Vacant Canton dealership could get a $19M makeover, house 79 families

Canton Repository (9/11/26) A showroom. An aging service bay. A sea of pavement.

That’s about all that’s left of the former Spitzer dealership downtown.

The site at 971 Cleveland Ave. NW, across from the Cultural Center for the Arts and the Canton Memorial Civic Center, has sat vacant for more than 15 years. But when Rev. Don Ackerman looks across the four-acre property, he envisions something else entirely.

Vacant Canton dealership could get a $19M makeover, house 79 families