Politics & Government
$15 Million Kent State Hotel, Conference Center gets OK
New hotel and conference center expected to open by 2013
The builders of the new have the city's approval to start construction.
The city issued a building permit for the more than $15 million project, which will add 95 rooms, a 300-seat banquet center and other amenities to downtown Kent at 215 S. DePeyster St., this month.
The permit was issued to Downtown Kent Hotel LLC, which is formally a partnership of the and Columbus-based The Pizzuti Companies, which is .
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Officials with both organizations in September. Construction is expected to finish by the spring of 2013.
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