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Hotel President

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After evictions, President Hotel owners claim support from local nonprofits

October 30, 2019 7:01 am

This story appeared originally in the Thursday, Oct. 24, print edition of the Daily Post. Most of the local stories printed in the Post do not appear on this website. […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

Hotel President owners apply to city to open 100-unit hotel despite obstacles

February 7, 2019 12:04 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The new owners of the Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto have filed an application to turn the 75-unit apartment building into a […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

Most tenants have left Hotel President but building’s future is unknown

February 2, 2019 9:35 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The last handful of tenants remaining in the Hotel President apartments expect to be evicted from their Palo Alto homes soon, but it’s […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

Council opposes conversion of Hotel President to a hotel; wants to save housing

December 12, 2018 3:13 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council, amid an extreme housing shortage, wants to keep a law that is standing in the way of the Hotel […]

Opinion

Opinion: Hotel President buyers not that smart

December 10, 2018 2:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The people who bought the Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto have made a multimillion-dollar mistake. And now they’re asking City Council members […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

Typo in city code is stopping the elimination of apartments at Hotel President

December 2, 2018 12:37 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A city employee made a copy-and-paste typographical error in Palo Alto’s zoning code in 2016 that is now blocking the Hotel President apartments […]

Palo Alto

Should a tenant making $93,100 a year get relocation assistance?

September 11, 2018 12:54 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Renters who will be evicted from the Hotel President told the Palo Alto City Council last night (Sept. 10) that the housing crisis […]

Palo Alto

Some Hotel President tenants will get $7,000 when they’re evicted

September 3, 2018 12:19 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tenants of the Hotel President will get a $7,000 payout when they’re evicted from their downtown Palo Alto studio apartments this November — […]

Palo Alto

Hotel President tenants could get some help from the city

August 14, 2018 6:25 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With three months left until the residents of the 75-unit Hotel President apartments are evicted to make way for a boutique hotel, Palo […]

Palo Alto City Councilman Cory Wolbach
Palo Alto

With Wolbach as the swing vote, council imposes office development cap

July 30, 2018 10:30 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (June 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]

Palo Alto City Councilman Cory Wolbach
Palo Alto

Wolbach switches sides, council decides to cap office growth

July 30, 2018 10:23 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (July 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]

Opinion

Opinion: City has lots of money but wants more

July 27, 2018 10:54 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The city government in Redwood City had a surplus of $26 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2017, and $31 […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

New owners of Hotel President to fight city’s determination that the building can’t become a hotel again

July 22, 2018 2:27 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The buyers of the Hotel President said yesterday (July 20) that they “disagree” with the city of Palo Alto’s denial of their plans […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

Hotel President tenants ask city for help

June 20, 2018 8:31 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer More than a dozen residents of the historic Hotel President apartments in downtown Palo Alto turned out to City Council on Monday (June […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

City Council members met privately with Hotel President buyers before sale closed

June 16, 2018 7:58 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Executives from the Chicago-based hotel chain buying the residential Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto — booting out the residents of its 75 […]

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