Danville Mayor Scott Eisenhauer is optimistic about plans for Collins Tower…previously known as Bresee Tower downtown. Chris and Jeri Collins have purchased the building and the Mayor says they have some big plans….
Jeri Collins told VermilionCountyFirst.com News they would like to have the new hotel open in a year. ‘’It’s going to be a really neat place to go, not just your ordinary hotel,’’ said Collins. She also says the number one priority for her and her husband Chris is to secure the outside of the building where there were earlier concerns about bits of terra cotta falling off the building. ‘’We have already talked with a general contractor,’’ says Collins.
Mayor Eisenhauer (shown here) likes the way the new owners of Collins Tower are looking at the whole area….
Jeri Collins says the indoor amusement area is proposed to be ‘’in a brand new building’’ across West Main Street from the David S. Palmer Arena. It would not be inside Collins Tower.
‘’This plan has different stages, and each stage requires signing on the dotted line,’’ said Collins. But she added financing is not a problem.
Collins also says that when people see the final plans for the hotel ‘’it will be a surprise.’’
