West Side Market renovation project wins state brownfield grant [Video]

CLEVELAND — A nearly $1.3 million state grant will help lay the groundwork for a major makeover at the West Side Market, one of Cleveland’s best-known landmarks.

The historic market won money Tuesday from a state program focused on cleaning up old buildings and contaminated land. Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Development announced $29 million in brownfield awards, plus $23.3 million in grants to tear down dilapidated structures and prepare fallow sites for redevelopment.

At the West Side Market, the state money will go toward removing and disposing of asbestos. It also can pay for demolition as part of the broader renovations, which will touch everything from the mechanical systems to the places where people shop, gawk and sit.

The Cleveland Public Market Corporation took over management of the city-owned property earlier this year.

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