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News about the Cedar Fair property
Chagrin Valley Times, January 2, 2025. The City of Aurora announced last week its $5.3 million purchase of 48 acres of lakefront land and the 53-acre lake formerly part of Sea World. The city plans to build a public park. Read the full article here.
Cleveland Plain Dealer 9/18/2024: Aurora City Council unanimously approved spending $5.3 million for nearly 50 acres of land and the adjacent Geauga lake. The city plans to develop the property as public space, redeveloping it into a park that could include a pool and beach, along with boating and other amenities.
Read the full article.
Chagrin Valley Times, October 12, 2023. Five years after abandoning plans to build a store at the former Geauga Lake District, Meijer’s plans are back on. The store will be a standard Meijer “supercenter” of approximately 160,000 square feet. However, no build date has been set yet.
Read the full article here.
CVT July 24 2023 – Plans for a Meijer superstore in the Geauga Lake property are back in play. Bainbridge Township trustees recently approved Meijer Geauga Lake’s final development plan which incorporates nostalgic elements reflecting the heritage of the amusement park.
Read the full Chagrin Valley Today article here.
The City of Aurora is planning to buy Geauga Lake and 40 acres of lakefront land that was once the SeaWorld property in what the city is calling “the opportunity of a lifetime”.
Plans are still being finalized but the vision is to redevelop the property into a public park.
More details and drawings here and here. Conceptual drawings can be viewed at the city’s website www.auroraoh.com
Chagrin Valley Today, February 10, 2022 – Development is underway by Vision Development Inc on the site of the former Geauga Lake property. It will bring the first complex devoted to apartments in Bainbridge Township. The overall development is expected to eventually also include offices and restaurants.
Read the full article here.
Chagrin Valley Today, Nov 14, 2021 – Bainbrigde Township Board of Trustees have unanimously approved a site plan to build apartments on the former Geauga Lake property.
Read the full article here.
Chagrin Valley Today, February 25, 2021: Bainbridge Township may set the tome for multifamily residential units in Geauga county but would like extensive discussion on fire safety and prevention on such a development.
Read the full CVT article here.
Chagrin Valley Today, February 18, 2021 – At a recent Township meeting, trustees were not able to share everything in the works between Bainbridge and the developer ICP for the Geauga Lake property, but they addresses residents’ concerns and gave insight to their vision for the property.
Read the full CVT article here.
Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 17, 2020 and Chagrin Valley Today Nov 22, 2020: The new development on the former Geauga Lake property, which adjoins the Rivers Edge Community includes housing and retail space and is also planned to showcase the amusement park’s history and evoke the nostalgia that many still feel about it.
You can read the articles which include preliminary illustrations of the mixed-use development at the following links:
Plain Dealer article 11-17-20 and Chagrin Valley Today 11-22-20