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THE BENEFITS OF BEING THERE
JUST DOWN THE STREET from my office, a
new Home2 Suites by Hilton is taking shape.
During my daily lunch walks in recent months,
it's been instructive (OK, and fun) to watch that
extended-stay hotel rise out of the ground-as
I write this, just the concrete/aluminum/steel
shell is in place.
But that project is dwarfed many times over
by another new hotel whose construction I
recently got to eyeball firsthand. That property,
the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown at
Wilshire Grand Center, was the site of this year's
BDwest Design Tour.
Our hard-hat walk-through of that soon-toopen hotel was guided by AC Martin's Chris King,
as well as Wilson Associates' Amy Jakubowski
and Purchasing Management Intl.'s Bill Langmade. They all gave some great behind-the-scenes
insights into the design and fabrication of the
interiors for this massive project, which consists
of a 900-key luxury hotel located in the upper
floors of a 73-story skyscraper. My favorite part: a
visit to the rooftop Spire 73, which according to
the hotel's website will be the tallest open-air bar
in the Western Hemisphere. Yes, that's the famed
Hollywood sign waaay out there.
The tour provided me with a powerful
reminder that the creation of such ambitious
projects is an intricate dance that requires a
laser-like focus and constant communication
between contractors, designers, purchasing
agents, clients and others to become a reality.
(It also reinforced the idea that the participants' strategies for accomplishing those tasks
should always be an integral part of the coverage
Boutique Design provides for a given project.)
The site tour was the start of two-plus days
of learning and networking at the fifth annual

BDwest. For highlights of other firsthand interactions offered up by this year's trade fair and
conference, turn to the event review that starts
on page 48.
As for the rest of this issue, I, like you, get to
feast on print renditions of some of the latest
must-see hospitality projects from around the
globe, with their stories told by the creative forces
behind them. (Kudos, as always, to BD art director
Kelly Farrar for designing the pages that wonderfully illustrate those tales.) Our feature lineup
kicks off with profiles of our 2017 Up-and-Coming
Hoteliers on page 20 by executive editor Mary
Scoviak and contributing editor Oriana Lerner.
Past that are Lerner's looks at three cutting-edge
F&B venues (page 32) and her overview of two
game-changing lodging concepts that are truly
worthy of that label (page 40). How's that for a
power trio?
Beyond the features, this issue also offers other
informative eye candy, including associate editor
Christina Green's "Design Deconstructed" spread
on an uber-cool space in a recently renovated hotel
in Charleston, South Carolina (page 18), and her
two product showrooms: Carpet + Rugs (page 62)
and Green FF&E (page 74).
As is always the case, our intention in creating
such content is to inspire our readers as they
go about the business of designing noteworthy
hospitality spaces.

EDITORIAL
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Mary Scoviak
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Christina Green
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Oriana Lerner
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