Articles tagged: Valiant Partners
Opinion: Ann Arbor City Council made right decision to reject the hotel/conference center
Posted: Apr 10, 2011I applaud Mayor John Hieftje and the City Council members who voted against the proposal to build a hotel/conference center on the South 5th Avenue library lot. Initially, I was "on the fence" regarding the ... Read more »
Opinion: Why did city waste everybody's time and money on the hotel/conference center project?
Posted: Apr 10, 2011I read with great surprise the news that the City Council is prepared to vote down the proposed hotel and conference center. One must wonder about the decision-making methodology our city leaders use. Several million ... Read more »
Ann Arbor withholding staff communications cited as reason for rejecting conference center proposal
Posted: Apr 08, 2011Ann Arbor City Council members decided this week to reject a private developer's proposal to build a hotel and conference center on city-owned property downtown, citing concerns about the legal and financial risks. But what ... Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council rejects downtown conference center proposal in 8-2 vote
Posted: Apr 04, 2011(This story has been updated.) The Ann Arbor City Council voted 8-2 tonight to reject a New York-based developer's proposal to build a hotel and conference center on city-owned property downtown. The vote came after ... Read more »
with poll: How should the Ann Arbor City Council vote tonight on the conference center proposal?
Posted: Apr 04, 2011It's looking like it's do or die tonight for a downtown hotel and conference center project several years in the making. Five Ann Arbor City Council members are co-sponsoring a resolution to reject a letter ... Read more »
Hotel conference center plan is a high-risk venture for Ann Arbor that doesn't make sense
Posted: Apr 01, 2011Editor's note: The Ann Arbor CIty Council is expected to vote on a resolution on Monday night to reject the Valiant Partners hotel-conference center proposal. The Washtenaw County Hotel and Motel Association, which includes all ... Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council prepared to vote down hotel and conference center proposal
Posted: Apr 01, 2011A private developer's proposal to build a hotel and conference center on the city-owned Library Lot in downtown Ann Arbor appears to be headed for defeat. Read more »
Ann Arbor conference center proposal: Some say it'll work, some say it won't, City Council must decide
Posted: Mar 27, 2011A downtown Ann Arbor hotel and conference center project several years in the making is facing an uphill battle as the Ann Arbor City Council prepares to decide its fate. Read more »
with poll: Council members need more convincing on downtown Ann Arbor conference center proposal
Posted: Mar 15, 2011Ann Arbor City Council members will be asked in the coming months to make one of the most difficult decisions of their political careers. That is whether to allow New York-based Valiant Partners to build ... Read more »
with poll: Committee recommends proceeding with downtown Ann Arbor conference center proposal
Posted: Mar 08, 2011This story has been updated multiple times with additional information. The city of Ann Arbor's Library Lot RFP Advisory Committee met today and decided to move forward with exploring a hotel and conference center proposal ... Read more »
Portion of Division Street closing for two days for mass concrete pour on underground parking deck
Posted: Feb 25, 2011Ever seen a mass concrete pour? One block of South Division Street will be closed this weekend while crews truck in and pour concrete for the underground parking deck being built next to the Ann Arbor District Library. Read more »
Valiant Partners proposes reduced-size conference center in downtown Ann Arbor, report shows
Posted: Dec 02, 2010New York-based Valiant Partners is proposing a reduced-size conference center in downtown Ann Arbor with one to two floors of additional commercial office space — designed to strengthen the viability of the project and rid ... Read more »
Downtown conference center proposal may make sense for Ann Arbor, consultant says
Posted: Dec 01, 2010(This story has been updated to include additional information from the Roxbury Group's report, as well as to clarify statements about the project's perceived economic viability.) A consultant hired by the city of Ann Arbor ... Read more »
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