Mississippi Business Journal » convention center hotel http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bond deadline looms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/18/bond-deadline-looms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bond-deadline-looms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/18/bond-deadline-looms/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:00:52 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=49777 A decision by Jackson City Council Monday (Dec. 19) to build a 16-floor, $96 million convention center hotel will hand Mayor Harvey Johnson a signature victory but a thumbs down from the council will give him a serious setback. The city put the deal on a fast-track to enable proposed development partner Transcontinental Realty Investments [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/18/bond-deadline-looms/feed/ 0 Expectations high for convention hotel revenue per available room http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/11/expectations-high-for-convention-hotel-revenue-per-available-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expectations-high-for-convention-hotel-revenue-per-available-room http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/11/expectations-high-for-convention-hotel-revenue-per-available-room/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:11:18 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=49558 In its first year of operation, a convention center hotel in Jackson would achieve a revenue-per-available room rate more than double the current rate for Jackson’s downtown hotel market. That’s the ambitious projection of a market feasibility study done for potential hotel development partner Transcontinental Realty Inc. of Dallas and on which city officials appear [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/11/expectations-high-for-convention-hotel-revenue-per-available-room/feed/ 0 Clock ticking on quest for Go-Zone bonds for hotel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/13/clock-ticking-on-quest-for-go-zone-bonds-for-hotel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clock-ticking-on-quest-for-go-zone-bonds-for-hotel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/13/clock-ticking-on-quest-for-go-zone-bonds-for-hotel/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:00:50 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=48503 TCI Realty of Dallas, a prospective partner with the City of Jackson on a convention center hotel, is racing the clock to gain a $70.1 million share of Mississippi’s tax-exempt Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds before they expire Dec. 31. Meanwhile, the nearly $100 million project faces a council increasingly skeptical about inheriting a development partner [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/13/clock-ticking-on-quest-for-go-zone-bonds-for-hotel/feed/ 1 Read the October 3rd issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/30/read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/30/read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:51:09 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46583 In this week’s MBJ, Clay Chandler examines whether there is a megasite available for a new Hyundai plant. The MDA’s Leland Speed says there are no sites available. However, the East Mississippi Business Development Corp. executive director Wade Jones says the 1,400-acre Kewanee site is still available for Hyundai or anyone else that wants it. [...]

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