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Marriott Said to be Planning Convention Hotel

LAS VEGAS-The Bethesda, MD-based public company still isn't discussing its acquisition of most of an entire block across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on September 17, 2007

LAS VEGAS-Marriott International remains silent regarding its acquisition of a majority of the block across from the Las Vegas Convention Center, but the owner of a nearby Marriott-branded property says preliminary plans call for a convention headquarters hotel. Lewis Shaw, principal of Dallas-based developer Jackson-Shaw, tells GlobeSt.com that Marriott wants to develop a high-rise property under its Marriott Marquis brand.

Marriott Marquis is the company’s upscale, convention-oriented business hotel brand. There are two others in existence, one in Times Square in New York City and another in Downtown Atlanta. The Times Square property has 49 floors, 1,892 rooms and 101,450 sf of meeting space. The Atlanta property has 50 floors, 1,569 rooms and 130,000 sf of meeting space.

Shaw, who owns the 548-key Renaissance Las Vegas hotel abutting the south end of the convention center, says that given the preliminary nature of the plan the timing of the start of the project is unknown. “It could be five years out and it could be one year out,” he says. Marriott, meanwhile, is not even officially acknowledging its acquisition of the properties, let alone its plans. “There’s a lot out there that has not been nailed down by any stretch,” a company source tells GlobeSt.com.

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