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Hunden Strategic Partners’ study, commissioned by the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, concluded that the metro area could benefit from an indoor youth sports complex that includes basketball/volleyball courts, artificial turf fields for soccer, and possibly an ice sheet or two.

Hunden Strategic Partners conducted a study to determine the potential for a new youth sports complex in Green Bay, Wisconsin. CEO Rob Hunden and Senior Analyst Mike Christensen highlight key metrics and findings in this article.

After more than three years of planning and two years of construction, the most anticipated hotel development in Chicago is ready to open on Navy Pier! HSP performed a market and financial feasibility study and managed the developer solicitation and selection process for the Sable at Navy Pier hotel, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton.

CEO Rob Hunden discusses the next steps for hoteliers as they search for ways to weather and economically recover from this historic COVID-era storm.

Hunden has completed a successful developer solicitation and selection process for a new hotel. Sioux City council votes unanimously to approve a development and minimum assessment agreement with an Omaha-based developer.

The Sioux City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a development and minimum assessment agreement for the redevelopment of the historic Badgerow Building, which an Omaha developer plans to convert into housing, office space, and an upscale restaurant. Hunden will conduct the developer solicitation and selection process.

Watch Rob Hunden deliver the fourth-annual State of the Industry presentation at the ALSD Annual Conference on October 27, 2020.

The third largest Towneplace Suites by Marriott Opens in Nashville’s Capitol District.

A Rockford Park District staff recommendation to reduce the number of regional sports tournaments at the UW Health Sports Factory in favor of more local programming is drawing opposition from tourism officials, developers and downtown supporters.

We are fast approaching ALSD 2020, to be presented as a virtual show October 26-29. Despite broadcasting our content this year through a digital forum, many fan-favorite elements of the ALSD Conference and Tradeshow remain a part of the program.

One of those signature elements is our State of the Industry presented by Rob Hunden, President of Hunden Strategic Partners, who sat down with the ALSD to give us a sneak preview of what’s to come.

Visit ALSD.com/Register to sign up for this year’s event.

After facing financial hardships for many years, the city of Chester has approved yet another plan to revitalize its waterfront.

The $250 million first phase of development will include ONE at the Peninsula, an $85 million apartment complex featuring 12,000 square feet of retail

The Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County unveiled on Tuesday a master plan for roughly 100 acres surrounding Subaru Park, which is a soccer stadium for the Philadelphia Union, and the neighboring Wharf building.

Collier County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in early July to celebrate its new Paradise Coast Sports and Special Events Complex located at 3940 City Gate Blvd, just east of I-75 Exit 101, in North Naples.

Officials hope the project gives Collier County an edge in sports tourism.

Bedford Park officials are betting that the coronavirus will be brought under control by this time next year. That’s when the village’s Midway Central Station – a dazzling two-story building with eight basketball courts, 16 volleyball courts, laser tag, meeting rooms, and a café with a sports lounge – is expected to open on 65th Street just east of Central Avenue.

“It will be a great boom for local businesses and for our entire downtown,” says Mayor Tom McNamara. “To see that walk-ability, to see people out. It brings enthusiasm to any community. […] It’s going to be the Embassy Suites on one end and the fastest growing cargo airport in the world on the other end on S. Main. It is really book-ended by two tremendous assets. It’s incumbent on us as a city and other developers already chomping at the bit to invest there on S. Main.”

Hunden Strategic Partners is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) on behalf of the City of Farmer City from developers and/or development teams regarding the ultimate development of all or part of a 20-acre parcel at Interstate 74 and IL-54 in Farmer City, Illinois. The site has a daily traffic count of 22,000 along I-74 and 4,000 along IL-54.

This coming fall and the spring of 2021 are shaping up as busy seasons for the recently renovated Sioux City Convention Center and newly opened Courtyard by Marriott Hotel.

Clay, FL Economic Development Corporation
“We were honored to have Rob Hunden of Hunden Strategic Partners join us for a robust webinar to discuss the mixed-use development tools and Clay County opportunities available.”

The governor now says he will release the long-awaited funding that will kick-start development of the University of Illinois’ Discovery Partners Institute, a project insiders tout as a game-changer for Chicago tech – and for Related Midwest’s neighborhood-in-the-making, the 78.

Eau Claire (WQOW)- The City of Eau Claire is wanting to team up with UW-Eau Claire and other organizations to create an event center big enough to hold thousands of people. In 2018, the City of Eau Claire and Visit Eau Claire funded a study to explore the feasibility of an expanded event center and convention center that would be associated with the Sonnentag project.

The study found both facilities are needed to support economic development in the city, so they’ve decided to be part of this new project.

City officials said they want to expand the facility so it can hold a little over 5,000 people, which is 1,000 more than the previous plan.

Houston convention officials approved a plan that would deliver tens of millions of dollars in economic incentives to a development group proposing to build a W Hotel downtown

$75 million project re-purposing two old barns will be new Fort Worth attraction

Are entertainment districts the new saviors of malls and sports facilities?

State of the Stadium Industry Report at ALSD International Cites $5 Billion+ Projects Underway and More than 30 Major New Stadiums Predicted to Open in the 2020s.

City officials will work in 2020 with Sprague Hotel Developers to strike a deal to develop a proposed hotel/conference center in the heart of downtown Columbus

A commissioned report from Hunden Strategic Partners suggests Snohomish County build a 65,000 to 80,000-square-foot facility.

Hunden Strategic Partners is issuing a Request for Qualifications from developers and/or development teams regarding the ultimate development of a mixed-use project at 311 N. Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma.