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Update on Canopy Hilton Project
From the San Antonio Express News
By Richard Webner
October 8, 2017
Canopy by Hilton hotel
What is it: Chris Hill, the owner of Esquire Tavern, plans to build a 197-room, 138,000 square-foot hotel on East Commerce Street downtown.
Original plans: Construction was expected to begin around August of last year.
Current status: Demolition of a building that was formerly on the property is almost complete, and construction of the tower is set to begin in the next few weeks, said Patrick Shearer, president of Hill’s development company. He expects it to be complete in late 2019.
Hill parted ways with the project’s original general contractor, Harvey-Cleary, which is being replaced by Sundt Construction, Shearer said.
“We just feel like it would be a better fit for the next stage of the project,” he said.
Explaining the delay in the tower’s construction, Shearer said, “this is a complicated building on a tight site, and it’s taken some extra time to make sure we get it right. But we’re ready now.”
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