By Nicole Carlino NEW ORLEANS—Demand generators are essential to the success of a hotel property. Without a reason to come to an area, even the most well-designed, experience-driven properties will have a tough time filling hotel rooms. The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, set to open in New Orleans Arts and Warehouse District next month, has a built-in demand generator: The Curio Collection by Hilton property is owned by The National WWII Museum and sits directly across from its entrance….

By Brian Bandell  – Senior Reporter, South Florida Business Journal An Arlo Hotel has been proposed in Miami’s booming Wynwood neighborhood. This would be the second hotel for the boutique brand in Miami-Dade County, after the Nautilus by Arlo in Miami Beach. Wynwood has become a popular tourist destination for tourists because of its street art, restaurants and bars, yet it doesn’t have a hotel. Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates designed the Arlo Hotel in Wynwood for New York-based Quadrum…

Wynwood is getting a new 9-story Arlo hotel. City records show that a construction permit was filed for over the summer and is being actively worked. Arlo Wynwood is being designed by NBWW Architects, the company said in a press release. The development will be a cross between a boutique/pod hotel and an urban event venue. NBWW said its first massing design strategy was to create a landscape courtyard, carved from the inner portion of the building site. The courtyard…

Hotel developer Quadrum Global is planning to build an Arlo hotel in Wynwood, nearly a year after buying the property. By Katherine Kallergis Quadrum Global tapped NBWW Architects (Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates) to design the mixed-use hotel at 2217 and 2233 Northwest Miami Court, according to a press release. The project adds to the pipeline of hotels planned for Wynwood, including the Moxy hotel at 255 Northwest 25th Street. The nine-story, 141,758-square-foot Arlo Wynwood will have 217 guest…

Located in the largest street art gallery in the nation, our design for the Arlo Wynwood by @arlohotels is a cross between a sophisticated boutique/pod hotel and an urban event venue that mirrors the rogue artistic character of its location: the vibrant Wynwood District. Two large voids in the building extend the network of Wynwood’s activated public spaces up and into the fabric of the hotel, carving out areas for outdoor art galleries and allowing light and air into the…