Columbus real estate developer Frank Kass is investing in Toledo, believing the downtown is on the verge of a boom around Monroe and Summit streets.

At the center of that development? The 15-story Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites that Mr. Kass recently renovated through a partnership with Lucas County. Attached to the new convention center and near Toledo’s riverfront, Mr. Kass believes his hotel — and the rest of downtown — are ripe for growth.

Mr. Kass has developed mixed-use housing projects across the country. In Toledo, he has developed the Marina and Colony lofts, two residential developments that have bolstered the city’s housing stock by adding more than 600 apartments near the Glass City Metropark in East Toledo and ProMedica Toledo Hospital.

In 2022, he completed a full r

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