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Old Posted Nov 14, 2003, 4:52 AM
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Once again, a hotel proposal is being floated for a site across the street from the Midwest Airlines Center (convention center) at W. Wisconsin and N. 4th Street--which is currently a surface parking lot. Two previous attempts to build a hotel on the site never materialized.

This time around, Sheraton is considering putting a 6-story, 253-room hotel on the site (which is smaller than the previous two proposals which were at 350 and 300 rooms). Developers are saying there isn't much demand for anything larger at the moment (plus some other hotels have expanded or opened up since those previous proposals were made). Meanwhile, some others in the hotel and convention industry are questioning the reduced size of the current Sheraton proposal.

The proposal also includes meeting space, a restaurant, health club, and swimming pool.

If financing is secured, the Sheraton could break ground in spring, and the expected 10-12 month scedule could even be opene for the large NAACP Convention in 2005.

Read through the Journal Sentinel article for more details: Hotel planned to complement Midwest Airlines Center - Sheraton may help Milwaukee attract more conventions
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