Tacoma Hotel Battle May Foreshadow What Happens with Headquarters Hotel

IF WE BUILD IT: Metro says a new Hyatt hotel will enliven the Oregon Convention Center.
By NIGEL JAQUISS

The legal fate of the long-planned headquarters hotel slated for the Oregon Convention Center is currently in the hands of the Oregon Court of Appeals. 

Last month, opponents of the proposed $200 million Hyatt Hotel at the convention center, a group called the Coalition for Fair Budget Priorities, appealed a Multnomah County Court judge's opinion that blocked opponents from challenging the project on the May ballot. That group, backed by Portland hotelier Gordon Sondland, objects to the $80 million taxpayer subsidy proposed for the Hyatt.

Last week, the Tacoma News Tribune reported that another Sondland company is nearing the end of a five-year battle over hotel development on the Tacoma waterfront. 


Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/03/28/3121457/bargain-deal-for-downtown-lots.html#storylink=cpy

The Murano is part of Provenance Hotels, Sondland's company.



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