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The [[Landmark Hotel]] is a partially constructed building on the [[Downtown Mall]], proposed as a nine-story, 100-room luxury hotel. | The [[Landmark Hotel]] is a partially constructed building on the [[Downtown Mall]], proposed as a nine-story, 100-room luxury hotel. It is a dormant project {{as of|2011|12|8}} due to ongoing legal issues. | ||
The | ==History== | ||
The construction site is a former bank building that was owned by Wachovia after it purchased Central Fidelity. | |||
The Landmark is the creation of entrepreneur [[Halsey Minor]]. <ref name=hookgroundbreaking>[http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/11/danielson-minor-break-ground-on-landmark/ Danielson, Minor break ground on ‘Landmark’] Dave McNair, [[The Hook]], March 11 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.</ref> The idea was to build a $30 million, nine-story luxury boutique hotel. | |||
Prior owners of the project included [[Lee Danielson]] and [[Oliver Kuttner]], and other names used for the project in the past are '''The Beacon-Charlottesville''' and '''Hotel Charlottesville'''<ref name=hookbeacon>[http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/03/01/ONARCH-0609-B.rtf.aspx ONARCHITECTURE- Bright idea: Danielson's Beacon's back in town], Dave McNair, [[The Hook]], March 1, 2007, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.</ref>. | Prior owners of the project included [[Lee Danielson]] and [[Oliver Kuttner]], and other names used for the project in the past are '''The Beacon-Charlottesville''' and '''Hotel Charlottesville'''<ref name=hookbeacon>[http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/03/01/ONARCH-0609-B.rtf.aspx ONARCHITECTURE- Bright idea: Danielson's Beacon's back in town], Dave McNair, [[The Hook]], March 1, 2007, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.</ref>. | ||
At groundbreaking on March 11, 2008, the opening was scheduled for July 2009. <ref name=nbcgroundbreaking>[http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=7998148 New Details about New Luxury Hotel], Joanna Shrewsbury, NBC 29, March 11 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.</ref><ref name=hookgroundbreaking/> | |||
Financing controversy threatened the project as early as November 2008, and Silverton Bank, the project's lender, eventually was subject of a bank failure<ref name=hookfinancing>[http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/01/landmark-letdown-hotel-projects-lender-folds/ Landmark letdown: Hotel project’s lender folds], Lindsay Barnes, [[The Hook]], May 1 2009, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.</ref>. | |||
Lee Danielson was the developer of the project until Minor fired him in December 2008<ref name=dpdanielsonsacked>[http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/landmark_hotel_developer_fired/32451/ Landmark Hotel developer fired] Brian McNeill, [[Daily Progress]], December 6, 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.</ref>. | |||
Construction stopped in January of 2009. | |||
On August 25, 2010, Judge Edward L. Hogshire signed an arbitration order in which Danielson agreed to pay $4.2 million in damages and $2.2 million in attorneys' fees to Minor. Danielson misrepresented the costs of building the hotel. | |||
Also in August 2010, Minor announced he would file a suit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation claiming the federal agency is directly responsible for the stall in the hotel's construction<ref>"FDIC Abuse in Charlottesville | Change.org." Web. 03 Aug. 2010. <http://www.savecharlottesville.com/>.</ref>. | |||
On September 1, 2010, Minor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy<ref>{{cite-cville|author=Chianzi, Chiara|title=C-Ville: Development - Landmark Hotel Owner Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy|publishdate=7 Sept. 2010|accessdate=08 Sept. 2010|url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064435450&ShowArticle_ID=11800309100517102}}</ref>. | On September 1, 2010, Minor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy<ref>{{cite-cville|author=Chianzi, Chiara|title=C-Ville: Development - Landmark Hotel Owner Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy|publishdate=7 Sept. 2010|accessdate=08 Sept. 2010|url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064435450&ShowArticle_ID=11800309100517102}}</ref>. | ||
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The Charlottesville government refused to provide financial assistance to complete the hotel, unlike the development assistance provided to the [[Omni Hotel]] in the 1970s.<ref name=cityhelp>{{cite web|author=Henry Graff|work=NBC29.com|Publisher=[[WVIR]]|title=Minor Asks City for Help with Landmark Hotel|url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/15258800/minor-asks-city-for-help-with-landmark-hotel|publishdate=Aug 12, 2011}}</ref> | The Charlottesville government refused to provide financial assistance to complete the hotel, unlike the development assistance provided to the [[Omni Hotel]] in the 1970s.<ref name=cityhelp>{{cite web|author=Henry Graff|work=NBC29.com|Publisher=[[WVIR]]|title=Minor Asks City for Help with Landmark Hotel|url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/15258800/minor-asks-city-for-help-with-landmark-hotel|publishdate=Aug 12, 2011}}</ref> | ||
== | Minor is represented by DLA Piper<ref>. {{cite-progress|author=Kates, Tasha|title=Judge Confirms Award in Heated Landmark Hotel Battle|publishdate= 25 Aug. 2010|accessdate=26 Aug. 2010|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/aug/25/judge-confirms-award-heated-landmark-hotel-battle-ar-473414/}}.</ref> | ||
In January 2011, a Georgia court awarded the project to [[Specialty Finance Group]] following a long legal dispute. <ref name="20110121-progress">{{cite-progress|title=Minor: 'Travesty of justice' on Landmark ruling|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/jan/21/minor-travesty-justice-landmark-ruling-ar-789742/|author=|pageno=|printdate=January 21, 2011|publishdate=January 21, 2011|accessdate=January 24, 2011|cturl=}}</ref> | |||
On December 5, 2011, a Charlottesville Circuit Court judge ruled that the first debt that Minor must repay is more than $128,000 in back taxes to the city of Charlottesville. Next, Minor must pay Clancy & Theys Construction, other construction firms and then Specialty Finance Group. <ref name="koon">{{cite-progress|title=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/business/2011/dec/07/judge-prioritizes-minors-landmark-debts-ar-1527954/|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/business/2011/dec/07/judge-prioritizes-minors-landmark-debts-ar-1527954/|author=Samantha Koon|pageno=|printdate=December 7, 2011|publishdate=December 7, 2011|accessdate=December 8, 2011|cturl=}}</ref> | |||
==Approvals== | |||
The Charlottesville [[Board of Architectural Review]] approved the plans on February 20, 2008<ref name=hookbeacon/>. | |||
BAR granted conditional permission to tear down the black granite façade in October 2008<ref name=ctfacade>[http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2008/10/bar_landmark.html Landmark Hotel developer given permission to take down black granite facade], [[Sean Tubbs]], [[Charlottesville Tomorrow]], October 22, 2008, retreived 26 Aug. 2009</ref>. | |||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
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*August 25, 2010: Judge Hogshire signs the arbitration award | *August 25, 2010: Judge Hogshire signs the arbitration award | ||
*January 19, 2011: Fulton County State Court in Georgia awards assets of project to Specialty Finance Group <ref name="20110121-progress" /> | *January 19, 2011: Fulton County State Court in Georgia awards assets of project to Specialty Finance Group <ref name="20110121-progress" /> | ||
*December 5, 2011: | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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The Landmark Hotel is a partially constructed building on the Downtown Mall, proposed as a nine-story, 100-room luxury hotel. It is a dormant project As of December 8, 2011 due to ongoing legal issues.
History
The construction site is a former bank building that was owned by Wachovia after it purchased Central Fidelity.
The Landmark is the creation of entrepreneur Halsey Minor. [1] The idea was to build a $30 million, nine-story luxury boutique hotel.
Prior owners of the project included Lee Danielson and Oliver Kuttner, and other names used for the project in the past are The Beacon-Charlottesville and Hotel Charlottesville[2].
At groundbreaking on March 11, 2008, the opening was scheduled for July 2009. [3][1]
Financing controversy threatened the project as early as November 2008, and Silverton Bank, the project's lender, eventually was subject of a bank failure[4].
Lee Danielson was the developer of the project until Minor fired him in December 2008[5].
Construction stopped in January of 2009.
On August 25, 2010, Judge Edward L. Hogshire signed an arbitration order in which Danielson agreed to pay $4.2 million in damages and $2.2 million in attorneys' fees to Minor. Danielson misrepresented the costs of building the hotel.
Also in August 2010, Minor announced he would file a suit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation claiming the federal agency is directly responsible for the stall in the hotel's construction[6].
On September 1, 2010, Minor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy[7].
The Charlottesville government refused to provide financial assistance to complete the hotel, unlike the development assistance provided to the Omni Hotel in the 1970s.[8]
Minor is represented by DLA Piper[9]
In January 2011, a Georgia court awarded the project to Specialty Finance Group following a long legal dispute. [10]
On December 5, 2011, a Charlottesville Circuit Court judge ruled that the first debt that Minor must repay is more than $128,000 in back taxes to the city of Charlottesville. Next, Minor must pay Clancy & Theys Construction, other construction firms and then Specialty Finance Group. [11]
Approvals
The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review approved the plans on February 20, 2008[2].
BAR granted conditional permission to tear down the black granite façade in October 2008[12].
Timeline
- November 15, 2007: Minor Family Hotels LLC and Hotel Charlottesville LLC enter into a development agreement
- April 19-23, 2010: Parties hold arbitration meetings at which 8 witnesses testify and thousands of documents are introduced into the record[13]
- August 25, 2010: Judge Hogshire signs the arbitration award
- January 19, 2011: Fulton County State Court in Georgia awards assets of project to Specialty Finance Group [10]
- December 5, 2011:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Danielson, Minor break ground on ‘Landmark’ Dave McNair, The Hook, March 11 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ONARCHITECTURE- Bright idea: Danielson's Beacon's back in town, Dave McNair, The Hook, March 1, 2007, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
- ↑ New Details about New Luxury Hotel, Joanna Shrewsbury, NBC 29, March 11 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
- ↑ Landmark letdown: Hotel project’s lender folds, Lindsay Barnes, The Hook, May 1 2009, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
- ↑ Landmark Hotel developer fired Brian McNeill, Daily Progress, December 6, 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
- ↑ "FDIC Abuse in Charlottesville | Change.org." Web. 03 Aug. 2010. <http://www.savecharlottesville.com/>.
- ↑ Web. C-Ville: Development - Landmark Hotel Owner Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chianzi, Chiara, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, 7 Sept. 2010, retrieved 08 Sept. 2010.
- ↑ Web. Minor Asks City for Help with Landmark Hotel, Henry Graff, NBC29.com, Aug 12, 2011
- ↑ . Web. Judge Confirms Award in Heated Landmark Hotel Battle, Kates, Tasha, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, 25 Aug. 2010, retrieved 26 Aug. 2010..
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Web. Minor: 'Travesty of justice' on Landmark ruling, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 21, 2011, retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ↑ Web. http://www2.dailyprogress.com/business/2011/dec/07/judge-prioritizes-minors-landmark-debts-ar-1527954/, Samantha Koon, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, December 7, 2011, retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ↑ Landmark Hotel developer given permission to take down black granite facade, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, October 22, 2008, retreived 26 Aug. 2009
- ↑ Shumener, Betty M., Henry H. Oh, and John D. Spurling. "Re: Minor Family Hotels, LLC vs Hotel Charlottesville." Letter to C. Connor Crook, Esquire, Boyle, Bain, Reback & Slayton. 28 June 2010. Charlottesville Tomorrow's Document Archive. Web. 2 July 2010. <http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/ftp://cvilletomorrow@www.cvilletomorrow.org/httpdocs/docs/20100628-Landmark-Arbitration-Letter.pdf>