Business is good at the Embassy Suites Buffalo. So good, in fact, that the hotel chain operating in Uniland Development's recently completed Avant mixed-use building on Deleware Avenue is expanding. The eighth floor, previously reserved for office tenants, will be converted to additional hotel rooms. When completed in April, the 29-room expansion will bring the total number of rooms at the hotel 182 and help to accommodate more meetings and events.
"The Hilton/Embassy flag has been more powerful than we could have ever imagined," explained Michael Montante, vice president with project developer Uniland Development Company. "Guests can't say enough about how impressed they are with the hotel. In fact, Embassy Suites Buffalo recently became the number one demand hotel for all of New York State on Expedia.com," Montante continued.
I know there has to be something negative about this news. I don't see it, but I'm sure the eternal pessimists will find something and post it here.
You sounds pessimistic yourself.
rubagreta> "I don't see it, but I'm sure the eternal pessimists will find something and post it here"
My guess is the local loser crew will break out their flimsy "zero sum" argument which claims any development within the city has to come at the expense of other city businesses. The reality is that the hotel market, like the office and housing markets, covers the entire region not just downtown.
Looks like this development and others are attracting visitors who otherwise would have stayed in the burbs, Ontario, or other destinations elsewhere. That is a good thing no matter how some try to spin it.