posted on December 06, 2011 23:35
Billionaire developer George Mitchell wants to sink $25 million into improvements in Galveston and is trying to get on the May ballot for voters to decide if they will let him.
George Mitchell’s island company, Mitchell Historic Properties, wants to buy piers 19-22 from the city. Plans include building as many as 80 condominium units, expanding the Harbor House hotel at Pier 21 and adding a boardwalk and more than 50 boat slips, the Galveston Daily News reported.
Mitchell Historic Properties officials spoke to the city council at a workshop session Monday during the first of several public meetings about whether to place a charter amendment on the May ballot allowing voters to decide about the sale of 16 acres of Port of Galveston property.
11/15/11, Houston Business Journal