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Starwood Resorts hampton inn reservations & Hotels Worldwide is bringing the Sheraton brand back to uptown Charlotte as part of the project. The Blake complex s two hotel towers will be split into two connected hampton inn reservations hotels: hampton inn reservations Sheraton Charlotte, opening Aug. 15, and Le Meridien, opening January 2014.
This strategic conversion project gives Starwood the opportunity to both debut Le Meridien and expand the Sheraton portfolio in Charlotte, the second largest hampton inn reservations banking center in the United States after New York City, said Allison Reid, senior vice president of North American hampton inn reservations development hampton inn reservations for Starwood in a prepared statement.
The hotels will have a total of six restaurants, including a rooftop bar at Le Meridien. Rooms in both the Le Meridien and Sheraton towers will undergo extensive renovations, Starwood said. The rebranded hotel will also feature Le Meridien s signature scent in the lobby.
About 600 members of the California delegation stayed at the Blake Hotel during the DNC last year, and the property was widely panned. Days before the DNC, parts of one tower s stucco hampton inn reservations exterior fell off the building.
The Blake Hotel was originally built in 1973 as a Sheraton Center, with 310 rooms, an auditorium, 10,500-square feet of convention and banquet hampton inn reservations space and a restaurant. At the time it was the largest hotel in North Carolina.
The Blake Hotel property was sold in 2010 to Carolina Hospitality Group 2010 LLC for $24 million. Carolina Hospitality is affiliated with Amsterdam Hospitality, a New York City-based company that owns or operates six hotels in New York and one in New Jersey, hampton inn reservations in addition to the Blake Hotel.
One of the investors who used to own a stake in the Blake Hotel, Charles Dayan, has sued his former partners over the sale to Carolina Hospitality. He claims he was improperly excluded from the sale, and that the price was too low.
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