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The Merrill Hotel & Conference Center, Muscatine, Iowa
The Merrill Hotel & Conference Center is a four-star boutique hotel and meeting space venue that will be built in the heart of Muscatine, Iowa’s downtown riverfront area. Named in honor of Stanley Merrill Howe, a Muscatine native who served as president, chairman and chief executive officer of Hon Industries, Inc. and is a major benefactor to the City of Muscatine, the $42 million project will be located next door to the former Hotel Muscatine in the 100 block of West Mississippi Drive.
Featuring 114 luxury guest rooms, extended-stay rooms and two-bedroom presidential suites along with 12,732 square feet of state-of-the-art conference space within the six-story hotel, The Merrill aims to revitalize Muscatine’s downtown district, which is losing corporate and tourism business to nearby cities due to a lack of quality facilities. Most rooms throughout the property will offer gorgeous river views, with many overlooking the recently renovated Riverside Park, which includes trails, a boathouse, playgrounds, an ice skating rink, a splash pad, a marina and several gathering places for outdoor activities.
Guests will enjoy an onsite indoor pool, spa and fitness center that also will be available to Muscatine residents who purchase a club membership. Additional amenities include a light-fare restaurant, lobby sundries shop and luxury lounge seating, and guests may use a heated and covered walkway system to easily access two additional restaurants and a bar housed in the former Hotel Muscatine building, now known as the Pearlview Condominiums
The Merrill Hotel & Conference Center: By the Numbers
- 114 luxury guest rooms, extended-stay rooms two-bedroom presidential suites
- 189 parking spaces located in an access-controlled, parking garage/lot next to the hotel
- 4,353 square-foot ballroom that includes a 1,250 square-foot terrace; available for corporate and private events
- 12,732 square feet of conference space, catering to groups of five to 377
- $42 million cost, with $20 million in equity raised by four investors – the Howe Investment Fund, Chen Lujun, Kent Corporation and MHI Fund, LLC
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