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NORTH CANTON
HOOVER
HOOVER DISTRICT
Lane said.

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Despite the loss of
International Brotherhood of Hoover, North Cantons

WORK COMING ALONG

Electrical Workers Local 1985
tried to organize an employee
purchase of Hoover Co., but
in late 2006 Whirlpool sold
Hoover to Hong Kong-based
TTI. The factory closed in
September 2007.
population grew 7 per-
cent between 2000 and
2014 to 17,500. The citys
median household income
of $52,530 is higher than
Work expected to finish by end of summer
that of any other city in By Robert Wang
the county, although the Repository staff writer
poverty rate increased from

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Moving on 5.7 percent to 7.5 percent onstruction of 131 Developers
There was a lot of between 2000 and 2014. high-end apart- IRG Realty Advisors
anger, said Hillibish, who Last year, income tax ments, retail stores and the Hoover Districts
was hired by the Heritage collections reached $7 mil- and office space in owner, Maple Street
Society in 2006. In fact, lion for the first time since 40,000 square feet at the Commerce, are both
there still is anger. And then 2000, the citys ceiling. Hoover District is expected affiliated with California
theres nostalgia. Held attributed the rise to be done by August, developer Stuart Lich-
Closing Hoover was a to new jobs in the Hoover according to a top project ter. Ohio developer Chris
blow to the communitys District, plus the growth of manager. Semarjian is a partner
self-image and coffers. existing businesses. Carol Smith, vice with Lichter in Maple
Coupled with the coun- Washington Square president of IRG Realty Street Commerce, and
trys economic crisis, the and Walsh University Advisors, described the the company bought the
companys demise cost the that area is booming for projects progress: Hoover Co. complex at the
city 2,400 jobs, said Mayor North Canton, Held said, n Contractors have end of 2007 after the bulk
David Held. Income tax referring to citys eastern erected the frames for the of its factory operations
collections dropped from a gateway on E. Maple Street. internal walls for the res- had been moved from the
high of about $7 million in The university is the citys idential units expected area.
2000 to less than $5.4 mil- second largest employer, to rent for $750 to $1,500 Since the acquisition,
lion in 2010. behind the city schools. a month. Those are on the Maple Street has devel-
I remember a feeling In the last 15 years the uni- second, third and fourth REPOSITORY SCOTT HECKEL oped office and industrial
of doom and gloom for a versity has built 12 buildings floors of the building that n Some businesses, including information technology employees from space in buildings along
short period of time and and doubled its enrollment once housed the factory The Timken Co. as well as TruBridge and the Ohio Bureau of Workers East Maple Street and Taft
then suddenly everybody to 2,900. It also acquired space and offices of the Compensation, have moved into the converted Hoover Co. Avenue NE. Where Hoover
remembered thats not the Hoover Park, including Hoover Co. The apart- once had as many as 4,200
only thing in town, said Boss Hoovers boyhood ments will be available on an informal waiting matching windows. employees in its North
Doug Lane, North Canton home that serves as the in sizes of one, two and list; tenant applications n Theres plenty that Canton headquarters,
Area Chamber of Commerce Hoover Historical Center. three bedrooms. She said probably will be accepted needs completed yet. today the complex has sev-
president and a former city Walsh will soon build about a dozen people starting around May. Including, putting in eral tenants that employ
councilman. a global learning center already have inquired n The historic, roughly drywall, carpeting, cabi- about 1,100 full-time and
Maple Street Commerce that will enable students about renting units. 180-foot Hoover Co. nets, flooring, fixtures part-time workers.
bought the former Hoover to study alongside peers in n The heating, ven- chimney stack that was and lighting. Getting a Smith said an adjoining
campus in 2008 and is turning locations around the world. tilation, electrical and up for about 95 years but final certificate of com- building to the one with
it into shops, offices, apart- The center also will have plumbing systems are was deteriorating has pliance from the city. its wall facing North Main
ments and industrial space. a digital media lab, com- being installed in resi- been completely disman- Laying out the exte- Street has the capacity for
More than 1,000 people, puter engineering lab and dential and retail areas. tled. It will be rebuilt over rior west lawn wall and up to 60 more residential
including part-time employ- expanded career services. n About 20,000 square a three-month period sidewalks. Building a units on the second, third
ees, work in the district. Despite the universitys feet in the building on the starting this spring, when fountain, which needs and fourth floors. If the
Lane said the city is a good growth, many people in ground floor will be set temperatures consis- to be approved by state current building phase
location for entrepreneurs North Canton still dont aside for retail uses, and tently exceed 40 degrees. government officials goes well, the developers
because it has a low tax rate, realize what Walsh offers the internal walls will be n The letters of the to ensure it complies might decide to expand,
high-quality services, a low in terms of facilities and configured depending on Hoover name were taken with historic tax credit which would take up to
crime rate, few traffic prob- human talent, said Presi- the tenants needs. down from the repaired requirements and get- 16 months of additional
lems and a good workforce. dent Richard Jusseaume. n Two model residential west wall, and two ting permits to complete construction.
When (the district) is all The university recruits suites a one-bedroom damaged letters will be reconstruction of historic She said IRG was not
done, were actually going to faculty from around the and a two-bedroom to reconstructed and the windows and planting prepared to announce any
be better staged for the next country and has students show prospective tenants letters will be placed back landscaping. tenants for the new area.
10 to 20 years than we would from 33 countries and 26 are expected to be done onto the wall sometime Its been moving We get a lot of inqui-
be if we were waiting for an states. Its undergraduates by late March. Smith this spring. along, and we couldnt ries about the properties,
industrial giant to wind down performed 42,000 hours of said about 10 to 15 people n Missing windows will be more pleased, Smith Smith said. Our leasing
like a merry-go-round, volunteer service. have placed their names be replaced this fall with said. team is very busy.

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