The property developer behind the Cleveland medical mart says it has secured leases with two tenants, but declined to identify them. That was the highlight of a largely uneventful business plan update presentation to the Cuyahoga County Council from Mark Falanga, president of Chicago-based MMPI, which is developing the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center. […]
A Nov. 9 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Council will give MMPI, the property developer behind Cleveland’s medical mart project, its first opportunity in several months to give a public update on the project’s business plan. It’ll also provide an opportunity for council members to subject officials with Chicago-based MMPI to some much-needed scrutiny. Confusion […]
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The property developers behind Nashville’s medical mart have finally publicly admitted what’s been obvious for awhile — the project isn’t going to hit its slated opening date of 2013. The CEO of property developer Market Center Management said construction wouldn’t begin this year on the Nashville Medical Trade Center, as originally projected, meaning the project […]
Stung in recent weeks by back-and-forth talk of a changing business focus and free space giveaways, the property developer behind the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center project now has a new oversight panel. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald appointed the panel to “ensure the best possible outcome” for the project, which may or may […]
A rendering of the Cleveland medical mart MMPI’s got some explaining to do. The Chicago-based property developer behind the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center may or may not be changing its strategy on the project, and that (possibly) new strategy may or may not bring to the city the long-promised 300,000 visitors per year […]
There are solid reasons to doubt the long-term viability of the Cleveland medical mart — or any medical mart, for that matter — but the fact that its developers are giving away free space to educational institutions isn’t one of them. MMPI, the Chicago-based property developer behind the Cleveland medical mart, has offered rent-free space […]
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Nashville’s medical mart has secured a commitment from Nashville-based clinical services provider SpecialtyCare to lease 8,500 square feet. SpecialtyCare, which has signed a lease for the space, marks the fifth tenant signed by the Nashville Medical Trade Center, with those leases set to cover about 70,000 square feet, a spokesman said. The property developers behind […]
Once an early high-profile supporter of the medical mart concept, drug distributor Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has had an apparent change of opinion. The giant drug distributor – and Ohio’s largest company – does not plan to lease space in the planned Cleveland medical mart or its counterpart in Nashville, spokeswoman Corey Kerr said. So don’t […]
The Nashville medical mart has a signed five-year lease with another anchor tenant, publicly traded furniture maker Steelcase (NYSE:SCS). Nurture, the healthcare-focused brand of Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Steelcase, plans to occupy up to 4,000 square feet of space in the Nashville Medical Trade Center, which is slated for a 2013 opening, according to a report […]
The Chicago-based property developer behind Cleveland’s medical mart still hasn’t signed any of its 63 prospective tenants to binding leases. However, it’s a common practice to sign prospective tenants to nonbinding letters of intent (LOIs) in the early stages of projects, various industry experts told The Plain Dealer. “I think everybody is aware that we […]
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Going back to those innocent and optimistic days of 2009 when the three-city medical mart competition was just taking shape, one thing has always been clear: For any of the projects to succeed, the healthcare industry would have to buy into the untested medical mart concept. That is to say, the success of any medical […]
The property development group behind Cleveland’s medical mart has hired a 30-year trade show and meetings industry veteran to be general manager of the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center. Brian Casey’s duties will include attracting trade shows, clients and events to the medical mart and convention center, which is scheduled to open in 2013, […]
The property developers behind Nashville's medical mart have released a virtual video tour of the proposed project. The video highlights the Nashville Medical Trade Center's showrooms, exhibition hall, health information technology innovation center and training and education facilities.
Nashville's medical mart project has announced its fourth tenant, which it's calling the "China Pavilion" -- a showroom that will feature products and services from yet-to-be-determined Chinese medical technology companies.
The initial list of tenants for Cleveland's medical mart includes organizations from a wide variety of industries, with the heaviest concentration in furniture, design, information technology and nonprofits. Following is a breakdown of the major industries represented by medical mart tenants.