{"id":12345,"date":"2019-04-02T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/resorts\/?p=12345"},"modified":"2019-03-28T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:00:14","slug":"san-diegos-the-guild-hotel-to-open-this-spring-in-historic-1920s-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/resorts\/coast\/san-diegos-the-guild-hotel-to-open-this-spring-in-historic-1920s-building","title":{"rendered":"San Diego’s The Guild Hotel to Open this Spring in Historic 1920s Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

San Diego is getting a new dose of historic luxury when The Guild<\/a> opens this spring. The 162-room Marriott Tribute Portfolio property is housed in the Army-Navy landmark building which previously hosted millions of service men and women. The property is being reimagined by Alvin Mansour (Oram Hotels<\/a>) and Azul Hospitality Group<\/a> as a creative, design-forward destination for travelers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the number of military bases in San Diego increased in the 1920s, there grew a need for a place of community and recreation for the uniformed men and women. Enter the iconic Army-Navy YMCA building which hosted tens of thousands of guests within months of opening its doors. Through the years, more than 125 million military personnel have benefited from its services. In 2007, the site was officially registered as a Historic Place by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, independent real estate maven Mansour relocated to San Diego’s downtown center and took an interest in the historic landmark building. After acquiring ownership, him and Oram Hotels co-founder Kevin Mansour, began to transform the property into an eight-floor hotel with guest rooms, al fresco restaurant, intimate lobby and bar, grand ballroom, private penthouse, garden courtyard and suite of creative event spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe YMCA building has always been a jewel in the middle of a long overlooked part of the city and I knew it had the potential to become something unique from the start,\u201d said Mansour. \u201cDowntown San Diego has so much to offer, not only to tourists, but locals alike, and we are committed to creating something new, unexpected and authentic to the city we call home and its evolving cultural imprint.\u201d<\/p>Alvin Mansour, Co-Founder, Oram Hotels<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n