THUNDER BAY -- Construction on the four-star, Delta-Marriott Hotel in Prince Arthur's Landing will not be complete until 2018.
According to ReSolve Group Inc. president Gisele MacDonald, construction that began in November 2016 is expected to be complete in early 2018, not 2017 as the company has previously indicated.
"Completion day is 16 months from the time we started, which would be in November," MacDonald said.
That timeline would surpass the extended completion deadline of the end of 2017, which the city granted the company last year.
MacDonald added crews have now completed the project's "elevation 100," the waterfront hotel's lower basement.
"We will be starting the tower and the steel structure of the building will go up, weather permitting, anywhere between the end of February and mid-March," she said.
The eight-storey hotel was first announced in 2012 under promise of opening in spring 2016. The Marriott hotel chain purchased Delta in 2015 and MacDonald had said the new ownership recommended a number of design changes at that time.
She reiterated the Delta brand's significance to the project's strategy on Thursday.
"We're very excited to be there. I know Delta is excited to be there," she said.
"We chose Detla because of tis strong track record in contributing to growth of tourism in secondary markets so to us, Delta fits perfectly in Thunder Bay. Basically both Delta and ReSolve are excited to bring this property to market."
