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City, OWU solicit developer statements for possible downtown boutique hotel; November deadline set

5811853 · September 22, 2025
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City staff and Ohio Wesleyan University are soliciting statements of qualifications from developers for a proposed 80+-room boutique hotel on OWU-associated parcels downtown; a November 7 deadline was announced and a disposition would go through the Community Improvement Corporation.

City Manager Faith Brake told council on Sept. 22 that city staff and Ohio Wesleyan University are circulating a request for statements of qualifications for a possible public–private partnership to develop an approximately 80-room boutique hotel on or adjacent to OWU-owned properties downtown.

Brake said the proposal is at a preliminary stage…

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