The Signia by Hilton San Jose is an 805-room
high-rise hotel at 170 South Market Street in
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popu ...
, located on the
Plaza de César Chávez
The Plaza de César Chávez is an urban plaza and park in Downtown San Jose, California. The plaza's origins date to 1797 as the ''plaza mayor'' of the Alta California, Spanish ''Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe'', making it the oldest public sp ...
in
Downtown San Jose
Downtown San Jose is the central business district of San Jose, California. Downtown is one of the largest tech clusters in Silicon Valley, as well as the cultural and political center of San Jose.
History
The town was first settled in 1777. T ...
. Opened in 1987 as the Fairmont San Jose, the hotel closed on March 5, 2021, and filed for a
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, wheth ...
reorganization. It reopened as a Hilton property on April 7, 2022.
Description
![Fairmont San Jose 1 2017-12-18](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Fairmont_San_Jose_1_2017-12-18.jpg)
There is a
swimming pool and associated deck on rooftop, with a specially designed windscreen to create a
microclimate
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designed to be acceptable for
sunbathing
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and swimming. The analysis of this rooftop environment was carried out in the early planning stages using a
computer simulation of air flow in the presence of the then existing and proposed Fairmont structures. There is also an indoor cabana/bar on the rooftop.
The 13-story, 264 room annex was constructed on the site of the historic Hotel Montgomery, that was moved to the south and restored to what is now the
Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown hotel at a cost of US$8.5 million.
On March 5, 2021, FMT SJ LLC (the hotel owners) filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, temporarily closing the hotel while it sought a new management partner and extended the existing mortgage debt. As a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, occupancy had been less than 7%, and the hotel lost at least $18 million in 2020 and was projected to lose at least another $20 million in 2021, according to the hotel owner. It reopened as a Hilton property on April 7, 2022.
[https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2022/03/14/signia-hilton-san-jose-sets-reopening-date.html ]
References
External links
{{commons category, Fairmont San Jose
Signia by Hilton San Jose official site
Hotels in San Jose
San Jose
Swig Company
Tourist attractions in the San Francisco Bay Area
Skyscrapers in San Jose, California
Skyscraper hotels in California
Hotels established in 1987
Hotel buildings completed in 1987