Aloft and Westin Hotels coming to downtown Greensboro
An Aloft is in the works for downtown Greensboro with an opening date of 2020. The hotel is being planned for a site being considered for "Project 561" A tower project which would be the tallest building in North Carolina outside of Charlotte. The tower would include office space and a boutique hotel on top of an 8-story parking deck. With the Aloft moving forward, it is believed that project 561 may be moving forward. developer Roy Carroll may have found an anchor tenant. Last week Arch Capital Group said its going to relocate its corporate headquarters to Greensboro. The company is in the process or acquiring United Guaranty. After the acquisition Arch Capital Group will become the largest mortgage insurance company in the United States. Depending on how many corporate jobs coming to Greensboro, there may be a need for a lot of office space and Project 561 would be a good fit.
In another part of downtown, a Westin hotel is in the works. Starwood's website shows an opening date of 2019. This high-rise hotel project was first proposed under the Wyndham Flag. The Wyndham Greensboro will now be the Westin Greensboro. The hotel will be a mixed-use project built on top of and behind an existing conference center and will include luxury apartments, shops and more.
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corpor...language=en_US
http://www.pmhotelgroup.com/our-hote...in-greensboro/