Marriott AC Hotel SouthPark

Location

Charlotte, NC

Market Sectors

  • Hospitality
  • Commercial

Sub Sectors

  • Food/Beverage - Restaurant/Bar
  • Hotel/Motel
  • Infrastructure - Building/Site Utilities
  • Retail
  • Parking - Surface
  • Parking- Structure/Garage

Client

JWM Family Enterprises

Partners

  • Baker Consulting
  • LS3P Associates

Bringing a new level of luxury and hospitality to Charlotte’s upscale SouthPark neighborhood

Marriott International opened its newest AC branded hotel in Charlotte’s upscale SouthPark neighborhood. Featuring a sleek, European-inspired décor and totaling eight stories, this four-star hotel has 162 guestrooms and boasts elements of the lifestyle brand’s signature ‘Perfectly Precise Hotel™ Experience’ including waterfall walk-in showers, modern ergonomic furnishings, an upscale lounge, event space, 24-hour fitness center, and floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic views. With a two-story, 170-space parking deck and SouthPark’s first rooftop bar, the AC brings a new level of luxury to South Charlotte.

Repeat
Client
182,823
Square Feet
Ground-up
Contruction
Complex
Site Logistics
$200K
In Cost Savings
Marriott is a repeat client of Barringer’s in the Carolinas.
At over 180,000 square feet, the European-style hotel has 162 guestrooms, a lobby with guest check-in, an open-concept market called the AC Store, the AC Kitchen restaurant, a lounge adorned with local artwork, a fitness center, and event space. Atop the hotel is Cordial, a 5,000-square-foot rooftop bar with skyline views and seating for up to 100 guests.
The AC Hotel SouthPark involved the construction of an eight-story, ground-up hotel and a two-level, 170-space private parking deck for guests.
The AC Hotel SouthPark was built adjacent to the existing and fully operational 200-room Marriott hotel, located in a highly trafficked area of Charlotte.
Our team provided full preconstruction and construction management services on this project, allowing us to engage with the design team early in the process to identify opportunities for time and cost savings. The most significant was a $200,000 savings in a revised guestroom exhaust system, including limited-access doors and fire/smoke dampers.

SouthPark’s newest attraction – and it comes with a view

In addition to being the premier hotel in Charlotte’s SouthPark neighborhood, the AC Marriott SouthPark features the area’s first rooftop bar experience, which can be enjoyed by hotel guests and locals alike. The indoor/outdoor space sports an indoor bar and seating area, a full kitchen, floor-to-ceiling windows with a panoramic view, and an open-air patio with lounge seating, fire pits, and an unobstructed view of Uptown Charlotte.

Using technology to minimize disturbances to ongoing operations

The AC Hotel SouthPark was built adjacent to the existing and fully operational 200-room Marriott hotel, located in a highly trafficked area. To mitigate pedestrian risk and avoid disturbance to existing hotel operations, the project team produced a virtual model of the project early in preconstruction to illustrate all phases and areas of impact for the client. From this model, detailed phasing, logistics, and communication plans were made.

 

Side Story

The Barringer Way

Topping out celebration

The project team intentionally celebrated milestones throughout the project, including the traditional topping-out ceremony, in which project partners gathered for lunch and camaraderie before signing a beam to be placed at the top of the structure, leaving their permanent thumbprint on the project.