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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 site is a former bank building owned by Wachovia after it purchased Central Fidelity. 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>
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 real estate and project was formerly owned by [[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> 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>.  
==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>.


Minor is currently{{when}} planning 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>.
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.


After winning an arbitration award, Minor's next step is seek mediation against a subsidiary of the now-defunct Silverton Bank. Minor also plans to continue another suit against Danielson.  
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>


==Approvals==
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>
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>.
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>


==Construction==
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>
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>.
==Approvals==
The Charlottesville [[Board of Architectural Review]] approved the plans on February 20, 2008<ref name=hookbeacon/>.


Construction stopped in January of 2009.
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>.


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.


==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. 1.0 1.1 Danielson, Minor break ground on ‘Landmark’ Dave McNair, The Hook, March 11 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
  2. 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.
  3. New Details about New Luxury Hotel, Joanna Shrewsbury, NBC 29, March 11 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
  4. Landmark letdown: Hotel project’s lender folds, Lindsay Barnes, The Hook, May 1 2009, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
  5. Landmark Hotel developer fired Brian McNeill, Daily Progress, December 6, 2008, retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
  6. "FDIC Abuse in Charlottesville | Change.org." Web. 03 Aug. 2010. <http://www.savecharlottesville.com/>.
  7. 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.
  8. Web. Minor Asks City for Help with Landmark Hotel, Henry Graff, NBC29.com, Aug 12, 2011
  9. . Web. Judge Confirms Award in Heated Landmark Hotel Battle, Kates, Tasha, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, 25 Aug. 2010, retrieved 26 Aug. 2010..
  10. 10.0 10.1 Web. Minor: 'Travesty of justice' on Landmark ruling, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 21, 2011, retrieved January 24, 2011.
  11. 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.
  12. Landmark Hotel developer given permission to take down black granite facade, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, October 22, 2008, retreived 26 Aug. 2009
  13. 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>

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