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Marriott, Granite Broadway To Build Manhattan’s Tallest Hotel

by Gtrav

Aug 11, 2011
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Marriott InternationalMarriott International and ownership group Granite Broadway Development signed a franchise agreement to develop the Courtyard and Residence Inn Manhattan/Central Park, a 68-story property housing two distinctly different hotels – the 378-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel and the the 261-room Residence Inn by Marriott hotel—at 1717 Broadway (at 54th Street). The multi-million dollar project will open in late 2013 and be managed by Interstate Hotels and Resorts.

Designed by architect Nobutaka Ashihara, the building will rise 752 feet, nine inches high, making it the tallest stand-alone hotel building (without office or residential space) in New York.

The hotels will share a main entrance and arrival lobby on 54th Street, with public areas for the Residence Inn on the 3rd floor and for the Courtyard on the 4th floor. Guest rooms for the Courtyard will be located on floors 6 through 32 and for Residence Inn on floors 36 through 64, with separate elevator banks to serve the guestrooms and public areas for each brand.

In addition to ground floor retail space, a leased restaurant will occupy the 2nd floor, and a 5th floor lounge and terrace with outdoor seating will have a great view overlooking Broadway. Both hotels will share a fitness facility on the 34th floor.

Source: Marriott International

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