There are 9 article(s) tagged Downtown Memphis Sheraton:

• November 2024

  • Turkey, tea and vets: 3 small businesses snag thousands in grants

    Plus, the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Development Corp. approved board members to oversee the progress of the Sheraton hotel.

    By Sophia Surrett 9 hours ago

• October 2024

  • Memphis City Council says yes to $30M Sheraton deal

    The City Council toured the aging hotel to see dilapidated rooms that the current owners wouldn’t pay to fix.

    By Samuel Hardiman October 02, 2024

• September 2024

  • Why the City of Memphis is trying to buy a hotel

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he felt “very compelled” to purchase Downtown’s Sheraton because of the financial risks associated with not buying it. 

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    City of Memphis wants to buy Downtown Sheraton for $22M

    By Samuel Hardiman September 25, 2024

• February 2024

  • Young: Beale should be ‘epicenter’ of Downtown

    In a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Memphian, the new mayor also talked about the need to keep suspects accused of violent crime in jail, what will happen with the Sheraton hotel and the latest documents released related to Tyre Nichols' death.

    By Samuel Hardiman February 15, 2024

• December 2022

  • $89M renovation of Downtown Sheraton gets boost from City Council

    The 5% surcharge on items bought and rooms rented at the Downtown Sheraton hotel goes to finance a renovation of the existing 600-room hotel by the Renasant Convention Center. 

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    City Council passes Klondike tax vote, but residents’ concerns remain

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2022

  • Klondike, Sheraton projects top year’s last City Council agenda

    The Memphis City Council session involves Klondike and Sheraton tax votes, as well as a look at the Dream Hotel next to Peabody Place and the city’s animal ordinance.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2022

  • City council questions Sheraton tourism surcharge

    The terms of the tax incentive for adding a 300-room tower to the existing Sheraton convention center hotel include keeping the value of the existing hotel at its 1998 assessment for tax purposes. Although they don’t have a vote on the incentive terms, Memphis City Council members say their concerns are linked to their vote on a hotel tourism surcharge.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2022

  • Swearengen-Washington joins Memphis City Council

    The council renews discussions Tuesday on a damage deposit agreement for the Memphis In May International Festival’s use of Tom Lee Park as well as a tourism surcharge for the Downtown Memphis Sheraton Hotel.

    By Bill Dries December 05, 2022

• November 2022

  • City council to review Downtown Sheraton surcharge

    Council members will discuss the proposed Tourism Development Zone 5% surcharge — which would be charged on hotel guests’ bills — at an 8:30 a.m. committee session Tuesday, Nov. 15.

    By Bill Dries November 14, 2022