Cuyahoga Co. reveals new jail renderings
CCCS Campus - In mid-September, Cuyahoga County Council release artist renderings of the new Central Services Campus, which will be built in Garfield Heights. The above rendering shows the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department headquarters.
Months after approving funding for the project, Cuyahoga County Council released the first renderings of its new Central Services Campus, slated for Garfield Heights.
The Council’s Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee reviewed plans with project partners on Sept. 16, including HOK Architects, marking a major step forward in the county’s largest public facility project in decades.
Dave Wondolowski, Executive Secretary/Business Manager of the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, said the $890 million project will be built under a Project Labor Agreement.
He estimates the project will create around 1,000 jobs for affiliated members.
The first look at what the campus will look like comes almost a year after the County Council agreed to purchase the 72-acre plot of land in Garfield Heights off Granger Road and Transportation Boulevard for the campus.
The new Central Services Campus will replace the rundown Cuyahoga County Corrections Center, which is located in downtown Cleveland.
“I’m being told groundbreaking will take place in the first or second quarter of next year,”
Wondolowski said.
“When it comes to the design of the project ... we’re approaching third base, coming around and trying to head home by the end of the year,” said Jeff Appelbaum, Project Management Consultants LLC attorney and the owner’s representative for the county, during the meeting.
The renderings depict a three-story administrative building that will serve as the Sheriff’s headquarters, the jail and with free parking for visitors and employees.
The office building will feature a gym for corrections workers and law enforcement staff, as well as flexible office and meeting spaces.
“The idea is this experience is going to be better for, really, everybody in the building,” Cuyahoga County Planning and Program Administrator Nichole English told WEWS. “So much more light. Access to air.”
The jail will have 1,886 beds, with expansion space if needed.
Floor plans show 52 housing units, each with a medical exam room and a small visiting area. The facility will have a single entrance with multiple security screening layers for both visitors and staff.
Visitation areas include nine no-contact booths, six private meeting rooms for attorneys, and three larger rooms for families and groups. Tablets will be available for video visits.
Expanded medical facilities are a key feature, designed to minimize movement within the complex and reduce off-site trips, which will ultimately reduce costs. Besides the exam rooms in each housing pod, the campus will include a central medical clinic, dental clinic, lab, pharmacy, X-ray area and space for physical therapy.
For the first time, the jail will offer on-site dialysis and a 26-bed infirmary for those needing care without a hospital transfer.
Each housing unit will also have recreation areas with access to fresh air, exercise, programming and visitation options.
The facility will house a Behavioral Care Center and an on-site Reentry Resource Center, connecting residents to housing, employment and other support services.
Gilbane is the general contractor.
The following diversity participation goals were established for the project: 7 percent for Small Business Enterprises, 17 percent for Minority Business Enterprises and 6 percent for Women-owned Business Enterprises.