Saturday morning, TalkErie.com News received the following statement from John Persinger, CEO of the Erie Downtown Development Corporation:
Yesterday (October 18, 2019), the EDDC acquired the land at 5th and State Street from McDonald’s Corporation. As part of the deal, McDonald’s Corporation required the EDDC to not make any public comments until a sale was finalized. Now that the purchase is complete, we look forward to sharing more details in the next few days.