130-room hotel announced for mega retail project Liberty Center

LIBERTY TWP.

Developers of the mega retail project Liberty Center announced Tuesday they signed the AC Hotels by Marriott brand for the sites planned hotel.

The 130-room hotel will be built, owned and operated by Middleton, Wis.-based Raymond Management Co., a hotel developer partnering with Steiner + Associates on the project.

Plans for a hotel were previously announced by Steiner for Liberty Center. Tuesdays news revealed which hotel brand was franchised.

Our tagline for AC Hotels is feel the city. Its very design-oriented and targeted very much towards the millennial traveler, said Nina Herrera-Davila, a spokeswoman for Marriott.

Liberty Center, in the early stages of construction in Liberty Twp., is the name of the approximately 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use shopping, office and residential complex planned for the intersection of Ohio 129, Interstate 75 and Liberty Way. Its scheduled to open in September 2015, according to Columbus-based Steiner + Associates.

Steiner is the same developer of Easton Town Center in the Columbus-area and The Greene in Beavercreek. The Butler County projects first phase is expected to be a more than $300 million investment encompassing 64 acres.

AC Hotels by Marriott is a new brand in the U.S., Herrera-Davila said.

Marriott International announced in 2013 it would introduce the AC Hotels brand to the U.S. in a joint venture with Spains AC Hotels. About 30 AC Hotels are in the development pipeline across the country, with the first opening later this year in New Orleans, La., Herrera-Davila said.

Currently there are about 79 AC Hotels open in Europe, she said.

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130-room hotel announced for mega retail project Liberty Center