BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – MetroHealth System wants to build a medical and surgical outpatient center, emergency room and state-of-the-art fitness center on state Ohio 82 at I-77.[1] [2]
That’s according to a recently approved income-tax sharing agreement between Brecksville and Broadview Heights. The two cities would share income taxes generated at the medical center.
The center would stand on a 52-acre parcel between 82 and Oakes Road, to the south. RFJT Ltd. Partnership owns the land, according to the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office.
It was MetroHealth and Signet Development[3] , a global real-estate management firm, that approached Brecksville and Broadview Heights about the medical center, according to the income-tax sharing agreement.
However, MetroHealth had little to say about the project, apparently because negotiations between MetroHealth and the two cities are ongoing.
“We have been working for the past 2 ½ years with Brecksville and Broadview Heights to establish a greater presence in the region so as to serve the residents of those communities,” said MetroHealth spokesperson Tina Shaerban Arundel in a written statement.
“We are pleased with the actions by the communities of Brecksville and Broadview Heights and we thank the significant support from both mayors toward our objectives of expanding care,” Arundel said.
MetroHealth unveiled plans for four new suburban health centers last year, and opened one in Middleburg Heights in July.
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Brecksville Mayor Jerry Hruby[6] said he had no comment on plans for any specific property. He only acknowledged that Brecksville City Council, on Tuesday, approved an income-tax-sharing agreement with Broadview Heights.
The tax agreement says that Brecksville “will make a monetary incentive to assist in the MetroHealth-Signet purchase” of the 52 acres.
Hruby did not answer when asked if Brecksville would offer a tax break to MetroHealth to locate here.
“Any project Brecksville is discussing regarding economic development will not be made public until we have an authorized, signed and executed agreement,” Hruby said in an email to cleveland.com.
Broadview Heights Mayor Sam Alai[7] did not return calls.
However, Broadview Heights Councilmen Jim Giomini and Glenn Goodwin acknowledged that MetroHealth wants to build at 82 and 77. Goodwin said negotiations between MetroHealth and the two cities continued Thursday.
Goodwin said the front of the 52-acre parcel is actually on Oakes. He said MetroHealth wants to build toward 82 because of the freeway access.
Giomini said the BP station at the southwest corner of 82 and 77 would be torn down to make room for the MetroHealth medical center.
Meanwhile, under the tax-sharing agreement – which Broadview Heights City Council approved Oct. 7 and Brecksville City Council approved Tuesday – Brecksville would receive 80 percent of income taxes collected from medical-center workers and Broadview Heights would receive 20 percent for 30 years.
The agreement was necessary because, although the 52 acres are in Brecksville, those entering the medical-center site would first have to drive across 200 linear feet of land in Broadview Heights, Goodwin said.
“It would have been nice to get more than 20 percent but the negotiating process is tough,” Goodwin said. “Twenty percent is still a workable number.”
Goodwin said Broadview Heights, more than Brecksville, would have to deal with traffic generated from the medical center and wear-and-tear of the roads.
Giomini said Broadview Heights would benefit from the medical center. He said it would spur development of pharmacies, offices and other businesses along 82 in his city.
References
- ^ MetroHealth System (www.metrohealth.org)
- ^ Ohio 82 at I-77. (maps.google.com)
- ^ Signet Development (www.advancedparticletherapy.com)
- ^ four new suburban health centers (www.cleveland.com)
- ^ Middleburg Heights (www.cleveland.com)
- ^ Jerry Hruby (topics.cleveland.com)
- ^ Sam Alai (topics.cleveland.com)
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