OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)

[Highlander]

It passed the P&Z Committee and is on to the Council, which meets at 3:00pm today.

What was the result? You would think this would be big news but I cannot find any mention of it in the Star today. I had heard that CFRG may take it to the courts if the city ignores their petition process (although I read somewhere they did not have enough signatures in the initial delivery - but still had time to gather more).

[hartliss]

It passed the P&Z Committee and is on to the Council, which meets at 3:00pm today.

What was the result? You would think this would be big news but I cannot find any mention of it in the Star today. I had heard that CFRG may take it to the courts if the city ignores their petition process (although I read somewhere they did not have enough signatures in the initial delivery - but still had time to gather more).

The latest: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/ar ... 68874.html

[KCPowercat]

it was on the front page earlier today....I remember reading that the bond sale would be ready in "a couple weeks"

[UrbanKC]

It passed the P&Z Committee and is on to the Council, which meets at 3:00pm today.

What was the result? You would think this would be big news but I cannot find any mention of it in the Star today. I had heard that CFRG may take it to the courts if the city ignores their petition process (although I read somewhere they did not have enough signatures in the initial delivery - but still had time to gather more).

The latest: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/ar ... 68874.html

I watched both segments, from the PZE and the Council. Dan Coffey & others did get up and speak against it, accusing them of trying to bypass the will of the votes & petitioners. Basically PZE completely shot down those accusations. Councilman Shields really dug into the applicants for a more definitive series of dates. I suspected that was mainly to counter the arguments by Coffey & others. Basically she asked when we could see the final financing completed and a list of financials to show the public. As well as when they should expect to break ground. I think they said August or September for breaking ground and late July to August for the financing to be completed.

[DaveKCMO]

CM lucas tweets that hyatt is out and loews is in.

https://twitter.com/QuintonLucasKC/stat ... 4441223170

[normalthings]

Could this affect the design? The Loews in chicago is pretty nicely designed as are Loews in general.

[normalthings]

Heretostaykc.com is no more

[kboish]

I read that as "Lowes" at first. I thought, damn, that devolved quickly!

[GRID]

No change in design. Logo on building changed and that's it.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... -flag.html

This may be good for KC because Hyatt still wants to be back in downtown KC so they may do their own separate project from the convention center now.

[kboish]

No change in design. Logo on building changed and that's it.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... -flag.html

This may be good for KC because Hyatt still wants to be back in downtown KC so they may do their own separate project from the convention center now.

4 light Hotel/Apt combo?

[KCPowercat]

I'm not convinced the design won't change

[KCPowercat]

The cladding is different. The Hyatt pics have more non glass...the loews rendering is all glass.

[joshmv]

[mister816]

the new rendering looks far better IMHO. still looks like a hospital but now it's a glass hospital.

[grecobs]

Loews is an incredible win for KC if this hotel is ever built. They are a step above Hyatt in many ways and having the Tisch family put a stake in the KC ground awesome.

[WoodDraw]

This seems like a very positive development, especially them investing equity. I'm guessing the rest of the financing remains the same, including catering?

[miz.jordan17]

After staying at the Loews in Chicago, I'm pumped about this flag change. This is a win for KC

[earthling]

Not only is Loews a quality upgrade, Hyatt may still want to be in downtown KC, which may spawn another project even if smaller.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics ... 30409.html

[beautyfromashes]

Big win.

[earthling]

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