Medford's Station Landing development will be home to the first AC Hotel by Marriott to be built in the Boston area. At a briefing with the mayor Michael McGlynn at Medford City Hall, National Development managing partner, Ted Tye said that the 152-room, European-style boutique hotel is anticipated to start construction in late 2014.
"A hotel has been part of the vision of Station Landing from the beginning," said Tye. "We waited until the area had developed to a level that supports a hotel that adds to our Station Landing brand."
AC Hotels by Marriott are inspired by Marriott's European joint venture with AC Hotels and its founder AC Catalan which includes 79 properties in Spain, Italy, Portugal and France. The Station Landing hotel will be a select service hotel offering a bistro, bar and meeting spaces. Marriott calls the AC "stylish, urban, cosmopolitan and tailor-made for people looking for a new way of understanding, experiencing and feeling the city."
The hotel will be the final building at Station Landing, which includes over 600 luxury residential units, stores and restaurants, office space and a Boston Sports Club. The nationally recognized 16-acre mixed-use development offers direct access to the MBTA's Wellington Station on the Orange Line. When completed, the hotel will replace an area currently used for surfaces parking.
"The Station Landing area has become one of the hottest real estate locations in Boston," said Tye. "In addition to all of the activity at Station Landing, there has been incredible growth in adjacent Somerville and planned growth for Everett. We are close to Boston and Logan International Airport, all of which make this a sought after hotel location."