Developed by Ensemble Real Estate Investments and AECOM Capital, the Hotel Nia, an Autograph Collection Hotel, Opens in Menlo Park
Hotel Nia has announced its opening, joining Autograph Collection Hotels' diverse and dynamic portfolio of more than 135 independent hotels that celebrate the founder's passion, thoughtfulness of design, inherent craft and connection with the locale. The hotel offers a new approach to high-end hospitality with intuitive technological innovations, Mediterranean-inspired Californian cuisine, a coffee bar and cafe, a distinctive pool scene, and more.
An 11-story building of gleaming glass, Hotel Nia captures a modernist style accented by organic and natural materials, all custom-designed furniture, and thought-provoking artwork. With 250 guestrooms and nine suites, the hotel boasts a spacious ambiance featuring a lush courtyard with outdoor gardens, a lively outdoor pool scene, a state-of-the-art fitness center with floor-to-ceiling windows, and numerous indoor or outdoor nooks and spaces, all wired—and wireless—for business.
“Hotel Nia offers what Silicon Valley is missing right now—a hotel with all of the conveniences required by local professionals, combined with elegant, intuitive design elements that appeal to business and leisure travelers visiting the area,” says General Manager, Simone Harms. “From our expansive lobby and lounge area, to our Mediterranean restaurant with a California influence, our property offers guests space to shine, room to think, and environments that promote the freedom to relax.”
Driven by the forward-thinking approach of the Silicon Valley, the hotel is outfitted with 12,000 square feet of naturally lit meeting space, much of it with an indoor-outdoor flow. Featuring more than 12 meeting and event venues—including a ballroom, terrace, courtyard, executive boardroom, and more—each space has sleek surroundings, purpose-built to provide guests with hospitality calibrated to innovation in business. Unique features include second-floor meeting rooms with a view and terrace, floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that open to the hotel's interior courtyard, and artfully designed light fixtures, wallcoverings, and furniture, complimented by elements supporting functionality and creativity.
Bringing the idyllic nature of the Mediterranean to Northern California, the hotel's restaurant Porta Blu, which opens this April, is helmed by a fourth-generation chef from France, Executive Chef Eric Cousin. Guests can also enjoy small bites and Verve coffee at “Cafe Exclusively by Verve,” the cafe and lounge adjacent to Porta Blu in the lobby of the property.
“We carefully designed our selection of hand-crafted, seasonal cocktails, craft beers, and wines to be in consonance with our Mediterranean-focused menu,” says Food & Beverage Director, Roque Medina. “Our wine program offers over 100 labels of regional and globally sourced wines with selections we know the local community will love.”
Located between San Jose and San Francisco International Airports and bordered by the San Francisco Bay, the Autograph Collection Hotel is developed by Ensemble Real Estate Investments and AECOM Capital and is operated by Sage Hospitality. To learn more about the Hotel Nia and Porta Blu, visit hotelnia.com, portablurestaurant.com, or follow Hotel Nia on Facebook, Instagram (@HotelNia), and Twitter (@HotelNia).
About Hotel Nia
An Autograph Collection property in Menlo Park, CA, Hotel Nia welcomes business and leisure travelers to the heart of Silicon Valley. Offering sophistication in both comfort and tech, the gleaming, 11-story glass building houses 250 rooms, including nine suites, with modernist style accented by organic elements, natural materials, and specially commissioned artwork. The sleek elegance continues throughout expansive, tech-savvy meeting and event spaces, as well as the lobby bar and lounge, Cafe Exclusively by Verve. The all-day restaurant, Porta Blu, serves California-Mediterranean cuisine celebrating regional ingredients with vibrant, flavorful dishes, craft cocktails, and worldly wines. A lush courtyard, vibrant outdoor pool scene, and state-of-the-art fitness center round out the hotel's offerings. For more information, visit www.hotelnia.com or follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
About AECOM Capital
AECOM Capital, a subsidiary of AECOM, is an investor and developer of real estate, infrastructure and public-private partnerships across North America and select international markets with a total development value of approximately $5 billion. Targeting high-quality, risk-adjusted investments, AECOM Capital leverages AECOM's vast resources across all engineering, design and construction services for deal flow, due diligence, execution and project delivery. AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, designs, builds, finances and operates infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.aecomcapital.com.
About AECOM
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM had revenue of approximately $18.2 billion during fiscal year 2017. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
About Ensemble Real Estate Investments
Ensemble has a long-standing history of maximizing investment returns through the development, renovation, and repositioning of hotel assets, while adding value to their respective communities. Ensemble specializes in assembling customized teams to realize its vision for each specific market. With its combined operational expertise, development acumen, and asset management capabilities, Ensemble has fostered strategic and fruitful partnerships with boutique hotel operators as well as with global brands including Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. For more information on Ensemble, visit www.ensemble.net.
About Sage Hospitality
Denver-based Sage Hospitality was founded in 1984 and since continues to lead the hospitality industry in hotel and restaurant management as well as real estate investment. Sage is known for outstanding relationships with hotel brands and creating places that people want to go to, not through, including 10 unique restaurant concepts by Sage Restaurant Group and independent luxury properties by Sage Hotels. To learn more about Sage, visit www.sagehospitality.com.
About Autograph Collection Hotels
Autograph Collection Hotels is a distinguished portfolio of independent hotels in the world's most desirable destinations that are exactly like nothing else, hand-selected for their rich character and uncommon details. There is a new generation of globe-trotting travelers driving demand for diverse and independent hotel experiences. The brand found a white space and is meeting this experience-seeking, consumer demand to capture that which is “exactly like nothing else” and stop travelers in their social scroll.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is a global leading lodging company based in Bethesda,Maryland, USA, with more than 4,200 properties in 80 countries and territories. Marriott International reported revenues of nearly $14 billion in fiscal year 2014. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 19 brands, including: The Ritz-Carlton®, BVlgari®, EDITION®, JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection® Hotels, Renaissance® Hotels, Marriott Hotels®, Delta Hotels and Resorts®, Marriott Executive Apartments®, Marriott Vacation Club®, Gaylord Hotels®, AC Hotels by Marriott®, Courtyard®, Residence Inn®, SpringHill Suites®, Fairfield Inn & Suites®, TownePlace Suites®, Protea Hotels® and MoxyHotels®. Marriott has been consistently recognized as a top employer and for its superior business ethics. The company also manages the award-winning guest loyalty program, Marriott Rewards® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® program, which together surpass 50 million members. For more information or reservations, please visit our website at 
