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UPDATE: Kent State Hotel to Open Friday
New, five-story hotel on South DePeyster Street part of downtown redevelopment
Correction: there is no ribbon-cutting Friday for the new hotel.
The 94-room, five-story Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center with 300-seat banquet hall will get its ribbon cut Friday as the latest downtown Kent redevelopment project to open to the public.
The new hotel is located at 215 S. DePeyster St.
The June 14 opening keeps the hotel on track for the target opening date set earlier this year by the project developer, The Pizzuti Companies, and investor the Kent State Foundation.
Above, watch a time lapse progression of the hotel from construction to opening.
RELATED COVERAGE:
The 94-room, five-story Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center with 300-seat banquet hall will get its ribbon cut Friday as the latest downtown Kent redevelopment project to open to the public.
The new hotel is located at 215 S. DePeyster St.
The June 14 opening keeps the hotel on track for the target opening date set earlier this year by the project developer, The Pizzuti Companies, and investor the Kent State Foundation.
Above, watch a time lapse progression of the hotel from construction to opening.
RELATED COVERAGE:
- VIDEO: Kent Native Leads Hotel Project
- Kent State Hotel Rooms, Banquet Center in Demand
- PHOTOS: Kent State Hotel Groundbreaking
- Kent State Hotel Taking Shape: PHOTOS
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