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There have been times when Brent D. Ballard, managing partner of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, has felt like he was living out an episode of "This Old House."
"Every time you open a wall, there's something that needs to be done," Mr. Ballard said during a recent tour of the circa-1916 building that soon will be home to the law firm's downtown Cleveland offices.
But the attorney's personal version of reality TV soon will be coming to an end.
Coffee's nearly 300 employees are slated to move into the renovated space at the end of this month, occupying 100% of the 115,000-square-foot building, which will carry the law firm's name.
Located at East Sixth Street and Rockwell Avenue, the historic seven-floor structure that originally was constructed for the East Ohio Gas Co. had in recent years fallen into a state of disrepair and neglect. What once served as East Ohio's
showroom for gas appliances was even being used as a parking garage.
You could see what that lobby...