  French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 154 Registered: 10-2006 |
would the ruined hotels be profitable if they were fixed up and turned into little hotels or is condo conversion the way to go?? | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 791 Registered: 11-2004 |
Could your question be any more vague? What hotels? | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1029 Registered: 06-2006 |
I assume he means Fort Shelby, Book Cadillac, some of the smaller ones, etc... Right now, Detroit is going through a surge in hotel space which it may or may not be able to sustain in the near-term future...we're adding about 1,800 rooms (56% increase from now)all within a matter of a couple of years...there are some good signs like convention bookings increasing at an impressive rate, but it may turn out to be too much too fast...if that happens, it will be a while before any new hotels get built or renovated in the city.... So to answer your question, no one knows just yet, but we'll have a better idea by the end of the year when the Motorcity and MGM are finished, and we'll know for sure by the end of 2008 after the Book Cadillac and Greektown (and possibly, but not likely, the Fort Shelby) are all done... | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 155 Registered: 10-2006 |
the Gotham it is another thread | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 9371 Registered: 10-2003 |
Then ask it on that thread. What the fuck is wrong with some people? | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1582 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Gotham is long gone. | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 425 Registered: 11-2006 |
Another thread that makes me dumber for reading it. I really need to get off this site before I become mentally ill. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 854 Registered: 10-2006 |
Older buildings built like back in the 1920s that are/were 'hotels' aren't what we think of today as mainly for out of town visitors, but more as basic apartments. Many of them are in seemingly obscure locations as well, not downtown or 'just off the freeway.' To be quite honest I can't think of many that even seem viable for being redeveloped as hotels. Maybe somewhere in Mexicantown, but what other areas are really that big of attractions for out of town visitors? | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 156 Registered: 10-2006 |
i didn't mean just that hotel but there are plenty throughout the city. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4208 Registered: 08-2004 |
Out-of-towners (the ones who usually use hotels) prefer hotels either in Downtown, Midtown, New Center, or out in the burbs. They are usually uncomfortable staying in hotels in other areas of the city. And plus older hotels tend to have much smaller rooms. Most of those built prior to the 1920s didn't even come with a bathroom in each hotel room. Some of the smaller hotels had 1 bathroom per floor, not exactly something ANY hotel visitors today would even consider. Times were different back then, and hotel rooms were much smaller. Take the old Hotel Ponchartrain, located near Campus Martius (seen here in the distance in a postcard): http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgen web/mi/wayne/postcards/detroit /wwave.jpg Although it was a beautiful palatial hotel, it soon went under the wrecking ball because half of the 800 rooms in this hotel didn't have a bathroom. So down it came in 1921, to make way for the First National Building. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4209 Registered: 08-2004 |
Some of you people need to have a little more patience. French777 is a not just a newbie, but a "youngin", so don't get your knickers in a twist over a simplistic question. Some folks are here to learn. Not everyone is as savvy as us oldtimers. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 312 Registered: 04-2004 |
Hm, that's why many urban development related forums put an age limit on their boards. Although age limits aren't the only problem here. | ||
Cynknight Member Username: Cynknight Post Number: 83 Registered: 11-2003 |
Why bother swearing and being rude about a thread - just stop reading it.  | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 159 Registered: 10-2006 |
Thank you Gistok that is just what i needed to hear about ( Hotels in Downtown,midtown,New Center. Also New Center doesn't have many hotels I recall the Regency being turned into mostly Condo's | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 694 Registered: 11-2005 |
There's always the Hotel Yorba on the SW side. I hear all they have is vacancy. | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 793 Registered: 11-2004 |
quote: I don't think anyone was too harsh with French777. I don't think it's demanding too much that someone ask better questions no matter their age or put some thought into were they post items. | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 1054 Registered: 11-2003 |
I agree with Cynknight. If you dont like a post then dont participate in it. Judgment calls are for the perfect. |
