The local group under contract to buy Akron's Quaker Square complex plans to turn the ... Ohio River Investments II is working with the city of Akron to try to secure a hotel brand for the site ...

An April 18 tour of Quaker Square in Akron and additional interviews yielded several insights about what could be coming to the historic property and what will stay put once a newly formed ...

It looks like downtown Akron is getting a new hotel, part of a rebirth for a spot that once was the pride of the city and remains an important part of its history. A group of local businesspeople has ...

Quaker Square Redevelopment Group includes former Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and executives of Briarwood Construction and A Crano Excavating. Quaker Square developer Joe Scaccio's grandfather ...

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron has agreed to sell the Quaker Square complex in downtown Akron for $800,000 to Ohio River Investments, LLC, the university announced this week. The sale of ...

Officers responded to a report of woman using a hatchet to smash the lights of a sign at the Quaker Foods City Square on Saturday night. A weapon was found nearby. The city on Thursday installed a ...

The winter season at the Quaker Foods City Square in downtown Peterborough will open with a tree lighting ceremony in mid-December. The City of Peterborough on Thursday installed a 35-foot-tall ...

The Crowne Plaza Quaker Square complex was redeveloped after Quaker Oats stopped production in Akron in 1970 and moved its headquarters to Chicago. It opened April 1, 1975, as Quaker Square and housed ...

Akron's Quaker Square Inn has met its soggy end. The hotel made from 36 old Quaker Oats grain silos is closing. ... she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador.

The six-member Quaker Square Development Group plans to keep the Akron property's rustic charms and add various new features.