MBJ EDITORIAL: ‘Facilitate’ some sunshine on Jackson convention hotel deal
by MBJ Staff Published: December 1,2011
Tags: Convention Center, Dallas Texas, Gulf Opportunity Zone, Hurricane Katrina, JACKSON, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Porter Bingham, Tony Yarber, Transcontinental Realty Investments
Our capital city wants to go into the hospitality business by co-signing a $96 million loan for a 16-floor convention headquarters hotel. Yet Jackson taxpayers — the exact same ones who’ll have to make up the difference if the hotel lands in the red — know few of the details of the deal and even [...] [...]
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