FARGO – A proposed downtown high-rise has a new hotel group on board, a key step that’s replaced a former partner and moved the project closer to construction.
Developer Kilbourne Group announced Tuesday, Jan. 23, that Aparium Hotel Group will take over as the hospitality management partner for a hotel and restaurant planned for Block 9, construction of which is expected to start sometime this spring or summer and be completed in 2020.
President Mike Allmendinger said Kilbourne Group has been in talks with Aparium for several months since learning about the company’s “unique” way of managing its dozen hotels, including the Hewing Hotel in Minneapolis. Both groups also share a mutual desire for lodging and guest services in Block 9 to have a local flair and add to the “existing momentum” of downtown, he said.