Published on : Saturday, July 28, 2018
Harry Lunt who is the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Innkeeper Hospitality Services, LLC mentioned that currently there are 13 hotels planned. The aggregate total is about $750 million worth of construction.
Lunt said that the new Hotel St. Louis is the first new hotel to be constructed in the city in about 15 years.
Owner Amrit Gill had bought the old Union Trust Building for $3.3 million and has put $62 million into it. The luxury hotel would open in December 2018. Lunt said that Loews will be the first new brand in St. Louis. He then went on to add that this brand would be the first Marriott Autograph Collection in St. Louis.
Construction on the new Cortex Aloft Hotel began Thursday as the tech corridor has seen growth. Explore St. Louis said a new 2,000 sleeping rooms on top of the 7,000 they already have will be critical to competing with other cities for convention business.
It is not just the new hotels being constructed but places like Hotel St. Louis, which will have 140 rooms, 52 suites, and a rooftop pool that bring in those kinds of jobs.
In addition, 800 new apartments will be available at the old Chemical Building and Railway Exchange on 7th and Olive, right next to Hotel St. Louis.
Lunt said people who have heard about the projects say they have a renewed sense of confidence in the city because there is work being done to move forward and get better.