There are 10 article(s) tagged Loews:

• February 2022

  • Why did Downtown Loews hotel deal collapse?

    “The pandemic put challenges on the hotel market and the lending market, making the economics of our proposed transaction remarkably difficult.”

    By Rob Moore February 09, 2022

• February 2020

  • City backs Sheraton deal to boost conventions

    City touts Sheraton hotel incentive deal, expansion or not, for boosting ability to host larger conventions, putting tax-exempt land back on tax rolls.

    By Wayne Risher February 12, 2020

• 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

  • 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

  • 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

• 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