FROM TODAY’S MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center showrooms will represent a broad spectrum of the healthcare market including device development and design, information technology, facility design and infrastructure, medical products, education and communication sectors as well as some of the nation’s most prestigious healthcare providers.

FROM THE STRONGSVILLE POST: The Medical Mart may be located in downtown Cleveland, but make no mistake about it, residents of the outlying suburbs have a stake in the project. That's how Dennis Madden, executive director of the $465 million publicly funded project opened his presentation to the Rotary Club of Strongsville at its weekly meeting on Friday, Feb. 11.

From VERTICAL SYSTEMS RESELLER (VSM): BlueStar will join a select group of companies as a tenant in the new Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center. Designed to foster a collaborative environment for medical industry buyers and sellers, the Medical Mart is the world’s only merchandise and trade show facility targeted specifically at the medical and healthcare industries. It represents a significant step forward in the medical merchandising field, as well as a substantial resource for northeastern Ohio and the entire Great Lakes region. BlueStar’s invitation to be part of the facility’s launch represents a considerable opportunity for the company and its reseller partners

FROM NEW JERSEY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ALLIANCE: With a ceremonial groundbreaking, work is officially underway on the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Developed on behalf of Cuyahoga County by Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., a division of Vornado Realty Trust, the $465 million project has already attracted commitments from a lengthy list of convention planners as well as businesses hoping to pre-lease space.

FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY EXECUTIVE: With a ceremonial groundbreaking, work is officially underway on the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Developed on behalf of Cuyahoga County by Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., a division of Vornado Realty Trust, the $465 million project has already attracted commitments from a lengthy list of convention planners as well as businesses hoping to pre-lease space. Crews are at the ready to lay the groundwork for the demolition of five buildings, abatement and other such preparation activities to make way for Cleveland MMCC. The development will encompass the 235,000 square-foot, four-story Medial Mart for the display of cutting-edge technology and products in the healthcare market, and will sit adjacent to the 230,000 square-foot Convention Center, which will include 90,000 square feet of dedicated meeting space and sit underneath the historic Cleveland malls.

FROM MEDICAL MEETINGS: Government and convention center officials were on hand for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center on January 14. The project will be completed in fall 2013.

FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS: The Cleveland City Planning Commission has OK'd designs for a long-awaited convention and medical trade-show center downtown. Officials broke ground on the $465 million project earlier this month.

FROM FRESHWATER CLEVELAND: Writing for the Tennessean, business health care reporter Getahn Ward claims that "Cleveland scores first in medical mart race with Nashville." Following a momentous ground breaking where a laundry list of prospective tenants, conferences, conventions and trade shows planned for the $465 million mart and convention center were announced, Ward writes that Cleveland "scored major points" in the med-mart public relations battle.