2 downtown Baltimore hotels to close for good, union says (MD)

[TowForce]

Holiday Inn Baltimore-Inner Harbor, Radisson Hotel Baltimore-Inner Harbor to close

 

BALTIMORE —

Two downtown Baltimore hotels are shuttering for good, leaving 50 employees out of work, the union representing those workers said this week.

 

The Holiday Inn Baltimore-Inner Harbor and the Radisson Hotel Baltimore-Inner Harbor at Fayette and Baltimore streets will close on March 8 when a deal to sell the property goes through, said Tracy Lingo, staff director of Unite Here Local 7, which represents the hotels' employees.

 

Future plans for the landmark properties are incomplete but officials of Unite Here said they were told during severance pay negotiations this winter that the hotel towers would be converted to condominium units after the sale.

 

The hotel workers -- who had worked for both properties -- will receive an undetermined settlement for severance pay.

 

A separate union, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 37, represents a small group of maintenance workers at the site.

 

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/2-downtown-baltimore-hotels-close/39136213