There are 18 article(s) tagged Loews:

• August 2019

  • Bid to block Memphis hotel incentives proceeds in Nashville court

    A Davidson County chancellor on Thursday, Aug. 15, left intact key challenges by Sheraton hotel against tax incentives for a proposed rival Loews convention center hotel in Memphis.

    By Wayne Risher August 16, 2019

• July 2019

  • Nashville court airs dispute over incentives for 2nd Memphis convention center hotel

    Lawyers for Memphis, the Downtown Memphis Commission and Sheraton sparred Tuesday in Davidson County Chancery Court over a bid to block state-approved incentives for a new Loews Hotel.

    By Wayne Risher July 18, 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

• May 2019

  • 100 North Main owner sues Loews, former convention center hotel partner

    One New York firm is suing another over the breakup of their joint venture to develop a second Memphis convention center hotel using local and state financial incentives.

    By Wayne Risher May 13, 2019

  • Transformation turns convention center into hard-hat zone

    Memphis Tourism officials touted the economic impact of travel and tourism and previewed future possibilities of a modernized Memphis Convention Center during a hard-hat tour of the construction zone Tuesday.

    By Wayne Risher May 08, 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

  • Conaway: A tall challenge at 100 North Main

    It's a building that could become a beautiful part of what’s next, or remain the biggest ugly elephant in our biggest room.

    By Dan Conaway April 18, 2019

  • 100 North Main owner touts hotel as reducing blight, public subsidy

    Townhouse Management Co. says 100 North Main would cost less in public incentives to retrofit as a convention center hotel, compared to the planned Loews on Civic Center Plaza.

    By Wayne Risher April 10, 2019

  • Loews, THM part company on convention center hotel project

    Loews says it is moving ahead with a hotel in Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall. Meanwhile, THM indicated Friday it intends to turn the 100 North Main building into a 500-room hotel.

    By Bill Dries, Wayne Risher April 08, 2019

  • Downtown tourism development zone captures sales tax growth

    A special tax financing district Downtown has ginned up more than $223 million since its inception in 2001, capturing sales tax growth for projects to lure more visitors.

    By Wayne Risher April 05, 2019

• March 2019

  • Loews hotel project wins clear path to tourism zone financing

    The Tennessee General Assembly has cleared up a couple of issues that created uncertainty for a proposed $220 million Loews hotel near the Memphis Convention Center.

    By Wayne Risher March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • Chancellor dismisses Sheraton petition challenging incentives for Loews

    Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins on Monday dismissed the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel's petition that sought to block a City Council action favoring public incentives for a Loews hotel.

    By Wayne Risher February 25, 2019

  • Sheraton expands effort to block public incentives for rival Loews

    Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins said he'll rule Monday, Feb. 25, on a city motion to dismiss a Sheraton bid to block public incentives for a Loews hotel in Downtown Memphis.

    By Wayne Risher February 20, 2019

  • City Council resolution on second convention center hotel answers Sheraton lawsuit claim

    A city council resolution on the financing of a second convention center hotel added to Tuesday's agenda is an answer to changes in a lawsuit filed by the owners of the city's original convention center hotel recently.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2019

• January 2019

  • Chancellor delays hearing on expanded Sheraton challenge of Loews incentives

    Attorneys for the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel and the City Council squared off in Chancery Court Tuesday over a challenge to public incentives for a new Loews Hotel. 

    By Wayne Risher January 29, 2019

  • Sheraton fires back in court battle against Loews incentives

    Sheraton Downtown Memphis Hotel attorneys say the City Council committed a series of missteps in approving public incentives for a rival Loews Hotel project in August.

    By Wayne Risher January 23, 2019

• December 2018

  • TDZ expansion approved for second convention center hotel

    The Tennessee Building Commission's executive committee has approved an expansion of the Downtown Tourism Development Zone for a second convention center hotel in Memphis.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2018

• September 2018

  • Second convention hotel set for Civic Center Plaza

    The city’s second convention center hotel will be constructed on Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall and next to the Downtown Memphis Commission offices, Jonathan Tisch, the chairman and CEO of Loews Hotel & Co., said Friday.

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2018