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Originally Posted by Slyfox
Interesting, I was hoping for another apartment complex at the riverfront, but I suppose 2 hotels are good as well, that's a lot of hotel space though.
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A few reasons - one, the Riverfront Development Corp. really wants the Chase Convention Center to be able to get larger events. These 2 hotels when completed are literally next door to it.
The Sixers training facility across the river will be hosting basketball tournaments - AAU type, and the new facility will be able to hold around 2,500 people, so more hotels are needed.
Also, lots of news recently about all of the roads, bridges have approved (or under construction) to link both sides of the river. It's only a matter of time before we see new residential development on the east side of the river. The Christina Landing/ River towers won't be alone for much longer. see below:
Delaware awards $20 million contract to build new Riverfront roads in Wilmington
The transformed Wilmington Riverfront will undergo more change during the next two years as Delaware and the federal government spend $20 million to build new roads that connect with a Christina River bridge under construction.
The estimated 516 days of work likely will overlap with construction of two hotels on the Riverfront and a new arena for the Delaware 87ers in Southbridge — the latest redevelopment efforts in an area where state officials have invested hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
"This involves roadwork on each side of the Christina River, the Wilmington Riverfront, both Market and Walnut streets, as well as the street network around Frawley Stadium and the Chase Center," state project manager Matthew Vincent told a gathering of contractors in May.
The project is scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2020.
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