Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard, third from left, cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of Hotel Carmichael. He is joined by, from left, Michael Feinstein, Center for the Performing Arts artistic director; Coury Hospitality CEO Paul Coury; Hotel Carmichael General Manager Jamie Hopwood; Carmel Redevelopment Commission Director Henry Mestetsky; and Pedcor CEO Bruce Cordingley. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard, third from left, cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of Hotel Carmichael. He is joined by, from left, Michael Feinstein, Center for the Performing Arts artistic director; Coury Hospitality CEO Paul Coury; Hotel Carmichael General Manager Jamie Hopwood; Carmel Redevelopment Commission Director Henry Mestetsky; and Pedcor CEO Bruce Cordingley. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Attendees practice physical distancing during the Aug. 27 grand opening ceremony for Hotel Carmichael. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Pedcor CEO Bruce Cordingley speaks at the grand opening of Hotel Carmichael. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
The hotel’s suites feature garden tubs. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
The hotel contains four presidential suites, which feature gathering areas separate from the bedroom and two balconies. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Work continues on Feinstein’s, Hotel Carmichael’s upscale restaurant and cabaret. The COVID-19 pandemic would prevent the venue to be in use for most of its functions, so it will be among the last areas of the hotel to be complete. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Hotel Carmichael employees meet in the ballroom. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Paintings of musicians serve as a backdrop to the check-in desk. Music is the theme of Hotel Carmichael and can be found in the details of guest rooms and throughout the hotel. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Hotel Carmichael employee Jeff Wagner hands a room key to 13-year-old Cal Carmichael, a Carmel resident and the hotel’s first guest. Carmichael contacted the hotel about staying there after hearing that the hotel would have the same name as his family. The hotel’s name pays tribute to Carmel and Michael Feinstein, whose Feinstein’s restaurant and cabaret is on the ground floor. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
A musician from the Carmel Symphony Orchestra plays the grand piano in the hotel lobby. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
The grand staircase connects the hotel lobby to the ground floor, which contains two restaurants. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Hotel Carmichael General Manager Jamie Hopwood speaks at the grand opening. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Michael Feinstein, after whom the hotel is named, speaks at the grand opening. The Palladium, where he frequently performs, is in the background. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Hotel Carmichael’s lobby includes several seating areas and a grand piano. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Vivante French Eatery is on the hotel’s ground floor facing the Monon Greenway. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Hotel Carmichael, a 122-room boutique hotel in Carmel City Center, opened Aug. 27 following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Marriott Autograph Collection hotel is a result of a public-private partnership between the City of Carmel and Pecor Companies. The $58 million project faced several hurdles along the way, as its total cost was 40 percent more than originally estimated and its opening was delayed nearly four months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
