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The Nines Hotel

Portland, Oregon

Photography courtesy of SERA Architects & Jeremy Bittermann

PROJECT INFO

  • Building Type: Five-star luxury hotel with 334 guest rooms, meeting rooms, a ballroom, restaurant and a roof-top lounge occupy the top nine floors of a historic downtown building
  • Architect: SERA Architects
  • Owner: Sage Hospitality
  • Size: 323,734 square feet
  • Cost: $70 million construction cost

Special Features

  • Energy-efficient heating and cooling system
  • Large central atrium that gives all of the hotel rooms – even those on the interior – views and natural light
  • Low-flow fixtures and other water-saving features that will save 400,000 gallons of water per year

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENTS

Achieved:

LEED Silver

22% potable water savings

27% over ASHRAE standards


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