JW Marriott Indianapolis

JW Marriott Indianapolis is a hotel in downtown Indianapolis, adjacent to the Indiana Convention Center. The new JW Marriott Indianapolis is part of the $450 million Marriott Place, consisting of five Marriott hotels all connected to the Indiana Convention Center. The City of Indianapolis contributed $48 million to the project.[3] The hotel is 34 floors and 376 feet (115 m) tall, making it the 7th-tallest building in Indianapolis and tallest hotel in Indiana.[2][4][5] The facility also has a 950 space underground parking garage.[2] It is the third-largest JW Marriott hotel in the world based on its 1,005 guest rooms, and is owned and managed by White Lodging.

JW Marriott Indianapolis
JW Marriott Indianapolis
General information
StatusOpen
TypeHotel
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°46′0″N 86°10′05.5″W
Construction startedMay 29, 2008 (May 29, 2008)
Completed2011[1]
OpenedFebruary 4, 2011 (February 4, 2011)
Cost$450 million for Marriott Complex[2]
OwnerWhite Lodging
ManagementWhite Lodging
Height
Roof376 ft (115 m)
Technical details
Floor count34
Floor area2,535,418 sq ft (235,548.0 m2)[1]
Lifts/elevators38[1]
Design and construction
ArchitectHOK Chicago (Design Architect and AOR Hotel Tower) and CSO Architects (AOR Podium)
DeveloperWhite Properties
Structural engineerMagnusson Klemencic Associates
Main contractorHunt Construction Group

Facilities

The JW Marriott has 637 double rooms, 343 "lavish king rooms", and 25 luxury suites. The hotel features 54 meeting rooms with a total of 104,000 square feet, three restaurants, and the largest ballroom of any hotel in the Midwest and also one of the largest Marriott ballrooms in the world.[6] The JW Marriott Indianapolis features three of its own restaurants, as well as easy access to nearly 200 nearby restaurants.[7]

According to the Indianapolis Business Journal, the JW Marrion Indianapolis has 600 full-time employees. As of 2020, three dining options were located in the hotel, including High Velocity, Osteria Pronto (OP) Italian, and Starbucks.[8]

Window displays
The Vince Lombardi Trophy adorns the JW Marriott in 2012.

Since its opening in 2011, the JW Marriott Indianapolis has displayed five "jumbo" graphics on its east-facing concave curtain wall. Indianapolis-based Sports Graphics has partnered with the hotel in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 for the displays, which have included the Vince Lombardi Trophy (commemorating Super Bowl XLVI), an NCAA bracket (commemorating the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game), and the Borg-Warner Trophy (commemorating the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500).[9]

See also

References
  1. "JW Marriott Indianapolis Downtown". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. "A work in progress". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  3. "Lodging for Growth". Lodging Hospitality (September 2007). Penton Publishing. 15 September 2007.
  4. "JW Marriott Indianapolis". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  5. "Work Set To Begin On $425 Million Indy Hotel". WRTV. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  6. "JW Marriott Indianapolis Website". Marriott.com.
  7. "About JW Indy". jwindy.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  8. "Largest Indianapolis-Area Hotels". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  9. Lindquist, David (April 18, 2016). "Borg-Warner Trophy to rise over Downtown". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 27, 2016.


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