Probuild Founder to Develop City Hotel

Probuild founder and ex-director Phil Mehrten has partnered with developer Frank Palazzo and hotelier Aziz Kheir to build a $56 million, 180-room Hachem-designed hotel on Spencer Street.  The three are co-owners of the Sands & MacDougall factory in the city’s north-west pocket, which they plan to restore and convert into a mixed-use hotel and office development. Entrepreneur Aziz Kheir, co-owner…