Dive summary:

• Akron, Ohio, a city tied to American industry as much as Detroit or Pittsburgh, is getting a boost with a plan for a $40 million downtown hotel, the first to be built in 40 years.
• The hotel is to have 160 rooms, a 125-seat restaurant, many amenities for guests and a glass connection to a downtown landmark, Greystone Hall, which will be renovated and incorporated into the project with meeting spaces, a restaurant and room to continue live theater that is staged there now.
• The city's mayor, Don Plusquellic, says the project fits with the city's bid to be a major convention center.

From the article:

Braun and Steidl is the project’s architect, with Welty Building Co. as construction manager.  ...