Syracuse, N.Y. — The owner of the Crowne Plaza, one of Syracuse’s largest and best known hotels, is planning to transition the property into a residential apartment building.
The plan would convert the 277-room hotel into a building with 287 residential units, while keeping the ground floor restaurant open, according to a proposal filed with the Syracuse Planning Commission.
The iconic 20-story round hotel at 701 E. Genesee St. is owned by Clearwater, Fla.-based TJM Properties. The planning commission will review the plan at its next meeting on May 6. TJM has not responded to a syracuse.com request for more information.
The Crowne Plaza plan, combined with Syracuse University’s recent decision to convert its Sheraton Hotel near campus into dorm, could be “devastating” to the city’s convention business, said Danny Liedka, president of of Visit Syracuse, the area’s tourism agency.
The Sheraton has 200 hotel rooms, which will be converted into a 400-bed dorm this fall. With…
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