The AC Hotel Portland Downtown is a 204-room hotel operated by Marriott International in Portland, Oregon. Located at the intersection of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Taylor Street, the 13-floor hotel opened in 2017.[1]
Description
The hotel has 13 stories and 204 guest rooms. The lobby has a handpainted mural by Damien Gilley. Behind the front desk is a mural by Jason Prouty depicting a scene from brewer Henry Weinhard's Barrel Room.[2] The interior also has "floating shelves, air plants and natural wood features".[3] The lobby's coffee shop has the only Alpha Dominche Steampunk espresso machine in Oregon,[1] according to Willamette Week, which included the coffee maker in a 2018 list of "fifteen special features of Portland's high-end hotels locals need to know about".[4]
The hotel has a bar called AC Lounge,[5] as well as a fitness center, a library,[6] and meeting rooms.[7][8] Caleb Diehl of Oregon Business described the lobby's design as "a blend of the natural — granite panels framing the window of the 'The Slab' coffee shop, wall-mounted naturalist sketches — and the modern stainless steel tables, marble walls, a minimalist black-and-white color scheme)." Diehl also noted in 2017, "The business desk offered Macs... The reading selection featured bold modern typefaces and insights on photography, coffee and tech."[9]
History
The hotel, among the first AC-branded in the U.S.,[10] was designed by SERA Architects. KPFF Consulting Engineers and M.A. Mortenson Company were the engineering firm and design-builder, respectively. Construction on the $50 million project took place from September 2015 to February 2017.[11][12][13][14] Previously, the site was occupied by a 30,000 square foot office building, which was demolished.[15] The hotel was open to guests on February 20, 2017,[16][17] a few months later than the originally scheduled opening date of December 2016.[18]
Reception
Front entrance, 2023
The hotel placed first in the hospitality category of the Daily Journal of Commerce's "top projects" for 2018.[11] Jen Stevenson of Condé Nast Traveler wrote, "this sleek new downtown Portland boutique hotel is short on non-essentials and long on style, targeting effortlessly hip young travelers. Don't expect conventional extras like alarm clocks, a concierge, or even room service... Do, however, expect clean, modern design, an efficient staff, and a beautiful little marble-backed lobby bar, just the spot for a revitalizing gin and tonic and bowl of citrus-marinated olives or spiced pistachios".[19]
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