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Oklahoma City selects developer for convention center hotel


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Omni Hotels proposed a conceptual 19-floor hotel with 600 rooms, approximately 50,000 square feet of meeting space, and several food and beverage outlets including two restaurants.

The hotel will be located next to the new convention center and is targeted to open with the convention center in early 2020.

“We evaluated seven proposals from respected hotel developers,” Greenwell said. “Omni Hotels’ successful experience building luxury convention hotels was a major factor in the decision.”

Another deciding factor was Omni’s ownership model.

The hotels are owned and managed by the company and typically held, rather than being sold to a group of investors.

Cathy O’Connor, president of the Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City, said the hotel will cost approximately $235 million to build and could require as much as $85.4 million in public participation.