A familiar name in hotel management and the owner of the Hutchinson Mall form the fifth party intrigued by Hutchinson’s search for someone to establish an upscale hotel and convention center.
Steve Olson is the chief executive officer for the Johnson County-based Leisure Group of Companies. Leisure once managed a Holiday Inn & Express here and managed the now-Atrium Hotel, 1400 North Lorraine St., for a period. Weiner is president of the Houston-based RockStep Capital, which owns the mall. Efforts to reach Olson and Weiner were not successful.
Hutchinson City Manager John Deardoff said Olson and Weiner did not submit a proposal when the city issued a request for proposals and credentials. Olson and Weiner and three other parties contacted the city to express interest. All of them, plus the Atrium Hotel and Conference Center owner, Joshua Joseph, Dallas, will be invited to meet with local officials here at the end of October.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)