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Pop-Up Hotel Planned for West Midtown’s Star Metals Project

Developer of West Midtown’s Star Metals project, The Allen Morris Co., submitted an application in Atlanta to allow for temporary hotel use at Star Metals Residences, a 409-unit apartment community at the development.

The developer plans to bring pop-up hotel concept WhyHotel to the project, while the apartment community leases up. Up to 120 apartments could be converted to hotel rooms for 36 months as part of the plan.

“We are building a business that solves real estate inefficiencies, but ultimately, WhyHotel enables us to host people in better places by blurring the line between hospitality and home,” the company’s website states. “Today, where you see cranes in the sky and empty buildings, we see opportunity for communities.”

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About David Cohen

David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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