There are 14 article(s) tagged Convention Center Hotel:

• January 2023

  • Top 5 City Council votes of 2022

    The Memphis City Council Scorecard puts votes on proposals to change how city leaders are elected and votes on public financing of a convention center hotel at the top of key votes in 2022.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2023

• October 2022

  • One Beale Grand Hyatt city loan approved with new wording

    The city changed the terms of the $10 million grant/loan after running into accounting rules that would have required the city to list the amount as a long-term liability on its financial statements.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2022

  • City’s $10 million loan for third One Beale hotel changes terms

    The council approved the original deal of what amounted to a $10 million advance on the city’s lease of convention meeting space in the Grand Hyatt — the third of three hotels at One Beale — in September on a 10-0 vote.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2022

• September 2022

  • Council approves key $10 million financing for One Beale Grand Hyatt

    Council members had questions about whether the financing sets a precedent now that the owners of the Downtown Memphis Sheraton have plans to add several hundred rooms to the original convention center hotel.

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    Downtown board proposes One Beale resolution for $95M in bonds

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2022

• July 2022

  • Council delays vote on backstop for One Beale debt

    At stake is the financing for the last of three hotels at the One Beale development that together would serve as a second convention center hotel.

    By Bill Dries July 12, 2022

• April 2022

  • City Council takes up One Beale debt, Soulsville TIF and Northside PILOT

    The economic development items are part of a council agenda that could see the formal end of a city-county consolidation bid and the end of council discussion of police and fire residency requirements.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2022

• December 2019

  • Loews Hotel plan for Central Police Station gets board approval

    The Loews Hotel plan would replace the back part of the historic Central Police Station with meeting and event, delivery and parking spaces.

    By Tom Bailey December 12, 2019

• November 2019

  • Loews Hotel plan may impact historic police building

    A revised, larger site plan for the Loews convention center hotel shows that the back of the historic Central Police Station would be replaced or retrofitted to support the 500-room hotel. Memphis Heritage opposes any demolition there "at this time."

    By Tom Bailey November 07, 2019

  • New Loews Hotel may replace back part of historic building

    A new request for a special use permit has been submitted for approval now that Loews Hotel & Co. has added the historic police station property to its site plan. 

    By Tom Bailey November 06, 2019

• September 2019

  • Permit sought for Loews Hotel on Civic Plaza

    The 500-room hotel would rise on 1.7 acres, where the Civic Plaza now offers fountains and benches across from City Hall.

    By Tom Bailey September 04, 2019

• July 2019

  • Kane says two new convention center hotels a possibility

    On "Behind the Headlines," the CEO of Memphis Tourism predicts growth in hotel rooms and other convention amenities, beyond the current ongoing legal battles.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2019

  • Davidson County chancellor hears motions in hotel incentive case

    Rulings are pending in Davidson County Chancery Court on a variety of dismissal motions in a Downtown Memphis Sheraton lawsuit challenging incentives for a proposed Loews Hotel.

    By Wayne Risher July 17, 2019

  • Hotel battle may decide future for historic police building

    The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved. 

    By Tom Bailey July 01, 2019

• April 2019

  • City signs letter of intent with Loews for new convention center hotel

    A letter of intent signed Tuesday replaces one being pursued for a joint development by Loews and THM. THM wants to build the second convention center hotel at a restored 100 North Main Building.

    By Bill Dries, Wayne Risher April 23, 2019