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Landmark changes hands: hotel's new owner wants to be part of 'momentous history'.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 18-AUG-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The Edison Walthall Hotel is no more.

But the structure on Capitol Street, for decades a landmark in downtown Jackson, will not evaporate like its counterpart, the King Edward Hotel, did for so long before it began its rebirth.

Instead, the Edison Walthall is now the Roberts Vista Hotel after the St. Louis-based Roberts Hotels Group purchased the hotel for $4 million.

The old Edison Walthall's previous owner had filed for bankruptcy protection last year.

Michael Roberts, CEO of the Roberts Companies, of which the Roberts Hotels Group is a subsidiary, said he will pump $10 million into the hotel for renovations and repairs, the most glaring of which are new air conditioning units so...

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