Urbana hotel sold to Las Vegas company

Urbana Hotel part of effort to bring more lodging to the area

A newly celebrated $7 million dollar hotel in Urbana is part of an effort in Champaign County to spur economic development. A feasibility study conducted in 2018 showed that Urbana could support ...

Investors, leaders break ground on new hotel in Urbana

Investors and Champaign County leaders are hopeful that the new Cobblestone Hotel in Urbana will bring people to the city — and keep them there. Ground was broken at the three-acre site near the ...

Tom Kacich | Urbana hotel has history on its side as latest renovation begins

In July 1921, work got underway in Urbana on a plan to sell stock to build a downtown hotel that would match the accommodations for visitors to nearby cities. Less than three years later, in January ...

Urbana hotel sold to Las Vegas company

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) – The winning bid for a closed Urbana hotel came from a company in Las Vegas. The News-Gazette reports JWM Venters LLC submitted the $1.3 million bid that won the Landmark Hotel.

Tom Kacich: Invest in hotel? Urbana's been burned before

A hotel. Look, this has happened before in Urbana. Public investments in private enterprise didn't go so well. In fact, it happened at the same hotel building more than 80 years ago when the Urbana ...

Ceremonial groundbreaking set for downtown Urbana hotel renovation

Oct. 28—URBANA — Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin has seen renderings of what the historic hotel at Lincoln Square is going to look like when a restoration underway is finished. And she likes what she's seen ...

Urbana’s Hotel Royer now taking reservations

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — An opening date has been set for Hotel Royer and rooms are now available to book after years of waiting — some of which are as low as $175 a night. Hotel developers told WCIA ...

Hotels Near Hampton Inn Urbana by Hilton, Urbana

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Hotels Near The Lincoln Lodge, Urbana

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A sustainability premium is a tough sell -- but what about when Gen Z cruises?When I explored the question of whether cruisers would be willing to pay a sustainability-related premium, the answer I ...

Urbana announces purchase, renovation of historic hotel

Representatives for the City of Urbana announced Tuesday that the historic Urbana Landmark Hotel has been purchased by the company Icon Hospitality with the promise of renovating the hotel and ...

Plan might find new use for Douglas Hotel, longtime Urbana eyesore

2 Urbana elementary schools also could be included in plan to convert them into new senior housing. A plan to redevelop a long-vacant hotel in downtown Urbana could also provide new life to two ...

DeWine seeks US Coast Guard training center in Urbana

Gov. Mike DeWine wants to bring the U.S. Coast Guard’s next training site to the Miami Valley. On Monday afternoon, DeWine ...

Champaign Co. arts council hosting free event in Urbana

Two Champaign County groups are hosting a free event Saturday afternoon in which people can take part in journal-making and ...

Driver flees after hitting former urgent care building in Urbana

The Urbana Fire Department responded to the former OSF On Call Urgent Care building in Urbana after a car hit the building ...

Manufacturer picks Urbana for $42 million expansion: ‘People make things happen here’

A reusable packaging manufacturer in Urbana will expand its Elm Street location by 30% by the middle of next summer, bringing more than 40 new jobs to the area over the next three years in a $42 ...

Urbana’s new police chief draws on his past to inform his present and future

Urbana police Chief Larry D. Boone. Larry Boone won two Division I-AA national titles as a lineman, linebacker and fullback for Georgia Southern University. Urbana police Chief Larry D. Boone, right, ...