'Urban cool' Redmond mega project near Microsoft to get two hotels, conference center

The owner of some land next to Microsoft's headquarters has plans to build a dual-brand hotel. The property is part of Esterra Park, a 28-acre mixed-use development where the first $250 million worth of development work is already under way, including demolition and site work, said Mike Hubbard, a principal at Capstone Partners, the Seattle company that is developing the project...