Cleveland Hopkins airport to reveal $2 billion revamp: The Wake Up for Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Weather
It’s another day of sunshine today, with highs in the mid-50s. It will be mostly clear and chilly overnight, with lows in the upper 30s. Read more.
The headlines
Airport redo: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is planning for a $2 billion rebuilt terminal that is half new and half old. Susan Glaser reports construction won’t begin for years and financing has yet to be figured out, but the idea is to convert the airport from its one-time hub focus to concentrate on local travelers. Among its many features: larger, more light-filled ticketing, concourse and gate areas; a more centrally located customs facility; expanded security screening areas; and an on-site rental-car facility.
CANTON – A longtime active member of Steelworkers Local 1123 has been elected president.
Pat Eslich, who has served in several jobs with the Golden Lodge, won among seven members vying for the local president seat. The term is for three years.
Bob Harper, who served two terms as Golden Lodge president following one term as vice president, finished third in the election.
It was the first time that Eslich has sought the local s top office. He has served six terms as recording secretary, 11 terms on the grievance committee and also served on the negotiating committee. It s all about the members, Esleich said of his work with the local.
GOJO grabs 200,000 additional square feet at the I-X Center
Jeffrey L. Klaum/I-X Center
GOJO, the busy maker of Purell hand sanitizer and other products, is gobbling up more storage space at the I-X Center on Cleveland s West Side.
GOJO, the maker of Purell hand sanitizer and other products, is gobbling up 200,000 additional square feet at the I-X Center, the shuttered event venue on Cleveland s West Side.
The Akron-based company confirmed to Crain s that it recently inked a short-term lease on the space, a quarter of the main floor that hosted popular consumer shows for decades. The lease runs through Sept. 30, a spokeswoman wrote in an email. It s an add-on to a longer-term, 700,000-square-foot deal that GOJO signed last fall to store packaging and excess inventory in the building s warehouse-like south hall.
Ohio airports receive federal COVID-19 relief help washingtonexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.