(Cleveland Heights- University Heights School District Web Site)
After working for many years to negotiate the sale of the former Millikin Elementary School property to local private K-8 school Mosdos Ohr Hatorah, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District, the City of Cleveland Heights and Mosdos jointly announced that Mosdos has withdrawn its purchase offer. “Mosdos found after investigation that it is not able to secure necessary financing due to renovation costs,” said Alan Rapoport, attorney for Mosdos.
“We spent many years working on this deal and are disappointed, but we certainly understand the situation. We wish Mosdos the very best,” said Nancy Peppler, CH-UH Board President.
“However, while we wish the sale had gone through, we have also identified a District need for the Millikin space and we intend to start using it again as soon as possible to house our Tradesmen and Grounds Crew. Since we won’t be renovating the space for classroom use, but simply converting the building for use for our trades, our costs will be minimal.”
Officials from the City of Cleveland Heights had also been hopeful that the sale would go through. “Our interest at the City was to support a viable educational entity going into the long vacant Millikin building,” said Mayor Dennis Wilcox. “The neighborhood surrounding Millikin was eager to see the building returned to its original use. This was just not possible.”
While the District is undergoing Phase 1 of its Master Facilities Project, which includes the complete renovation of Heights High and the two Middle Schools, the Tradesmen and Grounds Crew needs to relocate from the Wiley building. The Wiley Campus is being modified to temporarily house Heights High students and staff during the two years its under construction. Once the high school is complete, the Wiley Campus will house middle school students and staff during the construction of the middle schools.
For more information about plans for the Millikin Building, please plan on attending our upcoming Neighborhood Meeting:
- Wednesday, February 4, 2015
- 6 p.m.
- Millikin School, 1700 Crest Road, Cleveland Heights
This meeting is being called for the community and neighbors surrounding Millikin School to discuss the changes as the Tradesmen and Grounds Crew of the CH-UH CSD use Millikin as a part of the Cleveland Heights High School renovation project. Representatives from PMC, ThenDesign Architects and District Administration will be presenting and available to answer questions.
– See more at: http://www.chuh.org/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=5GPBIB&dasi=3Y2I#sthash.kmxGQ4oV.dpuf
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