You know what this town needs? A boutique hotel. Wait, we already have, like, five or six? Make room for one more.
The planned hotel and theater.
(Illustration: Hamilton Anderson Associates)
Crain's is reporting plans for yet another smaller-scale inn, this one connected to the rehab of the Bonstelle Theater on Woodward Avenue:
The Wayne State University Board of Governors approved Wednesday a long-term lease of the to-be-decommissioned Bonstelle Theatre as part of Detroit-based developer The Roxbury Group's planned West Elm hotel project.
David Di Rita, principal of Roxbury, said the 45-year lease also includes a number of options to renew and that the property would be renovated and restored with things like updated HVAC systems and interior, auditorium and finishes. A specific budget for the theater renovation project has not been calculated, but the overall effort to restore it and construct the West Elm hotel on Woodward Avenue on the edge of Midtown and Brush Park is expected to cost $50 million.
...In addition to the specifics on size, the project — which has been referred to internally as the "Hotel Bonstelle," as in the "Hotel Bonstelle by West Elm" — is slated to incorporate a glass-covered conservatory between the WSU-owned Bonstelle at 3424 Woodward Ave. to the south of the project site and the hotel at 3448 Woodward Ave., according to James Van Dyke, executive vice president of Roxbury.
Sounds very nice. Construction is set to begin in 2020, assuming financing is secured.
