<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a2a60a4f-d93e-4548-8955-3493c4cf9921/A8403359-4CFA-4B00-92EA-BDDC811B75F1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cleveland.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cleveland.com/img/33CD68A4-BABF-4CC5-8A7B-10C438F1F3B1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html">CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County commissioners abruptly announced late Thursday that Cleveland's downtown mall will be the site for a new convention center and a medical mart -- a $425 million project billed as vital to the region's economy. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html"><P>The announcement came after hours of secretive talks about the mall and a competing spot behind Tower City, and one day after Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., the county's private sector partner, told The Plain Dealer it would reconsider a third site in the Flats. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html"><P>Fred Nance, the lawyer negotiating for the county, said Thursday MMPI executives promised to meet with Flats developer Scott Wolstein because they did not know that commissioners would be picking a site at the meeting. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html"><P>"This wasn't a well-choreographed play," Nance said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/01/mall_location_picked_for_medic.html"><P>MMPI officials said they are convinced the mall site is close enough to downtown attractions to boost chances for success. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A8403359-4CFA-4B00-92EA-BDDC811B75F1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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