Tuesday, November 16, 2010

SIUE goes to court over failed conference center - Birmingham Business Journal:

http://hermesbrotherhood.com/page/certainly-appears-the-innocent-victim-of-terrible-tyranny
Developer William Shaw and couldn’t come up with financingg for the hotel andconference center, which was to be called the Spring Greenm Lodge and located at University SIUE’s research and technology park, according to university spokesmanh Gregory Conroy. The project, firstg announced in 2004, died in 2007 when a grouned lease between SIU and WLS expired followinfg extensions forthe project. SIUE filed a declaratort judgment action Monday inMadison Ill.
, seeking to have the court brinbg legal closure to its hotel conference center If approved, WLS would have to remove all construction equipmeng and materials and remove the buildinhg foundation it constructed to comply with the termsa of the lease, Conroy said. That wouldx free up the located at Illinois Route 157 and UniversituPark Drive, to become available for lease and development, the universityy said.
University Park currently has 23 tenants representinyg a number of business sectors includingagricultural biotechnology, health sciences, design professionals and information The most recent announcedd addition to the park is the Bloocd Processing Center and National Testing Laboratory. The American Red Cross plans to move toa 15-acre site at University Park Driver and South Research Drive and bring more than 500 jobs to the

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