Choice Hotels International has opened the 154-room Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown, the latest in a series of recent city-center locations the brand has debuted including in Austin; Minneapolis; Portland, Maine; and Savannah, Ga.
The property was developed by Koucar Management, which also owns the Cambria Hotel Shelby Township-Detroit and the Cambria Hotel Washington D.C. Capitol Riverfront. Its locally inspired design and décor are meant to reflect the city's Art Deco period.
Located in Detroit's central business district, the Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown is an adaptive reuse of The Walker-Roehrig Building—architecturally anchored in Detroit's prolific Art Deco period. The Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown is close to the corporate offices for Ally Finance, Quicken Loans, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, along with the Michigan Department of Transportation, Wayne State University and the University of Detroit. The hotel is also close to the Detroit Opera House, the Ford Field football stadium, Comerica Park baseball stadium and Little Caesar's Arena.
"While best known for its automotive tradition, the Motor City is home to a wonderful breadth of industries—from engineering and healthcare to finance and technology—and Detroit's newest downtown hotel perfectly situates guests at this intersection of commerce and culture," Janis Cannon, senior vice president, upscale brands, Choice Hotels, said in a statement. "The Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown combines Motown's rich history of innovation, ambition and talent with stylish design and tailored amenities, and we look forward to serving as the home-base for the millions of creators and modern travelers who visit the city annually."
The hotel has multipurpose indoor and outdoor spaces, including the Beve Detroit lobby bar and Cielo Detroit Rooftop Bar, which will open in the summer. Onsite dining options include Detroit Taco—open 24/7—and Cibo Detroit Restaurant, slated to open this summer. The hotel also has more than 18,000 square feet of multifunction meeting and event spaces and the Five Iron Golf venue will open in this summer.