Architects Cooper Carry in three separate interviews maintained that the owner’s representative instructed them not to separately meter the convention center and the hotel. Tom Smithgall and Mark Fitzgerald of the High Group were identified by name as instructing them.
NewsLanc asked to interview Smithgall concerning the reasons for combining the metering of the facilities. The below is his reply:
“I have returned from vacation and will ask the owners about their arrangements. When I get that, someone will likely respond. Thanks for your interest in our facility.”
Meanwhile, an anonymous but knowledgeable source has confirmed to NewsLanc that the LCCCA has engaged a consultant to try to figure out some way for allocating costs due to the manner that electrical service for the buildings were intertwined.
Given the design and construction expertise of the High Group, both the lead developer for the project and general partner of Penn Square Partners that is the equitable owner of the Marriott, it seems incumbent on the High organization to justify its reasoning and motivations for not providing for separate metering or separate submetering.
“Meanwhile, an anonymous but knowledgeable source has confirmed to NewsLanc that the LCCCA has engaged a consultant to try to figure out some way for allocating costs due to the manner that electrical service for the buildings were intertwined.”
This has been announced at a number of different LCCCA board and committee meetings. Executive Director Kevin Molloy has made this a priority of his.