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Developer Displays Conference Center Plans

OLYMPIA, WA-A Spokane developer presents city officials and the public with a proposal for a 110,000-sf conference center, which would rise on Budd Inlet's East Bay. The public/private facility also would include 100 guest rooms.

By Gina Binole | Updated on February 27, 2002

OLYMPIA, WA-Plans for a roughly $20-million conference center to be built on a nearly 4-acre parcel owned by the Port of Olympia have been revealed.Spokane developer David Brubaker has suggested the center be built under the Green buildings guidelines and will include a full-service kitchen and about 100 guest rooms for conference use, rather than an adjacent hotel.The center also is to be owned by a public facilities district, comprised of the cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater. Harrison Conference Centers, a division of Hilton Hotels Corp., would run the facility.The 3.7-acre center would contain on-site parking and room for center expansion. Developers recommend that an adjacent 6.7 acres of port property be earmarked for future center expansion or mixed-use development. The facility would include about 13,000 sf of main hall meeting space, including smaller rooms with classroom-style seating and high-tech amenities for training sessions.Construction of the project is expected to take two years.

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