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NEW ORLEANS — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to transform a 30-story building in downtown New Orleans into a new Aloft Hotel. The 188-room Aloft New Orleans Downtown will be located at 225 Baronne St. in the city’s Central Business District. The property will include 2,500 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool and 24-hour fitness center. 225 Baronne Complex LLC, an entity of HRI Properties, owns the hotel and HRI Lodging will manage it. The new hotel is slated to open in 2015. Starwood plans to complete two additional adaptive re-use projects for its Aloft brand this year — Aloft Detroit and Aloft Tampa Downtown.