Case seeks aid for sublease of Halle space; `Temporary hold' on university's relocation of back-office jobs downtown may be permanent.(Case Western Reserve University )

Crain's Cleveland Business, December, 2006 by Bullard, Stan

Byline: STAN BULLARD Case Western Reserve University is taking a step that signals it may be preparing to drop or scale back its long-stalled plan to move about 300 employees from its University Circle campus to downtown Cleveland. The university has sought proposals from four real estate brokerages for how they'd handle a sublease of office space Case has leased at the Halle Building, said Lisa Chiu, Case's director of media relations.

Case two years ago leased 120,000 square feet in the building at 1228 Euclid Ave. but never has occupied it. The university is reviewing its options with respect to the Halle space and has not decided what direction it will pursue, Ms. Chiu said. She declined to identify the brokerages Case invited to vie for the...

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