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Will Marriott-Starwood Merger Affect New Hotels in Cincinnati’s Center City?

Post author By Travis Estell
Post date November 22, 2015
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Will Marriott-Starwood Merger Affect New Hotels in Cincinnati’s Center City

A new AC Hotel by Marriott is coming to The Banks, and a Starwood-affiliated Aloft Hotel is being built at Newport on the Levee’s latest phase. But with the news announced earlier this week that Marriott is buying Starwood, a few questions have been raised about the future of these two hotels.

Does it make sense for the combined company to operate both of these hotels, which will target similar demographics, in such close proximity? And will Marriott, which now controls 30 hotel brands, maintain both the AC Hotel and Aloft flags, or will one of these two new hotels be forced to rebrand? If so, the change won’t take place in the near future, as hotel experts predict it will be a “minimum of three years before any brands disappear.”

Tags AC Hotels, Aloft Hotels, Aqua on the Levee, Cincinnati, Marriott, newport, Newport on the Levee, Starwood, the banks

Development News

PHOTOS: Center City Construction Updates From October

Post author By Elijah Williams
Post date November 4, 2015
9 Comments on PHOTOS: Center City Construction Updates From October

Downtown Cincinnati and the adjacent areas continue to see both new development and redevelopment of existing structures. In an effort to bring broader awareness to the exciting projects occurring in the city, I snapped pictures throughout October showing the work taking place.

Aqua on the Levee, which includes 239 apartments, an Aloft Hotel, and retail space
Early work on a 15-story, 130 unit apartment building at the intersection of 7th Street and Sycamore Street
Progress on the six-story, 117-room Holiday Inn at 7th Street and Broadway Street
$24 million Alumi Lofts redevelopment of the former school in Pendleton into 142 apartments
Prep work on Phase IIIA of The Banks project
Continued progress on the 10-story General Electric Global Operations Center at The Banks
Redevelopment of a former church into an event space adjacent to Washington Park called The Transept
$27 million redevelopment of the YMCA at Elm Street and Central Parkway
The Radius, bringing 292 apartments to The Banks

While these photos focus on projects in the center city, there are certainly many more exciting projects taking place throughout the city as its boom spreads outward. We’ll get to some of those projects in future updates.

EDITORIAL NOTE: This is the first of what we intend to be a regular monthly feature on UrbanCincy that will take a selected look at construction progress throughout the city. If you have any projects that you would like to have us visit and photograph, please let us know by emailing us at editors@urbancincy.com.

Tags Aloft Hotels, Alumni Lofts, Aqua on the Levee, Cincinnati, downtown, General Electric, Holiday Inn, newport, Newport on the Levee, over-the-rhine, pendleton, photography, Radius, the banks, The Transept, Transept, Washington Park, YMCA

Business Development News

PHOTOS: Aqua on the Levee Rising Along Newport’s Waterfront

Post author By Travis Estell
Post date September 29, 2015
20 Comments on PHOTOS: Aqua on the Levee Rising Along Newport’s Waterfront

Last November developers broke ground on the $80 million second phase of Newport on the Levee, called Aqua on the Levee, some 15 years after the first phase opened. Since that time, a significant amount of work has progressed on the project that will yield 239 apartments, a hotel, and 8,300 square feet of retail.

The project is being built atop what long sat as a three-acre surface parking lot at the foot of the Purple People Bridge.

The residential component is expected to bolster business for retailers at the complex that have struggled to draw crowds on non-weekend days. It will also bring the first Aloft Hotel to the region, which will also be the trendy hotel’s first in Kentucky and feature 144 rooms, a bar and 10,000 square feet of meeting space.

The project is being developed by Capital Investment Group and Musselman Hotels, and is expected to be completed in fall 2016.

EDITORIAL NOTE: All six photographs were taken by Travis Estell on September 27, 2015.

Tags Aloft Hotels, Aqua on the Levee, Capital Investment Group, Chester Musselman, Gregg Fusaro, Musselman Hotels, newport, Newport on the Levee, photography, Purple People Bridge, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, w xyz bar

Development News

PHOTOS: Construction Updates From Along the Mighty Ohio River

Post author By Travis Estell
Post date March 9, 2015
2 Comments on PHOTOS: Construction Updates From Along the Mighty Ohio River

Phase Two Construction at The Banks [Jake Mecklenborg]

Both sides of the Ohio River are full of construction right now. In Cincinnati, General Electric’s new Global Operations Center, 300 new apartments, and 60,000 square feet of retail space are under construction at phase two of The Banks. The latest phase of the Smale Riverfront Park, which includes Carol Ann’s Carousel, is also moving along just around the corner.

Then, across the river in Newport, 238 apartments, 8,300 square feet of retail space, and an Aloft hotel are being added as part of the next phase of Newport on the Levee. Prep work is also taking place for the relocation of Kentucky Route 9 and the long-delayed Ovation project.