Saavy brides- and grooms-to-be are already booking their January 2009 weddings at the
Westin Book Cadillac, the earliest date for which reservations are being accepted. However, if construction continues at its scheduled pace, it is likely that guests will actually begin checking into the hotel a few months earlier.
"We are on time and on budget for this project to open late September or early October," says Chris Ferchill of
The Ferchill Group. "There's no reason we can't be right in middle of that."
Workers have enclosed the rear addition, which was necessary to the project for three reasons: the pool and jacuzzi, an accessible loading dock and a larger ballroom than the existing building's floor plan would allow.
More than 50% of the copper roofing has been installed, and most windows are in. "This building will be completely enclosed by the end of the year and will have permanent power by the end of the year," says Ferchill.
Hotel rooms and condominiums have been drywalled and workers are currently installing bathroom tiles. Ferchill says a condominium unit on the twenty-fourth floor is nearly complete.
As for the retail portion of the project, build-out will begin on the coffee and sundry shops in January, and Ferchill hopes to announce two restaurants within a month.
Source: Chris Ferchill, The Ferchill Group
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh