Loews to Scale Back $240 Million Downtown Hotel Project

Loews Hotel announced that its planned luxury hotel in downtown Memphis is going to be scaled back.

The city’s old police building will no longer be a part of the 500-room convention center hotel.

“Loews Hotels & Co.’s efforts and desire to deliver a convention hotel to the residents of Memphis remains unchanged,” the company said in a statement on May 10. “Though our plans no longer include the former police building, we continue to work with the City [of Memphis] and our development partners on a path going forward.”