Carter A. Edman, city architect, talks about design plans for the ArtCraft building which is expected to house the Cleveland Police department, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Stephanie Casanova / Signal Cleveland

Members of the media were invited to the 7th floor of the ArtCraft building Monday, the proposed future home of the Cleveland Division of Police.

Carter A. Edman, the city architect, told reporters the first floor will be a welcoming space for the public. Designers want to include a community room, the public records office and the Cleveland Police Museum. 

Edman said designers are working on an accelerated timeline and are expecting a move-in date of 2025. The design team includes police representatives who are ensuring they stay within their $90 million budget.

Department members are also helping the team understand the role of police units and how they work together so that their spaces can be created to make collaborations easier, said Dorothy A. Todd, deputy chief of the Cleveland Division of Police  and a member of the design team. 

City Council received legislation in early January requesting approval for the city to buy the building. The request must be reviewed by several city departments and council committees before it goes back before council for a full vote. 

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Stephanie, who covered criminal justice and breaking news at the Chicago Tribune, is a bilingual journalist with a passion for storytelling that is inclusive and reflects the diversity of the communities she covers. She has been a reporter and copy editor for local newspapers in South Dakota, Kansas and Arizona. Stephanie is also a Maynard 200 alumni, a Maynard Institute for Journalism Education training program for journalists of color that focuses on making newsrooms more equitable, diverse and anti-racist.