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The Hamilton Spectator:Concert hall, parking lot, hotel part of core revival (Nov 9, 2007)
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/279162
QUOTE Three major private projects promise to boost downtown Hamilton with lights, music and better parking.
The demolition of the old HMP dealership at the corner of Bay and Main streets is underway to make room for a new Hilton Homewood Suites. Developer Darko Vranich is behind the 15-storey hotel.
Just blocks away, Vranich`s son Denis is planning to tear down a burned out apartment building at the corner of Hess and King streets to build a concert theatre the size of Toronto`s Massey Hall.
"What it will do for Hess Village is huge," said Gord Moodie, the city`s co-ordinator of downtown municipal incentives
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Moodie expects the approximately $15-million project, which would qualify for a tax break, to start in the spring and take about 18 months to complete. A new parking structure already approved between Hess and Caroline will be perfectly placed to serve concertgoers, said Moodie.
On the other side of downtown, the city`s new development corporation has made its first offer on a parking lot behind the old Sandbar Tavern.
Moodie said the $15-million to $20-million proposal features multiple floors of parking combined with retail and residential units.
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/279162
QUOTE Three major private projects promise to boost downtown Hamilton with lights, music and better parking.
The demolition of the old HMP dealership at the corner of Bay and Main streets is underway to make room for a new Hilton Homewood Suites. Developer Darko Vranich is behind the 15-storey hotel.
Just blocks away, Vranich`s son Denis is planning to tear down a burned out apartment building at the corner of Hess and King streets to build a concert theatre the size of Toronto`s Massey Hall.
"What it will do for Hess Village is huge," said Gord Moodie, the city`s co-ordinator of downtown municipal incentives
...
Moodie expects the approximately $15-million project, which would qualify for a tax break, to start in the spring and take about 18 months to complete. A new parking structure already approved between Hess and Caroline will be perfectly placed to serve concertgoers, said Moodie.
On the other side of downtown, the city`s new development corporation has made its first offer on a parking lot behind the old Sandbar Tavern.
Moodie said the $15-million to $20-million proposal features multiple floors of parking combined with retail and residential units.