FOI #20-101 (03-12-20, 3:24 pm) - Subject - Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center
Name - Pedro Bortoto
Affiliation - UNITE HERE Local 1
Pursuant to the state open records law Conn. Gen. Stat. Secs. 1-200 to 1-242, I write to request access to documents related to the following project:
“Request for Offers to Ground Lease, Improve and Operate a Hotel [Nathan Hale Inn and Conference Center] in Storrs, Connecticut” issued March 16, 2018 that led to the Ground Lease and Purchase & Sale Agreement between the University of Connecticut and Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners on September 2018.
The following are the documents I am requesting in connection with the above project:
1. All documents submitted by AJ Capital Partners in response to the “Request for Offers”, including but not limited to:
a. Market study of the proposed hotel;
b. Request for Offers Contacts;
c. Condition survey;
d. Concept plans;
e. Improvement budgets with details on type, quality, and scope of renovations and improvements of the property;
f. Proposal for 98-year ground lease terms;
g. Proposal for purchase of the hotel;
h. Documentation presented as evidence of financial capacity and capability to conduct improvements;
i. Documentation presented as evidence of financial backing for the proposed project;
j. Development budget for all departments of the proposed hotel;
k. Operating statement for the first 10 years of operation of the proposed hotel.
2. The 98-year Ground Lease and Purchase & Sale Agreement between the University of Connecticut and Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners on September 2018, including all annexes, attachments, amendments, and any modifications made after? the time of signature.
3. Any and all proposals, studies, staff recommendations or reports, presentations, development plans, financing plans or similar documents issued by, or provided to, board members and staff of the University of Connecticut in connection with the hotel project.
4. Any and all physical and electronic correspondence between board members and staff of the University of Connecticut and representatives of AJ Capital Partners (Benjamin Weprin, Andrew Weprin, Connor Manning, Tim Franzen, Tim Ryan, David Rochefort, Jasin Alfaro, Saxton Sharad or any other representatives of the company) in connection with the hotel project.
If you choose to deny this request, please provide a written explanation for the denial including a reference to the specific statutory exemption(s) upon which you rely. Also, please provide all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material.