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City Spending $19 Mil to Save Historic Hotel

SAN JOSE, CA-In June, Redevelopment Agency director Susan Schick said further city funds would not be necessary to complete the project. On Tuesday, Schick got tentative City Council approval for an additional $6.1 million.

By Allison Landa | Updated on October 19, 2000

SAN JOSE, CA-All told, taxpayers will pay nearly $19 million for the revamp of a historic downtown hotel in San Jose, Calif.

The Montgomery Hotel was initially slated for demolition to make room for a 264-room annex for the new Fairmont Hotel, but San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales persuaded the City Council to approve its relocation. The city has since spent $12.7 million to seismically upgrade the Montgomery Hotel and relocate the circa 1911 structure some 186 feet further down South First Street.

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