Construction on a $125 million expansion for Huntington Place convention center in Downtown Detroit is expected to begin in the next month.
Visit Detroit CEO Claude Molinari confirmed to 7 News Detroit that the construction will add around 20,000 square feet, plus a pedestrian bridge that will connect to the five-star JW Marriott hotel that is set to open on the former Joe Louis Arena site.
Hear from Molinari in the video below
$125M expansion planned for Huntington Place
The Sterling Group, which is the developer behind the JW Marriott project, said the hotel will have 600 rooms, meeting space and be 25 stories tall. Construction on the hotel is set to be complete in early 2027, just before the Final Four in Detroit.
According to Molinari, the pedestrian bridge connection is set to be in place by the end of 2026, just before the hotel opens…