Marcus Gilmer

Cleveland Heights

Managing Editor at Crain's Cleveland Business

Managing Editor, @crainscleveland / Punctual journalist, unicorn enthusiast / Lukewarm baseball + @Phish takes are mine.

Articles

State lawmakers pull end-around on DeWine with $600M amendment for Browns

Mar 25, 2025 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer |Kim Palmer

A week after the City of Cleveland and the ownership group of the Cleveland Browns tangled in a back-and-forth over the team's proposed Brook Park stadium, the drama has now shifted south to Columbus. While Gov. Mike DeWine has been adamant about doubling the state's gambling tax to fund new sports facilities around the state, state lawmakers have taken matters into their own hands.
Bibb, Ronayne and Team NEO make latest push for NASA HQ in Cleveland

Mar 24, 2025 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

A week after two dozen local business organizations released a letter backing a proposed move of NASA's headquarters to Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center, dozens of northeast Ohio mayors have followed suit. The letter — co-signed by Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cuyahoga County Exec.
GSA confirms it's considering selling Cleveland's Celebrezze federal building

Mar 4, 2025 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

Several weeks after published reports suggested that the federal government was considering selling hundreds of federal buildings, the General Services Administration confirmed it was reviewing the property for potential "disposal."Among the 440-plus buildings listed is the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, which sits at the corner of Lakeside and East 9th, across from Willard Park and Cleveland City Hall. The building has nearly 1.2 million square feet of space.
Intel significantly pushes back Ohio chip plant timeline

Feb 28, 2025 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

Intel has once again announced a delay on the opening of its Ohio chip plants, pushing the timeline into the next decade. On Friday, Feb. 28, Naga Chandrasekaran, executive vice president, chief global operations officer and general manager of Intel Foundry Manufacturing, announced the delay in an update sent to employees and shared with the world by Intel.
Three Ohio federal buildings could be affected by Elon Musk's DOGE sale plan

Feb 13, 2025 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may try to sell at least 500 federally-owned buildings as it continues its efforts to make deep cuts in government spending, Wired magazine reported. If the plan is implemented, a handful of buildings in Ohio—including Cleveland's Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building—may be affected. Of the 14 federally owned buildings in the city listed on the General Services Administration website, 10 are courthouses.
Six possible replacements for JD Vance's U.S. Senate seat

Nov 6, 2024 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

Come January 2025, Ohio will have two fresh faces representing the state in the U.S. Senate, including one appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine. Bernie Moreno's win over Sherrod Brown will put him in the high chamber but DeWine is now tasked with picking a replacement for JD Vance who will vacate his seat to become vice president of the United States. But there's more to come with that seat in a relatively short amount of time.
Bernie Moreno beats Sherrod Brown to take Ohio U.S. Senate seat

Nov 5, 2024 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

Riding the backing of Donald Trump, entrepreneur Bernie Moreno has ousted U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) in the hotly contested race for Ohio’s second senate seat by a margin of 50.6% to 46%. As of 11:27 p.m., when the Associated Press called the race, Moreno has 2,667,385 votes while Brown has accrued 2,428,433 votes with 92% of precincts reporting, according to the Secretary of State’s website. Libertarian Party candidate Don Kissick had 178,128 votes.
Read the Browns lawsuit against the city seeking 'clarity' over 'Modell Law'

Oct 24, 2024 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

The latest plot twist in the ongoing battle over where the Cleveland Browns will play football in the future landed on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the form of a lawsuit from the Browns.
SEC sues former FirstEnergy CEO, reaches $100 million settlement over HB6

Sep 12, 2024 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

In a flurry of activity in the early evening of Thursday, Sept. 12, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has sued former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones over his alleged role in the HB6 scandal. According to the SEC's complaint, embedded below, Jones faces six counts of fraud, including violations of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and "aiding and abetting" violations of the Exchange Act committed by FirstEnergy.
With Nippon deal on verge of collapse, Cleveland-Cliffs could renew bid for U.S. Steel

Sep 5, 2024 | crainscleveland.com | Marcus Gilmer

September 05, 2024 10:49 AMYuko Takeo, Yiqin Shen and Josh Wingrove, BloombergJustin Merriman/BloombergThe steelmakers are expected to announced they now anticipate the transaction to close in the second half of 2024, according to people familiar with the conversations. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel Corp.’s $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. But U.S. Steel, responding on Wednesday evening, Sept.