January 19, 2001
ORLANDO-The Chicago investment family, matching rival Hilton Hotel Corp. project for project, is starting the venture with a 1,500-room hotel that will be built to house another 1,000 rooms in five to 10 years. The Orlando hotel then would surpass Hyatt's largest property in Chicago by 500 rooms. Orlando currently boasts of having 111,000 rooms, the highest in the nation.