Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel

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Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel
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General information
LocationDetroit, Michigan
Address2 Washington Blvd
Coordinates42°19′41″N 83°02′51″W / 42.328°N 83.0476°W / 42.328; -83.0476
OpeningJuly 24, 1965
OwnerThy collection llc
ManagementWyndham Hotels & Resorts
Height75 m (246 ft)
Technical details
Floor count25
Design and construction
Architect(s)King & Lewis
Other information
Number of rooms367
Website
Official website

The Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel, is a 367-room, 25-story

TCF Center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan
.

History

The Plaza Land Company was established in 1955 to construct a modern hotel on a site adjacent to the planned

Hilton Hotels Board vetoed the deal in 1960. The Plaza Land Company then turned to Samuel and Aaron Gershenson's Downtown Investment Company, which assumed control of the project.[1]

King & Lewis designed the Hotel Pontchartrain in the

European settlement, built in 1701, which later became known as Fort Detroit.[2] The hotel is named for the fort and for an earlier Hotel Pontchartrain, which was located on Cadillac Square at Woodward Avenue, before it was demolished in 1920.[3]

Donald W. Riegle (D-MI) later cited his arrangement as his basis for considering Keating a constituent during his involvement in the Keating Five scandal.[5]

The hotel fell into receivership and was put under the control of the Resolution Trust Corporation, a government-owned asset management company designed to liquidate the holdings of failed savings and loans. The RTC contracted with Radisson Hotels to manage the hotel, and it became the Radisson Hotel Pontchartrain in 1990. In 1994, the hotel was sold to Pontchartrain Hotel Group, L.L.C.. The sale closed on May 24, 1994, and the new owners severed the management contract with Radisson that day, returning the hotel to its original name. Radisson then sued the new owners for breach of contract.[6]

On March 30, 2001, the hotel reopened as the Crowne Plaza Detroit Pontchartrain, following a major renovation.[7] In 2006, Shubh LLC purchased the hotel and it underwent a $35 million renovation, reopening as the Sheraton Detroit Riverside in November 2007.[8] Within a year, however, Sheraton revoked its branding agreement due to poor management and the property became the Detroit Riverside Hotel. On June 26, 2009, the Wayne County Circuit Court appointed David Findling of The Findling Law Firm, PLC, as receiver of the hotel.[9] The hotel was again shuttered in August 2009 when Mutual Bank of Harvey, Illinois foreclosed on the mortgage.[10] After the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation banking division declared Mutual Bank insolvent, United Central Bank of Garland, Texas, acquired Mutual Bank's assets.[11]

In March 2012, the hotel was sold by the receiver, David Findling, to Mexico-based developer Gabriel Ruiz, who planned to renovate it and entered into a management agreement with Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, a division of InterContinental Hotels.[12][13] The hotel reopened on July 17, 2013, as the Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Convention Center.[14] Its name was later modified to Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront. Due to the quality of the renovation, the hotel was awarded Development of the Year by InterContinental Hotels Group in 2013. Ruiz announced plans to reopen the iconic "Top of the Pontch" restaurant and build the second tower that was included in the hotel's original plan.[15] On July 23, 2021, the hotel left IHG Hotels and was renamed Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "BHL: Plaza Land Corporation records: 1955-1962". Bentley Historical Library.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8143-1651-1
    .
  3. ^ Austin, Dan. "Hotel Pontchartrain". Historic Detroit. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  4. ISBN 978-1-5641-4881-0
    . Keating arranged for a subsidiary of Lincoln to named Crescent Hotel Group (CHG) to buy the Pontchartrain Hotel, a 422-unit building in Michigan, for $19.5 million.
  5. ^ Berke, Richard L. (November 5, 1989). "Helping Constituents or Themselves?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  6. ^ Radisson Hotel Corp. V. Pontchartrain Hotel Group, 983 F. Supp. U.S. 692 (E.D. Michigan, Southern Div 1997).
  7. ^ "Bass Hotels & Resorts open the Crowne Plaza Detroit Ponchatrain". HospitalityNet. March 30, 2001.
  8. ^ Gallagher, John (November 3, 2007). "Downtown Detroit's Hotel Market Rapidly Evolving Hotel Market Has Welcomed a New Player". Detroit Free Press – via Hotel Online.
  9. mLive
    . Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  10. ^ Gallagher, John (August 31, 2009). "Former Pontchartrain is shuttered again". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 3, 2012 – via Hotel online.
  11. ^ Sachdev, Ameet (February 3, 2010). "Owners of failed bank sue FDIC". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  12. ^ Cox, Sarah (April 3, 2012). "Former Hotel Pontchartrain Sold! Buyer is Likely Mexico-Based Developer Working With Crowne Plaza Hotels". Curbed Detroit. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  13. Grand Rapids Press. Associated Press
    . April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  14. ^ "Crowne Plaza hotel, the former 'Pontch,' reopens in Detroit". Crain's Detroit Business. July 19, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  15. ^ "Crowne Plaza Hotel Pontchartrain". Model D Media.
  16. ^ "Crowne Plaza Detroit reclaims its true name: Pontchartrain". Deadline Detroit. July 24, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

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External links
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