The Morning News reports that TRT Holdings, the outfit that owns Omni Hotels & Resorts, Gold’s Gym International and a bunch of other stuff, will announce a headquarters move today from Irving to Dallas, specifically to Harlan Crow’s Old Parkland Hospital complex. The story (sub. req.) also says that “the matter” is on the City Council agenda, because more than $2 million in tax abatements are being sought, and that Crow’s company will develop the new space.
The article points out that, since TRT has the big contract to operate Dallas’ new convention-center hotel, some people thought it might be nice for the company to have its headquarters in Dallas, too. But, hold on. What the article fails to mention is that TRT is controlled by Dallas’s Robert Rowling, who according to Forbes is one of the world’s richest billionaires. So, why in hell does this guy need a subsidy of any kind at all from the city? Especially given the tough times, and the fact that he was over a barrel and basically had to move here, anyway? Just asking.
