"The city’s ambitious projects include the $500-million Obama Presidential Center, set to open in Jackson Park, and the Marquette Greenway bike trail that will eventually connect Chicago to New ...

Peoria is still paying off bonds from that agreement that saw the Pere Marquette hotel developers receive prison time for defrauding investors, including the city.

The city of Peoria has been wrestling with a costly scandal related to the redevelopment of Hotel Pere Marquette. Boiled down to its essence, two businessmen conspired, to quote the local newspaper, ...

The Peoria City Council unanimously approved a redevelopment deal between the new owners of the Marriott Pere Marquette and the city that would see the developers receive significant tax incentives..

"The city’s ambitious projects include the $500-million Obama Presidential Center, set to open in Jackson Park, and the Marquette Greenway bike trail that will eventually connect Chicago to New ...

The Peoria City Council unanimously approved a redevelopment deal between the new owners of the Marriott Pere Marquette and the city that would see the developers receive significant tax ...

"The city’s ambitious projects include the $500-million Obama Presidential Center, set to open in Jackson Park, and the Marquette Greenway bike trail that will eventually connect Chicago to New ...

The Peoria City Council unanimously approved a redevelopment deal between the new owners of the Marriott Pere Marquette and the city that would see the developers receive significant tax incentives..