CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WOOD) – A hotel near the Gerald R. Ford International Airport is getting a $ 14 million upgrade and a new restaurant.

Marshall Hotels & Resorts plans to convert the former Crowne Plaza Grand Rapids Airport & Conference Center on 28th Street east of Kraft Avenue SE into Marriott’s new Sheraton concept.

Plans for the 259-room hotel include upgrades for guest rooms, exterior signage, and public areas. Marshall Hotels & Resorts expects to announce the new restaurant, which will soon move into the updated hotel.

(A conceptual rendering by Gensler shows what a renovated guest room at the newly renamed Sheraton Hotel Airport and Conference Center Grand Rapids at 5700 28th Street SE in Cascade Township might look like.)

Mike Marshall, President and CEO of Marshall Hotels & Resorts, says the hotel was built with help from Gensler, the same architectural firm that takes care of the The recent renovations of the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.

Upon completion, the newly named Sheraton Hotel Airport and Conference Center Grand Rapids will run over 21,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a new Sheraton Club Lounge for Sheraton Club level rooms, an indoor / outdoor pool, a fitness area, and an airport shuttle Around the clock.

Marshall said the project will be phased to minimize disruption for guests. Work is scheduled to start in December and be completed in June 2022 if all goes well.

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