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Lightstone’s Convention Center Hotel Dev Closer to Reality

New York-based Lightstone’s two-tower hotel project in DTLA near the Convention Center received a vote of confidence from the Los Angeles City Council, which approved the sale of a city-owned parcel to the developer. An 18,811-square-foot parcel at Pico Boulevard and Figueroa Street was acquired for $9.6 million.

Lightstone plans to assemble it with two adjacent privately-owned sites to accommodate the 1,130-room hotel project. The development includes a 42-story tower on Figueroa Street with a pair of Marriott-branded hotels, a 410-room AC Hotel and a 410-room Moxy Hotel. The proposed 25-story tower on Pico Boulevard is planned for a 310-room Hilton Garden Inn Hotel. Construction could begin as soon as Q2 2018.

The city is seeking to add 8,000 hotel rooms within walking distance of the the Convention Center by 2020, in an effort to gain more convention business. There are 4,637 rooms in the area now, with 717 rooms under development.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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