Hotel David Whitney, Autograph Collection

03 / The story of this place

What’s it like to stay here?

Graham, Burnham & Co. designed the David Whitney Building, completed in 1915 facing Grand Circus Park. It sat empty from 1999 until a $92 million restoration opened an Aloft on floors 3–9 in December 2014, with apartments above. In 2022 the owners announced the switch to Marriott's Autograph Collection, with plans to renovate every room and turn 24 apartments into suites for about 160 keys. Presley's Kitchen + Bar feeds you all day, the Library Bar does piano music, a fireplace and a garden in the evening, and the corner Capper & Capper Market, named for the menswear store that once stood there, handles your espresso. Grand Circus Park and the People Mover are right across the street.

• 1915 tower on Grand Circus Park
• Library Bar with piano and fireplace
• One dog welcome, up to 40 lb

Former names

David Whitney Building (offices, not a hotel) (1915–1999) · Aloft Detroit at The David Whitney (2014 until the Autograph Collection rebrand announced in 2022) · Aloft Detroit at The David Whitney

Architect

Graham, Burnham & Co. (1915 building)

Historic building

On the National Register of Historic Places since 1983 and part of the Grand Circus Park Historic District.

Getting there

Valet is $52 a day, but nothing over six feet tall, and there's no EV charging. The hotel can book a Metro Cars sedan to DTW for about $60 one way, and the People Mover is right across the street.