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Eight redevelopment project sites won a total of nearly $18 million from the Ohio Department of Development’s Brownfield Program so the sites can be cleaned up and, in some cases, their existing structures are to be demolished. One of those where demolition is planned is the former Cleveland Thermal steam plant , 2274 Canal Rd., in Downtown Cleveland.

The Cuyahoga Land Bank secured the funding to help address a total of $62.66 million in clean-up costs at those eight sites. In total for all statewide recipients, nearly $60 million in Ohio Brownfield Program funding was awarded.

The 131-year-old Cleveland Thermal steam plant, surrounded by Bedrock Real Estate’s ambitious riverfront de

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