Point Ruston Lands A Hotel
The TNT is reporting that the Point Ruston project on the old Asarco site has landed a ‘high end’ Silver Cloud Hotel. I remember what that neighborhood used to look like. Like… when there was a stack on Stack Hill. Who would’ve predicted a Silver Cloud empire on our waterfront a decade ago? Things are changing.
Link to The News Tribune
Link to Point Ruston
(Thank you, Erik B)
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4 comments
D drizell November 16, 2007
This is really good news. Many of us are pulling for Mr. Cohen to make this project a success. This is by far the largest project he has ever undertaken. Point Ruston may be the largest single project underway in Tacoma right now, but it is largely under the radar, and the fact that this is the first post 12 hours after the story broke demonstrates that. Congratulations on the hotel and hopefully there will be lots more good news to come from Point Ruston!
B Bell Capt: November 16, 2007
Count me in the “many” reference from previous post. Point Ruston will change the Cityscape of our Town forever and it will succeed.
E Erik S November 16, 2007
This sounds like great news. I’m not sure exactly what “‘high end’ Silver Cloud” is like, but it’s bound to be more pleasant than smelter ruins.
I’ve always found it strange that there really aren’t (m)any hotel options in north or west Tacoma. This will help with that for sure.
D drizell November 17, 2007
Good point, Erik. There was once a time that if you wanted to stay overnight in Tacoma, your only options were on South Hosmer commercial strip between 72nd and 96th. Now we’re starting to see hotels in other locations. Tacoma will really start of come of age when there’s a hotel on Sixth Ave. and in some of the other business districts, like McKinley Hill or Fern Hill.
I think the coolest thing about this hotel is that the hotelier approached the developer, not the other way around. Silver Cloud has a history of taking risks and locating hotels where no one else would. Take the Old Town inn for example. They’ve also spurred investment in Seattle’s SoDo and Lake Union districts with new hotels.
My only hope is that if this hotel is to be the centerpiece of Point Ruston, that it is designed in a way to reflect that.