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The Vision for the Brook Park Mixed-Use Development - Building Brownstown

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Building Brownstown, the Nathan Zegura interviews Johno Harris, the Senior Executive Vice President of Lincoln Property Group. Harris discusses his company's role in developing the mixed-use entertainment district surrounding the new enclosed stadium in Brook Park. He highlights what they've learned from similar projects like The Star in Dallas and the appeal of the Northeast Ohio location. Harris emphasizes that these stadium projects are more than just a venue; they are economic drivers for the community. He also explains that the design will be flexible to meet market demands, including experiential retail, hotels, and a multi-purpose venue for concerts. The conversation concludes with Harris explaining why Lincoln Property Group chose to become an equity partner in the project, citing their belief in the region, the Browns organization, and the partnership with the Haslam family.

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0:00.0

Welcome to another edition of Building Brownstown, and today I am very happy to be joined by

0:04.8

John O'Harris, the Senior Executive Vice President from Lincoln Property Group.

0:09.3

And, John, you're going to be working on everything around the new enclosed stadium at Brook

0:14.3

Park there.

0:15.3

Just if you could give people a little bit of a background from Lincoln.

0:17.8

You've worked on the Star in Dallas.

0:19.4

You know, what do you like so much about

0:21.4

these development projects around stadiums like this and these kind of economic impact that they

0:26.7

can make? You know, it's interesting. When you step back and you look at these type of developments,

0:32.6

it ultimately is about bringing people together, whether it's for a game, whether it's for, you know,

0:38.3

the experiential retail that we're bringing, whether it's hotels, whether it's office,

0:43.3

whether it's, you know, the true work, live, play environment.

0:48.3

And, you know, ultimately, you know, it brings people together and it's a connected tissue,

0:53.3

just like the Browns organization.

0:55.3

One of the things that you like about being maybe not the first one that's been done,

0:59.6

as I mentioned, you guys have done the star?

1:01.8

What have you learned kind of about these entertainment districts that you're going to be

1:06.4

able to apply here for in the Brook Park development?

1:09.7

Yeah, I think first and foremost, it's a connective tissue with the stadium and with the

1:15.6

organization like the Browns.

1:17.8

You know, when you step back and certainly we are huge Browns fans, but if you look at the

1:24.0

fan base that the Browns have in northeast ohio just having in an environment

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