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Akron s Martin House hotel conversion on hold for now
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Developers still hope to convert the Martin Center at the University of Akron into a high-end boutique hotel, despite the project losing a significant lender.
A major hotel project in Akron has become a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least for now.
The planned $21 million hotel conversion of the Martin Center on the campus of the University of Akron lost its financing last year when its senior lender pulled out of the deal, and the project has yet to find a new lender willing to replace it, said Tom Chema, chairman of Cleveland s Gateway Group.
Bankruptcy ends Akron Beacon Journal retiree medical benefits
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A bankruptcy case is closing the books on the Beacon Journal Publishing Co., an entity created by Black Press Ltd. of Canada, which owned the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper from 2006 to 2018.
The Nov. 11, 2020, bankruptcy filing will have no impact on the publication of the newspaper, which Black sold to the Gannett Co. in 2018. The greatest local impact will be felt by roughly 50 former Beacon Journal retirees, who have lost medical and prescription drug coverage. Some didn t learn they no longer had coverage until they went to their pharmacy to pick up prescriptions.