Month: August 2014

Cleveland a ‘city of choice’ for development

Hotel development in Cleveland is booming, thanks in part to the city winning the bid for the 2016 RNC, a new convention center and a surging health care sector.

According to ‘Hotel News Now’, 18 months after the deadline requiring hotels to install pool lifts under the Americans with Disabilities Act, hotels are facing a barrage of lawsuits.

One of our consultants is in Midlothian, Virginia this week for fieldwork related to a waterpark feasibility study.   

Slide the City has some questioning the event being held in a drought-stricken area. KCRW interviews H&LA’s Director of Development Services Eric Hansen to discuss water usage at leisure properties.

Condo hotels are making a healthy return in markets like New York City, Miami and Los Angeles, according to ‘Hotel News Now’.

Our consultants are headed to Kewanee, IL this week for fieldwork related to the feasibility analysis of a proposed hotel, waterpark, restaurant, and event center. 

Our consultants are headed to West Warwick, Rhode Island and Temecula, California to analyze the respective markets and conduct fieldwork for a resort feasibility study and a waterpark feasibility study. 

Eric Hansen, H&LA’s director of development services, was interviewed in the June 2014 edition of ‘Sports Events Magazine’ to discuss how hotels are beginning to view the travel sports market.

Our consultants are off to York, Pennsylvania for fieldwork related to a golf course appraisal and to Grand Prairie, Texas to analyze the market for a hotel feasibility study.