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MARCH 2012, VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 3


Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mandel Building
Beachwood, Ohio (Photo by Christian Phillips)

Mission on the Move
Jewish Federation of Cleveland renovates Beachwood building into modern office space

By John Elliott

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Mandel Building, a newly renovated, 65,000-square-foot facility on Science Park Drive in Beachwood, supplies the nonprofit charitable organization with a modern workspace that enables it to fulfill a mission to support social service, educational and humanitarian efforts that improve lives in Cleveland and worldwide. The updated three-story building provides a 100-person staff and hundreds of volunteers with a more conveniently located home base than the downtown building the federation had outgrown.

The staff moved into the building this past August, following an eight-month renovation that was completed on time and under budget, thanks to a well organized planning process that began a decade earlier.

“The Mandel Building was designed with both efficiency of use and the environment in mind,” says Ron Ratner, chair of the federation’s building committee, which oversaw the purchase and renovation of the building. “The impact on the environment and the state of the economy were key factors in choosing renovation over new construction.”

A $16 million grant from the Mandel Foundation, established by Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel, was designated to the federation for the purchase of the $7.225 million property. The balance of the grant was used to fully renovate the building, which was originally designed by Cleveland architect Richard L. Bowen. For decades, the Mandel brothers have been active leaders in the federation, as well as the general community; for instance, the recently renovated and expanded Mandel Jewish Community Center (see Properties, January 2012) was named in honor of the brothers, who are long-time donors of the institution.

The state-of-the-art Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mandel Building, which includes built-in video and teleconferencing capabilities, maximizes communication at every level, which is crucial to a service delivery organization.

“This advanced technology will enable people to connect wherever they are – around the corner or across the globe, as well as engage partner agencies, synagogues and the community-at-large in federation activities and Jewish life,” says Michael Siegal, board chair.

 

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