closed on May 24, 1994, and the new owners severed the management contract with Radisson that day, returning the hotel to its original name. Radisson then sued the new owners for breach of contract. On March 30, 2001, the hotel reopened as the Crowne Plaza Detroit Pontchartrain, following a major renovation. In 2006, Shubh LLC purchased the hotel and it underwent a $35 million renovation, reopening as the Sheraton Detroit Riverside in November 2007. Within a year, however, Sheraton revoked its branding agreement due to poor management and the property became the Detroit Riverside Hotel. On June 26, 2009, the Wayne County Circuit Court appointed David Findling of The Findling Law Firm, PLC, as receiver of the hotel. The hotel was again shuttered in August 2009 when Mutual Bank of Harvey, Illinois foreclosed on the mortgage. After the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation banking division declared Mutual Bank insolvent, United Central Bank of Garland, Texas, acquired Mutual Bank's assets. In March 2012, the hotel was sold by the receiver, David Findling, to Mexico-based developer Gabriel Ruiz, who planned to renovate it and entered into a management agreement with Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, a division of InterContinental Hotels. The hotel reopened on July 17, 2013, as the Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Convention Center. Its name was later modified to Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront. Due to the quality of the renovation, the hotel was awarded Development of the Year by InterContinental Hotels Group in 2013. Ruiz announced plans to reopen the iconic "Top of the Pontch" restaurant and build the second tower that was included in the hotel's original plan. On July 23, 2021, the hotel left IHG Hotels and was renamed Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel. References Further reading External links Downtown Detroit Skyscraper hotels in Detroit Hotel buildings completed in 1965 1965 establishments in Michigan Modernist architecture in Michigan