Hot New Hotels in Washington

The building, in Tacoma, will be a hotel with bars, a restaurant and brewery, even a ballroom.

written by Sheila G. Miller | photos: Kathleen Nyberg

IN APRIL, THE HISTORIC Tacoma Elks Lodge will emerge reborn, as a McMenamins hotel property. Purchased in 2007, the company began working on the McMenamins Elks Temple in 2017.

The seven-story building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, dates to 1915 and will now feature a hotel with bars, a ballroom, restaurants, a brewery, even a secret room— this is a tried-and-true concept the McMenamins have tested throughout Oregon and increasingly in Washington.

The McMenamins Elks Temple includes this restored ceiling medallion on the sixth floor.

The sixth floor of the new McMenamins also has a variety of chandeliers.

Hotel Indigo, a brand owned by InterContinental Hotels Group, is building three properties in Washington—in Vancouver, opening in early 2020, and in Everett and Spokane, opening in summer 2019. The boutique hotels, which will range in size from 112 rooms to 142 rooms, work to show visitors what’s special about the neighborhoods.

Finally, Seattle will welcome to its downtown core a new mixed-use tower called Arrivé. The building is slated to be complete in early 2019, and the 142-room hotel within will open in February. The spot, called The Sound Hotel, is the first Tapestry Collection by Hilton property on the West Coast and will be operated locally by The Hotel Group. The Sound will occupy the first ten floors of the building.