The news caught neighbors — and public officials — by surprise on Thursday.
Akron Children’s Hospital had entered the winning bid for the Notre Dame College campus at a court-supervised auction, the culmination of two years of speculation about the property’s future. The hospital edged out the City of South Euclid and other bidders to strike a deal that still requires court approval.
“I was in the kitchen, and my wife audibly gasped and told me the news,” said Casey Miozzi, a neighbor who lives a few streets away from the 50-acre campus…