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(Cleveland.com)
Two new hotels in Greater Cleveland are opening this week – just in time for an influx of GOP guests next month.
Opening today: SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Independence. And Tuesday: The Hyatt Place at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst.
(Cleveland.com)
About 100 people gathered Thursday evening on the front front lawn of the Lyndhurst municipal complex to see a first.
The candles atop the large menorah that stands on the lawn along Mayfield Road during the Hannukah season were lit as part of a ceremony that included city officials and Rabbi Mendy Freedman.
“This is the first time in over 50 years that we have lit a menorah on public property in Lyndhurst,” said Mayor Joseph Cicero, who later clarified that it is believed to be the first time ever.
(Cleveland.com)(Ed: Not a ton of new info but may be worth reading.)
A New York entrepreneur is one step closer to building a kosher grocery store on Mayfield Road in Lyndhurst.
Israel Blackman, who owns an electronics distribution company, bought a 1.6-acre vacant lot from Mark Sims last month for $700,000. A sign has been erected on the property announcing the “glatt kosher supermarket” is on its way.
(JP News Desk)(Ed: I am not familiar with this website and therefore cannot share this here with absolute certainty but since this a potential big story we can let the readers make their own evaluations.)
New York has seen a plethora of openings of mega-supermarkets that cater to the Kosher market. Now, a group of investors from Brooklyn has decided to bring the concept to Cleveland.
NGKS Marketing has paid $700,000 for a property upon which they will be building a 20,000 square foot supermarket.
(Cleveland Jewish News)(Ed: Previously reported in a July ’15 posting)
A kosher supermarket is firmly in the cards for Lyndhurst now that a Brooklyn, N.Y., business owner paid $700,000 for a 1.6-acre lot at the southwestern corner of Mayfield and Richmond roads.
Chuck Essreg of Kowit & Co. Real Estate Group, who handled the deal, said Nov. 2 that Israel Y. Blackman, who is president of Discover Group, plans to build a “glatt kosher supermarket” on the lot.