Posts Tagged ‘development’
Choice Hotels Names Robin Pence Vice President, Public Relations
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 12, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) today announced that it has named Robin Pence to the position of vice president of public relations. In this role, she will be responsible for developing and managing the external communications strategy for the company in the areas of public, media, industry and government relations. [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Tearing down Ace Ticket for Marriott hotel
Hub developer William McQuillan is thrilled he may soon have company on the construction front near Fenway Park [map].
McQuillan’s Boylston Properties started knocking down a former Ace Ticket storefront and parking garage at 121 Brookline Ave. last week to make way for an eight-story extended-stay hotel.
The demolition came just days after the Land Court rejected a lawsuit that had held up the massive $450 milli [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Developers of hotel at 900 NH seeking financial incentives from city
A proposed multistory hotel and apartment building at Ninth and New Hampshire streets will need several financial incentives to become reality, according to new information provided by the developers.
The development group, led by Lawrence businessmen Doug Compton and Mike Treanor, is seeking a special 1 percent sales tax on purchases made inside the building and the use of tax increment financing to help pay for [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Green Group Questions Green Village Plan
Quite a few citizens, BoroGreen members among them, attended March 2’s busy Planning Board meeting to hear more about the proposed Green Village development, across from United Rent-All on Rt.206. The plans propose a 469-unit apartment complex, 130-room extended stay hotel, and a 20,000 square foot retail space on a 50-acre plot along the east side of Rt. 206 and would contain 117 affordable housing units.
First [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Marriott building hotel in Richland
RICHLAND Construction of an extended-stay hotel planned at Richland’s Columbia Point since 2008 finally is under way, city officials said.
Richland Hospitality obtained a building permit for the $6.5 million, 90-room Marriott TownePlace Suites hotel across Columbia Point Drive from the Anthony’s at Columbia Point restaurant.
Rick Simon, the city’s development services manager, said th [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
FLW Announces Relationship With Choice Hotels International, Inc.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 1, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – FLW, the world’s premier tournament-fishing organization, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Choice Hotels International, Inc., one of the world’s largest lodging companies. Choice Hotels brand properties provide travelers, from the road-warrior Walmart FLW Tour pros to the recreational angler, with a variety of high-qua [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Coralville group seeks injunction
CORALVILLE, IA. — A pending lawsuit against the city of Coralville should not slow work on projects already under way in the Iowa River Landing, one person overseeing the project said Friday.
“Progress is going fine,” said Paul Buss, president of the San Diego-based firm OliverMcMillan, which was hired by Coralville as master developer of the development.
A group of area developers and business owners filed a [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Marriott is building hotel in Richland
RICHLAND Construction of an extended-stay hotel planned at Richland’s Columbia Point since 2008 finally is under way, city officials said.
Richland Hospitality obtained a building permit for the $6.5 million, 90-room Marriott TownePlace Suites hotel across Columbia Point Drive from the Anthony’s at Columbia Point restaurant.
Rick Simon, the city’s development services manager, said th [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Marriott is building hotel in Richland
Richland Hospitality is a company set up by InterMountain Management, which bought the land at Columbia Point from the city in 2008, said Gary Ballew, the city’s economic development manager.
InterMountain is a third-party management company that works with Marriott.
The project stalled when the recession hit, but the city council hasn’t pursued its rights to repurchase the property, instead o [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]