City of Phoenix Enters The Hotel Business
The City of Phoenix decides to become a hotel developer to address the demand for hotel rooms downtown and generate business.
"Experts say more cities are constructing hotels with city debt because it is extremely difficult to find private developers who can make such a project economically feasible into today's market. Municipalities, using tax-exempt financing, can often get extraordinarily low interest rates, which means the hotels don't have to make as much money to break even or turn a profit."
Thanks to Ambar Mukherjee
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Published on Tuesday, September 2, 2003 in
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