JW Marriott Indianapolis

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JW Marriott Indianapolis
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JW Marriott Indianapolis
JW Marriott Indianapolis
General information
StatusOpen
TypeHotel
Location Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′0″N86°10′05.5″W / 39.76667°N 86.168194°W / 39.76667; -86.168194
Construction startedMay 29, 2008;15 years ago (May 29, 2008)
Completed2011 [1]
OpenedFebruary 4, 2011;13 years ago (February 4, 2011) [2]
Cost$450 million for Marriott Complex [3]
Owner White Lodging
ManagementWhite Lodging
Height
Roof376 ft (115 m)
Technical details
Floor count34
Floor area2,535,418 sq ft (235,548.0 m2) [1]
Lifts/elevators38 [1]
Design and construction
Architect(s) HOK Chicago (Design Architect and AOR Hotel Tower) and CSO Architects (AOR Podium)
DeveloperWhite Properties
Structural engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Main contractor Hunt Construction Group

JW Marriott Indianapolis is a hotel in downtown Indianapolis, adjacent to the Indiana Convention Center. The new JW Marriott Indianapolis is part of the $450 million Marriott Place, consisting of five Marriott hotels all connected to the Indiana Convention Center. The City of Indianapolis contributed $48 million to the project. [4] The hotel is 34 floors and 376 feet (115 m) tall, making it the 7th-tallest building in Indianapolis and tallest hotel in Indiana. [3] [5] [6] The facility also has a 950 space underground parking garage. [3] It is the largest JW Marriott hotel in the United States based on its 1,013 guest rooms and is owned and managed by White Lodging.

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Facilities

The JW Marriott has 637 double rooms, 343 "lavish king rooms", and 25 luxury suites. The hotel features 54 meeting rooms with a total of 104,000 square feet, three restaurants, and the largest ballroom of any hotel in the Midwest and also one of the largest Marriott ballrooms in the world. [7] The JW Marriott Indianapolis has three restaurants. [8]

According to the Indianapolis Business Journal , the JW Marriott Indianapolis has 600 full-time employees. As of 2023, three dining options were located in the hotel, including High Velocity, Osteria Pronto (OP) Italian, and Starbucks. [9]

Window displays

Since its opening in 2011, the JW Marriott Indianapolis has displayed numerous "jumbo" graphics on its east-facing concave curtain wall. Indianapolis-based Sport Graphics is the exclusive partner for the displays, which have included the Vince Lombardi Trophy (commemorating Super Bowl XLVI), an NCAA bracket (commemorating the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game), and the Borg-Warner Trophy (commemorating the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500). [10]

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