tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90000471317092711922024-03-05T11:04:14.482-08:00Hotel PeoriaC Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782759243128511853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000047131709271192.post-57538727501791771422008-12-05T12:34:00.005-08:002013-07-24T09:40:53.957-07:00Pere Marquette Full Service Marriott Hotel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pere Marquette reopens with a ‘spectacular’ new look</h1>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">PEORIA — The early reviews — from local dignitaries to the first guests to check in — amounted to a unanimous and enthusiastic thumbs-up for the Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette Hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The 86-year-old Downtown landmark reopened Friday. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Make that 86 years new, because the hotel that closed in December 2011 is sporting a whole new look along with a new name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">“There are new ceilings, a new plumbing system. We replaced all the tile and the carpets,” said Gary Matthews, the president of EM Properties and the developer of the $93 million project that included a $44 million renovation of the 286-room Pere Marquette.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Part of the project, a 10-story, 116-room Marriott Courtyard Hotel, now under construction adjacent to the Pere, is expected to be completed by the second half of 2014.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x208440872/Spectacular-Pere-Marquette-reopens-after-wholesale-renovation#ixzz2Zt08PUvw" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;">http://www.pjstar.com/news/x208440872/Spectacular-Pere-Marquette-reopens-after-wholesale-renovation#ixzz2Zt08PUvw</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666699;"><strong>Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette NOW OPEN, Marriott Courtyard Now Under Construction</strong></span></div>
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Marriott, one of the world's top hotel companies, has taken over the landmark<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.peoria.org/listings/index.cfm?action=display&listingID=237&hit=1" style="color: #2179c4; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette"><strong>Hotel Pere Marquette</strong></a> in downtown Peoria after extensive renovation. The <a href="http://www.peoria.org/listings/index.cfm?action=display&listingID=237&hit=1" style="color: #2179c4; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;" title="Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette">Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette</a> is <strong>OPEN and the adjacent new </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent;">10-story Marriott Courtyard is under construction</strong>.<span style="line-height: 11pt;"> The overall $92.8 million project will attract new and larger conventions and sporting events to the area, while enhancing value to the </span><a href="http://www.peoria.org/listings/index.cfm?action=display&listingID=210&hit=1" style="color: #2179c4; font-size: 1em; line-height: 11pt; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Peoria Civic Center">Peoria Civic Center </a><span style="line-height: 11pt;">and increasing local tourism business.</span></div>
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<tr><td><img align="right" alt="Pere Project" border="0" height="298" hspace="5" src="http://www.peoria.org/includes/media/images/MarriottCourtyard_WEB.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 0px;" width="400" /></td></tr>
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Renovations included replacing all mechanical systems and plumbing aa well as overhauling each room and public area of the building. <strong>The newly refurbished 284 rooms at the </strong><a href="http://www.peoria.org/listings/index.cfm?action=display&listingID=237&hit=1" style="color: #2179c4; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette"><strong>Hotel Pere Marquette</strong></a><strong> will nicely compliment the 116 rooms at the attached Courtyard by Marriott.</strong></div>
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<strong>Other enhancements of the project include a connected skywalk between the hotels, </strong><a href="http://www.peoria.org/listings/index.cfm?action=display&listingID=210&hit=1" style="color: #2179c4; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Peoria Civic Center"><strong>Peoria Civic Center</strong></a><strong> and a new parking deck.</strong></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.peoria.org/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"> Book your next convention here</a> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Photos of the Pere July 23, 2013</span></div>
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C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782759243128511853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000047131709271192.post-64285934631596928162008-12-05T12:34:00.003-08:002008-12-09T04:09:46.846-08:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwSzS9IA8xfQndhldPZikw0RCL1Mna08HRqL1lafxpl9vtF0v7RxPX1vbiR4-G3vMKNP96gILh-eHGGykEC6fgsb6tngxjylW5Cr8NAMFmsy46UvXiDPBbnpScb1wG-duxXfBfQkzD7bi/s1600-h/Daytime.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276409326007129810" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwSzS9IA8xfQndhldPZikw0RCL1Mna08HRqL1lafxpl9vtF0v7RxPX1vbiR4-G3vMKNP96gILh-eHGGykEC6fgsb6tngxjylW5Cr8NAMFmsy46UvXiDPBbnpScb1wG-duxXfBfQkzD7bi/s200/Daytime.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Pere Marquette Marriot Hotel Redevelopment Plan<br />Peoria Public/Private Partnership<br />Executive Summary<br />December 4, 2008<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">The City of Peoria and EM Properties Ltd. are entering into a public/private partnership to rehab and expand the Pere Marquette Hotel into a 489 room Full Service Marriot Hotel. The expanded hotel will be the headquarters hotel for the Peoria Civic Center. The following is a summary of the partnership.<br /><br />EM Properties Ltd. will:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">1. Purchase the Pere Marquette Hotel and additional property for the redevelopment plan<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">2. Obtain the Marriott franchise for the hotel<br /><br />3. Rehab the Pere Marquette Hotel to Marriott standards<br /><br />4. Build a new 200 room tower to Marriott standards<br /><br />5. Build a 500 space parking garage<br /><br />6. Rehab ballroom and meeting space<br /><br />7. Construct three retail spaces on the ground floor of the parking deck<br /><br />8. Construct an elevated connector from the Civic Center to new hotel<br /><br />9. Invest approximately $102 million in the Public/Private Partnership<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">City of Peoria will:</span><br /></div><br /><div align="left">1. Create the Hospitality Improvement Zone (HIZ) Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District<br /><br />2. Create the Business Development District (BDD)<br /><br />3. Assist the Hotel from TIF increment generated the hotel’s property taxes<br /><br />4. Assist the development of the hotel other taxes and revenues generated by the hotel<br /><br />5. Provide a total incentive package of approximately 40% of the project costs<br /><br />6. Assist developer in gaining Enterprise Zone incentives and appropriate grants<br /><br />7. Support historic tax credits<br /><br />8. Coordinate building permits, zoning permits, liquor licenses and other applicable government functions<br /><br />9. Coordinate Hotel marketing efforts with the Peoria Civic Center and Convention and Visitors Bureau</div><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div></div>C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782759243128511853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000047131709271192.post-87009966048082450192008-12-05T12:34:00.001-08:002009-03-11T14:01:20.441-07:00<div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">More info about the Hospitality Improvement Zone which is designed to help downtown hotels and businesses.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://hospitalityimprovementzone.blogspot.com/">http://hospitalityimprovementzone.blogspot.com/</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782759243128511853noreply@blogger.com1