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NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- LightHouse Hotels and Resorts recently acquired the 140-room Radisson Cleveland Airport West at 25070 Country Club Blvd. in North Olmsted.

The newly branded Sonesta is currently undergoing major renovations.

“We expect this to be the centerpiece hotel in the Cleveland market,” Marty McDaniel, president and CEO of LightHouse Hotels and Resorts, said in a press release.

“After completion of a nearly $3 million renovation, a new vibrant food and beverage concept and flag change to Sonesta, we feel like we will have all of the pieces in place to create a unique and wonderful guest experience.”

The eighth-largest hotel company in the nation, Sonesta plans on beginning the renovation project immediately, with the hotel remaining open during construction.

North Olmsted Director of Economic and Community Development Max Upton said the idea of a national brand coming in to refresh a property that was built in 1989 is important to the city’s hospitality offerings.

“That has a real impact from the budget perspective,” he said.

“When those assets transfer, it’s an opportunity for reinvestment, because oftentimes the owners who had it for a while don’t have the capacity or it’s not within their business plan to recapitalize the asset and reinvest in them. So this is a good thing.”

In addition to the economic development project, Upton touted the city’s lasting appeal within the hospitality industry.

He noted that North Olmsted annually receives more than $400,000 in hotel-motel tax revenue.

“It’s incredibly important,” he said. “We’re right off the highway, eight minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from downtown.

“It’s important not only for the hospitality industry, but kind of all of our other service sector industries, like our restaurants and retail establishments. It has a positive multiplier effect in terms of the way people spend money in our city -- and that’s a good thing.”

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NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- The sale of recreational marijuana becomes legal today (Dec. 7) in the state of Ohio.

However, in accordance with the recent voter-passed Issue 2 -- which allows municipalities to decide whether to allow for the sale of cannabis -- North Olmsted City Council earlier this week voted to opt out of the conversation.

“The amendment that was passed by the voters allows for the state to make broad changes to how recreational marijuana is regulated,” City Council President Lou Brossard said.

“Given how new this is for the state, I think it’s wise to prohibit the commercial growing and selling of recreational marijuana in the city until we see what the state does and how other cities react and handle this,” he said.

“After watching how this plays out throughout the state, City Council can revisit this if it chooses to.”

Mayor Nicole Dailey Jones proposed the ordinance, which mirrors the city’s current anti-medical marijuana dispensary position.

“It’s just a business regulation code that we asked City Council to pass, which they did,” she said.

“We’re not talking about what’s going on in people’s homes. We’re just strictly talking about the sale of adult cannabis within the city limits. So storefronts, that’s what we’re prohibiting.”

North Olmsted Director of Economic and Community Development Max Upton said the city’s decision was also based on the confusion experienced over the last month after the passage of Issue 2.

Yesterday, the Ohio Senate and Gov. Mike DeWine pushed for immediate recreational sales at medical marijuana dispensaries.

In terms of revisiting the ordinance, the mayor said the city could bogart the issue by incorporating language from other communities related to the sale of recreational marijuana.

“What’s helpful is to see how other cities handle the situation,” she said. “You can learn a lot from your peers. I know some cities have taken the approach of doing a moratorium.

“We felt confident enough in our ability to come back and change our code if need be that this was the way we felt comfortable going with it.”

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- The construction of a new $58 million PreK-5 building on the current Birch Primary School property is starting to come together for the North Olmsted City Schools.

During a community meeting last week, the district updated residents on designs for the new facility.

“Where we’re at is in the schematic design phase of the new PreK-5,” Superintendent David J. Brand said.

“We showed details to the overall floor plan and the renderings of what the outside of the building will look like and the general layout of the site plan -- just more detailed versions there than we had before.”

The 183,000-square-foot building -- which is estimated to have an enrollment of 1,700 students and sit north of the current Birch Primary School -- contains two smaller schools serving PreK-1 and grades 2-5 that the superintendent said will boast a “good mix of traditional concepts that have been tried and true.”

That includes STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) spaces designed for student collaboration.

“We were excited to be able to show the progress so far on the facility and just how amazing it’s going to be for our kids and community,” he said.

“Overall, you’ll see a good connection to what people shared with us and that ability to have that small school feel while still being a consolidated elementary school.”

Up next for the district is completing the $1.5 million purchase of the 3-acre Economy Inn property, located north of Birch Primary School at 24357 Lorain Road.

The district already bought the adjacent Victory Plaza for $1.8 million.

The plan also includes the construction of a new Lorain Road entrance that is currently a three-way intersection with a stoplight at Walter Road.

“We’ll be moving into demo(lition) abatement of the two properties, with a May-June target date for groundbreaking of the new facility” Brand said.

“We’re excited for the opening in September 2026 and grateful for the community’s investment.”

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NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (WOIO) - It’s been almost two weeks since the roof collapsed on the Pinball Shoppe in North Olmsted.

The building couldn’t take the heavy rain that swept through Northeast Ohio in late August.

North Olmsted pinball shop roof collapses during Wednesday night storm

Since that time, crews have been working around the clock to secure the area in case more of the building falls in before the demotion process.

Tuesday, one North Olmsted native set up shop right outside the perimeter.

Doug Halvacs tells 19 News he grew up in the area and wanted to see the historic landmark one last time.

“Back in the early 70s, this used to be a car parts story called Uncle Jacks. And I worked at a gas station down the street and we used to come down here for car parts, blah, blah, blah. It’s just interesting. I’m kind of a North Olmsted historian and I’m trying to get a couple of bricks for my collection,” he said.

North Olmsted city leaders tell 19 News the demolition will happen in three phases, starting with the roof.

19 News cameras were rolling as they started Phase 1 Tuesday afternoon.

Phase 2 will be for the owners to get inside and see if they can salvage anything.

Phase 3 will be to demolish the building but there’s no timeline on when that will happen.

19 News reached out to the owners but they did not respond. They posted on social media that they plan to rebuild and recover.

Many in the community are offering support for the local landmark saying, there’s a silver lining through this storm and that they’ll be here throughout.

“It’s kind of sad. I’m a couple of doors down. I’ve been following this since the storm and thank God no one was hurt in there,” said Halvacs.

The roads surrounding the building will remain closed as this process continues.

The mayor’s office tells 19 News there’s no date set in stone for when the process will be completed.

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A North Olmsted business is vowing to rebuild.

Weather from overnight could be to blame for the damage to the Pinball Shoppe just off Lorain Road, but the owners say they’ll be back.

Pinball shop in North Olmsted collapses following Wednesday night's storm

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The building is located at 27693 Butternut Ridge Road.

The roof collapsed late Wednesday or early Thursday, and the bricks on the façade fell off to the sidewalk and a nearby car below.

Thankfully, there were no injuries.

Melissa Rossi, co-owner, told News 5 they’ll be back.

“We’ve actually been in business for 44 years,” said Rossi. “We actually started out of my dad’s garage. We originally were in Cleveland. Then, we had a store in Westlake, and then we moved to North Olmsted in 1995. We love it here; it’s been our home!”

The damage exposed the heart of what they do at the Pinball Shoppe.

“What we do is we specialize in sales of pinball machines, slot machines, pretty much anything for a home arcade,” said Rossi.

Classics, games so many people grew up on and loved – and still do!

It is also stuff that’s hard to find. In some cases, priceless.

“Nobody’s gotten a cause yet; we haven’t been able to get into the building,” said Rossi. “We don’t know the extent of the damage yet.”

They also do repair work, which they’ll now need themselves.

But, this mom-and-pop shop is Northeast Ohio strong.

Rossi says they own the building and the land, and it’s not game over yet for them.

“We’re not going anywhere,” she smiled. “This is a small bump in the road. We might have to have a temporary spot for a little bit, but we want to let our community and customers know that we’re not throwing the towel in. “We’ll be back and rebuilding as soon as possible.”

Since this is a busy intersection and there is a risk of a complete collapse, Butternut and Porter roads are closed.

For the GoFundMe created to help the business, click here.

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