Meeting About Whitney-Pearl Development is Tuesday

The new developers of the long-in-coming retail project at  will host a public meeting Tuesday, Jan. 24 to talk about plans there.

WXZ Development Inc., have set a public meeting for 7 p.m. at the  to talk about the first phase of the project, which city officials said is to include an  and a Sheetz gas station.

The parcel at Whitney and Pearl has been tied up in foreclosure since the Toledo-based Timberstone development group ran into financial obstacles and bowed out in 2009.

Timberstone was the second developer to plan and then abandon a project there.

Residents were promised a major retail project, to be called Renaissance Park, that would include a grocery store and a mix of other retail and restaurants by original developer David Lewanski, who in late 2005 said he had commitments from Lowe's, Bed Bath & Beyond and Circuit City to locate there.

Lowe's and  have been constructed so far. Circuit City is out of business, and  built a store at the Plaza at SouthPark.

When Lewanski left, Timberstone proposed a multi-phased project that would include smaller retail stores, restaurants and office space. 

City officials said they met with WXZ in mid-November to talk about landscaping and general issues at the site.

Strongsville Patch will have coverage of the meeting on Wednesday.