There are 19 article(s) tagged Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel:

• February 2025

  • Memphis Downtown Sheraton could get different hotel brand

    The hotel attached to the Renasant Convention Center might become a Marriott once renovations are complete.

    By Sophia Surrett February 22, 2025

• October 2024

  • Sheraton Hotel gets titleholder 

    The affiliate will be tax-exempt and have no legal or financial liability in the city’s transaction. 

    By Sophia Surrett October 16, 2024

  • Bonds approved for Sheraton Memphis Downtown, AutoZone Park, 100 N. Main

    A DMC board approved bonds to loan Memphis the millions needed to buy and maintain the Sheraton Memphis Downtown hotel, renovate AutoZone Park and update the 100 N. Main parking garage.

    By Sophia Surrett October 09, 2024

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

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the city wanted to find a creative way to redevelop the hotel in an interview Monday, Sept. 23. 

    By Samuel Hardiman, Sophia Surrett October 07, 2024

• September 2024

  • Hospitality experts say without convention hotel, it’s lights out Downtown

    The Renasant Convention Center’s general manager said the convention center would be “like a racecar without wheels” without the hotel. 

    By Sophia Surrett September 26, 2024

• February 2024

  • Buying the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel might be complicated

    A hotel expert thinks the Sheraton could be a “really good opportunity for a buyer under the right circumstances.” 

    By Sophia Surrett February 02, 2024

  • Sheraton hotel is on the market

    Despite receiving a 30-year pilot, the owners of the hotel at 250 N. Main St. are planning to sell.

    By Sophia Surrett February 02, 2024

• November 2022

  • City Council surprised by Sheraton request

    A 5% surcharge on anything bought at the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel drew lots of questions from Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Nov. 15. Council members were surprised that plans for a 300-room expansion remain tentative.

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2022

• September 2022

  • Downtown board approves PILOTs for Greyhound Complex, Crump Blvd. development

    Discussion of $226 million Sheraton renovation project was delayed to Oct. 11. 

    By Neil Strebig September 13, 2022

  • $226M renovation, 300-room expansion proposed for Downtown Sheraton

    The existing restaurants and bars will be converted into an upscale Memphis-themed sports bar. Additionally, an event deck will be built on the second floor, according to the application.

    By Neil Strebig September 08, 2022

• February 2020

  • Memphis history, Sheraton expansion could be on collision course

    The Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel's expansion needs could come in conflict with a more than 200-year-old slice of Memphis history.

    By Wayne Risher February 21, 2020

  • City Council to review Sheraton Convention Center hotel deal

    The City Council also will review an agreement to take in animals impounded outside the city at Memphis Animal Services.

    By Bill Dries February 18, 2020

  • Sheraton plans upgrade of city’s original convention center hotel, seeks tax breaks

    The owners of the Sheraton convention center hotel will seek a 30-year PILOT – payment in lieu of taxes – incentive for a major renovation of the 600-room, two-tower hotel.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • Nashville chancellor dismisses petition seeking to block Loews incentives

    A bid by the Sheraton Downtown Memphis Hotel to block incentives for a new Loews convention center hotel in Memphis has been dismissed in Davidson County Chancery Court.

    By Wayne Risher December 05, 2019

• 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

• February 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

  • 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