CSNbbs - Westin Grand Bohemian coming to Birmingham!

As a follower of Birmingham development, I felt compelled to bring this to you because I just thought this was cool. Really cool actually. Starwood properties, which owns Sheraton and Westin hotels, was considering building a 28-story Westin hotel in conjunction with the BJCC Expansion/Dome project. Well... that plan has been pending, but in the meantime, a DIFFERENT Westin has been proposed and approved at the old Birmingham School Board site facing Linn Park. It's a 14-story Westin Grand Bohemian. Let's just say this thing is niiice. It's considered a 5-star, 4-diamond hotel (depending on which way you want to look at it). It's likely to be designed after the Westin Grand Bohemian in Orlando, so here are some pics to salivate over. (Sorry if you dont like a lot of pictures)

View from the front (a beauty, huh?)

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The Lounge

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The Pool

Tier I Guest Room (nice for being the cheapest room, huh?)

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Tier II King w/ Sitting

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The Suite (ooo)

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Ballroom

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Nice :D

Very nice...how did B'ham mangage to pull that one off?

Blazer85, do you post at skyscrapercity? I think I remember a UAB fan posting there but can't remember what their username was.

Sarahbelle18 Wrote:Very nice...how did B'ham mangage to pull that one off?

Blazer85, do you post at skyscrapercity? I think I remember a UAB fan posting there but can't remember what their username was.

I do indeed post there. I also go to skyscraperpage a good bit too, but dont really post there.

Some more recent discussions have called for the hotel to be 19-stories... I'll keep everyone posted if I hear anything new.

Blazer85 Wrote:Some more recent discussions have called for the hotel to be 19-stories... I'll keep everyone posted if I hear anything new.

Where are you seeing all of this?

BlazerSax Wrote:
Blazer85 Wrote:Some more recent discussions have called for the hotel to be 19-stories... I'll keep everyone posted if I hear anything new.
Where are you seeing all of this?

I'm in the "inner circle" with some of the people at ONB and city development. :laugh: