Luminary Hotel

Rising along the Fort Myers riverfront, this 12-story hotel creates an active, walkable urban destination that will help link downtown to the new Harborside Event Center.

HOK’s design captures the pioneering spirit of the 20th-century adventurers who called Fort Myers home. A warm brick facade with glass and metal detailing acknowledges the city’s architectural past within a contemporary framework.

As part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, the 243-key hotel includes a signature restaurant, meeting spaces, a culinary theater, indoor and outdoor fitness facilities, a spacious pool area and a rooftop venue with picturesque views of the Caloosahatchee River.

Sidewalk overhangs offer pedestrians respite in this subtropical climate where both rain and extreme sun can be a daily occurrence. Activity from the hotel lobby and dining will spill onto a shaded public promenade along the River Basin plaza east of the site.

The 104,000-sq.-ft. hotel podium houses 10,000 square feet of ground-level retail space facing Bay Street and 210 parking spaces.