There are 9 article(s) tagged Loews:

• 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