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The University of Minnesota will lease nine floors of the 34-year-old DoubleTree Hotel to adapt the about 200 rooms to provide 400 freshman student housing beds as well as gathering, dining and recreational space.
DoubleTree by Hilton owner Andy Chafoulias described the decision to transform the longtime downtown Rochester hotel into freshmen housing for University of Minnesota Rochester students as a “difficult one."
Guests slowly return to Med City hotels as pandemic's grip loosens While Rochester hotels took a hard economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, a steady stream of Mayo Clinic patients has blunted that blow a bit and is fueling a slow recovery. 6:00 am, Mar. 6, 2021 × Hilton Hotel bellman Richard Gee brings a guest's luggage to their car Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at the downtown Rochester hotel. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach) Hotels, early economic victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, are still struggling, even as thousands are being vaccinated each day. About 35 percent of Roc...
Artist Lori Miller is creating 18 pieces to help transform hotel ballroom. Written By: John Sievers | × Rochester artist Lori Miller, seen here Dec. 15, 2020, has been commissioned to create a number of paintings for the Rochester DoubleTree hotel. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com) Rochester’s DoubleTree by Hilton hotel isn’t dancing around the idea of displaying local art in their University Hall Ballroom. Instead, it's doubling down on the concept. Local artist Lori Miller has been commissioned to create 18 large paintings for the space as part of an effort to transform i...