- Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Detroit
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Detroit
| built = 1985
modern architectural style
use =Residential
location = 333 East Jefferson Ave.Detroit , Michigan
USA
roof = 222 ft (68 m)
top_floor =
antenna_spire =
floor_count = 21
floor_area =
architect =Ehrenkrantz, Echkstat & Whitelaw | skyscraperpage_id = |The Courtyard by Marriott is a mid-upscale
high-rise Hotel in downtownDetroit, Michigan . It stands next to the similarly-appearingMillender Center Apartments , and is connected to the apartments, theRenaissance Center , and theColeman A. Young Municipal Center via an enclosedSkyway .The building stands at 333 East
Jefferson Avenue . It was built in 1984 and opened in 1985 as the Omni International Hotel. After its run as an Omni, it became a Doubletree hotel and finally when GM purchased the Millender Center complex in the late 1990s it became the Courtyard by Marriott. It has 21 floors, is used as ahotel , and has aparking garage inside. Like theMillender Center , it was designed in the modern architectural style, and usesconcrete as its main material.This building contains the
office and retail portion of this complex. It houses convert|30000|sqft|m2|-3 of retail, and convert|100000|sqft|m2|-4 of office space.Further reading
*Cite book | author=Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher | title= AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture| year=2002 | publisher= Wayne State University Press | id=ISBN 0-8143-3120-3
*Cite book | author=Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition | year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| id = ISBN 0-8143-1651-4
*Cite book | author= Sharoff, Robert | title=American City: Detroit Architecture| publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2005| id=ISBN 0-8143-3270-6External links
* [http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/DTWDC?mktcmp=Yahoo_local_home-pg_x Official Building Website]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Detroit,+MI&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=42.330385,-83.042575&spn=0.004481,0.012789 Google Maps location of Courtyard Marriott]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=147623 Courtyard Marriott at Emporis.com]
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7460 SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on the Courtyard Marriott]
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