BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — The Sherwin-Williams Co. supports the latest plan for the mixed-use section of Valor Acres.

That’s what Tim Muckley, the company’s vice president of corporate real estate, told the Brecksville Planning Commission Oct. 26.

Sherwin-Williams is building a research and development center in Valor Acres. To make that happen, the Valor Acres developer, DiGeronimo Development, and the City of Brecksville have agreed to make the mixed-use section one-third residential, one-third office and one-third retail.

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — The Planning Commission has granted preliminary approval to six additional buildings in the mixed-use portion of Valor Acres — although three of the buildings, all containing apartments, were only narrowly approved by 4-3 votes.

On Oct. 26, the commission unanimously approved a six-story hotel — which according to Valor Acres developer Kevin DiGeronimo will be either a Hilton, Hyatt or Marriott brand — and a five-story office building for small and midsize businesses.

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — A combined coffee shop and bar in the five-story apartment building of Canvas, the residential section of Valor Acres, has been approved by the Brecksville Planning Commission.

The ground-floor coffee shop/bar will be open to the public, but will serve mostly apartment tenants and those living in other parts of Canvas.

It will not be a franchise business like Starbucks or Joe Maxx and will operate independently of the apartment building.

“The vision is more of a true one-off type of amenity for residents who are going to come in … either in the morning and want to have a coffee on their way out or in the evening to have a glass of wine,” Josh Decker, project executive with DiGeronimo Development LLC, which is developing Valor Acres, told the commission in July.

Valor Acres is a multi-use development under construction on the site of the former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital at Brecksville and Miller roads. The development, in addition to Canvas, will include a new Sherwin-Williams Co. research and development center, retail stores and restaurants.

Financing for the second residential phase of the Valor Acres project on the former VA Hospital site in Brecksville recently went into place as the first phase is nearing completion.