HOTEL, RETAIL COMPLEX PLANNED $8.6 MILLION TO BE PAID FOR CITY-OWNED LAND.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Developers will pay $8.6 million for 41.6 acres of city-owned land to build a hotel and retail complex near the city's baseball stadium. Lancaster's redevelopment agency will sell the site to SC Premier Properties, which is working with the Hilton Family The Hilton family is a successful American family founded by hotel magnate Conrad Hilton (1887-1979). His descendants continue to hold varying degrees of wealth and status as socialites, and some have become famous, such as great-granddaughter Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton and K-Partners Hospitality Group LP to build at least two hotels. On five of the acres, a three-story, 85-room Hampton Inn and a three-story, 92-room Homewood Suites will be built. The hotels are anticipated to be open in 2007. If market demand is sufficient, the Hilton chain will consider building a third hotel. The third hotel would be one of the top brands, such as Hilton, Doubletree dou·ble·tree n. A crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached for harnessing two animals abreast. Noun 1. or Embassy Suites. ``This multihotel complex will be a catalyst to encourage more retail and restaurants in Lancaster,'' said Vern Lawson Jr., the city's economic development/redevelopment director. Homewood Suites is geared toward upscale, extended-stay travelers. Hamptons are geared toward business and leisure travelers. Both hotel chains are owned by Hilton. The combined development is expected to cost roughly $18.7 million. City officials estimate the two hotels will generate $500,000 in revenue from the occupancy tax charged on rooms. The city will make improvements to the site up to an amount equal to the $8.6 million sale price. SC Premier Properties will develop a master plan for the entire 41.6 acres that will include a Tuscan village-themed shopping and entertainment area. The project is expected to include an office building, retail shops and restaurants. City officials said the shopping area will be pedestrian friendly and will have a ``village ambiance am·bi·ance also am·bi·ence n. The special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment: "The noir ambience is dominated by low-key lighting . . . .'' ``Lancaster currently lacks sufficient space for retail expansion,'' Lawson wrote in a report to the City Council. ``The shopping complex contemplated for this site will help fill this gap. The new retail, hotels and office building will combine synergistically syn·er·gis·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to synergy: a synergistic effect. 2. Producing or capable of producing synergy: synergistic drugs. 3. to develop a sense of place, which will allow our residents to experience shopping opportunities they crave.'' The development is also expected to bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz the city's efforts in attracting national tournaments to the city's Big 8 softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' complex and the soccer center. The development should also help bolster attendance for the minor league baseball
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