On June 7th, the 21c Museum Hotel opened its doors to the public in the former Fred Jones Manufacturing Company building. This renovation leads revitalization on the west side of downtown and has spurred additional investment in the area.

 

The City provided a $5.3 million allocation in tax increment financing (TIF). The allocation is distributed in part in the form of "assistance in development financing" and in part in the form of a low-interest loan, all in order to bridge the gap in the financing requirements necessary to make the 21c Museum Hotel a reality. Other sources of financing included Federal and State Historic Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits.  The $57.8 million project resulted in the creation of more than 150 jobs. 

 

This adaptive reuse of the historic Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant provides a fresh and unique hotel to Oklahoma City visitors and residents. The full-service hotel features 135 rooms, 14,000 square feet of exhibiting, meeting and event space and offers a contemporary art gallery that is open free to the public. The hotel also offers a first-floor restaurant, Mary Eddy's Kitchen x Lounge. The restaurant showcases the building's original Model T showroom space.

The 21c Museum Hotel, a successful example of public-private partnership, now provides a unique place to stay in the ever-growing area west of downtown.