Looking Forward To Having The Hyatt in The Quarters Opening Soon!
The Quarters has set it’s eye on Edmonton Tourism with the building of a new hotel by Hyatt. Not only just a hotel though, The Quarters is further planned to represent a luxurious, urban retreat.
“Hotel developer Prem Singhmar has designed and is now building a 230-room hotel on the corner of 96 Street and Jasper Avenue. Dub Architects designed it.
The building will feature 11,000 square feet of commercial space on ground floor facing the Armature pedestrian street. It will also have 170 parking lots underground. The fountain originally proposed to mark the Jasper Avenue entrance to the pedestrian street has been replaced with a canopy jutting out from the hotel.
The first time Dub presented to the committee, they criticized what could become a busy drop-off for the hotel that cuts through the sidewalk on Jasper Avenue, however, Michael Dub told the committee they improved the design treating the entire area as decorative sidewalk, outlining space for cars in the drop-off only with simple bollards (short, vertical posts). “The site is conceptually more friendly for pedestrians,” he said, and the committee seemed to accept that.
Source: The Edmonton Journal
Additional news about this hotel was also featured in the magazine Edmonton Home & Condo Living. The magazine provided additional insight into this development:
Revitalization: For The Quarters
The rejuvenation of the eastern portion of downtown has been enhanced recently with the announcement of a 12 storey luxury hotel being built by the family of Prem Singmar. Construction will begin soon on the $45-million structure, which is rumoured to be a Hyatt, hilton or other known hotel chain, at 96 street and jasper Avenue, the one time site of a peep show and other run-down buildings.
A luxury hotel enhances a neighbourhood, by showcasing it as a choice destination – this is a good thing for Edmonton’s downtown east. Not to mention…Even though, I call Edmonton home, I guarantee you that I will be planning a night or two away to experience what this hotel is promising to offer.
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