Corpus Christi city officials are weighing whether to proceed with an external investigation of the downtown Homewood Suites by Hilton after a city auditor’s investigation determined that developers likely committed fraud in requesting $2 million in taxpayer incentives for the new downtown hotel.

An Aug. 21 memo from City Auditor George Holland to the mayor and City Council, provided to the Caller-Times by City Councilman Gil Hernandez, shows that the office received an allegation on Aug. 28, 2024, that hotel developers had altered a federal government document to obtain a grant funded by tax dollars authorized by the Type B Corp.

The developers claimed the money was meant to cover additional costs related to newly defined flood zone requirements established by the Federal Emergency Mana

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