Proposed Deer District, Third Ward Hotels Change Brands
Developer pledges summer construction start on first project.
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Curious that Marcus, Jackson Street and Witt seem to have no objections to these two hotels, with almost 300 rooms total, but can’t stand the thought of one larger hotel. Where were they when all of the other recent small hotels opened downtown? The reason Milwaukee can’t get one large convention hotel, which would help the Baird Center, is because downtown is now full of small, nickel-and-dime properties that don’t serve the city’s greater interests. The big players are fine with that because their marquee properties still run the show. The newer “large” hotels (Westin, Marriott) are much smaller than those in similar markets, tourist hot sports or not. Milwaukee’s conservative business streak wins again.
@exchilango, this hotel didn’t require a $400 million subsidy that the hotels will have to pay through the hotel taxes levied by the city and Wisconsin District. If we’re going to spend $400 million in Westown, let’s spend it making Westown a better place to visit. There’s no shortage of need. Many of its streets are too wide and crumbling, MacArthur Square is fenced off and dead, there’s a lack of street trees and foliage, and there are many underutilized and empty lots. Let’s focus on that, first.