Laura Street Trio to be Marriott Flagged Boutique Hotel

[JeffreyS]

I stayed in a Courtyard Downtown Chicago that I think would Qualify as a "Boutique" hotel.

[JeffreyS]

Couldn't they use this space for dedicated parking.

Mixed use with street level retail of course.

[thelakelander]

I believe nearly every Marriott brand except for Fairfield Inn includes a few historic boutique hotels in their portfolio.   When I travel, I tend to book rooms in the boutiques when they are available.  It's pretty cool to see how creative people get with these adaptive reuse projects. Room styles tend to be specific to the footprint of the buildings they occupy. Definitely beats staying in the typical roadside locations. Here are a few of the boutique Marriott hotels I've stayed in over the last few years:

Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown San Diego

This one was pretty cool.  It was originally an early 20th-century bank.  The restoration kept as much of the bank's features as possible.  The original bank tellers were registration and the main lobby was the hotel's restaurant.  Upper floor hotel room doors were the original office suite doors.  I imagine you could have a similar type atmosphere with a restaurant in the Marble Bank.








Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown St. Petersburg

This one was originally a small hotel. When Marriott went into the property, the original hotel was renovated and new addition was added for more hotel rooms. My room was in the original hotel portion.  The elevators were pretty small and since the original rooms didn't include their own bathrooms, two originals were combined for each new unit.



 


Residence Inn - Downtown Memphis

I believe this one was an old office building. This was the first Marriott historic boutique hotel I stayed in after moving to Jacksonville.






Marriott - St. Louis Union Station

This one was an old train station that was converted into a Marriott.  The train station's shed was something very similar to  the Jacksonville Landing.

[coredumped]

Not be a negative nancy, but with the hyatt looking for a buyer aren't they concerned about occupancy rates for hotels downtown? Maybe they know something we don't? (Convention center? )

[thelakelander]

^Different product. Sort of like Chomp Chomp not worrying about the hamburger place in the Landing food court closing.

[thelakelander]

Couldn't they use this space for dedicated parking.

Mixed use with street level retail of course.

It will. Plans call for a parking garage and a mid-rise building to be constructed on that space.

[JeffreyS]

Just stayed at the St. Louis hotel this summer in your pictures. Fantastic and unique.

[Bridges]

■ An eight-story building is planned for the now-empty corner of Laura and Adams streets. The ground floor will house the bank, while the top seven floors will be part of the hotel. The roof will feature a bar with open and covered space.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/business/real-estate/2013-08-17/story/hotel-restaurants-bank-planned-historic-laura-street-trio#ixzz2cR7ZlmrM

Whats this?

Surprised they won't try for rooftop bar on the Bisbee or Florida Life. 

[thelakelander]

■ An eight-story building is planned for the now-empty corner of Laura and Adams streets. The ground floor will house the bank, while the top seven floors will be part of the hotel. The roof will feature a bar with open and covered space.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/business/real-estate/2013-08-17/story/hotel-restaurants-bank-planned-historic-laura-street-trio#ixzz2cR7ZlmrM

Whats this?

Surprised they won't try for rooftop bar on the Bisbee or Florida Life. 

It doesn't sound like much has changed from 2010, other than the use.







More here: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-may-barnett-bank-and-laura-trio-rehab

[thelakelander]

This is EXCELLENT news!!

30 months of construction!?  These buildings really are in bad shape.

2.5 years?  That appears to be a pretty typical timeline for a project of this magnitude. In general, most of these major projects people want to see will take anywhere from 18-36 months of construction.  This is one of the reasons, it will take a while to boost downtown's population, even if the market were booming.

[tufsu1]

Just stayed at the St. Louis hotel this summer in your pictures. Fantastic and unique.

agreed...but, sorry Lake, technically not a Marriott anymore...now Doubletree by Hilton

[thelakelander]

Ok. I took those pics back in 2010. Time flies.

[JeffreyS]

Just stayed at the St. Louis hotel this summer in your pictures. Fantastic and unique.

agreed...but, sorry Lake, technically not a Marriott anymore...now Doubletree by Hilton

Yes it is and it is expanding inside a vacant area in Union Station and may re-brand again.

[civil42806]

I'm skeptical, but hope it does work out

[edjax]

I stayed at the Courtyard in downtown Seattle a couple of years ago located in a retrofitted building. It was a wonderful hotel and anything like that would be a welcome addition to downtown.