Lakeland moves to regulate future hotel and motel placement
With the eventual removal of two rundown motels on the Lakeland landscape, the suburb wants more control over the design of commercial lodging in the future.
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With the eventual removal of two rundown motels on the Lakeland landscape, the suburb wants more control over the design of commercial lodging in the future.
New federal labor regulations could cause additional labor shortages while driving costs even higher.
The number of hotel buildings in Lakeland soon will be down to just one.
The new hotel, the second in Arlington, will open Valentine’s Day at the Interstate 40 and Airline Road interchange.
“The extended-stay market is going to continue to grow, and it’s going to continue to grow at a faster rate than the average hotel market,” said a local hotel expert.
Hotel industry officials continue lobbying for a full-service convention hotel Downtown with 450-plus rooms.
“We have a great market, but we’re in a situation where we need to slow it down a little bit because we can get overdone in this area.”
Despite the influx of nearly 7,000 hotel rooms over the next few years, the lack of rooms adjacent to the Renasant Convention Center remains challenging.
Developers say that the city administration will recommend on Tuesday that the City Council approve their $3.5 million bid for the now-closed police precinct at 1925 Union Ave.
Management of East Memphis’ tall, round, glass-encased hotel knows a window is missing.
The Memphian in Overton Square has just opened. Inside, the place is as much a lively, luminous art gallery as a hotel.
The new stayAPT Suites company plans to enter the Memphis market with a 76- or 88-room hotel behind the Commons at Dexter Lake shopping center in Cordova. And it won’t be the last stayAPT in the Memphis area, one executive says.
The $10 million project is dependent on obtaining approval for changes to the property’s planned development.
These days, hotels and department stores are struggling. Which may explain the proposed conversions of a sprawling East Memphis hotel and a former Hickory Ridge Mall Sears building.
The 174-room luxury hotel — filled with design touches that are inspired by Memphis history and culture — helps anchor one of the city's most prominent intersections.
The owners of the old Econo Lodge near Union and Interstate 240 want to raze it and build a dual-branded hotel: Townplace Suites and Fairfield Inn & Suites.
The $11 million project, which could begin construction this summer, joins a growing list of new and planned Downtown hotels
A Florida company has come to Memphis to convert distressed, crime-plagued hotels into small, affordable apartments with 24/7 security.
Plans for a five-story, 98-room Residence Inn by Marriott still need approval from the Memphis City Council.
A developer wants to build a five-story Residence Inn by Marriott with 98 guestrooms and structured parking.
Developer Milton Grant's new, 18-acre Arlington Trails Planned Development will start with construction of a $14 million hotel.
The Land Use Control Board will consider developer Nitinkumar Patel's request this week to build a Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 235 Union.
The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.
Developers have changed the architecture of what will be called the Memphian Hotel in Overton Square. The latest look appears more timeless, with fewer contrasting colors.
Why did the The Central Station Hotel developers send a photographer on long train trips? And why are they installing a big, wooden dial in each guestroom? The answers involve aspirations to make this hotel a beacon for authentic Memphis music and art.
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