TRENTON, NJ-This capital city's only hotel, which was sold at auction seven months ago for $6 million, reopened this week as the Wyndham Garden Trenton Hotel.

The 164-room hotel on West Lafayette Street opened in 2002 as the Trenton Marriott, but has never generated the profit or economic stimulus downtown that was envisioned when it was built at a cost of $60 million with city backing.

A year ago, after the Marriott brand withdrew its flag from the hotel, the city brought in Marshall Hotels & Resorts as operator and a nonprofit board was appointed by the mayor to assess how to handle the asset. The board filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leading to the auction sale.

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