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Vacant 1915 Ford plant coming back to life as $330 million Pitt biomedical research hub
In 1915, Ford’s Model T represented one of the world’s great leaps forward in technological advancement, using the emerging science of assembly-line production to create a vehicle that was affordable to middle-class Americans. A key part of that was the eight-story Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant in the Bloomfield/Shadyside area on Baum Boulevard, along what was once known as Pittsburgh’s booming “automobile row.”
Now, that same building, renamed The Assembly, will pioneer Pittsburgh’s newest high-tech developments in cancer biomedical research and commercialization, anchored by the University of Pittsburgh.
Personal View: Cleveland must innovate to make things better, not worse
RICHEY PIIPARINEN
Richey Piiparinen
On March 6, 2020, JobsOhio the state s economic development agency announced a partnership with the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center that would bring $100 million of investment in the creation of the Cincinnati Innovation District, designed to serve as a blueprint for the state and ensure Cincinnati becomes a magnet for talent that attracts Fortune 500, mid-size and developing startup companies, notes the JobsOhio announcement.
Now, it s Cleveland s turn. A local consortium recently announced a developer, Baltimore-based Wexford Science and Technology, was chosen to build Cleveland s innovation district, which is set to run down the Health-Tech Corridor in Cleveland s Midtown neighborhood. No doubt, the capital investment at play here is an opportunity. Cleveland has to get it right. Getting it right entails explaining wha