The Glenwood Refinement team switched allegiance to the Patel Family of India. The Register Guard does not give any background on the Patel family, a name that means
“one who holds pieces of land”
http://patelmonopoly.blogspot.com/p/who-are-patels_18.html
When the Glenwood opens ‘The Gateway to Bombay’ us old McKenzie River Loggers and Bohemian Men will come down and play a game of Gokay on the grass islands. Gokay is the combination of golf and croquette.
When the Republican King of Bombay and Babylon wins another term, we can hold a Grand Elephant parade. My vision of the Carpenter Ant Queen, was spot on!
Jon Presco
How Can We Stop Them? In order to bring an end to the Patel monopoly, we have to organize and take action. Here’s some things that you can do to help: 1.) Spread the word. – Tell people about this blog, help educate society about the Patel family and their monopoly. Post your own blogs and network with others to raise awareness of the issue. 2.) Find Patels in your area. – Find Patel-owned property management companies and hotels in your area and keep a list of them. Use Google Maps to map out the locations of these properties. Document any connections you find between them – these are critical in helping us connect the dots in the Patel family puzzle.
Look a bit closer and the picture is even more arresting: about 70 percent of all Indian motel owners — or a third of all motel owners in America — are called Patel, a surname that indicates they are members of a Gujarati Hindu subcaste. ”There’s a thing our parents tell everyone, so don’t yawn if you’ve heard it already,” says Mit Amin, an urbane 39-year-old who owns the Beverly Hills Inn, a chic bed-and-breakfast in the Buckhead section of Atlanta. ”In some American small towns they think ‘Patel’ is an Indian word for ‘motel.’ Can you blame them? The Patel family have siezed ownership of almost all housing options available to low-income residents of San Francisco. I have confirmed over 95 hotels and motels owned by related Patels in the city. To view a Google Map of these hotels, visit my map page.
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/04/magazine/a-patel-motel-cartel.html
Click to access ExistingConditionsRepor.pdf
Glenwood adding lodging
The Patel family breaks ground on an 81-room hotel west of the Candlewood Suites, which opened in 2014
Appeared in print: Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, page B5
As they broke ground Tuesday on their second hotel in Glenwood, the local Patel family said it is planning a third development in the same area.
“It will be some kind of residence — hotel or apartments — with shops,” said Komal “Tina” Patel, who, along with her husband, Alpesh “Al,” owns several area hotels.
The Patel Family Hotel/Motel Monopoly
A blog dedicated to documenting and exposing the corrupt Patel crime family and their monopoly on high-density low-income housing in San Francisco and surrounding areas. The Patels have expanded their monopoly nationwide and own 60% of all hotels in the United States.
Work on the third project will start sometime in the next five years, she said, adding that they’ll nail down more details for that project when the second hotel is completed.
On Tuesday, the Patels launched construction of the 81-room Fairfield Inn & Suites, west of their 87-room Candlewood Suites, which opened in 2014.
The four-story Marriott-branded hotel is expected to open in June 2017.
Patel said there is enough demand to support two hotels in Glenwood. They serve different segments of the market, “so there’s no doubt in my mind we’ll succeed,” she said.
Candlewood Suites is an extended-stay hotel. The suites have full kitchens and are ideal for corporate clients or people needing temporary housing while their house is being remodeled or before they move into a new house, Patel said.
Fairfield Inn & Suites, which will have an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, will cater to overnight business or leisure travelers, she said.
Patel predicted guests will like the property’s proximity to the Willamette River, the bike path and the University of Oregon campus.
The Patels say they are bullish on Glenwood.
“Nobody paid attention to Glenwood for a long time,” Tina Patel said. “When Springfield took over Glenwood, Al and I thought (the area) had good potential for business and could improve.”
Leaders of Springfield, which took jurisdiction of Glenwood from Eugene in 1999, long have sought to redevelop the area, making the river more visible and accessible to residents and tourists.
The Patel properties are the only hotels operating or planned for Glenwood, but another might join them if Glenwood is chosen as the site for a new conference center, said Andy Vobora, spokesman for Travel Lane County.
Conference centers typically include a headquarters hotel, he said.
A study of local conference space should wrap up this fall, and findings will be available before year’s end, Vobora said.
Rather than viewing a hotel associated with a conference center as a business threat, Patel said she wants a conference center in Glenwood.
Travel Lane County has to turn away some big events because there isn’t adequate space to host them, she said. A conference center would be able to accommodate them, bringing more business to all area hotels, Patel said.
So far, 2016 has been a great year nationally and a good one locally for the hospitality industry, Patel said.
The 10-day U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in July was a boost, but even without it, “I think we would have had a good year,” Patel said. “There are a lot of other events.”
The local lodging industry has enjoyed a strong summer, Vobora said, citing monthly industry reports that show strong occupancy and robust daily rates.
Besides the Candlewood Suites and the planned Fairfield Inn & Suites, the Patels own the University Inn & Suites hotel near Matthew Knight Arena on Franklin Boulevard in Eugene and the Comfort Suites on East 25th Avenue, just south of Glenwood.
The Patels employ about 45 people at their hotels and will hire about 25 employees at Fairfield Inn & Suites.
The Patels bought the 1.3-acre Candlewood Suites site for $390,000 in 2007, Lane County property records show.
A year later, the Springfield City Council approved buying three Glenwood parcels — two west of the Patels’ property and one east — for $700,000. The purchase was to install a public stormwater and drainage system for Glenwood, city officials said.
In 2013, the city agreed to sell the two western parcels, totaling 1.2 acres, to the Patels for $160,000.
Then in December, the city sold the 1.5-acre easternmost parcel to the Patels for $600,000.
Glenwood is an approximately one square mile area abutted by I-5 on the west and south and the Willamette River on the east and north that lies between the City of Eugene and downtown Springfield. Glenwood has been under Springfield’s jurisdiction since 1999. Development in Glenwood is guided by the Glenwood Refinement Plan, originally adopted by Eugene in 1990, adopted by Springfield in 1999, and amended in 2005 along the Willamette Riverfront north of Franklin Boulevard. A general lack of urban services has restricted development, hindered redevelopment and constrained widespread improvement in the quality of life in Glenwood.
The Glenwood Refinement Plan Update Project will establish the vision for the future of Glenwood and will provide guidance on how land use, natural resources, public facilities and economic development opportunities should be developed, designed and enhanced over the 20-year plan period, based on a broad range of citizen input. The goal of this project is to provide clear objectives, policies and implementation actions which will support and facilitate the redevelopment of Glenwood into an attractive place to live, work and visit. This project was initiated by the Springfield City Council in 2008 to further one of the Council’s high priority goals: Facilitate the redevelopment of Springfield; and is funded in part by the Urban Renewal Agency. This project, which is currently underway, will be developed in three phases. Together, these phases will comprise a comprehensive planning process that will include visioning, feasibility, analysis, physical planning and design.
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