Owensboro-KY

Owensboro planning ahead with State Office Building site - 14 News, The Tri-State's News and Weather Leader-: "city plans to use the site for the proposed downtown hotel"

Contact Information

For more information, please contact Fred Reeves, Executive Director, Downtown Development at 926-4339.

Ft. Lauderdale -FL

Giant water park proposed at Fort Lauderdale Stadium - Sun Sentinel: "Hotel-retail-sports-water-park plan"

"Dave's thoughts"-

Perhaps adjoining land is available to take advantage of the anticipated high demand?

Mayor Seiler may be reached at 954-828-5003 or via e-mail at jack.seiler@fortlauderdale.gov.

Williston - ND

COVER STORY: Region partially insulated from hotel building slowdown | Prairie Business Magazine | Grand Forks, ND: "People say they can’t find a room in Williston, Minot, Dickinson, Sidney, Montana, or any place in between."

Tom Rolfstad

Williston Economic DevelopmentDepartment

www.willistonnd.com

22 East Broadway Williston, ND 58801-6011 (701) 577-8110

Loudon- NH

Speedway officials may rev up slots play - NashuaTelegraph.com: "100-room hotel and automobile museum on the grounds of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway complex in Loudon"

Bruton Smith

http://www.speedwaymotorsports.com

5555 Concord Parkway South

Concord, NC USA 28027

Phone:704-455-3239

231-suite Northland Inn & Conference Center located in Brooklyn Park, MN.Offered at a significant discount to replacement cost. Park Inn???

Please welcome our newest conversion property addition to the Park Inn system as of April 1, 2010. Park Inn Houston North Hotel & Conference Center, TX 500 North Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, TX 77060

Madison - WI

Developer proposes hotel-office complex at University Avenue and Whitney Way: "construction of a six- to seven-story hotel, a restaurant and a five-story medical clinic on 15 acres"

Erdman Holdings, Inc (Erdman Real State Holdings)

5117 University Ave

Madison, WI 53705-1360

Phone:	(608) 218-6328
Website:	www.erdman.com

Update to Muskego - WI

Please see March 16 post for original information. http://sitesandsupport.blogspot.com/2010/03/muskego-wi.html

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that a possible aid in financing has recently come across my desk that can help in Hotel financing specifically.  Attached is information on  Recovery Zone Facility Bonds (RZFBs) for your convenience.  Basically, you could get a certain amount of bonds as tax-exempt using the City's name which would in turn lower you interest rates considerably on that portion of your borrowing.  There is a statewide pool of money that could qualify for hotels, but time is of the essence since the bond money is gone as of January 1, 2011.  The City just has to label the community as a recovery zone which we are willing to do if this helps someone out.

Taking advantage of such a tax exempt bond coupled with our aforementioned grant money from the City of Muskego may help bridge that financing gap!

As always, keep lines of communication open with me if interested.

State link to RZFBs: http://commerce.wi.gov/BD/BD-RZFB.html

Go Muskego!

Jeff

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Jeff Muenkel, AICP EDFP

Community Development Director

City of Muskego

W182 S8200 Racine Avenue

PO Box 749

Muskego, WI 53150-0749

Phone: (262) 679-4136 or (262) 679-4145

Fax: (262) 679-5614

Email: jmuenkel@ci.muskego.wi.us

Web: www.ci.muskego.wi.us/planning

Laguna - CA

Business owners, developers gather on urban village | city, development, zoning - News - The Orange County Register: "n urban village with shops, restaurants, entertainment, hotel, office and a transportation hub"

Bruce E. Channing

City Manager|(949) 707-2610|EmailFax|(949) 707-2614

Selma - AL

Selma Enterprise: "The project plan includes land for a hotel, fast food and sit-down restaurants and retail"

Tutelian & Company

1401 Fulton Street, Suite 210 Fresno, CA 93721

Phone: (559) 266-8000 Fax: (559) 266-8005

For information, questions or comments email: ken@tutelian.com or cliff@tutelian.com

Lodging Hospitality Hotel Franchise Calculator

I have added the new Lodging Hospitality franchise calculator link to the useful links section on the left side of this blog. This will take you directly to their site and offers a tool for comparing fees between up to five alternatives.

It will always be accessible in the useful links section going forward and can be accessed by double-clicking the link. It can also be found this one time by clicking the following: http://lhonline.com/franchise_calculator/

Wichita KS joint venture offer SWC Kellogg and Oliver

Dave,

We are looking for an equity or development partner(s) for our proposed 65 room Country Inn & Suites project located at US Hwy 54 and Oliver in Wichita, KS. Depending on loan terms the additional equity needed could range from $800,000 to $1,200,000. Also, we are willing to contribute our land and take a passive position in the project.

The hotel site is part of an urban redevelopment located almost in the middle of Wichita, at the highest traffic count intersection in the city. The development is less than 5 minutes from downtown and 10 minutes from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. Other demand generators located nearby include 2 major hospitals, the Bob Dole VA Hospital, Wichita State University, Spirit Aerosystems, Hawker Beechcraft and McConnell AFB. US Hwy 54 (aka Kellogg) is the major East-West highway running through Wichita, providing quick access to the entire city.

If anyone is interested they can email me, jeff.walenta@grubb-ellis.com, and I would be happy to share the redevelopment site concept plan and area map, as well as answer any questions.

Thanks,

Jeff Walenta
Broker/Owner
Commercial Specialist
Grubb & Ellis
Martens Commercial Group, LLC
435 S. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas, 67202
Main: 316-262-0000 Ÿ Fax 316-262-0235 Ÿ Direct: 316-847-4925
jeff.walenta@grubb-ellis.com
http://www.buildingkansas.com/

Hanover - MA

Hanover hears proposal for $100M project | New England Business Bulletin: "plan for the Interchange project could include a hotel/conference center, corporate office park, and possibly some high-end retail store"

Town Planner: Andrew R. Port ( planning@hanover-ma.gov )

Administrative Assistant : Hannah Butler ( office.planning@hanover-ma.gov )

Phone: 781-826-7641

Fax: 781-826-5950

Address:

Hanover Planning Board

550 Hanover Street

Hanover, MA 02339

St. Louis - MO

Peracon Park Inn conversion potential?? $30,000/key all in?? Park Inn story http://www.parkinn.com/section/aboutus.story/aboutus.sidemenus

Trust the Data !

 Now Hotels News - ArticlePublish Post

Elizabethton - TN

The Elizabethton Star: "A proposed medical office building would be constructed on the site along with other ventures, possibly including a hotel and restaurant."

Mayor Curt Alexander

Department of Planning and Development 136 South Sycamore Street David Ornduff, Director 423/542-1502

Wattsville - VA

Project's developer seeks area's suggestions | delmarvanow.com | The Daily Times: "a new town -- complete with a hotel and conference center, shops, restaurants, medical offices"

County Administrator Steve Miner

Administrative Offices 23296 Courthouse Ave. Suite 203 PO Box 388 Accomac, Virginia 23301 (757) 787-5700 (757) 824-5444 (757) 787-2468 - Fax County Administrator - Steven B. Miner administration@co.accomack.va.us

Huntsville - TX

City to look at possible construction of arena, expo center � Local News � The Huntsville Item, Huntsville, TX: "formation of a feasibility committee"

Consulting Opportunity

Baine, William

City Manager

291-5400

291-5409

Tuscaloosa - AL

Maddox wants hotel area counted | Local News | TuscaloosaNews.com: "proposed an incentive package that would make loans using city-issued bonds and incentives from rebated sales tax to encourage new"

Planning Department 205-248-5080

http://www.ci.tuscaloosa.al.us/index.aspx?nid=61

Blog Enrollment Update

I would like to take a moment to thank all those who have subscribed to this blog since I have opened it up to the public. Since the second week in February, there have been 35 subscribers , 887 views and 386 clicks linking to 78 different markets/articles of interest.

There are currently two very qualified leads pursuing a Country Inns and Suites new build as a direct result  of this blog . In a little over a month, I am very pleased with that success ratio! Now with a little cooperation from the lenders, we can all benefit going forward!

I will report back in a month with a subscription update.In the meantime , if you can think of anyone that should be a subscriber as well, or have any suggestions of any kind, please let me know.

Dave