Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

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building_name= Sheraton Phoenix Downtown


caption= Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
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year_built= 2008
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location= 3rd Street at Van Buren
Phoenix
status= Completed
groundbreaking= March 28, 2006
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opening= September 30, 2008
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use= Hotel
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roof= 360 feet (110 m)
top_floor= 31
floor_count= 31
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cost= $350 Million (UDS)
architect= Architectonica, RSP Architects
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contractor= Perini Building Company
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owner= City of Phoenix

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown is a $350 million (USD), high rise convention hotel, located at the northeast corner of Van Buren Street and Third Street in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, adjacent to the Arizona Center office/retail complex and the Phoenix Convention Center, which has its North building opening up in early 2008. At 31 floors it has surpassed the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, at 24 floors, as the tallest hotel tower in Phoenix.

In July, 2004, the Phoenix City Council approved the USD $350 million convention center hotel, to be owned by the city, and developed and operated by Sheraton Hotels as a Starwood facility. On November 3, 2004, the city of Phoenix announced Arquitectonica and RSP Architects had been selected to build the project. Groundbreaking was in late March 2006. The tower was topped out in October 2007. The hotel welcomed it first guests on September 30, 2008.

The hotel has 1,000 rooms, a convert|6500|sqft|m2|sing=on fitness center, a convert|2000|sqft|m2|sing=on outdoor pool and sundeck, convert|80000|sqft|m2 of flexible, state-of-the-art meeting space including a convert|29000|sqft|m2|sing=on ballroom and a convert|15000|sqft|m2|sing=on junior ballroom. In addition, there are 16 meeting rooms, two boardrooms, and a terrace for outdoor events. The exterior color palette of browns, oranges and yellows were chosen to represent the desert sky at sunset. The curved roofline mimics the slope of nearby Camelback Mountain.

References

*Richardson, Ginger and Paterik, Stephanie, [http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special48/articles/0329hotel0329.html "Work begins on Sheraton downtown"] "The Arizona Republic", March 29, 2006.
*Berry, Jahna, [http://www.coppersquare.com/business/news/672/ “Livelier Downtown on Horizon”] "The Arizona Republic", January 7, 2008.

External links

*http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1703
*http://www.coppersquare.com