Edward Hotel, Former Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Closes Abruptly

[cmubryan]

If a new chain comes in there, it just won't be as fitting. The place is a classic Hyatt Regency. With it's contemporary design and open atrium concept no other chain would seem right. It would be like renaming the Westin Book Cadillac, the Hilton Book Cadillac. The place was rebuilt to perfectly fit in with Westin's standards. Perhaps this isn't even as much of a good comparison as I am trying to communicate.

Lets just hope that if a new chain comes in, it's a quality chain. I could live with a Starwood chain, or even Marriott or Hilton. Heaven forbid it become something like a Wyndham or Ramada. Those chains are typically the "downward spiral" chains when a once decent, quality hotel becomes a rundown, lower-end establishment. I would rather see the place close and converted to something else then watch it die like a lot of the Southfield highrise hotels that are now closed and abandoned.

[DetroitPlanner]

If a new chain comes in there, it just won't be as fitting. The place is a classic Hyatt Regency. With it's contemporary design and open atrium concept no other chain would seem right. It would be like renaming the Westin Book Cadillac, the Hilton Book Cadillac. The place was rebuilt to perfectly fit in with Westin's standards. Perhaps this isn't even as much of a good comparison as I am trying to communicate.

Lets just hope that if a new chain comes in, it's a quality chain. I could live with a Starwood chain, or even Marriott or Hilton. Heaven forbid it become something like a Wyndham or Ramada. Those chains are typically the "downward spiral" chains when a once decent, quality hotel becomes a rundown, lower-end establishment. I would rather see the place close and converted to something else then watch it die like a lot of the Southfield highrise hotels that are now closed and abandoned.

Better a Ramada than a Motel 6! Too many amenities in this place to go too far downscale. They do a signifigant amount of business with small conventions as they have lots of ballroom and breakout session space.

[DTWflyer]

I could see it becoming a Sheraton under the Starwood brand. Sheraton are usually decent but can be run the range of modern to dated. At least the Starwood brand has strong business traveler appeal with their strong loyalty program.

Doubtful it would be a Marriott property considering Marriott has the Dearborn Inn plus an affiliation now with The Henry as part of their Autograph collection.

The Hyatt always did a pretty good business with meetings, seminars, and events. That at least should make the property somewhat desirable however it seems large in terms of the number of hotel rooms.

[Wesley Mouch]

Hotel brand-shuffles are pretty common -- and usually nothing much to worry about. But you never know.

I'll add here that the success of the downtown hotel market has probably had some impact in Dearborn. Ten years ago, if you needed to stay downtown, you stayed in Dearborn. That's less true today.

Like a lot of things, I'm sure this is only part of the story.