SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (July 20, 2011) – As of today, Hotel Mar Monte, Santa Barbara’s much-loved, 80-year old oceanfront property, will proudly raise the Hyatt flag as it becomes Hyatt Santa Barbara. This landmark hotel, a community and visitor’s destination for generations, has been undergoing extensive renovations to all guest rooms, meeting rooms and public spaces since February.
The first phase of renovations, including 92 guest rooms, as well as the hotel lobby, landscaping and décor around the pool and deck area, has been completed for the summer. In October, the renovation will resume on the remaining 79 guest rooms and all function space. Renovations are expected to be completed in 2012 when the property will be fully refurbished to a classic fusion of Spanish Colonial architecture, casual elegance and modern conveniences.
Ensuring a seamless transition, Hyatt Santa Barbara will retain the Hotel Mar Monte’s traditional charm and hospitality. Offering a wide range of amenities and services, the new Hyatt Santa Barbara will be home to 171 stylish guestrooms, each graced with ocean or mountain views, the Hyatt Grand Bed®, a flat screen HDTV and iHome Stereo with iPod® docking stations. Hotel amenities and services include a heated outdoor pool and whirlpool, fitness center, spa,business center and Bistro 1111 restaurant. In addition, bicycle rentals, winery tours, beach activities, day trips and much more can be coordinated with the hotel concierge.
Santa Barbara is well known as a destination for weddings and conferences. Hyatt Santa Barbara’s ten thousand square feet of indoor/outdoor unique and flexible meeting space with state-of-the-art technology ensure business and private functions are seamlessly executed. With postcard-perfect ocean views, bougainvillea draped patios and fine cuisine, weddings are dreams come true.
For casual upscale dining, Bistro 1111 offers a stylish Santa Barbara experience for hotel guests and locals alike. With an ocean view setting, the restaurant serves contemporary American cuisine with California flair. At the restaurant’s center is a cozy lounge where guests may enjoy cocktails, light fare and a daily happy hour.
Hyatt Santa Barbara is the newest addition to a collection of 23 Hyatt brand properties offering restful and contemporary rooms and the expertise of enthusiastic insiders to help guests make the most of their stay.
Santa Barbara, also known as the American Riviera, is one of the nation’s most renowned destinations. With a reputation for showcasing the quintessential California coastal life, world-class cuisine and subdued glamour, Santa Barbara attracts visitors ranging from presidents, royalty and movie stars to surfers, beach combers and families. And as a classic wedding destination, Santa Barbara offers romance, breath taking views and superior service.
*TynanGroup is the Project Manager for the $9 million Hyatt Santa Barbara renovation.
About Hyatt Santa Barbara
Hyatt Santa Barbara has 171 guest rooms offering ocean and mountain views. Nearly half of guest rooms have been fully updated, with the remainder going under renovation this year. All rooms are equipped with iHome stereo with iPod® docking station and pampering products. Amenities of the hotel include heated outdoor pool and whirlpool, bicycle rentals, fitness center, high speed internet, 24-hour business center, valet parking, concierge services, FastBoardTM and 10,000 square feet of meeting space. Bistro 1111 is open daily for breakfast lunch and dinner. Hyatt Santa Barbara is located at 1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.
Reservations can be made by calling 805-882-1234. www.santabarbara.hyatt.com
Once again, the 1,000 room Sheraton Phoenix Downtown continues to stay above the competition, this time by adding a new roof top pool bar to what was already the flagship downtown hotel in Phoenix.
The Sheraton Phoenix Downtown opened to great fanfare in 2008 as the largest hotel in Arizona with over 1.2 million square feet, 1,000 guestrooms, a destination restaurant, over 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a 3,500 square foot fitness facility, and a scenic roof top pool. The appropriately named “Breeze” pool bar now adds to this list of high end amenities on the renowned downtown hotel.
The innovative project design was created by RSP Architects of Tempe. The General Contractor was Rowland Construction Services, and TynanGroup acted as Project Manager. TynanGroup also served as the Project Manager on the Phoenix Sheraton Hotel project, and RSP previously worked with Arquitectonica on the Sheraton hotel’s progressive design.
This project was uniquely timed to take advantage of the lower construction and FF&E costs that the industry is currently experiencing. Although it was on the drawing boards for some time, the Owner (City of Phoenix) and Sheraton determined that the timing was optimal and any further delay in starting would result in a higher project cost. Working closely with the Sheraton’s F&B and Engineering departments, the project team was able to utilize a fast track construction schedule to allow the pool bar to fully open in time for the optimal spring season, all while minimizing any guest disruptions in an operating hotel environment.
Adjacent to the rooftop pool, Breeze is located to take advantage of the Phoenix skyline, with both bar seating and table seating, as well as pool side service. In addition to a great selection of blended drinks, cocktails and craft beers, Breeze offers its guests a pool side menu, as well. Next time you are in downtown Phoenix, don’t miss an opportunity to check out the latest pool side hot spot.
Arizona Real Estate Magazine’s 6th annual Real Estate Development (RED) awards competition honored the “Biggest, Best and Most Notable” commercial real estate projects of 2010. This year, the RED Award for Best Hospitality Project was awarded to The Phoenician Ballroom Expansion. The project will be featured in the March/April issue of AZRE Magazine.
This makes three RED Awards for TynanGroup projects in the last three years: 2008 – The 1000 Room Phoenix Sheraton Downtown, 2009 – Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino and 2010 – The Phoenician Ballroom. TynanGroup is honored to have played a role in the success of these notable projects.
The new Phoenician Ballroom Expansion is gorgeous. With amazing views of both Camelback Mountain and the Phoenician’s signature golf courses, the new Ballroom addition provides guests a feeling of connection with the outdoors, as well as interior design that incorporates the natural surroundings through the use of native materials.
Throughout the expansion, the Phoenician remained open and continued to hold events, posing unique challenges in a Five Diamond Resort where guest inconvenience is out of the question. TynanGroup played a key role in managing the efforts of all involved team members to successfully achieve the goals of minimizing guest disruption while still completing the project on time and on budget.
The highly anticipated Phoenician Ballroom Expansion has been completed and is receiving rave reviews from the convention industry. TynanGroup, the Project Manager, was able to meet the tight timelines to ensure that this high-end Conference Space would be available for the upcoming Convention Season at Starwood’s flagship 5-star property. The new facility augments the existing ballroom conference space and features state-of-the-art presentation capabilities. With amazing views of both Camelback Mountain and the Phoenician’s signature golf courses, the new Ballroom addition provides guests a feeling of connection with the outdoors, as well as an interior design that incorporates the natural surroundings through the use of native materials. Centrally located in the metro Phoenix area, the Phoenician is in close proximity to Sky Harbor Airport, Downtown Scottsdale, and the Biltmore area, making it a top tier conference resort destination.
The new Phoenician ballroom is an approximately 50,000 square foot building addition to the existing Phoenician Resort and includes a new 15,000 square foot ballroom, 8,000 square foot arrival space, conference check-in, and pre-function area, as well as a new banquet kitchen and back of house area. The project includes a new conference center entrance drive and Porte Cochere area for conference guest arrival, abundant landscaping, and a new fairway and green for the Oasis golf course.
Due in part to the project’s complexities, TynanGroup was chosen for their expertise and ability to properly carry the project through design to its final completion, all while minimizing guest disruption and without hindrance to the ongoing operations of the Phoenician Resort. TynanGroup’s ability to complete the project on time and on budget once again demonstrates adherence to an efficient, economical, and well-coordinated Project Management process.
TynanGroup, a national, real estate development services firm that has been helping clients successfully navigate the development process for nearly two decades, announces the new location of its Arizona office.
The office has relocated to:
1250 W. Washington Street, Suite 420 Tempe, AZ 85281
All of TynanGroup’s phone numbers and electronic communication will remain the same.
Since the opening of TynanGroup’s Phoenix office over a decade ago, our team has had an active presence in the community and has worked on many landmark local projects, including the award-winning Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, the Phoenician Conference Center Expansion, the Sheraton Resort and Spa at Wild Horse Pass, and the Montelucía Resort and Spa. See a complete list of TynanGroup projects here.
Sheraton Phoenix Awarded Best Hospitality Project of 2009 by Southwest Contractor Magazine
Southwest Contractor’s 12th annual awards competition honored the best in design and construction over 2009. Winning projects were chosen according to criteria related to the category in which the project was entered: teamwork and project management, safety, innovation, contribution to the community, overcoming challenges, construction workmanship and the functionality and aesthetic quality of the design.
This year, the Best Hospitality Project of Arizona was awarded to the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel. The project is featured in the December 2009 issue of Southwest Contractor Magazine.
Working together with Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Perini Building Company, Parsons Corporation, BBGM and the architectural firms of Arquitectonica and RSP, TynanGroup managed the overall efforts of all involved team members and achieved project completion ahead of schedule and under budget for the City of Phoenix. The Sheraton Phoenix is now a keystone for a modernized Downtown Phoenix and is the first major hotel built downtown since 1976.
Quick Facts: Sheraton Phoenix
Total Rooms: 1,000 (largest hotel in the State of Arizona)
Size: 1,200,000 SF, 31 stories
Owner: City of Phoenix
Completed: September 2008
Amenities:
Nearly five years ago, the Gila River Indian Community embarked on their plan to build a Las Vegas-caliber hotel and casino adjacent to Chandler, Arizona. This hotel/casino would also replace one of their existing casinos that was built in the mid 90′s. In October of this year, the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino held their successful grand opening.
Promising a luxury hotel and casino experience for an affordable price, the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino features 242 guest rooms and suites with amenities such as flat screen televisions and MP3 players, and boasts eight restaurants, five lounges, extensive pools and water features, a high energy nightclub, several bars, business center, exercise facility, ballroom/meeting space, and 1,400-seat entertainment venue for headlining celebrities like Jay Leno and LeAnn Rimes. In addition, the casino boasts 100,000 square feet of gaming area, including over 1,000 slot machines, a retail shop, 70 table games (including a 25 table poker room), KENO, and VIP lounge.
The strategic approach for building what would eventually become the first of such high-end, Las Vegas-style hotel/casinos in Arizona, was an endeavor that required a unique partnership between TynanGroup and Parsons. The TynanGroup/Parsons team brought distinctive management skills, technical expertise, and industry knowledge. In addition, with an 11 year successful track record of working with Native American communities to develop hotels, casinos, conference centers, spas, and restaurants, TynanGroup/Parsons played a key role in managing the efforts of all involved team members toward the ultimate goal of a timely and economical project completion. (more…)
Planning on attending the Lodging Conference at the Arizona Biltmore next week?
Take an evening to dine and relax at the newly created Frank & Albert’s – a modern dining experience at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.
Working closely with Pyramid Advisors and the design professionals at Gensler and Hatch Design Group, TynanGroup successfully managed the project’s budget, schedule, construction and project team.
The end result: a seamless blend of the contemporary, new restaurant design, with the historic architecture of the iconic Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa.
Offering a comfortable indoor dining experience, an elegant outdoor water feature, an impressive variety of fireplaces, and one of the best outdoor dining patios in the Valley, this new dining destination is a must-do for your conference week.
Did you know?
The Arizona Biltmore is a distinguished member of Hilton Hotels’ Waldorf-Astoria Collection, one of the 32 Phoenix Points of Pride and a member of the Historic Hotels of America.
Supervised by Frank Lloyd Wright, the hotel remains the world’s only existing hotel with Wright’s direct design influence. Upon opening in 1929, the hotel was dubbed the “The Jewel of the Desert” and became internationally known for its iconic, pre-cast masonry “Biltmore Block” veneer.
Great care was taken with the new “Biltmore Block,” pushing the contractor to match three separate shades of the original veneer, create exact block mold replicas and follow stringent spacing tolerances.
City of Phoenix Sets High Standard for Convention Hotel Development
Nearly five years ago, the City of Phoenix embarked on a plan to revitalize the core of their downtown by building a convention hotel that would draw national attendance for the Phoenix Convention Center and simultaneously benefit the downtown economy.
The strategic approach for building what would become the largest hotel in Arizona was an endeavor that required public bond financing, strong leadership by City leaders, and support from the local community. Moving forward with their plans, Phoenix raised $350 million in public financing for the monumental project.
Originally embarking on the convention hotel project utilizing its substantial in-house resources, the City realized early on that the long-term success of the project could be enhanced by bringing outside expertise on board. Knowing they needed experts in hospitality development and project management, the City sought TynanGroup, Inc. to join their project team.
“We needed a firm that knew hospitality projects of this size and scope well enough to manage our development team” said Jerry Harper, Program Manager with the City of Phoenix. “Looking at TynanGroup’s reputation for completing projects on time and under budget, we were confident they would benefit our plans for the Sheraton project. We were right- TynanGroup’s expertise and leadership allowed us to complete the project under budget and ahead of schedule.”
Working together with Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Perini Building Company, Parsons Corporation, BBGM and the architectural firms of Arquitectonica and RSP, TynanGroup played a key role in managing the efforts of all involved team members toward the ultimate goal of a timely and economical project completion.
Some convention hotel developments in other cities have not fared so well. All government and civic leaders want convention hotels to be significant economic engines for their communities. To achieve this vision, it is critical that these visible public projects hit budget, timeline and program goals to succeed.
“Project management makes a significant difference on projects of this size,” said Sergio Bakas, Senior Vice President of Arquitectonica. “Our firm designs convention and hotel facilities internationally and the Phoenix Sheraton Downtown Hotel was one of the most successful projects we have ever worked on. TynanGroup’s strong leadership and the City’s vision helped make this happen.”
“To open a hotel of this magnitude on time and on budget is a testament to the diligence of all those involved in this project,” said Leo Percopo, General Manager of the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel.(more…)
Inspiration from the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
A renovation can make a significant impact on the success of a property- particularly
during a time of economic downturn when occupancy rates decline. Whether for a luxury hotel, conference center, public space, or mixed-use development, a modernization that incorporates the existing features and character of a property will prove to be profitable in the long-term.
TynanGroup has been transforming properties for nearly two decades and just completed the restoration of the historic, Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The extensive renovation included the demolition of all 306 guestrooms to create modern luxury accommodations that recapture the glamour the property once embodied.
Before Renovation
After Renovation
“The incredible redesign of our guest accommodations brings our hotel to a level of luxury befitting its grand beginnings and Magnificent Mile location”
-Anthony Kinnear, General Manager
The Knickerbocker Hotel first opened on May 16, 1927 as the Davis Hotel. Complete with a secret doorway and a mezzanine floor, the hotel is a member of the Historic Hotels of America; epitomizing the allure and mystique of the Roaring Twenties.
Taking into account the hotel’s historic significance, the renovation of the hotel combined the latest amenities and contemporary style with 1920′s detail. In addition, energy-efficient lighting, water flow control, and linen recycling programs were instituted in efforts of environmental responsibility. By renovating, the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel regained its title of elegance and sophistication in a competitive market.
TynanGroup- A Leader in Renovation Project Management
TynanGroup has managed a wide portfolio of property renovations in markets across the country. Leveraging more than $1 billion in renovation experience and bringing industry-leading best practices to every project, our renovation team offers design management, scheduling, budgeting, construction management, and FF&E coordination. With LEED-certified professionals on the team, TynanGroup can also help any project realize the benefits of green building practices.
