Posted Jun 27, 2011, 11:52 AM
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And, the news keeps on coming. Meanwhile, across the street from the Broderick Tower...
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Construction could begin next year to turn the David Whitney Building into a boutique hotel that would “elevate the panache of the city.” (David Coates / The Detroit News)
Boutique hotel eyed for downtown's Whitney Building
By Louis Aguilar | Detroit News
June 27, 2011
The new owners of an empty downtown Woodward Avenue building are putting their faith in Detroit's eclecticism with plans to open the city's first boutique hotel — a genre of small, trendy lodgings that often become local hangouts, too.
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The owners of the David Whitney Building want to take advantage of its architecture, which includes a sweeping four-story lobby with a glass atrium, and mostly intact white terra cotta columns and a marble floor.
The idea is for the hotel to be distinct and not have a corporate feel to it, said David Di Rita, one of the new owners of the David Whitney. It would aim for a young, cosmopolitan clientele, he said.
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The Whitney partners are trying to raise $80 million to bring a mix of 130 hotel rooms and 180 residential units to the 19-story building. They are in talks with several national hotel chains that run boutique brands, said Di Rita, but he declined to name the chains. Examples of those brands include the W, Aloft and Palomar hotels.
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If things go as planned, construction in the David Whitney Building would start next year, and the residences and hotel would open in 2013, said James Van Dyke, vice president of development in The Roxbury Group and the Whitney partnership.
New owners of the David Whitney Building plan to turn the property into a boutique hotel with trendy lodging and a lobby that looks like a nightclub. (David Coates / The Detroit News)
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