Recent news of The Marcus Corp.‘s plans for a major $40 million renovation of its downtown Hilton Milwaukee hotel came with a somewhat surprising piece of information: the number of available guest rooms at the historic property will be reduced from its current 729 to 554.
As part of the project, expected to be complete by next summer, all 554 guest rooms in the hotel’s original footprint, built in 1928, will be refurbished with new bathrooms, modern amenities and upgraded heating and cooling systems. But the remaining 175 rooms located in the west tower — added to the building in 2000 — will no longer be utilized.
On its face, the decision to reduce the downtown Hilton hotel’s room…
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