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Article: Belmont Hotel, Center Board near agreement
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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Sources on both sides of a dispute between the Wisconsin Center
Board and the Belmont Hotel said Thursday they were close to an
agreement on the sale of the hotel building.
Also Thursday, the board overseeing Milwaukee's new convention
center heard protests from about 100 minority and female workers
before postponing discussion of its controversial hiring policy.
James Huber, an attorney representing the Belmont Hotel Corp.,
said his client could reach a resolution with the board as soon as
today. He declined to comment on specifics.
The center district must buy the Belmont, which will be razed to
make way for the new convention center. Ground-breaking for the
Wisconsin Center's first phase ...