The Multi Modal building at the corner of Walnut and Illinois took out a big chunk of parking the Hilton was using for its customers, making it that much harder for the hotel to attract customers. No one renting a room at the Hilton is going to want to park in the Civic Center parking lot and walk across the busy three lane street to get to their hotel room. In today's society, people do not want to walk far from their car to where they are going. Ideally, you are able to park your car in a location from where you can the the entrance of the facility to which you are going.
From what I hear, the owner of the Hilton has bought several of the lots adjacent to the hotel along Walnut Street with plans to raze them for parking but only one house has been pulled down and there are still For Sale signs on a couple of others.
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