Employment Situation Report - Good News Friday

Better News On the Way

Employers continue to hire cautiously according to this morning’s Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing a gain of 103,000 net new payroll jobs last month. The leisure and hospitality sector added 47,000 followed by education and health services with 44,000. The totals for October and November were revised up by 70,000. The unemployment rate, calculated from a different survey, plunged from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent, which certainly is good news except that it is volatile in normal times and particularly so around the holidays due to seasonal adjustment issues.

MRN Ltd. buys building on Prospect Avenue that's home to Volk's Jewelry - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

MRN Ltd. buys building on Prospect Avenue that's home to Volk's Jewelry - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

The developer of the East Fourth Street Neighborhood downtown is on the move again, this time buying a small but strategic building at 413 Prospect Ave. that's best known as the home of Volk's Jewelry & Loan.

23456 Mercantile Road, Beachwood, OH

23456 Mercantile

FOR SALE OR LEASE

n  Located in Well Developed Light Industrial Park

n  Multi-Tenant Industrial Warehouse/Distribution Building

n  39,210 Sq. Ft. Total Building Size

n  2.25 Acre Site

n  2 Docks

n  1 Drive-In

n  Zoned U-8 –storage and manufacturing

n  Property is conveniently located 1 mile from I-271

n  83 Parking Spaces

n  Neighbors include:  Daltile, Buckeye Rubber and Packing, and BASF Catalysts

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority board closes year by discussing port's future - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority board closes year by discussing port's future - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

The occasion for the soul-searching was the departure from the board after 12 ½ years of real estate developer John Carney, who had been a leading advocate for a sweeping, 20-year plan to move the port's docks from their current location west of Cleveland Browns Stadium to 200 acres at East 55th Street.

Mapleside Farms- Crain's Cleveland Business

Buyer agrees to acquire bank's interest in Mapleside Farms - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

A company formed by a pair of lifelong Brunswick residents has agreed to buy the interests that had been held by Fifth Third Bank in Mapleside Farms in Brunswick.