Former downtown Sioux City hotel becoming senior housing [Video]

SIOUX CITY — One of the last remaining neglected high-rise buildings in downtown Sioux City is undergoing a complete makeover, and is set to open as an upscale senior living community later this year. 

Renovations are underway at the former hotel property at 707 Fourth St., which was once a Hilton and later a Howard Johnson. The interior has been almost entirely gutted, and the exterior is set to get a major facelift. 

When finished, the 12-story building will house Amera Senior Living, operated by the Wichita, Kansas-based Omega Senior Living. The 156-unit center will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care. 

A Georgia-based developer purchased the property in the fall of 2021 for $5.35 million and announced in early 2022 that it would be transformed into senior housing. For more than two years little was heard about the project, until an announcement last week that renovations are well …