JW Marriott Chennai is a five-star luxury

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under construction in

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. The 357-room hotel, being built at MRC Nagar on the seafront of Chennai facing the

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near the

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, is being developed at a cost of 6,200 million and forms part of

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. Initially planned to open in 2005, the project was delayed due to lack of funds and regulatory issues.

History

The hotel was planned in 1998. The design consultant of the project was BBG, based in

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. C. R. Narayana Rao (CRN) Group was the local architect and structural and civil engineers group for the project. The hotel group initially announced to start the construction of the luxury hotel, promoted by Hyderabad-based Viceroy Hotels Ltd, in late 2002 and complete the project by 2005. However, construction work started in 2005 at an initial cost of 4,900 million. The project was then delayed for several reasons including obtaining permissions from the local administrative bodies. By March 2011, however, the Viceroy Hotels Limited was planning to spin off the 5.6 billion (US$125 million) Chennai property, still under construction, to raise cash in order to clear its accrued debts. In April, the company signed an agreement with the Chennai-based Mahal Hotels. In May 2013, Viceroy Hotels decided to sell the property to Ceebros Hotels Private Limited for 4,800 million.

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External links

Official website of JW Marriott Chennai

Homepage of Viceroy Hotels' JW Marriott Chennai

Marriott India
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