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Luxury resort approved by U.S. Congress
Hornby's proposed 1,000-room hotel could include a luxury suite, restaurant, pool and spa, said David Bohn, a resort consultant with consulting firm Dune Partners.
Some analysts said an investor group led by real estate investment trust Fidelity who were behind plans to buy luxury hotels at the time that failed would also have a stake in a proposed Luxury Resort.
Hornby said he doesn't want to get involved with the talks, but he would be happy if he could buy out the hotel's property for some cash in a future sale.
The Luxury Resort is designed by London-based Herzog + de Meuron, which also designed the Marriott Marquis hotel on the Atlantic waterfront and the JW Marriott Downtown Resort and hotel. It's about 1,000 square feet.
JW Marriott, meanwhile, is a U.S. subsidiary of American International Group, which operates the New York Hilton, American Airlines and other properties. The luxury resort site also has a potential hotel by Trump Hotels of Los Angeles.
Hornby and IHG already jointly own a stake in IHG's Westin Hotels & Resorts and is seeking a buyer to buy out the resort's 4.5-acre (2,000-hectare) property, which would become the centerpiece of the new hotel.
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Nab first to cut rates in December for the fourth time in five years, a sign of a weakening economy and growing expectations of the governor to reduce borrowing costs again. The cuts are being taken at the discretion of the board, which includes a three-member majority from the governor. A budget proposal was put forward last week, with more details to follow next week.
The decision to make such a drastic cut in one of the province's biggest industries is hardly out of character for Mr. Stibbe, whose tenure as government chief financial officer came to a premature end earlier this year amid budget cuts and criticism of poor oversight of the fund by the auditor general and the provincial auditor general.
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Since last week's decision to cut rates in April, the fund – which supports much of the province's $7.2-billion infrastructure investment, including highways, railways, schools, hospitals and other social infrastructure programs – has shrunk by $1-billion, according to recent numbers.
A major reason for the fund's decline is a decrease in its annual dividend rate, in part because of the lack of profits from investments. Under Mr. Stibbe's leadership, the fund has been one of the country's largest spenders on the public sector, with annual dividends averaging $40,000 per fund employee, or about 18 times annual earnings, according to the province's auditor general.
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