"The 9" Is Now Open On E. 9th Street Downtown

This interview aired on the night The 9 opened in downtown Cleveland, Friday, September 5th, 2014. It was recorded a few months earlier, and it features developer Fred Geis and Geis Hospitality Group CEO Keith Halfmann. They discuss the many amenities the "Urban Resort" features, including...eventually...a Heinen's supermarket in the rotunda of the old Ameritrust Bank Building at E. 9th and Euclid.

The 9: Exciting Geis Development Project Downtown

Keith Halfmann and Fred Geis

The 9 is what Cleveland developer Fred Geis of Geis Companies is calling the project on E. 9th Street between Euclid and Prospect.  A boutique "autograph" hotel, apartments and restaurants will open in September, along with the new county building and Heinen's supermarket, in the old Cleveland Trust Rotunda at 9th and Euclid.

Keith Halfmann is CEO of Geis Hospitality Group.  He joins Fred Geis in this interview, during which Geis talks about his other Cleveland projects as well, which include renovating the Agora and resurrecting Peabody's.