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A Little Rock hotel developer has bought the historic Ozark building at Ninth and Grand and plans to ultimately redevelop it as a 240-room AC Hotels by Marriott at some point in the post-pandemic future.
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The planned AC Hotels would include meeting space, a restaurant and bar.

But as far as when the firm plans to proceed with the project, Govind said no decision has been made.
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AC HOTEL KANSAS CITY
The sense of opulence, built on the shoulders of technological innovation, provides the inspiration for the interior design concept of AC Hotel Kansas City: Steel and Sophistication. The Rialto building embodies this mentality with its grand marble staircase, ram’s head sculptures, and Greek key cornices. Industrial materials such as riveted metal and darkened steel will interplay with the refined historic interior marble.

Contemporary materials will meld with stark metalwork and channeled glass features. The juxtaposition of new and old materials will serve to lighten the rigidity and formality of the historic interior. A palette of cool neutrals mixed with doses of sage green will act as a nod to the interior’s rich history while stark black metalwork will align the design with the AC brand’s contemporary edge. Elegant contemporary lighting will illuminate regal architectural details. The design will seek to balance innovation with sophistication. By adding striking contemporary design elements, the AC Rialto will provide an unexpected and inspiring experience for guests.

The Rialto building is an existing single historic structure on the corner of East 9th street and Grand Boulevard. The building is a 13-story building with a basement and sub-basement built in 1911 of concrete and steel. The project will have two phases consisting of phase 1: selective demolition; phase 2: construction. Phase 1 selective demolition includes: demolition and removal of existing interior buildout from the top of the existing historic floor up to the underside of the existing slab or historic ceiling at each floor. Phase 1 includes demolition of most of the existing electrical, fire protection, mechanical and plumbing systems, with some exceptions that will remain. Historic interior features deemed salvageable will be protected during phase1 and restored in phase 2. Interior features deemed unsalvageable will be replicated in kind in phase 2. Phase 2 construction includes: all new interior construction, and exterior construction, restoration, improvements and modifications. Demolition to occur at new floor penetrations, structural reinforcing of these openings is included. Demolition and reconfiguring the sidewalk to incorporate a valet lane will occur at this phase. It also includes design and construction of new wall partitions to create a new configuration of guestrooms and upgrading existing partitions to meet current codes. Mechanical, electrical, plumbing and technology systems will be mostly new with some exceptions where existing systems will be kept. New interior finishes.

KCDowntown wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:09 am Engineering documents with multiple elevations are available in the 'Attachments' section of this permit.

KCDowntown

dnweava wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:20 am

KCDowntown wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:09 am Engineering documents with multiple elevations are available in the 'Attachments' section of this permit.

KCDowntown

Not a fan of the plan to remove the public sidewalk for a private valet zone. Grand is more than wide enough already, we don't need to make it a lane wider.

normalthings wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:35 pm

dnweava wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:20 am

KCDowntown wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:09 am Engineering documents with multiple elevations are available in the 'Attachments' section of this permit.

KCDowntown

Not a fan of the plan to remove the public sidewalk for a private valet zone. Grand is more than wide enough already, we don't need to make it a lane wider.

not sure why valet cant be on a side street