Kimpton Hotel in the West End

[gman430]

Hotel to open early next year. Construction to start immediately: https://gsabusiness.com/news/construction/77916/

Edited February 6, 2020 by gman430

[GvilleSC]

Nice to know a little bit more about this hotel! Kimpton will be a nice addition to the downtown landscape. I hope they can land that brewery they envision(ed) for the retail space. 

[gman430]

This article says early 2022 though: https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/kimpton-hotels-restaurants-expands-with-new-property-in-greenville/ Which is it? 

Edit: early 2022: https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcement/41004486/kimpton-greenville.html

Edited February 6, 2020 by gman430

[Exile]

Not many developable parcels left on Rhett. That little street's on the cutting edge.

[SVL]

What is the status of the Rhett Street streetscape project? It would be nice to do along with all these developments.  I'd also like to see some more retail sprinkled in which appears to be included with this hotel and The McClaren. 

Edited February 7, 2020 by SVL

[GVLover]

On 2/6/2020 at 12:30 PM, gman430 said:

Hotel to open early next year. Construction to start immediately: https://gsabusiness.com/news/construction/77916/

Any movement in this project considering construction was supposed to start immediately?

[gman430]

7 minutes ago, GVLover said:

Any movement in this project considering construction was supposed to start immediately?

Miscommunication. Hotel will open in early 2022 not early 2021. 

[GVLover]

2 minutes ago, gman430 said:

Miscommunication. Hotel will open in early 2022 not early 2021. 

Ah okay, so no timeline for construction to begin?

[gman430]

26 minutes ago, GVLover said:

Ah okay, so no timeline for construction to begin?

Nope. I imagine it will start construction by the end of the year though. 

[gman430]

Soil core sample truck on site. 

[gman430]

 

• Construction is expected to start at the end of 2020 or the beginning of 2021.
• The anticipated opening date is March 2022 according to Ron Vlasic, CEO of Hostmark Hospitality Group.
• The hotel will bring more than 200 jobs to the area.
• The Kimpton will have 170 rooms and four restaurants.
• The projected cost will be around $50 million according to Vlasic. 

Edited July 29, 2020 by gman430

[gman430]

Welp..they’ve got a month or so to start construction according to their timeline. I highly doubt this one moves forward at all due to Covid-19 and an already over supply of hotel rooms downtown. 

Edited December 11, 2020 by gman430

[apaladin]

On 12/11/2020 at 11:38 AM, gman430 said:

Welp..they’ve got a month or so to start construction according to their timeline. I highly doubt this one moves forward at all due to Covid-19 and an already over supply of hotel rooms downtown. 

Agree, not happening.

[gman430]

I assume this is dead. Definitely appears to be. 

Edited January 14, 2021 by gman430

[gman]

Still listed on the Kimpton website as opening in 2022. https://www.ihg.com/kimptonhotels/content/us/en/stay/boutique-hotels-in-greenville

[vicupstate]

Hearing that a new design is in the works, including a potential additional use. 

[GvilleSC]

12 hours ago, vicupstate said:

Hearing that a new design is in the works, including a potential additional use. 

I'm rather intrigued by this. I assume it must be residential (?). I hope it is within the same language as the previous design, as I thought that was rather fitting for the West End. 

[vicupstate]

27 minutes ago, GvilleSC said:

I'm rather intrigued by this. I assume it must be residential (?). I hope it is within the same language as the previous design, as I thought that was rather fitting for the West End. 

It is residential condos. Of course, until it is submitted for approval, don't bet the farm on it. 

[GvilleSC]

8 minutes ago, vicupstate said:

It is residential condos. Of course, until it is submitted for approval, don't bet the farm on it. 

Great -- the condo market downtown right now seems quite hot. Unless the market gets flooded, it seems to bode well for the conference center residential tower to actually happen. 

[gman430]

Any new info on this? 

[vicupstate]

This project is indeed coming back to life. Hotel rooms will be reduced from 170 to 130 but rooms are larger than before.  20-25 condos are now in the project which is why two more floors have been added.  

The street level design  and tenants have not changed [Coffee  shop, Event space, two restaurants ] and the rooftop restaurant/garden is also still in place.  The condos will face Rhett only. Hotel rooms will face Markley only.  

The new design will go to DRB in May. 

The developer said the hotel occupancy in Greenville for the  last 30-60 days has been very encouraging.  

 

[gman430]

Not much different going off the new renderings I have received. Just taller with pretty much all glass on the top two floors. The rooftop amenities appear to still be there. Eight floors in the front along Markley and nine in the back along Rhett. The brick and windows on the lower floors is still there and the same for the most part. Glass balconies on the corner of Main and Markley have been added.

Edited April 17, 2021 by gman430

[gman430]

[cabelagent]

Very nice....wish they'd  split it & double the height...build on top of a 4 level parking deck.   

[motonenterprises]

Looks good.