The Signia by Hilton San Jose is an 805-room high-rise hotel at 170 South Market Street in

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, located on the

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. Opened in 1987 as the Fairmont San Jose, the hotel closed on March 5, 2021, and filed for a

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reorganization. It reopened as a Hilton property on April 7, 2022.

Description

There is a

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and associated deck on rooftop, with a specially designed windscreen to create a

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designed to be acceptable for

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and swimming. The analysis of this rooftop environment was carried out in the early planning stages using a

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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

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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

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Signia by Hilton San Jose official site
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