ORLANDO
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced its Aloft brand has made its debut in Orlando with the opening of its third adaptive re-use hotel. Aloft Orlando Downtown, the former OUC building, sits adjacent to Orlando City Hall.
Aloft Orlando Downtown offers a prime location in the downtown business district, providing 118 spacious, loft-like rooms, 7,000 square feet of meeting space, re:fuel grab-and-go area, re:charge fitness facility, w xyz bar with a buzzing, social atmosphere, splash outdoor pool and valet parking.
The opening of Aloft Orlando Downtown follows two other adaptive re-use projects including Aloft Tulsa Downtown and the award-winning Aloft Dallas Downtown, which transformed a historic railroad depot into an Aloft hotel. Aloft will complete two more adaptive re-use projects in 2014 - Aloft Detroit Downtown and Aloft Tampa Downtown.
Aloft Orlando Downtown is located at 500 South Orange Avenue, across the street from the new Dr. Philips Center for the Performing Arts, within walking distance to restaurants, a movie theater, shopping, jogging trails and minutes from the Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic. The hotel is 13 miles from Orlando International Airport (MCO), 12 miles from the Orange County Convention Center and convenient to Orlando's top attractions including Walt Disney World Orlando, Universal Studios Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, and Kennedy Space Center.
