Commercial Construction & Renovation

Plans are in the works for Cape Coral to get a massive, 140-acre commercial development project called Victory Park. Read The News-Press story here

Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts has responded to a successful Colorado referendum by announcing a $180 million expansion of its Bronco Billy's hotel-casino in that state. Voter approval of new gaming modes prompted Full House to bump up its initial plan to add 180 rooms. Read the Las Vegas Review-Journal story here

The Omni Oklahoma City Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City is officially open. The hotel welcomed its first guests Tuesday after a ribbon cutting ceremony with Oklahoma City.
Read the KFOR-TV story here

Skokie, Illinois, leaders have given the green light to a proposed $50 million hotel and conference center, part of a $400 million downtown redevelopment program. Chicago-based E&M Strategic Developments plans to build the 141-room Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel and Conference Center this spring. Read the Chicago Tribune story here

The New Castle County Council approved a plan to build a hotel off I-295 near New Castle. The hotel site is a vacant plot behind Royal Farms near the I-295 and Route 9 interchange. Between the hotel site and the convenience store, a retail strip and two restaurants are under construction. Read The News Journal story here

Construction of a new hotel just off Interstate 85 near exit 20 in Gastonia rekindled after a nearly year-long halt. Read The Gaston Gazette story here

After COVID-19 related delays, construction is progressing toward a late summer opening of a Hilton Garden Inn and adjoining convention center in the Coles Centre subdivision. Read the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier story here

Colby College officials hope to open the Front & Main restaurant inside the Lockwood Hotel on Main Street downtown in late spring and the hotel itself, in late summer, if all goes according to plan and it is safe to do so. Read the Kennebec Journal story here

Busy times ahead in the Panama City Marina District. After Hurricane Michael, the city had to start from scratch to rebuild the marina. It took some time but soon the progress will be visible. Read the WMBB-TV story here

The old Tucson Citizen building on South Stone Avenue will soon be home to a 10-room, wine-centric boutique hotel and tasting room. The Citizen Hotel will be the second boutique hotel for former lawyer turned hotelier Moniqua Lane, who also owns the nearby Downtown Clifton Hotel at 485 S. Stone Ave. Read the Arizona Daily Star story here