New Hotel on Joe Louis Site Finally Announced

[David L]

The hotel is awfully close to the apartment tower, boasting 10 ft glass walls looking right into the hotel.

[Gistok]

The hotel is awfully close to the apartment tower, boasting 10 ft glass walls looking right into the hotel.

Yeah, I saw that... when leasing for the apartments starts... the sides facing the water will be the first to lease, unless they are planning on asking a lot more for river views, which is probably likely. But for apartments facing directly into the hotel, and little else of a view... not so good.

[K-slice]

The hotel is awfully close to the apartment tower, boasting 10 ft glass walls looking right into the hotel.

In other dense cities people have been used to this forever. With higher density comes obstructed views.

[Gistok]

In other dense cities people have been used to this forever. With higher density comes obstructed views.

I imagine that the hotel rooms and apartments on the inside facing the light well of the 18 story David Whitney Building would be even worse...

[Airforceguy]

Tunnel, Sky Bridge proposed to connect Huntington Place to future hotel

The authority that runs Detroit's Huntington Place convention center has unveiled plans to build a tunnel and Sky Bridge to connect the facility to a future hotel, along with a multi-level parking facility and pedestrian pathways.The $65-70 million project by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority and presented to the Detroit Planning Commission during its meeting Thursday would be done in at least two phases and include constructing roadways from Atwater to Congress streets across the Lodge Freeway, while extending Second Avenue to the riverfront to give pedestrians, cyclists and motorists access between properties. A conceptual site plan also includes building a parking structure that would include 1,000 spaces.
"Where we're at now on this project is we've completed 30% design for the Second Avenue extension across the Lodge Freeway, and we submitted those to Michigan Department of Transportation in November," said Gordon Wilson with Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, a Shelby Township-based engineering and architectural firm, which presented the conceptual plan on behalf of the convention authority. "We're anticipating clear direction from them as to what needs to be done to meet their needs," he said, adding that his group plans to meet with MDOT on Jan. 12.
The proposed tunnel would connect the lowest ground floor of Huntington Place to a planned 600-room hotel near the convention center. The proposed pedestrian bridge, meanwhile, also would connect the hotel with Huntington Place Convention Center but over the future Second Avenue, according to project information posted on the city’s website.

Construction is expected to begin later this year on the 25-story Hotel at Water Square. It's slated to sit along the city's riverfront near the former Joe Louis Arena site, according to project information posted on the city’s web site.
The hotel's developers, Atwater and Second Associates LLC, which includes Detroit-based Sterling Group as the principal, are completing work on a nearby residential project, The Residences at Water Square, set to open for tenants in February 2024. City Planning Commission Chairperson Donovan Smith described the ambitions of the conceptual site plan as "exciting," but pushed for greater engagement and collaboration with local agencies and communities near the site.
Wilson said the site would feature "pedestrian experiences" such as walkways and lanes for cyclists for public accessibility. But he said the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, a nonprofit group that runs the riverfront, and other agencies were not brought in on the phases and planning, citing "tight time frames."

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