Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown

Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown opened in 2023 inside the Albert Kahn-designed former home of WWJ radio, the world's first commercial broadcasting station, following a roughly $70 million restoration. It is the first hotel ever to operate in the Art Deco building, blending original 1936 details with Choice Hotels' upscale Cambria brand.

The place

The hotel occupies 600 West Lafayette Boulevard in downtown Detroit, inside the Albert Kahn-designed 1936 Walker-Roehrig Building, the original home of WWJ, the world's first commercial radio broadcasting station.

The concept

Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown opened with a soft launch in May 2023 and celebrated its grand opening that October, the result of a four-year, roughly $70 million adaptive-reuse project that converted the long-vacant Art Deco radio studio building into the first hotel to ever operate on the site. The design keeps Art Deco cues throughout — geometric patterns, jewel-toned finishes and peacock motifs in the lobby bar — while layering in modern additions like golf simulators and duck-pin bowling. As an upscale Choice Hotels brand entry, Cambria trades ultra-luxury positioning for a design-forward, moderately priced stay that leans hard on the building's broadcasting history, including nods to WWJ in its cafe concept.

Dining & wellness

Cibo Detroit (Mediterranean fine dining), Detroit Taco Bodega for fast-casual Mexican and 24-hour in-room dining, the Art Deco-styled Beve lobby bar, a rooftop lounge, plus Five Iron Golf simulators and duck-pin bowling built into the lobby level.