The Rezidor Hotel Group (STO:REZT) announces the Radisson Hotel Maputo in Mozambique – the 150 room-property is scheduled to open its doors in Q2 2010. “With this signing we add a new country to our portfolio and are now present in 54 nations”, said Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor. “The Radisson Hotel Maputo [...]

A 12-to-14-story hotel and condo tower, as well as a multimillion-dollar water park, could be coming to downtown Ogden, the City Council was told Tuesday night.
Midtown Development of Orem wants to buy nearly 2 acres on a prime corner of the city-owned Junction mall for the hotel-condo tower. It would be [...]

Up to 70 condominiums and retail shops are a step closer toward reality for Center and Whitney streets in downtown Grayslake.
Village board trustees recently gave informal approval to provide special-use permits so Vernon Hills-based JMH Architects Inc. can develop the project.
Redevelopment is planned at 201 Center St., where a 107-year-old deteriorating building would be torn [...]

For years, Bill Defibaugh has been squirreling away the best of Bedford Springs Resort.
At auctions and sales, he bought guest ledgers, photographs and corner cupboards. He gathered wooden chests, grandfather clocks, stoves and glass bottles until he filled his homes with treasures from Bedford County’s aging grande dame.
Some pieces were valuable 18th-century antiques; others were [...]

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. announced the start of site work for Pearland Town Center, a 1.2 million square-foot premier mixed-use development in Houston (Pearland), TX. Pearland Town Center will offer premium retail, residential, office and hotel space in an open-air pedestrian friendly environment. The center’s retail space is already 60% leased and committed. Pearland [...]

Two plans to turn vacant lots in the north end of downtown Elmhurst into a trendy condominium and retail center came under City Council scrutiny this week, with members mostly criticizing their design and financing.
Mayor Thomas Marcucci said Monday that he was looking for something that appealed to the higher-end condo market.
“This is [...]

Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, rings in 2007 with the debut of the 60,000-square-foot Legends Ballroom. The new $25 million facility features a 24,000-square-foot ballroom with 22-foot ceilings and 27,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor pre-function space. Accommodating up to 2,000 attendees, the Legends Ballroom is the ideal location for corporate [...]

A condominium and retail complex has been proposed at the main downtown intersection.
An application by D’Anastasio Corp. of Pennsauken to convert a furniture store at High and Broad streets is in the process of further review by the city land use board. The proposed development, to be called City Lofts, will also have to undergo [...]

Considering he’s proposing to demolish the historic “pink hotel” building in downtown Brighton to make way for a new structure, Stan Schafer wasn’t greeted with any cheers at the first public review of his proposal.
Then again, he met no jeers, either, at the Brighton Planning Commission meeting Monday as he tested the waters with his [...]

If the name weren’t already taken, developer Frank Maggio’s controversial condo project in the Old Manatee neighborhood could be marketed as “The Concession.”
Last week, he walked out of a Bradenton City Council meeting with tentative approval of plans for less than half of what he originally wanted but more than city officials had recently indicated [...]

Groundbreaking for an estimated $11 million condominium and retail development in the Six Points/Farmer’s Market area in West Allis has been scheduled for Jan. 24, real estate broker HomeSale Realty said Friday.
In early 2006, developers Brian Kliesmet and Steve Stewart were awarded a contract from the city of West Allis for the Belmont Center, [...]

A soon-to-be-built casino resort in Macau’s Cotai strip aims to use retail shops and entertainment to lure more visitors from mainland China, a resort executive said Wednesday.
David Friedman, co-chairman of the Macau Studio City, said it is important for casino operators to offer visitors more than simple gambling experience as the demographics of visitors to [...]