Hyatt Regency Dearborn
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The Hyatt Regency Dearborn is a major hotel and conference center located in the Metro Detroit
suburb of Dearborn, Michigan
at 600 Town Center Drive, near the intersection of Michigan State Highway 39
and U.S. Route 12
. The building was constructed in 1976 and is regularly remodeled and well-appointed. It rises fourteen stories and contains 772 rooms.
The high-rise is used mainly as a hotel, conference center, restaurant
, retail
area, and fitness center. The architect, Charles Luckman
, designed the hotel in a contemporary Modern architecture
with glass as the main exterior material. The hotel is adjacent to Fairlane Town Center
shopping mall, near Ford World Headquarters, and The Henry Ford
.
Metro Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area...
suburb of Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn, Michigan
-Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...
at 600 Town Center Drive, near the intersection of Michigan State Highway 39
M-39 (Michigan highway)
M-39 is a state highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Lincoln Park to Southfield. The southern terminus of M-39 is at the corner of Southfield Road and Lafayette Boulevard in Lincoln Park, one block southeast of the junction of I-75 and two blocks northwest of M-85...
and U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12 or US 12 is an east–west United States highway, running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to downtown Detroit, for almost . As a thoroughfare, it has mostly been supplanted by I-90 and I-94, but remains an important road for local travel.The...
. The building was constructed in 1976 and is regularly remodeled and well-appointed. It rises fourteen stories and contains 772 rooms.
The high-rise is used mainly as a hotel, conference center, restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
, retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
area, and fitness center. The architect, Charles Luckman
Charles Luckman
Charles Luckman was a businessman and an American architect, famous as the "Boy Wonder of American Business" when he was named president of the Pepsodent toothpaste company in 1939 at the age of thirty...
, designed the hotel in a contemporary Modern architecture
Modern architecture
Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely...
with glass as the main exterior material. The hotel is adjacent to Fairlane Town Center
Fairlane Town Center
Fairlane Town Center is a super-regional shopping mall in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. Its anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears. The mall includes an AMC Theatres multiplex, as well as H&M, DSW Shoe Warehouse and Bally Total Fitness among other major stores...
shopping mall, near Ford World Headquarters, and The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex...
.