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Originally Posted by Jonovision
The hotel tower has finally started to rise above Market Street.
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AllNovaScotia has reported that Ramia is in discussions with Marriott Hotels to brand the 19-storey Nova Centre hotel with one of its "upscale" brands. Given that Marriott has five hotels in Halifax now (with the acquisition in January of the city's two Deltas), this would certainly give the chain a pretty significant chunk of the hospitality trade here. This may surprise some who thought the Hilton chain was most likely to attach to the Nova Centre.
Publicity around the Nova Centre has always attached the word "luxury" to the hotel component. The Marriott has several high-end brands, including J.W. Marriott, Rennissance and Ritz-Carlton. All would be a strong addition to the local market but I can't help but think it will put further pressure on some other established players in town, like the Westin.
Of course ANS cites only unnamed "sources familiar with the situation" for this information and their success rate with such predictions is spotty at best. The same story says Ramia is in discussions with Westerkirk Capital, owned by the Thomson family, as he tries to attract investors to the project.
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