Palm Beach County Administrator Joe Abruzzo will ask commissioners this month to approve a deal with Related Ross to develop a second convention center hotel in downtown West Palm Beach, a project that he and Related Ross say could generate as much as $7 billion in revenue for the county over the life of a 97-year lease.
Related Ross is proposing to build an 18-story, 400-room hotel across Rosemary Avenue from the Palm Beach County Convention Center and the center’s existing hotel, the Hilton West Palm Beach. The Curio would rise to 204 feet in height at 900 S. Rosemary Ave. and would feature a two-story meeting space area and a 7,300-square-foot restaurant.
Eric Silagy, vice chairman of Related Ross, said the developer has already spent $16 million preparing plans for the second convention center hotel…