The Plaza Hotel Columbus at Capitol Square is a high-rise hotel on

Capitol Square Capitol Square is a public square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The square includes the Ohio Statehouse, its Capitol Grounds, as well as the buildings and features surrounding the square. The Capitol Grounds are surrounded to the north and west ...

Downtown Columbus, Ohio Downtown Columbus is the central business district of Columbus, Ohio. Downtown is centered on the intersection of Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio), Broad and High Street (Columbus, Ohio), High Streets, and encompasses all of the area inside the Inn ...

. The hotel was constructed along with the

skyscraper in the 1980s. The site was formerly home to the Hartman Building and Theater.

History

The hotel opened on January 16, 1984 as the Hyatt on Capitol Square. It was constructed along with the

skyscraper on the site of the Hartman Building and Hartman Theatre, as part of the Capitol South redevelopment. The Hyatt was purchased out of receivership on July 7, 2011 by Driftwood Hospitality Management for $19.5 million. They converted the property to the Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square and undertook a year-long $9.5 million renovation, completed in January 2013. In 2016, The Plascensia Group sold the hotel to Schulte Hospitality Group. In 2023, the hotel was auctioned off, selling for $9.6 million to Dallas-based hotelier Joshua Joseph. In 2024, the hotel left Sheraton and was renamed The Plaza Hotel Columbus at Capitol Square.

Gallery

File:Sheraton Hotel - DPLA - 504eb02b36e4638169c492d11784673c.jpg, The hotel's State Street facade, 1984 File:Columbus Sheraton.jpg, The rear of the hotel File:Hartman Building and Theater crop.tif, Hartman Building and Theater

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