EDMONTON – The fire-ravaged Kelly Ramsey block on Rice Howard Way is being gutted and two adjoining structures will be razed for a $250-million office and hotel project.
The south and east facades of the historic twin buildings on 101A Avenue will be dismantled and rebuilt as the base of a 29-storey tower, bricks and windows will be reused or reproduced, but most of the remainder will go, says a city report released Thursday.
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Groundwork for a 100-room hotel and a pair of restaurants on the west side of Gasoline Alley is underway.
Slated to operate as Microtel Inns & Suites, the four-storey hotel will include a pool, waterslide, fitness area and two meeting rooms. It will be located on Leva Avenue, just south of Hampton Inn and Suites.
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It’s been many years in the making, but work on an Okotoks Best Western hotel will finally get underway later this month.
The hotel’s owners have revealed they are planning to break ground on the project on March 20.
Hotel co-owner Roanne Bodnarchuk said there’s a great need for another hotel in town, particularly to support the growing “sports tourism” market in the area. As a regular billet for the Okotoks Dawgs, she has often heard about the need for another hotel.
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Spruce Grove City Council has unanimously approved a develop-ment permit for a new four-storey Holiday Inn Express and Suites.
The hotel, which will be located south of the TransAlta Tri Leisure Centre on the west side of Jenni-fer Heil Way, is the first phase of the five-acre Tri Leisure Village devel-opment that will eventually include retail stores, a medical clinic and restaurants.
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A longtime southern Alberta builder has announced a new project – an upscale hotel.
Medican Construction of Medicine Hat says it’s planning an “internationally branded” hotel in Crowsnest Pass. Work on the 50- to 75-room facility should start later this year, an official says.
It’s a new direction for Medican, developer of hundreds of condominium units in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Grande Prairie and other cities over recent years.
Bill Cooper, vice-president of sales and marketing for Medican, says the Crowsnest Pass is long overdue for greater choice in accommodation and dining.
“It’s fortunate the opportunity is still there for us,” he says.
Details will be outlined at an “open house” session on Tuesday, at 7 p.m. at the Elks Hall in Blairmore.
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Red Deer is poised to become a Marriott community.
The developer behind a hotel proposed for the north end of Oriole Park has confirmed that it will operate under Marriott’s TownPlace Suites banner.
Toby Lampard, who is president of L-7 Inc. — the company that owns the 6822 66th St. lot where the hotel is to be built — spoke to Red Deer’s municipal planning commission on Wednesday during an application related to the project. The hotel had received development approval from the commission in August, but Lampard was seeking to make several changes to the plan. These included the addition of a swimming pool.
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An iconic hotel in the city’s west end that holds a special place in the hearts of many residents has been bought by a group of local businessmen who plan to restore it to its past glory.
Lionel Robins, a partner in the ownership team which also own many local auto businesses together in Grande Prairie, said the hotel at 11201-100 Avenue, currently a Quality Inn, is home to many fond memories.
Robins joked that when he told people about taking over the Quality Inn, not too many people knew what he was talking about until he used its original name – the Golden Inn.
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A local business got some good news last week when it was named the top hotel for service in Alberta.
The Hospitality Inn and Suites ranked 17 on Travel Advisor’s 2013 Travelers’ Choice Award: Top 25 Hotels for Service in Canada, and the management could not be more excited.
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The company proposing to build two hotels in the Box Springs Business Park is ready to move forward and break ground on both projects in 2013.
“We’re ready to go in the spring, as soon as the subdivision is done,” said Cam Christianson, CEO of Drumheller-based Canalta Real Estate.
The plan to subdivide the land, which sits across from the proposed Event Centre site northwest of the current Costco location, appeared in application documents filed in December and made public Monday.
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EDMONTON – The prospective buyers of the Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe want to restore the downtown Edmonton landmark to its former prominence, said the hotel’s general manager.
An offer by a largely local group of investors to purchase the hotel from the receiver manager has been given court approval, said James Jackson.
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