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Colby Avenue is blocked off between Pacific and Wall Streets today as crews assemble a huge crane to begin erecting the downtown Everett Courtyard by Marriott hotel. The eight story hotel will have 3 levels of underground parking, space for retail shops and 156 guest rooms.

Touchstone Development from Seattle has pulled their permits and opened a construction office in downtown Everett to begin work on a long-delayed Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the corner of Wall and Colby. Halvorson Construction Group in Kirkland has opened an office in downtown Everett and is on site. Financial challenges led the Everett City […]

In a 4-1 vote on Wednesday, the Everett City Council granted the Touchstone Development Corporation the option to purchase four three-month extensions to get a proposed Courtyard by Marriott Hotel financed and under construction at the corner of Wall and Colby by October 31st 2014. The city of Everett and Touchstone have been working on […]

“This is embarrassing,” said Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson. He was referring to the revelation that Touchstone Corporation will not be breaking ground on a proposed Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at the corner of Colby and Wall in downtown Everett this month. Per an agreement with the city, Touchstone was to start work on the hotel […]

For quite some time we’ve been following developments in the City of Everett’s efforts to have a hotel built on city owned property at the corner of Wall Street and Colby Avenue in downtown Everett. The Touchstone Corporation of Seattle has been working with the city of Everett since 2008 to build a Courtyard by […]

Back in February of this year Touchstone corporation of Seattle asked for a 9th extension of their building permit in order to start construction of a 156 room Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the corner of Wall and Colby in downtown Everett. At that time, Joe Polito, development manager for Touchstone explained to the Everett […]

At Wednesday night’s Everett City Council Meeting, Touchstone Corporation, the developers behind the proposed Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at Colby and Wall street asked for another extension on their development permit for an eight story 156 room hotel. Back in August, Touchstone asked for a delay until February 16th of this year to arrange financing. […]

Proposed Courtyard by Marriott at Colby and Wall Street in downtown Everett Difficult Financial Market Cited by Developer. The Everett City Council received a briefing last night on a request by the Touchstone Corporation to delay construction of a Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Wall and Colby. Since October of 2008, the city and Touchstone […]