A Cleveland Police patrol car stood watch over the New Eastside Market on Wednesday as would-be shoppers walked up to the market at East 105th and St. Clair to find the place closed.
The store’s former general manager told News 5 he got a call in the early morning hours from the alarm company alerting him to an alarm, which he attributed to the storm. It turned out it was crews that were on scene changing the locks to the market, which ended its seven-year run Tuesday.
The building and land are owned by the City of Cleveland, with the market operated by Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON). The market was constantly plagued by financial issues, and its former developer was convicted of embezzling nearly $900,000…