TEMPE, Ariz.
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced it has been selected to manage a new, luxury boutique hotel in the city of Tempe, Arizona. The 237-room, new build hotel is part of One | Hundred | Mill, a major, mixed-use development scheduled to break ground in November of this year.
With a targeted opening date of late 2017, the Tempe Kimpton will feature 237 guest rooms, 12,000 square feet of indoor meeting space and a 4,750-square-foot rooftop pool and terrace lounge, along with a fitness center and a full service, Kimpton-managed restaurant and bar venue.
"The Tempe market is in a major, sustained cycle of new development with increases in the employment base and a thriving economy like many Kimpton markets,” said Kimpton CEO Mike DeFrino. “This project has the advantage of being mixed-use, offering the office tenants adjoining access to a totally unique hotel and restaurant experience with a world-class roof-top pool and lounge.”
Located in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area and home to the largest public university in the US, Arizona State University, Tempe is considered the technology center of Arizona with major Fortune-500 companies operating facilities in the city, including Microsoft, Go Daddy and Monster.com.