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Boutique / Downtown · Washington Boulevard (across from the Book Cadillac)

Hotel Indigo Detroit Downtown

Hotel Indigo · IHG One RewardsUpscale

A Motown-themed boutique hotel on Washington Boulevard, across from the Westin Book Cadillac: 241 rooms in a 1966 tower that got a second life in 2020.

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Guardian Building
The area: Guardian Building

WMrapids · CC0

Quick facts

Rooms
241
Floors
17
Opened
1966 · reopened 2020
Meeting space
1,700 sq ft (158 m²)

03 / The story of this place

What’s it like to stay here?

It opened in 1966 as a Howard Johnson Motor Lodge and spent years as a Holiday Inn Express. Glenmont Capital bought it in 2018, spent two years and $10 million turning it into a Hotel Indigo, and reopened it in August 2020. Detroit's Kraemer Design Group tuned it to Motown and the building's mid-century roots: headboards and sconces echo sound waves, the corridors borrow from recording-studio baffles, and a lit wall behind the front desk maps the city's music venues. Look for local art by Sydney G. James and Chad Davis. On a business trip? There's about 1,700 square feet of meeting space.

  • Motown-themed rooms with sound-wave design
  • 241 rooms on Washington Boulevard
  • Across from the Westin Book Cadillac
Former names
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge (from 1966) · Holiday Inn Express & Suites Detroit Downtown (until 2020) · Holiday Inn Express Detroit - Downtown

Getting there

IHG One Rewards member? You'll earn points here. We couldn't verify the parking and pet policies, so ask before you book.

What comes with your room?

  • Fitness center
  • Restaurant
  • Meeting space

Eat and drink in the house

  • The Trolley Room restaurantThe hotel restaurant planned for the 2020 reopening

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