Main Street Community Capital—a Dubuque, Iowa-based development company—has selected Meyer Jabara Hotels to manage the upcoming Mason City, Iowa, Hyatt Place and Conference Center.
The 116-room hotel will have a lobby bar, full-service restaurant, fitness center and indoor pool. Adjacent to the hotel, MSCCap will build a conference center that will connect to the Music Man Square/Meredith Wilson Museum by skywalk and accommodate more than 1,500 attendees. The project will break ground in the spring and is expected to open in summer 2023. This is the third Hyatt Place in the Meyer Jabara Hotels portfolio.
“Main Street Community Capital is on a mission to revitalize America’s cities and towns outside of major metropolitan areas,” said MSCCap Founding Partner David-Elias Rachie. “We are one of few developers that seeks out special markets or ‘Micropolitans’ like Mason City that despite its small population attracts big business and a million tourists each year. With Mason City back to pre-COVID rate and occupancy levels, we are eager to get moving on this hotel project and bring Hyatt Place — a strong business and convention brand — to this market, along with a much-needed Conference Center.
“This is one of the first hotel projects to be financed post-COVID,” he continued. “It’s a pretty big deal. Over the last year-and-a-half we learned who will step-up and work with developers and who won’t. The strength behind the Hyatt Place brand was the first ‘win.’ Bringing in Meyer Jabara Hotels to manage this asset sealed the deal. MJH has extensive experience in successfully operating Hyatt Place properties, and they are the right-size company—not too big, not too small—so the project won’t get lost in a myriad of assets. Without even breaking ground in Mason City, we are already looking forward to working with Meyer Jabara Hotels on future projects.”
The design concept for the Mason City Hyatt Place and Conference Center pays tribute to American architect and Mason City resident Frank Lloyd Wright. Conceptualized by architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design firm DLR Group of Omaha, Neb., the Hyatt Place and Conference Center will infuse elements reminiscent of the area. Warm wood tones and colors will work with the lines and patterns reflective of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Patterned flooring will enhance the bar and liven up the pre-function area, with tall wood wall screens framing the spaces.
Another design focal point is the modern metal main staircase, surrounded by windows and accented by a sculptural lighting element that creates interest and connects guests to the main ballroom on the lobby level or supplement meeting space above.