Grand Bohemian Hotel Charlotte

Opened in August 2020 after two pandemic-driven delays, the Grand Bohemian Hotel Charlotte brought the Kessler Collection's maximalist, art-filled brand of boutique luxury to Uptown for the first time. The 254-room, ground-up building sits at Church and Trade streets, steps from Charlotte's arena and convention district.

The place

The hotel occupies a corner site at Church and Trade streets in the heart of Uptown Charlotte, a ground-up building completed in 2020 as the Kessler Collection's second North Carolina property.

The concept

Grand Bohemian Hotel Charlotte was built from scratch as a purpose-designed luxury boutique property, its facade and public spaces drawing on the ornamental, artisan-heavy Vienna Secession movement of early-20th-century Austria. The design is inseparable from Richard C. Kessler's personal art collection, which fills the lobby, guest corridors and event spaces with an eclectic, gallery-like density rather than the generic art usually found in a big-box hotel. The $110 million project was delayed twice by the pandemic before its August 2020 debut, opening into a badly disrupted travel market — a tough proving ground for a hotel pitched squarely at leisure and business travelers wanting a design-forward alternative to Uptown's convention-hotel towers.

Dining & wellness

The property includes an open-kitchen restaurant, a faster-casual eatery, a ground-floor Starbucks, a rooftop bar with city views, an executive lounge, and the Poseidon Spa, plus indoor and outdoor event space.