BLVD. Hotel and Spa Opens In Studio City

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 2nd 2011 at 4:01AM

A new boutique hotel is coming to Los Angeles. PNK Group has announced it will hold the grand opening of BLVD. Hotel + Spa on February 28th, 2011 at 10730 Ventura Bl. in Studio City, California. The hotel will have 58 rooms including 30 suites, many of them with garden patios and balconies, as well as a day spa.

PNK Group, which already owns other hotel properties (mostly Comfort Inn and Holiday Express hotels in the Los Angeles area) took on a new direction with BLVD. The name BLVD came from Los Angeles' fabled boulevards and will serve visitors to Universal Studios Hollywood, the Hollywood Bowl and John Anson Ford Theatre and studios and production facilities nearby. The facade is done in warm earth tones in a subdued Southwestern style. At night, blue lighting bathes the building in a modern glow. Sat Garg of Akar Studios worked on BLVD's interior design. The ground floor is both a lobby and a lounge with views to the BLVD Bar and Lounge and wall murals depicting a stylized version of the Los Angeles skyline. There will also be a small coffee bar, deli and upscale boutique. The hotel has an indoor pool, gym, and spa provide guests. Room have complimentary WiFi and some have rain showers, in-room lounges, patios and balconies. Like the bar's signature cocktails, a number of the suites bear the names of Los Angeles' legendary boulevards including Sunset, Wilshire, Robertson, Santa Monica, and Ventura.

The BLVD Bar and Lounge promises to be a neighborhood as well as guest attraction, offering the occasional live DJ. BLVD's VIP car will offer complimentary transportation to guests for any destination within a two mile radius.

Gallery: BLVD Hotel & Spa