Sunday, December 23, 2007

UPDATED: W Atlanta-Downtown Tops Out at Allen PlazaUPDATED: W Atlanta-Downtown Tops Out at Allen Plaza

Barry Real Estate Cos. topped out construction on the 28-story W Atlanta-Downtown Hotel and Residences at Allen Plaza on December 11. This development is set to open in 2008.

The new luxury property at 45 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. will feature 237 hotel rooms, 76 private residences, 10,000 square feet of meeting space, a BLT Steak signature restaurant and a spa. The W Atlanta-Downtown is the only one in the exclusive W chain within the Southeast to offer private residences.

Pickard Chilton Architects designed the building, which features floor-to-ceiling glass and outdoor terraces. Toronto-based firm burdifilek designed the building’s interiors. The Marketing Directors LLC is marketing the private residences.

Barry Real Estate Cos. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT), the W hotel brand’s parent company, reached an agreement in fall 2005 to build W Atlanta-Downtown Hotel & Residences as part of Atlanta’s Allen Plaza.

The $1.95 billion mixed-use development covers nine city blocks at the confluence of the Downtown Connector, Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., Williams and Spring streets. When complete, Allen Plaza will include more than 1,300 residences, nearly 230,000 square feet of neighborhood retail, 1,500 hotel rooms and 2.4 million square feet of office space.

source: costar.com

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