by Shane Henson — January 17, 2014—New York City now has another architecturally stunning building to grace its skyline with the recent completion of Marriott International’s 68-story combined Courtyard hotel and Residence Inn hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
The $320 million tallest all-hotel building in North America is located at 1717 Broadway. Built and owned by G Holdings and managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the dual-branded hotel, with 378 rooms in the Courtyard hotel and 261 in the Residence Inn, will provide employment for 160 associates in the New York area.
The incredibly tall building is just steps from Central Park and Times Square. The hotels offer guests convenient access to Carnegie Hall, the Broadway Theater District, Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall. As one of the top travel destinations in the world, New York City welcomed 54.3 million visitors in 2013, says Marriott.
The hotels also offer valet parking and share 6,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center located on the 35th floor with floor-to-ceiling windows, and an outdoor sundeck for stretching, relaxing or seasonal sunning. Some guest rooms also feature floor-to-ceiling windows offering spectacular views of Central Park, Times Square and the Hudson River.
“We brought the first Courtyard by Marriott to Times Square, in the center of Manhattan in 1998, and these new hotels, the Residence Inn Central Park and Courtyard by Marriott Central Park, are the most innovative hotels we’ve built to date,” said Harry Gross, president and CEO of G Holdings.
For those who are interested, EarthCam collaborated with developer G Holdings to create a time-lapse video of the construction of the hotel, available on YouTube.
