering more site, which developers say is big valuable crude oil and, at its recent enough for both the initial plant low gas prices, the natural gas they Straight Talk. Solid Service. and future expansions. find is more a nuisance than an as- Pinto said components for that set. Check out plant are being built in Pasadena, As a result, the Bakken lights up Texas, by Ventech Engineers Inter- bigger and brighter than Chicago at Karin Vonderau all of Karin’s national. The plant’s design should night, as evidenced by recent satel- listings at be completed by the end of this lite photographs in which the play 440.871.3050 year; construction is scheduled to looks like a vast and busy metropo- www.vonderau.com begin in Ashtabula in the first half of lis once the sun goes down. [email protected] 2014. “I am personally very passionate A little flare about putting out the flares and Westlake Regional Office: 2055 Crocker Road 101, Westlake, OH 44145 that’s a great opportunity for us,” The announcement of the plant Mr. Dritz said. ■ 20131007-NEWS--11-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/3/2013 1:46 PM Page 1

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12 CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS WWW.CRAINSCLEVELAND.COM OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2013 New year will mark Zooming: Twinsburg rubber company has added 100 employees in the last four years start of different era continued from PAGE 3 Since 2009, when only 10.4 million vehicles were sold, U.S. auto sales have rebounded steadily. In August, at Hartland & Co. sales hit an annual sales pace of 16 million vehicles for the first time ly building the firm into a faster- since the recession began in late Wealth advisory growing, more dynamic business,” 2007. Mr. Hartland said of his successor. In September, sales slackened a firm will have “In the last five years, we have more bit, dropping to a pace of 15.3 mil- than doubled the size of the compa- lion vehicles. But some automakers change at top for ny, more than doubled the number that are the most important to the of employees, more than tripled the Northeast Ohio market, including first time in history number of clients.” Ford, still posted gains last month. And even some adversely affected By MICHELLE PARK LAZETTE Hartland & Co., which serves 65 in- original equipment manufacturers, [email protected] stitutions including retirement funds and not-for-profits and more than such as GM, declared that they be- lieved the September slowdown was Hartland & Co. soon will wel- 200 wealthy families, began imple- menting its current strategic plan in temporary and that sales would con- come a new CEO who’s determined tinue to rise. to see to it that the Cleveland-based the second half of this year. One of its aims is to double Hartland & Co.’s Not only have rising domestic independent institutional and sales and increased market share wealth advisory firm executes on its revenues by 2018, Mr. Fulton said. He DAN SHINGLER would not disclose current revenues. helped boost QSR’s sales, but one of The EcoBoost engine that Ford makes at its plant in Brook Park is running three plans to recruit top professionals its chief product lines consists of and keep a keen eye out for poten- “What engenders growth for ser- shifts and churning out the motors as quickly as possible. vice firms, especially advisory firms rubber parts used to house and insu- tial acquisitions in Northeast Ohio said. dustry’s growth. like ours, is referrals from happy late electronic components and and beyond. Other suppliers are also reporting For instance, Drabik Manufactur- clients,” Mr. Fulton said. “We have electrical systems on vehicles. As David C. Fulton Jr., who joined more GPS screens, backup cameras, a good year, including Goodyear ing in Cleveland doesn’t make a sin- to continue to get the very best peo- the firm in 2009 as its president and heated seats, efficiency controls and Tire & Rubber Co. gle part that goes into a light vehi- ple that we can here. We have to in- chief operating officer, will succeed other electronic systems are built “Our North American consumer cle. Instead, the machine and die vest in technology … and we have firm CEO Tom Hartland effective into cars, more of QSR’s products are original-equipment volume is defi- shop makes parts for other big man- to continue to invest in investment Jan. 1. needed, Mr. Ross said. nitely up over last year,” said Keith ufacturers’ assembly lines. But research and improve the basics of A 28-year veteran of the invest- As a result, sales are up and em- Price, spokesman for the Akron- owner and president James Drabik ment advisory business, Mr. Fulton our product offerings.” ployment at QSR’s main plant in based tiremaker. said he has no doubts that in- will be both president and CEO of Growth by acquisition is attrac- Twinsburg has risen by about 100 Goodyear has not yet put a num- creased auto sales are causing his the 52-employee firm. tive to Hartland & Co., Mr. Fulton people in the last four years, to about ber on its OEM tire sales gains for customers to grow, resulting in Mr. Fulton’s promotion will mark said. Its last transaction was its 2011 1,000 full-time employees. “We are the year, but the company sticks by more business for him. the first time Hartland & Co. will deal for Chess Financial Corp. in far exceeding what we were doing its second-quarter prediction that “We supply a lot of foundries, have a CEO who isn’t Mr. Hartland Beachwood. pre-recession,” Mr. Ross said. U.S. auto sales would climb by 5% paint and coating makers and other since its founding 24 years ago. Mr. “It’s worked out beautifully, so The sales boost, and a healthy this year, Mr. Price said. companies that sell into automo- Hartland, 62, will continue working we’re out thinking about acquisi- tive, and they are all growing and capital base to begin with, has en- A more accurate crystal ball full time as executive chairman of tions again,” Mr. Fulton said. abled QSR to expand, and it opened expanding their plants. That’s good the company’s board. “When you acquire a firm, it not a new plant in southern China. In Brooklyn Heights, precision for us,” Mr. Drabik said. The firm considered several can- only brings growth and growth op- “Before that, we had access to stamper Die-Matic Corp. also is Things might have gotten so good didates before hiring Mr. Fulton portunities for you, it also brings in maybe 20% of the world’s automo- feeling the positive effects of rising that auto-related manufacturers are four years ago, Mr. Hartland said. new people who can be really addi- tive market. Now, we’ve accessed the U.S. sales, said company president facing one of their chief pre-reces- “He’s done a fantastic job of real- tive to what you’re doing.” ■ other 80% of the market,” Mr. Ross Jerry Zeitler. Die-Matic has been sion challenges — finding enough fortunate, Mr. Zeitler said, because good employees. it has significant relationships with “We are still trying to hire and it’s both Ford and Honda, two au- tough,” Mr. Ross said. “There’s a tomakers that have fared particular- lack of skilled workers out there and ly well this year. it’s hard to find people.” “Our orders are strong and But, as he and others on the hunt they’re healthy,” Mr. Zeitler said, for employees pointed out, not be- noting that employment at his com- ing able to easily find people to hire pany is back up to 100 people after is still an improvement over not be- declining to fewer than 60 during ing able to find sales. Can your business the recession. Mr. Zeitler said he’s seeing some ‘We’re all busy’ accept any payment of the same signs of strength on the Suppliers here are thriving partly part of the OEMS that he saw before as a result of the strong perfor- the recession; for instance, they mance of Ford, a star of the indus- type at any time? once again are asking suppliers for try throughout the downturn and price cuts and focusing on reducing afterward. It was the only U.S. au- Your business can benefi t from the number of suppliers they use in tomaker not to require a bailout, total. 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United Autoworkers Local 1250. “It used to be the rule of thumb, “We’re very, very busy and we’ll even before the recession in ’06 and continue to be busy, in Cleveland ’07, a customer would say, ‘I want especially,” he said. “Last week, we you to make this part and I’ll need were at subcouncil meetings with 100,000 a year.’ And we were always other UAWs from Ford across the off by 15% or 20%,” he said. “Today, country, and we’re all busy. If any- when a customer says I need thing, Ford’s got a capacity prob- 100,000, we actually make 100,000 lem. They could grow more, but parts. Sometimes we end up ex- they’re being cautious and keeping ceeding it.” quality up.” Workers still hard to find Things seem only destined to get better in Brook Park, too. Ford will The positive impact of auto sales begin making four-cylinder engines also has a multiplier effect. Compa- *Offer subject to underwriting and credit approval. Services subject to the terms and conditions of the service agreement. 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By MICHELLE PARK LAZETTE [email protected]

o staff up for the innovating it wants to do, Progressive Insurance expects in 2013 to again hire some 3,500 Tpeople in a single year. Last year, the Mayfield Village- based auto insurer hired about that many external candidates across its footprint to fill both new and existing positions, and Christy Palfy, talent search leader, believes the insurer is on pace to match that. In September, it announced it would hire more than 900 people by the end of the year. Progressive is hiring, Ms. Palfy said, because it needs “strong talent” GETTY IMAGES to keep new product development going and also because it operated “a little bit leaner” in the years follow- ing the economic downturn and now has more confidence. While the jobs are there (roughly MODEST IS GOOD, TOO 200 in Northeast Ohio), finding qualified candidates is tough, and insurance industry jobs in general Even with a slow growth curve, tend not to be an easy sell. “We are an insurance company, Team NEO predicts by 2022, jobs will (and) I think people have the wrong sense of what that means — that be at highest level in two decades we’re stuffy, that everybody sells in- surance,” Ms. Palfy said. “It’s some- By JAY MILLER “The trend in the Cleveland times hard for folks to get past the [email protected] MSA (Metropolitan Statistical stigma of what they have in their Area) is following the state head of an insurance company.” The stigma is something with ong term, if the economy (trend),” said Coretta Pettway, which the industry as a whole must doesn’t grow faster and if bureau chief for the state jobs grapple as it seeks to fill an impend- population loss continues agency’s Labor Market Informa- ing void, insiders say. to hamper Northeast tion bureau. “We’re seeing “All across the insurance indus- LOhio, job growth in the metro- growth in our professional busi- try right now, there’s a lot of talk politan area will be sluggish. ness services, educational and and a large trend toward everybody That’s a Rust Belt reality. health services and the leisure realizing that, ‘Hey, we’re going to But that shouldn’t discourage and hospitality industry.” wake up 10, 15 years from now and job seekers. Midlevel jobs, however, are there’s not going to be anybody Even the expected slow growth drying up. here,’ ” said Arthur Betancourt, the will produce 150,000 new jobs in “Where we have technology Occupations with the most annual openings, 2000-2018 vice president and shareholder who Cleveland and its regional orbit that allows us to do more with heads the recruiting practice at between 2011 and 2022. Team (fewer people), we may see some Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metropolitan statistical area Willoughby-based MarshBerry. NEO, which produced that fore- of those occupations, not as many Title Annual openings Avg. wage * “There’s a talent gap in the in- cast earlier this year, said that by are needed,” Ms. Pettway said. Cashiers 1,064 $9.13 dustry, and it needs to be filled,” 2022 employment will be at its What’s hot, what’s not Waiters and waitresses 908 $8.98 added Mr. Betancourt, whose con- highest level in 20 years, with Registered nurses 890 $30.57 sulting firm advises on mergers and employment in the 18 counties of Among the jobs that will be Retail salespersons 817 $12.10 acquisitions for insurance agents, Northeast Ohio it tracks hitting hard to find are those in the Food preparation and serving workers 717 $8.59 brokers and carriers. 2.57 million workers. printing trades, travel agents and Laborers and freight, stock and material movers 682 $12.89 The unprecedented employment Perhaps more important for payroll and billing clerks and Customer service representatives 664 $15.94 challenge prompted the Ohio Insur- job seekers, when you combine other clerical workers, jobs that Home health aides 520 $9.92 ance Institute to launch the website, even the region’s modest level of the state jobs outlook report says Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants 420 $11.90 insurancecareers.org, last November growth in regional population have average wages of as much Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 381 $21.16 to illuminate to students the types of with the impact of retirements as $17 an hour. * May ’09 wages statistically aged to December ’10 insurance careers that exist. and the usual job hopping, they Some of the fast-growing occu- See PROGRESSIVE Page 14 can expect to find job openings pations do require a college plentiful in a number of job cate- diploma or maybe more — such Fastest growing occupations, 2000-2018 THE BIG PICTURE gories and growing industries — as computer systems analysts, especially if they have the right physician assistants and mental Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metropolitan statistical area Information technology is a “huge” training. health counselors. These jobs Average wages are from December 2010 area for growth in the insurance College and advanced acade- had an average annual wage in Title Pct. change Annual openings Avg. wage industry, said Mitch Wilson, mic skills can give a job prospect December 2010 that broke down Biomedical engineers 55.0% 15 $35.64 spokesman for the Ohio Insurance more options, but for many of to the equivalent of between Institute. The organization’s Computer and information 43.5% 15 $50.43 the jobs that will be opening up, about $20 and $40 an hour. members tell it they have a lot of IT Scientists, research a four-year degree won’t be Jobs with the most openings at positions they need to fill, but face needed for success. Instead, that same high end include regis- Network systems/ 43.4% 139 $35.25 difficulty doing it. some advanced education or tered nurses, sales representa- data communication analysts Insurance companies also need skills training will be critical for tives and truck drivers. people for their claims departments: Personal and home care aides 38.4% 150 $10.23 landing many of the jobs that will Not all jobs that will be in de- representatives, specialists and be opening up over the next mand will require those years of Home health aides 37.3% 520 $9.92 adjusters, Mr. Wilson reported. decade. education, however. Someone The U.S. Bureau of Labor Financial examiners 34.6% 14 $40.03 The Ohio Department of Job who trains as a firefighter, sales Statistics projects that between and Family Services tracks em- representative or truck driver will Computer software engineers/ 30.2% 145 $39.64 2010 and 2020, the number of jobs ployment and job growth across find openings in the $20-an-hour applications for personal financial advisers, who the state and for its major metro- to $30-an-hour range. advise on insurance and investments, Biochemists and biophysicists 29.4% 21 $33.13 will grow 32%, or much faster than politan areas. Its most recent re- High-turnover, entry-level jobs average; jobs for actuaries and port, “Jobs Outlook: 2008-2018,” will be plentiful, of course. The Computer software engineers/ 26.9% 46 $36.64 financial examiners will grow 27%, found dozens of job categories jobs, as cashiers or restaurant systems software or faster than average; and jobs for that will grow rapidly, many by at and hospitality workers, will be Skin care specialists 26.7% 6 $18.23 insurance sales agents will grow least 17% over the study decade, the most readily available and 22%, also faster than average. ■ each generating 200 or more job pay under $10 an hour. Source: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Bureau of Labor — Michelle Park Lazette openings annually. See MODEST Page 16 Market Information 20131007-NEWS--14-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/3/2013 3:04 PM Page 1

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those in the STEM (science, technol- PROFILES IN HIRING THE BIG PICTURE ogy, engineering and math) fields. Progressive Astro Manufacturing Manufacturers need people with IT Some markets within Ohio’s skills, those who understand how continued from PAGE 13 & Design manufacturing sector are poised different metals and chemicals re- “Our industry as a whole is from 2010 to 2020 to see act, she said. They need employees Then, the Insurance Industry By RACHEL ABBEY McCAFFERTY significant growth, despite the fact who can weld and program. Resource Council, a collaboration looking to hire many [email protected] of 13 Ohio insurance companies people.” that manufacturing employment as a Engineers of all specialties — formed in 2012, launched in- o far this year, Astro Manu- whole is expected to shrink, mechanical, electrical, chemical suringohiofutures.com in March – Mitch Wilson facturing & Design has hired according to an April 2013 report and general manufacturing — are 2013. Today, the two sites are spokesman, Ohio Insurance Institute 41 new employees, bringing from the Ohio Department of Job in demand, she said. But it’s a de- linked to educate three specific the company’s total to 238. and Family Services. mand without an adequate supply. groups — students, people who recruiting team faces a “very small SThat hiring volume has been The areas that are expected to “We’re still not seeing students are mid-career and veterans — audience with the skill sets we’re pretty steady during the past few see the most growth are fabricated choosing engineering as a major to about the industry’s careers. looking for,” when seeking special- years, said Astro’s corporate re- metal products, transportation the extent that we need them to do “Our industry as a whole is look- ized roles, she added. cruiter, Jackie Abbott. The Eastlake- equipment, plastic and rubber that,” Ms. Crocker said. ing to hire many people,” said “It’s a very competitive market- based contract manufacturer has products, wood products, furniture Ms. Crocker said some of the Mitch Wilson, spokesman for the place in general, the insurance in- needed new employees to replace and related products and nonmetallic most in-demand positions are for Ohio Insurance Institute. “Sales is dustry,” Ms. Palfy said. “We do see retirees and to grow to keep up with mineral products. maintenance workers, who make critically important, but there are a lot of attempts of people trying to customer demand. The areas with Some of the hottest jobs in sure machines are running well, and hundreds of other positions within take some of our talent.” the most growth have been the cor- manufacturing now are in areas for employees who can work with a company: underwriting, actuarial, Progressive’s hiring process be- porate office, which does contract that require technical skills, such as CNC machines, from the setup to accounting, auditing, paralegal. No gins with an online application, work for industries as diverse as the CNC operators and programmers, the programming. Ms. Crocker said one ever thinks about that. They proceeds with a recruiter and military and aerospace, and Astro welders, engineers and the average maintenance worker is can’t get past the sales aspect.” manager interview and, for those Medical Devices, she said. maintenance workers. That trend in their mid- to late-50s. Companies Innovations such as Progres- who are hired, involves an early “We’re so busy,” Ms. Abbott said. should continue going forward. The will need to both replace those sive’s Snapshot device, which mo- “class” about the company and its Astro primarily is looking for report projects an 18% increase in employees as they retire and figure torists plug into their cars to allow culture, Ms. Palfy explained. quality and inspection employees, the number of jobs for industrial out a way to transfer that knowledge. for real-time monitoring of their The IT and analyst roles at Pro- which are highly skilled jobs, and machinery mechanics and computer- She thinks it’s important to get driving behaviors, help drive the gressive require bachelor’s degrees. Swiss CNC machine operators. Ms. controlled machine tool operators in students interested in manufactur- insurer’s need for people in infor- While the customer service jobs do Abbott said the company is willing metals and plastics from 2010 to ing at younger ages. Hiring has been mation technology and employees not, the company does require a to train for the latter positions, if 2020. incremental so far, but Ms. Crocker who can analyze data and answer high school or GED diploma and applicants have experience in CNC, — Rachel Abbey McCafferty thinks the industry is on the “cusp” product-specific questions for cus- customer service experience. or computer numerical control. of a big wave in hiring. She thinks tomers, Ms. Palfy said. It is people who have an enthusi- The recent hiring hasn’t led to an As a contract manufacturer, companies have been holding back, The reluctance of so many to ap- asm and excitement for what they increase in the number of jobs — in the parts that employees work on due to uncertainty around changes ply for insurance jobs coupled with are doing, plus the basic resume 2010, the company employed 249 change often, so employees need in health care or the economy, and the competition out there for can- requirements, who catch recruiters’ — as Astro has been restructuring to understand how the machining instead relying on temps or over- didates means Progressive’s attention, Ms. Palfy said. ■ during the past two years. process works overall. time to fill in the gaps. It’s not enough to know how to WorkAdvance, a regional initiative make one particular part. Those of Towards Employment that is de- skilled employees can be difficult signed to train low-income individu- to find, Ms. Abbott said. Compa- als for jobs in health care and manu- DECEMBER 2013 nies are all looking for the same facturing, is targeting the in-demand candidates. If students don’t get areas of machining and welding, involved in the necessary fields, said director Rebecca Kusner. manufacturers are “really going to Employers are telling WorkAd- be struggling,” she said. vance that those are the technical Judith Crocker, director of work skills individuals need. A lot of the force and talent development at people that WorkAdvance works Magnet, said she is seeing a growing with have general labor skills, Ms. gap between what skills jobs require Kusner said, but they need training and what skills applicants have to of- to be able to take on those in- fer. 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PROFILES IN HIRING Explorys THE BIG PICTURE tions to upper management, but By AMY ANN STOESSEL Horseshoe Casino THE BIG PICTURE [email protected] Health care in general long has Cleveland and Ms. Scott said some of the posi- been touted as having strong tions in which people are most in- potential for future job growth. “Hospitality is going nuts,” said n just four short years, Thistledown racino terested include marketing, man- And while that remains true for Greg Forte, hospitality management agement, food and beverage, IT, Explorys has grown from four By LAURA STRAUB employees to more than 100 — the most part, recent announce- dean for Cuyahoga Community human resources, sales, account- ments of future layoffs by major [email protected] College. He says the No. 1 concern ing and guest services. and the Cleveland Clinic spinoff Isays it is not done hiring yet. Northeast Ohio health systems for people opening restaurants and At the Horseshoe Casino and show it is a sector facing many of ven Karen Kaminski, a sea- hotels right now is where are we Thistledown, hiring also remains The company, which specializes soned human resources ex- in harnessing big data for use in the same challenges as other going to find our workers? strong, with more than 2,500 joining industries. On top of that, it’s in the ecutive, has been a bit sur- the staff over the past year and half. health care, has almost doubled its Currently the accredited hospitality midst of adjusting to the new prised by the hiring process management degree and certificate “It’s really hard to identify a work force each year since its Efor the Horseshoe Casino Cleve- founding, with the greatest growth realities of health care reform. specific position that is hot,” Ms. program at Tri-C has about 550 But there is one area for which land and the Thistledown racino. Kaminski said. The human re- in numbers occurring since 2011. students; however 75% of them are hiring is hot: health care IT. With more than 40,000 people sources team is seeing applica- “There’s an enormous amount already fully employed in the In a 2013 survey by the Health- coming to Quicken Loans Arena tions from every industry possible. of data out there that can be hospitality industry, Mr. Forte said. care Information and Management for a recruiting event, it’s no won- Although some open positions in harnessed for the patient’s bene- The program posts between 150 Systems Society, more than 85% of der Ms. Kaminski finds herself in management require college fit,” said Charlie Lougheed, a co- to 300 jobs in the sector every respondents (health care providers new hiring territory. degrees or state licensing, many founder and the company’s presi- month, he said. Although some of and vendors) indicated their organi- “I’ve been in human resources openings are entry level jobs that dent and chief strategy officer. these jobs are entry level positions, zation hired at least one IT employ- for 20 years, and I have never expe- in part are available due to upward The company, which recently Mr. Forte also has posted a number ee in the past year. rienced anything like that,” said the movement of staff within the moved to more than 20,000 square of middle management opportunities Clinical application support and vice president of human resources company. feet of space in the former Museum help desk positions were the most at Horseshoe Casino Cleveland and including calls for sous chefs and Northeast Ohio colleges with of Contemporary Art building, today popular at health care providers, Caesars Entertainment. front-of-the-house supervisors. hospitality management programs works with more than 200 hospitals while sales/marketing and field sup- The Hard Rock Rocksino North- — Laura Straub have taken note of the opportuni- and 16 large health care networks. port employees were the most field Park — set to open in Decem- ties in the gaming industry and are But growing a work force in such sought after by vendors and consult- ber — hosted a similar informa- about your favorite artist and con- preparing students with courses as a developing sector is no easy task. ing firms. — Amy Ann Stoessel tional job fair on Sept. 12. vince us to come to dinner with specific as Kent State University’s Mr. Lougheed said there is almost More than 6,000 interested the two of you,” Ms. Scott said. casino management and opera- a 0% unemployment rate in high- “We’re really just looking for candidates attended to learn more tions class. tech and data services industries. engineers, sales and account man- their personalities,” she said. about the 750 full-time positions The class has boasted a full roster “These candidates are all getting agers and marketing. Those with big smiles, outgoing being offered, said Michelle Scott, and waiting list about six years, said offers from national players,” he The growing need for health care personalities and guest service- vice president of human resources Barbara Scheule, associate professor said. “It’s an intense marketplace.” IT professionals, like those Explorys oriented mentalities advance to for the Hard Rock Rocksino. and coordinator of Kent’s hospitali- Mr. Lougheed credits his human is seeking, accelerated the creation interviews with department man- After online applications are re- ty management program. resources team with getting the of a health informatics concentra- agers and an assessment of their viewed, eligible candidates for the “The opportunities are out word out — locally and nationally — tion at Kent State University. technical skills. Hard Rock Rocksino are invited to there,” she said. “It’s exciting to about Explorys and what it has to of- The 2-year-old program, for There are more than 100 open a group interview. That process is see our grads all over Northeast fer. The firm also stays active locally, which the school plans to seek ac- positions at the Hard Rock Rocksi- causal and perspective employees Ohio in a number of really nice participating in events such as creditation, currently has 100 stu- no, from front-of-the-house posi- ■ respond to prompts like, “Talk positions.” Cleveland GiveCamp, an annual dents, offering both a master’s de- event that donates programming gree and a certificate. services to nonprofits. Christine Hudak, concentration TOA Technologies finance, human resources, customer from the beginning its ETAdirect soft- A survey by the Healthcare In- coordinator, said growth in the support and inside sales — teams ware has been delivered online. formation and Management Sys- health care IT field is expected to By CHUCK SODER that are based in Beachwood, he So-called “cloud” software is easier tems Society confirms competition continue as health care systems and [email protected] said. For instance, TOA is in the to implement and maintain, since it is stiff for talent: 79% of health care others continue to implement elec- process of quadrupling the size of its doesn’t have to be installed on indi- providers and IT vendors planned tronic processes. It only makes sense that TOA inside sales team, which will consist vidual computers and mobile to hire additional staff in 2013. “Now we’ve got it, what do we do Technologies would be on a hiring of about 15 people in a few months. devices, said Mr. McDonnell, who Explorys is hiring for positions with it,” she said of the sentiment spree. To get any of those positions, added that on-premise software is across the board: data scientists, ■ regarding the technologies. “There’s Sales at the Beachwood software applicants will need more than a “going the way of the dodo bird.” analysts, client services, software so much work to be done.” ■ company exploded in 2012, jump- strong résumé. The biggest chal- ing to $42 million from about $20 lenge Mr. McDonnell’s team faces is million the previous year. making sure that everyone they hire Then, in July, it raised $66 million shares these five traits: Humility, from Technology Crossover Ven- ambition, perseverance, the ability tures, a venture capital firm in Cali- to take responsibility and a passion Cuyahoga Community College... fornia’s Silicon Valley. That money for lifelong learning. will help TOA grow even faster. And TOA’s applicants typically take Jumpstarting Health Careers hire even more people. online tests, complete a project (they TOA — which makes software might create a mock sales presenta- Cuyahoga Community College used by telecommunications com- tion or mock marketing materials), TRI-C RANKING (Tri-C ) is a national leader in panies, utilities and other business- and go through at least four inter- FOR NUMBER OF ® es that need to manage and route views. They ask a lot of questions ASSOCIATE DEGREES nursing and health career workers in the field — has added 75 that start with “why” or “how.” education: employees worldwide so far this The company finds about half of year and now employs a total of 470 its employees through referrals. It More than 30 associate degree and people. That total includes 63 also uses LinkedIn’s premium Re- employees in Northeast Ohio, up cruiter product and an applicant certificate health care programs at from 52 at the start of the year. tracking system called Jobvite, both Cuyahoga Community College Those numbers are going up, of which allow TOA to sift through according to Michael McDonnell, online social networks to find can- Lowest tuition in Northeast Ohio vice president of global talent didates — even people who might and among the lowest in Ohio acquisition for TOA. not be actively looking for a job. IN THE NATION* The company plans to add more A few industry trends are helping *including four-year Scholarships and financial than 50 employees worldwide by to accelerate TOA’s growth. For schools the end of the year, and next year it one, the spread of powerful and aid available could hire another 130-plus affordable mobile devices is dri- people, Mr. McDonnell said. ving demand for mobile work force CONFERRED IN: Easily transfer credits to all public Many of those new employees will management software, he said. ƒ Registered nursing and many private four-year colleges work in other states and countries as The company also is benefiting ƒ Nursing administration and universities in Ohio TOA pursues customers worldwide. from the demand for software Nursing research But all that growth means the delivered via the Web. TOA got a ƒ company needs more people in head start on that trend, because ƒ Clinical nursing THE BIG PICTURE

Local tech companies have been rarely hit 67% in the years leading up hiring like crazy since the start of to the stock market collapse in 2011, according to Brad Nellis, 2008; now it rarely drops lower. president of the Northeast Ohio Soft- Coders are “red hot,” and there’s ware Association. demand for computer networkers and Of the information technology analysts, too, Mr. Nellis said. But they companies that responded to need soft skills as well, he said, NEOSA’s second quarter survey, adding that the days of “coders sitting 67% said they plan to add staff over in the corner and not talking to any- the next 12 months. That figure body” are gone. — Chuck Soder 20131007-NEWS--16-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/4/2013 2:19 PM Page 1

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continued from PAGE 13 into training programs for skilled occupa- so it’s hard to gauge how stiff the competi- Team NEO is seeing similar trends. Earlier “The reality is, nationally, there tions around machining, welding, and com- tion will be. this year, in its quarterly economic review, hasn’t been a focusing on training puterized machine tool operators,” he said. But the market for school teachers has left the business attraction nonprofit reported “It’s the replacement skill set around manu- some tracks in reports by the state to the U.S. on research that showed that health care people for manufacturing jobs for facturing.” Department of Education. support positions were projected to grow a long time, and we have to get Ohio schools are expected to need about Supply vs. demand 27% and personal care jobs 22% from 2012 to back to that and get back to it 4,900 teachers a year through 2020, a big 2022. It forecast that the only significant jobs quick.” Beyond manufacturing, at the very top of number. However, 6,000 new teachers were losses would come in manufacturing pro- the fast-growing job categories are biomed- graduated by Ohio colleges, 1,100 more than duction, with a decline of about 11%. – Jacob Duritsky ical engineers, computer and information the number of job openings. However, its report stated that “while director of research, Team NEO scientists and personal and home health care One wild card in the regional job picture is some occupations, such as (manufacturing) aides. Job seekers trained as pharmacy tech- the burgeoning oil and gas industry in east- production will see an overall decline, they wages are high enough to attract job candi- nicians, physical therapy assistants and ern Ohio. will maintain their integral role in the re- dates. preschool teachers also will find a lot of op- Mr. Duritsky said that none of the studies gion’s employment picture as turnover and “There is some debate that says do we portunities in the next few years. are yet able to gauge the impact of the Utica retirements continue to create many jobs have a real skill shortage or are we not pay- Jobs with the most openings include Shale field in eastern Ohio. openings.” ing enough,” he said. “That becomes a little cashiers and restaurant workers and regis- “Stark State College (in North Canton) has The state jobs outlook estimates that pro- academic, but the reality is, nationally, there tered nurses. a six-week welding training program and the duction jobs will decline by 12.1% over the hasn’t been a focusing on training people for However, the studies typically don’t esti- industry is hiring them even before they decade it is tracking, with employment drop- manufacturing jobs for a long time, and we mate the number of job seekers who might graduate from that program because they ■ ping from 101,420 jobs to 89,170 in the seven have to get back to that and get back to it be going after particular categories of jobs, need welders so badly,” he said. counties of the Cleveland metropolitan area. quick.” Still, job openings, largely because of retire- To Mr. Duritsky, that means that jobs will ments, will average 1,965 a year. be available to young high school or junior Jacob Duritsky, Team NEO’s director of re- college graduates who focus on building search, said economists are debating their manufacturing skills. SHALE PERMITS whether the problem is a skill shortage or if “We haven’t been pushing young people BY OPERATOR; RANKED BY 2013 TOTAL PERMITS

Total SHALE PERMITS Total Total Total permits Drilled Drilling Permitted Producing permits permits permits 2011-Sept. Rank Company name 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011 14, 2013 Chesapeake BY COUNTY; RANKED BY 2013 TOTAL PERMITS 1 Exploration LLC 111 23 70 2 206 241 59 506

Total 2 Gulfport Energy Corp. 14 17 35 0 66 20 0 86 Total Total Total permits This Drilled Drilling Permitted Producing permits permits permits 2011-Sept. 3 Antero Resources 7 9 14 1 31 10 0 41 year County 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011 14, 2013 Corp. Hess Ohio 5 7 10 1 23 6 0 29 1 Carroll 86 12 57 1 156 141 30 327 4 Developments LLC 2 Harrison 26 18 32 0 76 53 0 129 5 CNX Gas Co. 9 2 10 0 21 12 4 37 3 Noble 13 10 21 0 44 16 4 64 6 Hilcorp Energy Co. 2 1 11 0 14 1 0 15 R. E. Gas 4 Belmont 0 13 22 0 35 10 0 45 7 Development LLC 3 2 8 0 13 8 0 21 5 Guernsey 6 6 17 2 31 15 6 52 8 PDC Energy Inc. 1 2 6 0 9 3 0 12 6 Columbiana 16 2 11 0 29 51 8 88 9 Eclipse Resources LP 1 0 6 0 7 1 0 8 7 Monroe 5 4 10 1 20 18 3 41 Chevron Appalachia 10 LLC 00 5 0 5 2 0 7 8 Mahoning 1 2 9 0 12 9 6 27 11 Atlas Noble LLC 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 8 9 Trumbull 3 3 3 0 9 2 0 11 BP America 12 Production Co. 31 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 Washington 1 0 6 0 7 0 0 7 13 Halcon Operating Co. 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 5 11 Jefferson 2 0 2 1 5 18 12 35 14 Hall Drilling LLC (Oil & 03 1 0 4 1 0 5 12 Tuscarawas 0 0 2 0 2 8 3 13 Gas) 15 Triad Hunter LLC 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 13 Ashtabula 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 16 EQT Production Co. 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 4 14 Portage 0 0 1 0 1 10 4 15 Brammer Engineering 15 Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 Inc. 01 1 0 2 0 0 2

Coshocton 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 Hess Ohio Resources 16 18 LLC 10 1 0 2 3 0 5 17 Geauga 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 BEUSA Energy LLC 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 18 Holmes 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 20 Carrizo (Utica) LLC 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 19 Knox 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21 Enervest Operating L 0 0 1 0 1 13 3 17 20 Medina 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Mountaineer Keystone 22 LLC 00 1 0 1 7 0 8 21 Muskingum 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 23 Rice Drilling D LLC 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22 Stark 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 13 24 XTO Energy Inc. 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 5 Wayne 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 23 Anadarko E & P TOTAL 159 70 194 5 428 372 85 885 25 Onshore LLC 00 0 0 0 4 8 12 Source: Information is from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil Researched by Chesapeake and Gas Resources Management, Utica/Point Pleasant shale wells as of Sept. 14, Deborah W. Hillyer 26 Appalachia LLC 00 0 0 0 0 6 6 2013. Crain's Cleveland Business does not independently verify the information and Devon Energy there is no guarantee these listings are complete or accurate. We welcome all 27 Production Co. 00 0 0 0 112 13 responses to our lists and will include omitted information or clarifications in coming issues. Business lists and The Book of Lists are available to purchase at 28 HG Energy LLC 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 16 www.crainscleveland.com. 29 Sierra Resources LLC 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 30 Swepi LP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 STAY CONNECTED TOTAL 159 70 194 5 428 372 85 885 ■ Crain’s on Twitter: @CrainsCleveland Source: Information is from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil Researched by ■ Crain’s on Facebook: Facebook.com/CrainsCleveland and Gas Resources Management, Utica/Point Pleasant shale wells as of Sept. 14, Deborah W. Hillyer 2013. Crain's Cleveland Business does not independently verify the information and ■ Crain’s on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/crain’s-cleveland-business there is no guarantee these listings are complete or accurate. We welcome all ■ Crain’s daily e-newsletters: CrainsCleveland.com/register responses to our lists and will include omitted information or clarifications in coming issues. 20131007-NEWS--17-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/4/2013 3:13 PM Page 1

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ucts’ Mr. Wright and Final Cut’s Mr. can continue negotiating a settle- Shaker about eminent domain. ment or can ask a court to deter- Corridor: Construction could begin soon Their worries are economic; they mine the property’s fair value. are related to property values that “This is the classic problem for continued from PAGE 1 a freeway to University Circle, but semble land along the boulevard are depressed by the recession, the property owners,” said Craig Miller, It was among the buildings that embraced the idea of a roadway that into developable parcels for offices, age of their homes and buildings, a Cleveland attorney and former were part of a factory complex built would spur redevelopment along the warehouse and light industrial and the additional markdown their Cleveland law director who repre- in 1906 by Peerless Motor Car Co. route. But the project was on the buildings and even new residential land faces because of the blight that sents several clients with property Sometime after Peerless stopped back burner until a change in state communities. A July 2012 land use surrounds them. They fear the price along the corridor. “This heavy hand making cars in 1931, it was home to law this spring allowed the Kasich study estimated that about 29% of ODOT will put on their properties — of eminent domain can be pretty the Model Box Co. It was abandoned administration to tap the Ohio Turn- the land along the corridor is va- what the law calls its fair market val- troublesome for property owners.” when Forge Products’ parent com- pike for an infusion of road building cant, “dominated by isolated resi- ue if sold on the open market — It also could have a negative ef- pany bought it in 2010. money. The Ohio Turnpike and In- dences, dilapidated properties and won’t be enough for them to afford fect, at least for the time being, on So, Mr. Wright expects the Ohio frastructure Commission sold $1.1 incomplete land uses.” comparable homes or buildings in whatever economic activity still ex- Department of Transportation will billion in bonds, and Gov. Kasich other neighborhoods. ists along the route. take that building under eminent said the Opportunity Corridor would Exerting a ‘heavy hand’? “Where are you going to find a Mr. Wright said while Forge Prod- domain — the right of the state to ac- share in proceeds of the sale. With the ball beginning to roll for $5,000 house?” Mr. Wright said lat- ucts would like to stay in the neigh- quire private property for a public Construction is expected to start the Opportunity Corridor project, er in a telephone interview. borhood, it is exploring its options. purpose. If it does, Forge Products along East 105th as early as next some people and businesses along Ohio law allows ODOT to take “We’ve been a part of this com- will need to consider its alternatives, year, though the full project likely its proposed path now are anxious. possession of a property before it munity for a long time,” Mr. Wright because it needs to expand. won’t be completed until the end of At last week’s meeting with comes to final terms with the own- said. “We’re trying to be a good cor- “We’ve been here since 1978, give the decade. ODOT officials, some neighbor- er. Under this so-called “quick porate citizen because we want to or take, and we like where we are; Once the construction dust set- hood residents and community take” process, the transportation see things succeed, even if we’re in we’re comfortable here and our em- tles, it will be up to the city of Cleve- leaders voiced some of the same department can begin construction the cross hairs, so it’s a real chal- ployees are comfortable here,” Mr. land and private developers to as- concerns expressed by Forge Prod- work and the property owner either lenge for us.” ■ Wright said in a telephone interview last week. “It would cost a crapload of money to move.” Todd Shaker, owner of The Final Cut, a business that turns raw fruit into bite-size pieces it sells to institu- tional food service customers, like- wise is worried about his building at 8630 Evins Ave., which also is slated for taking under eminent domain. œš‘¢Š¤§—Š¤“œš£¤œ¤’“£­ŽŠ¡ဠ£ At a public meeting last Tuesday, Oct. 1, to update neighborhood res- idents and business owners on the Opportunity Corridor and hear their ၼၸšŽ¡ၼၸဘ comments, Mr. Shaker tried to ex- plain to an ODOT staffer that he couldn’t use some equipment in his current building in whatever new 2013 building he would move into be-   cause he couldn’t afford the down- time a move would entail. He would Lynlee Altman, Pinnacle Construction Jay Masurekar, KeyBank Capital Markets need to buy new. and Devlopment Group “A new building doesn’t make me Julie Maurer, Echogen Power Systems, whole,” he told a reporter later, adding, Christopher A. Bayham, AssuraMed SilverLine Consulting “We want to stay in Cleveland.” A study by ODOT estimates the Anne Bitong, Akron Marathon Marty McGann, Greater Cleveland Partnership state will need to take 64 residential Matt Brakey Brakey Energy Brian Muskoff UrbanCode (an IBM Company) buildings, including single- and mul- , , ti-family homes, 25 commercial Bridget Meehan Brennan, United States Attorney’s Scott Orr, Gilbane Building Co. buildings, some of which are vacant, Office Northern District of Ohio and a church to clear the path for the Jeff Pacini, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission corridor. Tim Brokaw, Brokaw Inc. Stella Paparizos Dilik, The Salvation Army of Suddenly, money Presented by: Tessa Burg, SparkBase Inc. Greater Cleveland Road building — and property tak- Dan Burkons, Marcus & Millichap Laura Passerallo, Fifth Third Bank ing — on this scale haven’t been un- dertaken in Cleveland in years, though Ken Burns, TinyCircuits Rico Pietro, Cresco Real Estate the rebuilding of the Inner Belt Bridge Dan Charney Direct Recruiters Inc. Tony Rospert Thompson Hine, over the Cuyahoga River did have , , Cornucopia Inc. some fights over property values. J. Brandon Davis, URS Corp. In July, Gov. John Kasich told Victor Ruiz, Esperanza Inc. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson the Jacob Duritsky, Team NEO Co-Presented by: Chris Salata Fairmount Properties state would come through with the Michael Foran Market Garden Brewery, Nano Brew, , lion’s share of the cash needed to , build the Opportunity Corridor. The Bar Cento, Bier Markt, Speakeasy Andrew Samtoy, Dworken & Bernstein Co. LPA project would carve out a roadway Sarah Forrer, Main Street Cupcakes David Sawicki, Cleveland Construction Inc. that has been promoted as the foun- dation on which the city could re- Troy Gerspacher, Gerspacher Real Estate Group Marybeth Shamrock, KPMG LLP build a struggling, deteriorating East Rob Heiser Segmint Inc. Fattar Thomas Delaware North SportService Side neighborhood, often called the , , “Forgotten Triangle.” Venue sponsor: Will Lazzaro, Dakota Software Ryan White, Price for Profit The 3.5-mile road would be a di- vided, 35-mph boulevard linking In- Jonathan Levoy, Alego Health Keith Williams, Good Karma Broadcasting, ESPN Cleveland terstate 490 at East 55th Street to Shannon I. Lyons LaunchHouse University Circle along East 105th , Kim Wilson, Slate Rock Safety LLC Street. It would make it easier to Cary Majors, Steris Corp. reach the growing health care and employment center at University Drew Martin, PNC Bank Circle from the west and, transporta- tion planners believe, relieve con- Beverage sponsor: gestion on the Inner Belt. The city of Cleveland rejected ODOT’s original plan a decade ago for ªŠ¡Ž—Ž‹¡Š¤“œš Monday, November 18 | 6:30pm - 9:30pm Volume 34, Number 40 Crain’s Cleveland Busi- ness (ISSN 0197-2375) is published weekly, except for combined issues on the fourth week of December Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and fifth week of December at 700 West St. Clair Ave., Suite 310, Cleveland, OH 44113-1230. Copy- Community business right © 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. Periodi- partner: cals postage paid at Cleveland, Ohio, and at addition- CrainsCleveland.com/40u40 al mailing offices. Price per copy: $2.00. 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18 CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS WWW.CRAINSCLEVELAND.COM OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2013 Doxil: Generic brand is available, but many prefer big-name product continued from PAGE 3 “Once the supply of one goes down, it greatly impacts adding that he’s more concerned lems and keep making drugs at its Back then, there was no substi- the amount available of the next agent.” about a broader trend: Drug short- Bedford complex. The company tute for Doxil, so the U.S. Food and ages are becoming “all too com- cited the age of its manufacturing Drug Administration eventually – Jan Cover, pharmacy specialist for oncology, MetroHealth, mon,” he said. operations — the company moved started letting doctors use an im- on cancer drugs That’s why Chris Snyder’s title at to Bedford in 1941, though it has ported drug that hadn’t gone the Cleveland Clinic is “drug short- added new facilities since then — through the FDA’s formal approval “The last thing we want to do is cause added distress age pharmacist.” as well as other remediation costs it process. or emotional concern for the patient.” Mr. Snyder said the Clinic did use would face for contributing to its In February 2013, the agency ap- – Dr. Steven Waggoner, division chief of gynecological oncology, Lipodox and now is using the gener- decision to close the plant. proved a generic version of Doxil. University Hospitals Case Medical Center ic Doxil, as well as the branded ver- In 2011, the FDA filed two re- Officials from local hospitals said sion. The generic costs a lot less than ports identifying 59 quality control they still use the brand-name drug, Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. of cal oncology at University Hospi- Doxil, but the Clinic still uses the issues at the plant. For instance, at but they also use the generic form, Mumbai. Sun Pharma spokes- tals Case Medical Center. name-brand drug because it can get the time, the agency said Ben which should help them navigate woman Mira Desai wouldn’t say Even so, UH still uses a lot of it at a discount by negotiating, said Venue had failed either to figure the latest Doxil shortage. last Friday, Oct. 4, how much of the Doxil. If an ovarian cancer patient Scott Knoer, chief pharmacy officer out why metallic particles ended up Even so, they’re not getting too at the Cleveland Clinic. in several batches of two drugs comfortable. For instance, the drug the company can produce. at UH still needs treatment after Mr. Knoer said “there’s always a made at the plant or to fix the prob- MetroHealth System bought “a fair However, she noted the company undergoing surgery and risk” when the supply of one drug amount of Doxil” in late Septem- has had time to prepare for the chemotherapy with a different lem, which generated nine cus- runs low, even if a substitute is ber, when Johnson & Johnson an- Doxil shortage, given how long Ben drug, they’ll almost always go on tomer complaints between August available. However, now that there nounced that it anticipated a short- Venue has had issues producing it. Doxil, Lipodox or the generic drug. 2006 and February 2010. is a substitute, the Doxil shortage age, said Jan Cover, pharmacy Sun Pharma makes both the Most of them go on Doxil, Dr. Despite the pending shutdown, specialist for oncology at Metro- generic version of Doxil and Lipo- Waggoner said. Although the other should be manageable, he said. the Ben Venue statement said the Health. dox, the branded Doxil substitute drugs “are probably just as good,” “If we got really concerned about company “will work to help ensure Even though there is a generic that was able to skip the FDA’s for- UH doesn’t want to tell patients every drug, we would never sleep,” that these critical medicines con- available, Ms. Cover said she’s wor- mal approval process. The compa- they no longer can receive the pop- he said. tinue to reach the patients who ried about whether there will be ny employs 14,000 people and pro- ular product, especially if they’re Sustainability issues need them.” enough of the generic to go around duces drugs at 20 manufacturing already being treated with it, he The written statement indicated as the supply of Doxil decreases sites, according to Sun Pharma’s said. As for Ben Venue, the company that Ben Venue’s parent company, and more doctors turn to the sub- website. “The last thing we want to do is faces “systemic manufacturing Boehringer Ingelheim of Germany, stitute drug. The plant that makes the Doxil cause added distress or emotional challenges” and “cannot return to recognizes the importance of Ben “Once the supply of one goes generic “is one of the largest in- concern for the patient,” Dr. Wag- sustainable production,” according Venue’s generic drug manufactur- down, it greatly impacts the jectable drug plants in Asia,” Ms. goner said. to a written statement from the ing division, which does business amount available of the next Desai said. UH convened a committee to as- company. as Bedford Laboratories. The par- agent,” she said. The availability of a generic takes sess the shortage and determined it Ben Venue estimates the compa- ent company “is exploring strategic ny would incur about $700 million Reducing the sting a lot of the sting out of the Doxil has a two-month supply of Doxil options to try to continue the sup- shortage, according to Steven Wag- and its substitutes, Dr. Waggoner in operating losses over the next ply of these products to patients,” The generic is made by Sun goner, division chief of gynecologi- said. He “won’t lose sleep” over it, five years if it were to fix its prob- the statement said. ■

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OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2013 WWW.CRAINSCLEVELAND.COM CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS 19 THEINSIDER REPORTERS’ NOTEBOOK THEWEEK BEHIND THE NEWS WITH CRAIN’S WRITERS Not that they’re being trademarks.” A not-so-hot September, SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6 Asked whether Crain’s would be discour- anti-social, mind you aged from publishing the university’s logo though that’s normal ■ Kent State University issued a cease and in its publication, Ms. Vincent said, “Of The big story: After spending years and hun- ■ The CBiz Small Business Employment In- desist order to its students last week, re- course you can use it.” — Timothy Magaw dreds of millions of dollars trying to meet feder- dex, a barometer for hiring trends among questing they refrain from using the univer- al regulations, Ben Venue Laboratories an- companies with 300 or fewer employees, de- nounced plans to shut down production by the sity’s logos and trademarks on social media Wealth manager creased by 2.15% in September following an end of the year, laying off the last of its 1,100 em- platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. manages to grow increase of 1.23% in August. The message, which was issued by the Philip Noftsinger, president of CBiz Pay- ployees soon thereafter. The contract drug man- ■ ufacturer — the largest employer in Bedford — university’s Office of General Counsel, said Following a move that cost more than roll Services, the business unit of CBiz Inc. faces “systemic manufacturing challenges” and continued use of the trademarks and service $100,000, BNY Mellon Wealth Management that produces the index, said the September would lose about $700 million over the next five marks without writ- will hire a sales director this quarter decline was not unusual. years if it were to continue operating, Ben Venue ten consent from the to drive new business in Ohio, both “Typically during this period, students are said in a statement. See more, Page One. university may re- for its new Beachwood office and its returning to school and deflating the overall sult in disciplinary smaller Columbus location. employee counts in the businesses and in- A signature property: The long-awaited or legal action. In total, the Boston-based wealth dustries that employ them,” Mr. Noftsinger hotel Geis Cos. will install at the former Amer- “If you are main- manager aims to increase its Ohio- said. itrust Corp. office tower will be dubbed a “Met- taining a social me- based staff by 13% by the end of Of the companies responding to the sur- ropolitan Hotel” and will be affiliated with Mar- dia account that in- 2015 to keep up with growth in its vey, 20% increased staffing last month while riott International’s Autograph Collection. Geis corporates a Kent assets under management and its 31% decreased staffing. revealed other details about its project to remake State trademark or service mark without au- retention of existing clients, said Ron Am- The company said the September’s report the former Ameritrust complex, saying the thorization, we ask that you immediately brogio, Ohio regional president. Today, the “is fairly consistent with other past and pre- Streetsboro company will move its property di- cease use of the mark,” the email said. “We firm employs about 20 people in Northeast sent data sets and should be taken as an ex- vision and an urban-focused part of its design further ask all students to refrain from any Ohio and 23 in the state. ample of a steady labor market, albeit one group to the adjoining 1010 Euclid Ave. building, future unauthorized use of university trade- A subsidiary of The Bank of New York that continues to remain at overall high levels which will include 100 market-rate apartments. marks or service marks on any social media Mellon, BNY Mellon Wealth established of- of under-employment and unemployment.” The hotel will consist of 156 rooms and suites site.” fices in the Cleveland and Columbus areas “Continued fiscal policy chaos is con- that will be located below 105 luxury apartments In an email, Emily Vincent, a university in 1999. In July, it moved its Northeast Ohio tributing to pessimism among small busi- in the 29-story skyscraper at 900 Euclid Ave. spokeswoman, said there wasn’t a particu- staff from Pepper Pike, where it was at full ness owners, who may otherwise invest in lar incident that led to the directive. Ms. Vin- capacity, to new office space at 3333 Rich- potential sales growth,” the company said. The state of things: Case Western Reserve cent said the university’s intent wasn’t to mond Road in Beachwood — space it spent On the positive side, Mr. Noftsinger said University and the Cleveland Clinic are part of discourage a “positive display of pride or more than $100,000 building out, according larger employers “have shown optimism a statewide alliance that has secured $10.2 mil- support.” to Mr. Ambrogio. about the fourth quarter retail picture, lion in federal money to accelerate the rate at “Our trademarks reflect on our universi- In Ohio, BNY Mellon Wealth has grown which is encouraging,” with several an- which medical discoveries are brought to mar- ty’s style, character, traditions, strengths assets under management by 27% since Mr. nouncing plans for increased holiday hiring. ket. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Ohio State and values,” she said. “What we don’t want Ambrogio became regional president in “It may represent a path that smaller em- University and the University of Cincinnati also is the university’s trademarks to be used in 2010. Today, those assets under manage- ployers may choose to follow as we enter the are partnering on the project. Its goal is to accel- poor taste that tarnishes the positive conno- ment total roughly $2 billion. November and December months,” Mr. erate the rate of discoveries that prevent and tations associated with the Kent State — Michelle Park Lazette Noftsinger said. — Mark Dodosh treat diseases affecting the heart and lung as well as blood and sleep disorders.

Feeling roomy: Jacobs Real Estate Services WHAT’S NEW BEST OF THE BLOGS agreed to sell a four-acre site in Avon to hotel op- erator and developer Emerald Hospitality Asso- COMPANY: Danny Vegh’s Home Excerpts from recent blog entries on ciates Inc. for a 110- to 125-room hotel. West- Entertainment, Cleveland CrainsCleveland.com. Easy to get that fix lake-based Jacobs Real Estate said the project, OCCASION: Its 50th anniversary ■ It hasn’t taken long for saturation to arrive scheduled for completion in fall 2014, will An idea that’s a cut above in the gambling industry. launch its long-planned mixed-use development It’s only appropri- ■ Detroit needs all the good Except for a few places — primari- in Avon. The company said it plans to announce ate that this compa- ideas it can get these days, ly Texas — “there aren’t many places two more signed land deals in coming weeks. ny mark a milestone and it’s looking to Cleve- in the United States where a player The hotel plan from Westlake-based Emerald birthday with a com- land as a model for allowing can’t drive three hours or less to get calls for a Marriott-branded hotel. petition. urban animal farming — to a casino, a panel of gaming indus- To celebrate 50 which could lead to sheep try executives concluded in a wide- Close to completion?: A $132 million fore- years in business, mowing parts of the city. ranging panel on industry issues,” ac- closure case involving nine office buildings Danny Vegh’s is hold- After a presentation cording to a post from VegasInc.com. owned by Gotham Realty Partners of New York ing a trick shot con- “New England is saturated,” Penn may be nearing a settlement that would put the about how sheep are used test for 50 entrants for turf management in a National Gaming president Tim high-profile portfolio of properties in Cleve- at 6:30 p.m. this Wilmott said during the panel. “The land’s eastern suburbs back on the market. A Cleveland pilot program, Tuesday, Oct. 8, at three members of Detroit’s market is crowded in Ohio. It’s a lit- motion seeking conditional dismissal of the case the company’s Planning and Economic tle underserved in Florida.” subject to a settlement by the parties was filed in Crocker Park store in Development/Neighborhood and Commu- Panelists said the relative saturation of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on be- Westlake. nity Services standing committees voted to the market means growth will occur by ac- half of the new owner of the defaulted mortgage Danny Vegh’s says move forward with studying the idea, The quisition and mergers and, possibly, by di- on the properties, a unit of Dallas-based Lone its Swedish-American pool player/resident Detroit Free Press reported. versification into the online world, the web- Star Funds. The unit bought the debt as part of trick shot artist Ewa Mataya Laurance — The newspaper said the move came after site reported. the purchase of a portfolio of $2.5 billion in failed nicknamed “The Striking Viking” — will judge loans from Orix Capital Markets LLC of Dallas, the event. The person judged to have this Laura DeYoung, an environmental plan- the special servicer for the properties. best trick shot will receive a Brunswick pool ning consultant and head of Urban Shep- First-Glass approach table valued at $5,000. herds, outlined how sheep are used to mow ■ Sherwin-Williams Co. has introduced a Tough call: Call Henry Inc., a Florida-based “This company started as a billiards busi- grass on a five-acre plot of land in Cleve- free app for Google Glass, called ColorSnap technical service company, is laying off nearly ness 50 years ago with my dad, and today land. Glass, that’s based on free mobile apps the 100 employees in Ohio. According to a letter filed we’ve expanded our offerings to much more, “The group’s pilot project is visible from company offers for smart phones and iPads. Oct. 1 with the Ohio Department of Job and I-90 just east of downtown, near the East Wearers of ColorSnap Glass “will be able including patio furniture and entire theater th Family Services, Call Henry will lay off 98 em- rooms,” said Kathy Vegh, the company’s 55 Street Marina,” the newspaper noted. to ask Sherwin-Williams to suggest paints ployees who had been working at NASA Glenn owner and CEO. “About three dozen sheep and a llama that that match the colors found in pictures they Research Center in Cleveland. The company Danny Vegh’s has grown to five locations: helps protect them graze the land from May send the company, which will provide color was not awarded a follow-up contract to per- Cleveland, Mayfield Heights, Fairlawn, West- through mid-October. The undeveloped chips and the locations of nearby stores that form facility operations, repair and maintenance lake and an out-of-state store, in Milwaukee. property is in an area void of houses, bor- sell Sherwin-Williams paints,” The New York at the center, the letter stated. NASA informed It sells home entertainment products includ- dered by an apartment building, Lake Erie Times reported. the center of the lapse of the contract Sept. 27. ing air and dome hockey, arcade games, bar and I-90.” Ellen Moreau, vice president for market- accessories, foosball and Ping Pong tables, Ms. DeYoung says volunteer shepherds ing communications at Cleveland-based Wright stuff: Brigadier Construction Ser- patio furniture, poker tables, shuffleboard are trained to handle the sheep, rotating the Sherwin-Williams, told The Times that con- vices of Cleveland was awarded a $10 million sets and theater rooms. animals so they don’t overeat and strip the sumers have downloaded “well over a mil- contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for For information, visit: grass. lion” ColorSnap smart phone apps and work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Day- www.dannyveghs.com. “It sounds corny, but people flock to the “hundreds of thousands” of ColorSnap Stu- ton. The company will renovate the 90,000- site. Lolly the Trolley goes by. There are dio apps for iPads. square-foot law office and acquisition building Send information about significant corporate people biking and hiking by,” said Ms. DeY- The app for Google Glass, like the others, at Wright-Patt. anniversaries to managing editor Scott oung, who noted Detroit could start a simi- was developed for Sherwin-Williams by a Suttell at [email protected]. lar project for less than $20,000. Columbus firm called Resource. 20131007-NEWS--20-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 10/4/2013 2:21 PM Page 1

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