IHG announces fifth EVEN Hotel
1InterContinental Hotels Group?will open an EVEN Hotel in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The downtown Brooklyn EVEN Hotels property will be at the intersection of Nevins and Schermerhorn Streets, four blocks from the Barclays Center and in the heart of the?Boerum Hill?neighborhood.
The 83,000-square-foot Brooklyn hotel will have 204 guest rooms and 13 guestroom floors, and is expected to open mid-2015 in conjunction with the midtown Manhattan EVEN Hotels properties.
EVEN Hotels previously announced two midtown Manhattan EVEN Hotels, which will be on West 35th Street and East 44th Street. The Manhattan properties will open in mid-2015, while a location in Norwalk, Conn., is set to open in spring 2014, and will be one of the first two EVEN Hotels properties to open. The other EVEN Hotels property is in Rockville, Md.
EVEN Hotels was created to serve the frequent traveler who wants to be fit and feel good — but doesn?t want to spend too much time or energy on busy trips. IHG expects to sign 100 EVEN Hotels in the United States in the next five years under managed and franchised agreements in key markets.
IHG (NYSE: IHG), a global company that has its American headquarters in Atlanta, franchises or owns more than 4,000 hotels and resorts under brands including Crowne Plaza, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn.