Hospitality

ATLANTA — A joint venture between Songy Highroads and Hyatt Hotels Corp. has opened its 11-story Hyatt Place Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta. The 175-room hotel, which was announced in November 2017, opened on Thursday, Sept. 12. Amenities include ground-level retail space facing Luckie and Marietta streets, a swimming pool, fitness center, lobby bar, onsite food service, parking deck, 2,100 square feet of meeting space and a large aquarium in the lobby paying homage to its neighbor Georgia Aquarium. The hotel is also situated across the street from Centennial Olympic Park and World of Coca-Cola and near other venues such as College Football Hall of Fame, CNN Center, World Congress Center and State Farm Arena. Atlanta-based Reeves Young was the general contractor of Hyatt Place Centennial Park, and Alpharetta, Ga.-based Wakefield Beasley & Associates was the architect.

ATLANTA — Majestic Realty has unveiled design plans for its $350 million hotel near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Atlanta-based Portman Architects designed the 14-story hotel, which will be situated on the site of the current West economy parking lot. Majestic expects the hotel will be branded under a Hilton flag. Construction of the 541-room hotel, the first to be built at Hartsfield-Jackson and attached to the airport, is expected to begin later this year and be completed in 2022. Wimberly Interiors will design the guest rooms, and Tihany Design will design the lobby and restaurant space. The hotel is part of Majestic Realty’s larger master-planned development that will include 50,000 square feet of meeting space, an office building, a second hotel and a 1,150-space parking deck.