Tribe's Chef Has Appetite to Teach
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VOL. 38, NO. 15 APRIL 10 - 16, 2017 Akron Source Lunch Storefront pop-ups Phillip Ciano, aim to make downtown Principal, more livable. Page 21 Ciano & Goldwasser The List LLP Page 23 NEO’s largest residential CLEVELAND BUSINESS sales in 2016 Page 18 GOVERNMENT INDIANS HOME OPENER Proposed By TIMOTHY MAGAW Tribe’s chef [email protected] grant cuts @timmagaw has appetite osh Ingraham was always gunning for the would be big leagues, though these days he’s sporting Jchef’s whites instead of a ballplayer’s getup. ‘a crisis’ to teach, too And like a third-base coach demanding more hustle, Ingraham is constantly pushing his sta By JAY MILLER of more than 200 — the bulk of which is seasonal “I understand I can’t cook — to the limits when it comes to perfecting the [email protected] culinary experience at Progressive Field. @millerjh everything. I’m only as “ e game is going to go on no matter what hap- pens in the kitchen,” said Ingraham, the Tribe’s e zeroing out in the proposed good as my team.” federal budget of Community Devel- 32-year-old executive chef, who played varsity opment Block Grant (CDBG) funding Josh Ingraham, Indians executive chef baseball for Southern New Hampshire University. could cost Northeast Ohio cities and SEE INGRAHAM , PAGE 8 counties more than $40 million an- nually. at’s federal money they have relied on for more than 40 years for everything from providing meals to senior citizens to $20 storefront renovation and smoothing out million potholed roads. Amount of e CDBG pro- Community gram, created in 1974, Development was aimed at lifting up Block Grants the poor and rebuild- the city of ing the nation’s inner Cleveland cities. President Rich- receives Crain’s ard Nixon’s adminis- annually. tration saw it as a way to reduce federal bureaucracy by fun- neling money directly to communi- ties. Cities and counties like it because they avoid the middleman expense Robert Carter for for Carter Robert and paperwork of state government. Many of them turn around and send the money to neighborhood develop- FINANCE ment nonpro ts. e $3 billion program has long had bipartisan support in Congress, Smaller banks poised for a lucrative year leading to the suspicion that while cuts may come, the program will not By JEREMY NOBILE spring to Geauga Savings in a newly be eliminated entirely. Still, commu- “I don’t see the same competition that created role to focus on recreating the nities are worried about cuts in such [email protected] there was a few years ago. And we business he had developed in this mar- a deeply rooted program at a time @JeremyNobile ket while running Ohio Commerce. when budgets already are tight. think we can get more market share.” “ ere’s just so much business “A crisis,” was Cleveland City For Geauga Savings Bank, a com- here,” Duncan said, referring to Councilman Anthony Brancatelli’s munity bank of about $350 million in — Dell Duncan, Geauga Savings Bank executive vice president Greater Cleveland. “When we look at brief response to a question about assets founded 34 years ago in New- a great Cleveland banking market, what the possible funding cuto bury, a re ned focus on business cli- corporate headquarters to Beach- who is no stranger to the local market it’s huge. But for us, we see large could mean for the city. entele is a key strategy for growth to- wood: to be closer to the density of and Beachwood in particular, where banks just getting bigger. I don’t see “ is is an important issue to me day. businesses and potential commer- he founded Commerce Exchange the same competition that there was because it supports key social ser- It's one reason why executive vice cial clients in Greater Cleveland that Bank in 1986 and Ohio Commerce a few years ago. And we think we can vices,” said Brancatelli, who rep- president Dell Duncan is overseeing bankers hope to win over. Bank in 2006. (Both banks have since get more market share.” resents Slavic Village and chairs the bank's pending relocation of its It’s a logical mission for Duncan, been sold.) He was brought on last SEE BANKS , PAGE 19 SEE CDBG , PAGE 4 Entire contents © 2017 by Crain Communications Inc. O the clock << As these rockers see it, imitation is the sincerest form of fl a ery. Page 13 Take a trip to the 1860s. Page 14 A puzzling trend takes root in Northeast Ohio. Page 16 CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS | APRIL 10 - 16, 2017 | PAGE 3 Local agency adds golf, stresses tourism By KEVIN KLEPS Slam Tennis Tours have 10 full-time Topnotch clients “I was writing employees. Duvall and McKenna are [email protected] A look at Topnotch Management’s that (rent) check, the only ones based in Northeast @KevinKleps roster of tennis and golf clients. Ohio. ey are in temporary space in Players who are ranked in the top 100 and I was like, South Euclid, but Duvall said he Sam Duvall, a prominent tennis in the world are noted. ‘What am I doing?’ hopes to nd a spot downtown — agent, knows a thing or two about - “closer to the action,” he said. nances. TENNIS Then I moved to Duvall’s wife, Kathryn, is from John Isner — No. 23, ATP Taking a swing at golf Shaker Heights, but the couple had Cleveland and ...” been living in New York, which didn’t Steve Johnson — No. 29, ATP Grand Slam is “probably rst or — Sam Duvall, Topnotch make a lot of sense when it was time Yoshihito Nishioka — No. 64, ATP second in the tennis space in tourism to pay the bills. Management founder and experiences,” Duvall said. “I was in New York and was paying Elena Vesnina — No. 14, WTA Kyle Ross, the company’s director ridiculous rent, and I realized, I’m of public relations, said Grand Slam gone like 30 weeks a year,” Duvall Caroline Garcia — No. 24, WTA is on pace to double its year-over- said. “I was writing that (rent) check, Shuai Zhang — No. 32, WTA year sales for Wimbledon, and its and I was like, ‘What am I doing?’ numbers for the 2017 Australian en I moved to Cleveland and ...” Irina-Camelia Begu — No. 33, WTA Open and Monte-Carlo Rolex Mas- At that point, Michael McKenna, ters are its best ever. another Shaker native, chimed in. Alison Riske — No. 38, WTA Duvall believes golf tourism is “e checks got smaller.” more of an untapped market, and it’s Shelby Rogers — No. 52, WTA us, Topnotch Management — drew Chmura, brings an average of turn the blazing-fast serves of the one about which Topnotch is still which Duvall formed after he left Denis Kudla 2,000 clients each year to prestigious 6-foot-10 Isner and 6-11 Reilly Opel- learning. Lagardère Tennis, where he was vice tennis tournaments. ere, its cus- ka, another Topnotch client. Topnotch hopes to oer its rst president of tennis, in October 2015 Lukas Lacko tomers are treated to such perks as At Wimbledon, Duvall said the golf tours this fall, during the PGA — has its owner and its new director city tours, courtside seating and company will rent a house and “have Tour’s “swing season" — after the Fe- of golf, McKenna, based in Northeast Reilly Opelka meet-and-greet dinners. 300 clients come in and out” through- dEx Cup events have been played. Ohio. Ryan Shane And that’s where Duvall and Top- out the course of tennis’ signature at will serve as a test run, with On the surface, Topnotch Manage- notch enter the equation. With a ros- tournament. Topnotch ideally jumping into the ment is a boutique sports marketing GOLF ter of such notables as Isner (current- Grand Slam, he said, has tennis major events in 2018. agency that represents 13 tennis Celine Boutier ly ranked 23rd on the ATP World tourism “down to a science on the “Most golf tournaments, you buy a players, including American star Tour), Steve Johnson (No. 29 in the operational side.” ticket and everybody gets the same John Isner, and six up-and-coming Aaron Cockerill men’s rankings), Elena Vesnina (14th Topnotch wants to do the same ticket, and you all go and sit where golfers. But it’s really an events, tour- Colin Featherstone in the WTA rankings), Caroline Gar- with golf, which is where McKenna you want,” McKenna said. “Golf’s a ism and marketing company, since cia (24th in the women’s rankings) comes in. little dierent in that respect, where Duvall, after starting Topnotch in Martin Simonsen and 2016 French Open quarternal- He was hired by Topnotch in you can’t sell a courtside seat like at a 2016, formed a 50-50 partnership ist Shelby Rogers, Topnotch can have March, after spending the previous basketball game. You have to gure with Vermont-based Grand Slam Sean Walsh its clients interact with the tourism seven years in San Diego, primarily out how to get them better access to Tennis Tours. arm of the business. working in consumer club testing stu they can’t get just by going on- Fred Wedel Grand Slam, which was founded For example, Grand Slam custom- and ball tting. line and buying a ticket.” more than two decades ago by An- Source: TopNotch Management ers have been given the chance to re- Together, Topnotch and Grand SEE TOPNOTCH, PAGE 4 NORTHEAST OHIO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LEADERS INVESTMENTS, SALES, LEASING, MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY GREATER CLEVELAND’S 1Q17 INDUSTRIAL MARKET SNAPSHOT • 18th Consecutive Quarter of Positive Net Absorption • Overall Vacancy Hasn’t Increased Since 2011, Now at 6.5% • Big Box Vacancy at a Very Low 1.4% • Downtown Vacancy is 8.8 % and Suburban Vacancy is 5.8% • Overall Asking Rental Rate Increased to $4.18/SF GREATER CLEVELAND’S 1Q17 Read Terry’s thought provoking OFFICE MARKET SNAPSHOT commercial real estate • Overall Vacancy Tightened to 16.5% editorial series located at • CBD Vacancy is 19.7 % and Suburban Vacancy is 13% www.TerryCoyne.com/editorial • After Removing Residential Conversions, the Downtown Class B & C Vacancy Rates Drop by 5.8% and 7%, CONTACT TERRY TODAY TERRY COYNE, SIOR, CCIM Respectively TO DISCUSS YOUR VICE CHAIRMAN • Overall Asking Rental Rate Ticked Up to $17.88/SF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 216.453.3001 NEEDS [email protected] • CBD Class A Asking Rental Rate is $22.00/SF For all property sale and lease availabilities, as well as commercial real estate news Visit www.TerryCoyne.com PAGE 4 | APRIL 10 - 16, 2017 | CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS Duvall, whose cousin, Adam, is an All- TOPNOTCH Star outelder for the Cincinnati Reds.