Hyatt Place Hotel calls Downtown Riverside home

It's official! The City Council approved the new Hyatt Place Hotel.

The Hyatt Place Hotel fulfills the Council's vision of an additional first-class hotel in downtown. It adds a significant positive element to the Riverside Renaissance as the first hotel to be approved in downtown in the past couple of decades. The hotel adds critical room capacity needed to enhance conference and meeting venue options at the Convention Center while bringing additional business travelers and tourists downtown to enjoy the arts and cultural venues, specialty retailers and a large selection of restaurant options.

The hotel features contemporary Spanish colonial revival architecture specifically designed to complement andblend with the historic character of downtown Riverside. The courtyard design features a swimming pool, a fitness center and meeting room space. The lobby includes a large sitting area with fireplace and dining areas including a sunroom for breakfast and limited food service. Each room has business-friendly internet access, 42-inch flat screen televisions, granite counter tops, a spacious sitting area and separate sleeping area.

The five-story, 125-room all-suite hotel begins construction next spring at the southeast corner of Market and Fifth Streets within sight of Raincross Square, the City's Convention Center. This is a flagship tenant for the larger Fox Plaza mixed-use retail and residential project planned between Fifth Street and Mission Inn Avenue on both sides of Market Street that the City Council will review in early 2008.

Thank you, Hyatt Place Hotel, for “feeling the momentum” and selecting downtown Riverside for your next outstanding location!