From the Niagara Falls Review:
It’s a question many people have asked while driving on Stanley Avenue near Dunn Street: Whatever happened to the Crown Plaza hotel?
Work was started on a concrete foundation. And there’s a large crane that seems to point in different directions on certain days.
But there doesn’t appear to have been much construction activity on the site.
Back in May 2005, city council appeared frustrated, feeling it had no recourse to get the project moving.
At that time, work had been stopped for weeks. Ald. Joyce Morocco raised a concern that if the work didn’t resume, they were “going to have a concrete slab in the heart of the tourism area.”
Mayor Ted Salci said that on a project of that size, permits are issued in phases. As far as the city is concerned, Salci said a permit was issued and that phase of the work has been completed.
As of recently, the owner has still not applied for the next phase of construction.
I’ve posted previously on the progress of the hotel…