If it's not all that, we really haven't done our homework very well. And we're going to do our homework very well. Saltzman's father, Burt, described leaving Payne Avenue as bittersweet but necessary from a business standpoint. The existing store, approximately 45, square feet, has been renovated and expanded over plus years. The Saltzmans say it's outdated and inefficient. The parking situation isn't ideal, since shoppers have to cross the street from parking lots on the south side of Payne.
The family explored ways to reconfigure the store and looked at other properties in AsiaTown, where there's not much vacancy. But the land at Link59, which is 1. He still works at the Payne Avenue store, though he handed over control of the business to his sons, Dan and Steve, in Steve, Dan and Aaron Saltzman - Dan's son and part of the fifth generation to join the family business - have been arranging the real estate deal.
The Saltzmans haven't figured out what to do with their Payne Avenue building or the parking lots, though Dan Saltzman acknowledged that the family won't undercut its new store by selling or leasing the old one to another grocer. In surveys and neighborhood plans over the years, residents and business owners have identified the need for everything from green space to senior housing to an AsiaTown community center of some sort. Cleveland City Councilman T.
Dow, whose ward includes both the current and future Dave's sites, has held small, preliminary meetings with business owners in AsiaTown. He expects to convene broader community meetings to hear residents' concerns and talk about the future of the Payne Avenue properties.
He called Dave's a "great community partner" and said that the Midtown supermarket, on balance, seems like a good development. The city's economic-development department declined to comment. Dave's has tapped a mix of public and private money for past projects. The company, which has 14 locations in Northeast Ohio, built its last ground-up stores more than a decade ago in Ohio City and Slavic Village. I'll let Dave's speak to their business, but they have a target for what they can afford to pay.
Hemingway plans to open its new Link59 office building late this year and finish the renovated Ace Fixtures building, now being called the Phoenix building , during the third quarter.
UH hasn't started construction on its outpatient center for women and children, which is slated to open in The Dave's store and parking lot would occupy 3 acres of the remaining property, an acre site that the city partnered on with Hemingway in late The neighborhood, positioned between the jobs hubs of University Circle and downtown Cleveland, is trying to cultivate both residential and commercial growth.
Epstein also believes that the new Dave's store will be a net gain for Cleveland, where Giant Eagle recently shuttered supermarkets on the east and west sides. Community leaders in AsiaTown said they're talking to Dave's about ways to use public transportation or shuttles to help carless and elderly residents reach the new store.
More than 90 years later, the Saltzman dynasty has two new faces ensuring the legacy continues: brothers David, 32, and Aaron, 29, who are making sure that the reality of opening this new market is consistent with the original values put forth by their great-grandfather. An Evolving Market. With the opening of over a dozen stores across Cleveland, they have invested serious capital into the Cleveland economy.
With so many employment hubs located in the immediate Midtown area, it is a strategy that is paying off for customers wanting a no-fuss option on their way home as well as those looking for some mid-day sustenance. Life in the Desert. Food deserts have long been a concern in Cuyahoga County, but the recent opening of new grocery stores coupled with significant community engagement to increase healthy food access represents important movement in the effort to replenish food deserts.
It is a daily endeavor that has them engaged both the backroom tasks of analyzing sales trends coupled with the more personal approach of engaging customers as they stroll through the store.
Because they really are. Contact Subscribe. Bob Perkoski. The aisles at Dave's are named after Cleveland streets Bob Perkoski. Aaron Saltzman in the modern teaching kitchen where partners will offer free community classes Bob Perkoski.
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