Thursday, June 7, 2012

ONB: New hotel eyed for downtown - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Michael Calvert gave an update on the city centert Thursday to a group gatheredfor ONB’s monthlyg breakfast briefing. Calvert didn’t identify the developer but said the hotelk was being eyed nearthe ’se medical facilities, the Railroad Reservatioj Park and the upcoming apartment development Block 121. This wouls be the fourth hotel to be recently planned for he said, citing the Hyatt House and Residence Inn hotels in the city cented slated to open this year and the Marriott Renaissances hotel planned for downtown. Calvert also said Bayer Properties is actively moving forward with plans to redevelopp the former Pizitz building on SeconAvenue North.
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford also addressed the crowc gathered at The Harbert Center and presente d the plan to expandthe , includingb how the city would pay for the On Tuesday, zoo officials presented the plan to the city The council supported the expansion but stripped any language from its supporg that involved funding the project, according to previouss news reports. Langford said he plans to put planzs to expand the onthe council’sz agenda as soon as possible, saying now is a good time to The city was able to bid the recen street repaving at half the price it initiallg expected to pay, enabling the city to put an additional $5.
5 million toward paving streets in all nine of the city’xs districts, he said. That proposal will go beforwe the councilnext week.

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