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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has unveiled that its Aloft brand has begun an adaptive re-use project of the 12-story Boyle Building in downtown Little Rock. Aloft will convert the office building, which was first opened as the State National Bank Building in 1909, into a 140-room hotel by early 2016. The hotel, known as Aloft Little Rock Downtown, will be part of a mixed-use development that will include ground-floor retail, an upscale restaurant and a coffee shop. The hotel will be Starwood’s first hotel in Little Rock.