2nd Bid For Shuttered Urbana Hotel Falls Through
The Urbana Landmark Hotel, which has been closed since early 2016. Jeff Bossert/Illinois Public Media
The owner of the Urbana Landmark Hotel has lost a second bidder for the shuttered property.
Mayor Diane Marlin says in a city news release that she and city staff met several times with the bidder, who was described by the property’s broker as an “experienced developer”.
But Marlin said that the bidder would not close on the property without a 20-year tax rebate from the city. Marlin said that proposal “was not acceptable to the City”.
Hotel owner Xiao Jin Yuan turned to the second bidder after the top bidder failed to put down a deposit on his $1.3 million offer. According to the News-Gazette, the 2nd-place bidder offered $1.2 million.
Rick George, the broker for the hotel property at Avison Young, said he and Yuan are considering their remaining options, according to the city news release.
The Urbana Landmark Hotel has been up for sale since 2015 and closed since 2016. The hotel, designed by Urbana architect Joseph Royer, opened in 1923. In the 1960s, the new Lincoln Square Mall was attached to the hotel, obscuring its original front entrance..
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