Projects
DoubleTree Hotel
Philip M Beshara served as project manager for the $30 million renovation of the former Stambaugh Building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio. Construction started January 2017 with a grand opening May 2018.
The Stambaugh Building was a 12-story, neoclassical revival building that opened in 1907. From demolition of the former office building to preserving the historic features of a luxury hotel. It was filled with marble from the first floor to the top that was all restored, along with the terra cotta, the copper corners outside the building, and the elevators.
The building’s historic features included a tremendous amount of terrazzo on every floor, brass and iron elements, Palladian windows on the eighth and 12th floors, crown molding and marble. The project’s biggest challenge was balancing between Hilton’s standards and the requirements established by the National Park Service for the historic preservation tax credits that the project received.
The 12-floor hotel features 125 guest rooms, two restaurants, a coffee shop, a 24-hour lobby market, 24-hour fitness center, business center, and meeting spaces, including the top-floor Palladian Ballroom featuring views of the city from every side of the room.
Rooms range from 350 square feet for a standard room, ten (10) 600 square feet junior suite, eight (8) 650 square feet two-room king suites
Bistro 1907 Restaurant
Philip M Beshara served as project manager for fast track construction of the Bistro 1907 Restaurant which opened on May 7, 2018.
Over a 7-week period, the vacant shell was turned into a 5,000-square-foot restaurant. The project was on a tight timeline and was performed as a phased, fast-track project required to open in parallel with the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton in Downtown Youngstown. The restaurant features 22’-foot high ceilings, Chamfered columns articulate the height of this space while low hanging light fixtures illuminate the finer details of the Bistro’s modern and slightly Parisian motif,17’-foot wine wall and floor-to-ceiling cast bronze storefront windows opening onto an outdoor. At the back of the restaurant, a partial mezzanine is located over the open-concept kitchen.
Bistro 1907’s name is also a nod to the Stambaugh Building. The historic structure was originally built in 1907.