The Crowne Plaza Downtown Detroit Riverfront hotel at 2 Washington Blvd. is planning to add a 28-story second tower, reports Kirk Pinho of Crain's Detroit Business.
The proposed addition will be taller than the 25-story current hotel.
The owner, a Mexican and European investor group, su mitted documents to a Detroit City Council committee.
Construction is expected to start next winter and be completed in 2021.
The hotel, formerly called Hotel Pontchartrain, is near Cobo Center.