http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2007/05/kosar_to_open_steakhouse_in_fl.htmlKosar to open steakhouse in Flats East Bank
Posted by Henry J. Gomez May 21, 2007 15:03PM
Categories: Breaking News, Economic development
Bernie Kosar, under center the last time the Cleveland Browns were Super Bowl contenders, is now under contract to bring a steakhouse to the Flats.
Still beloved in Northeast Ohio, the Boardman native is the first announced tenant for the $230 million mixed-use neighborhood planned for the East Bank. Randy Ruttenberg, a principal with lead developer Fairmount Properties LLC, confirmed that Kosar's management group has agreed to open a 6,700-square-foot restaurant and sports bar.
Ruttenberg, in Las Vegas for the International Council of Shopping Centers spring convention, said the concept will be similar to the Kosar-branded Bernie's Steakhouse near Miami. The retired quarterback keeps a home in south Florida.
Fairmount Properties is working with the Wolstein Group to develop the Flats East Bank Neighborhood. Today, Ruttenberg also announced that Fairmount has received signed letters of intent from a bookstore and theater -- deals completed at the convention.
"We're also very close to signing a gourmet market," Ruttenberg said.
The announcement came on the same day developers unveiled their master plan for the whole Flats area, with pedestrian walkways uniting the two banks.
