Hopes the have the Landmark Hotel undergo a complete renovation for senior low income housing has all but ended after Manske and Associates application for housing tax credits was denied by the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation. Manske and Associates and Hutchinson City Housing told the Hutch Post of the news Friday morning.

Manske was seeking 4.5 million dollars in tax credits that would have taken the old hotel at 5th & Main and completely renovated the building which has become run down over the years. The hope was to make a transformation similar to what was done with the old Grace or more recently known as South Hospital. It was completely redone inside and out and now looks like a new building. It’s called the “Hutchinson Lofts Apartments.” It’s located at 8th & Main and is affordable housing units. Jack Manske says he will not pursue the Landmark project any further and expressed disappointment because he was asking less for this the project then the other who were also seeking dollars for other local projects.

The other proposals in Hutchinson also failed to make the list, although the application for the renovation of Commerce Gardens near the Hutchinson Mall on east 11th was also withdrawn.

A proposal for 7.2-million dollars for the Sandhill’s apartment project at 33 rd & Lorraine was also turned down. However, a new development in South Hutchinson called, “Riverview” which was asking for 5.5 million dollars did gain approval. This project will offer 36-elderly housing units.

Bible says he doesn’t know exactly why the Landmark and other Hutchinson projects were turned down, but said its a good bet that it came down to having to many project applications and not enough funding. He says he doesn’t know if the KHRC will offer up any similar program this summer.