Posted January 4, 200619 yr From the 12/30/05 Toledo Blade: Senior housing center to close at the historic Park Lane Hotel By KARAMAGI RUJUMBA BLADE STAFF WRITER An independent-living senior citizen facility that operates out of the historic Park Lane Hotel in the Old West End will close its doors at the end of January, the center's operator said. All the residents must move out by then, and the building will be closed at the start of February, said Mary Sweeny, executive director of Emeritus Assisted Living. The company has operated the independent-living facility since 1997. Once one of the hotels of choice for celebrities such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, and Marilyn Monroe, who all stayed in the hotel when they visited Toledo, the historic Park Lane building is a stately red-brick building at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and 23rd Street. The historic Park Lane hotel building has 91 apartments ranging from studios to one-bedroom and luxury apartments. Full story at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051230/NEWS16/512300422/-1/NEWS Well, that was fast! From the 12/31/05 Toledo Blade: Finkbeiner announces developer interested in buying Park Lane By JOSHUA BOAK BLADE STAFF WRITER Mayor-elect Carty Finkbeiner said there could be a buyer for the former Park Lane Hotel in Toledo who would keep its 35 senior citizen tenants from being evicted at the end of January. At a press conference with Mr. Finkbeiner yesterday afternoon, Phil Dew, an Adrian developer, said he has been in negotiations with the retirement home's owner, Columbia Pacific Management Inc., for two months. Full story at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051231/NEWS16/512310399/-1/NEWS
May 11, 200619 yr From the 5/11/06 Toledo Blade: Historic Park Lane Hotel gets refurbished New owners changing building to apartments By TAD VEZNER BLADE STAFF WRITER The Park Lane Hotel in Toledo's historic Old West End is in the midst of a makeover its new owners hope will turn what once was a retirement community into a collection of market-rate apartments and corporate suites. The sale of the nine-story building at Jefferson Avenue and 23rd Street was finalized last week to Phil Dew of Adrian and Mark Osborn of Onsted, Mich. Mr. Dew declined to disclose the selling price; a copy of the deed obtained by The Blade lists no selling price. Built in 1925 of red brick and limestone, the hotel once catered to such celebrities as Eleanor Roosevelt, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, and Marilyn Monroe. Two of the structure's top floors, including roughly two-dozen units, are ready for tenants and a third floor is being worked on, Mr. Dew said. In all, the building will have 91 market-rate units, including 65 one-bedroom units that will be marketed for $695 monthly and 26 studio apartments at $495 a month. Full story at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NEWS16/605110394/-1/NEWS
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