{"id":689514,"date":"2026-03-29T05:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689514\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T05:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:42:30","slug":"quaker-square-renderings-give-peak-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689514\/","title":{"rendered":"Quaker Square renderings give peak into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

AKRON OHIO \u2014 New renderings of one of Akron’s most notable properties show what it could look like after renovation. <\/p>\n

The future of Quaker Square could potentially feature a new hotel, about 75 apartments, retail and \u2014 sitting on top of those iconic former grain silos\u2014 an upscale 10,000 square foot glass restaurant overlooking Downtown Akron.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Quaker Square Redevelopment Group<\/p>\n

A Summit County resident, David Muntean, feels like the plan has a lot of potential.<\/p>\n

“I think it has to be a destination type thing, something that has a wow factor to it,” Muntean said.<\/p>\n

The now-empty property on Broadway Street has quite a rich history.<\/p>\n

\"Quaker<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Quaker Square Redevelopment Group<\/p>\n

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Quaker Oats Company was Akron’s largest employer. It shut down in the 70’s, but more memories were created.<\/p>\n

After its closing, Quaker Square became home to restaurants and retail for decades. The rounded rooms constructed in the silos were first used for a hotel, and then, dorms for the University of Akron.<\/p>\n

The property has sat vacant for the last several years, but developers have found a new vision to revitalize Quaker Square.<\/p>\n

Ideas were first shared with News 5 last May.<\/p>\n

Remember the pies, trains, and shopping at Quaker Square?!<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>Remember the pies, trains, and shopping?! News 5 takes you on a walk through vacant Quaker Square<\/a><\/p>\n

“We definitely want to bring back restaurants, retails. Hopefully more than just one restaurant, we get a couple in here. This space is really unique in how it was laid out,” Kyle Craven of Quaker Square Redevelopment Group said last year.<\/p>\n

Executive Director of the Akron Downtown Development Corporation Christopher Hardesty remembered going to the district and sitting in train cars as a child. But now, he’s looking into the future.<\/p>\n

“We’re in Akron. We want everybody to know that we’re in Akron, but we want to give you a different experience, and I think that rooftop amenity is going to do that,” Hardesty said.<\/p>\n

He said if the renderings become reality, work on a re-imagined Quaker Square could start as early as this year.<\/p>\n

“I think that the ability to preserve these structures and not tear them down is critical to the fabric of Downtown and our history,” Hardesty said.<\/p>\n

The ideas are exciting to Muntean, but he said he is taking a wait-and-see approach.<\/p>\n

“It’d be great, but you know, the devil is in the details. It’ll have to happen,” Muntean said. <\/p>\n

You can see more renderings below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Bob Jones is the Summit, Stark and Tuscarawas counties reporter at News 5 Cleveland. Follow him on X <\/b>@BobjonesTV<\/b><\/a>, or email him at <\/b>BJones@wews.com<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AKRON OHIO \u2014 New renderings of one of Akron’s most notable properties show what it could look like…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":689515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,289025,171,472,289028,47084,47085,289026,289027,289029,9576,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-689514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-design","tag-downtown-akron","tag-entertainment","tag-history","tag-new-developments","tag-news5cleveland","tag-northeast-ohio-news","tag-quaker-oats-company","tag-quaker-square","tag-renderings","tag-summit-county","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116310871659123918","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}