The recommendation is subject to approval by the Wayne CountyCommission.The body will hear the recommendation as early as nextmonth, and the hotelcould open as early as December 2002.The $1.2billion Midfield Terminal, featuring almost 100 gates and 80shopsand restaurants, a silent automated transit system and 11,000structuredspaces, is due to open in December 2001.

The 350,000-sf hotel will feature an atrium restaurant, a7,200-sfballroom, an executive conference center, 17 meeting/boardrooms, abusiness center, a health club and pool and spafacilities."It is very important for us to provide our passengerswith a hotel that isevery bit as attractive and convenient as thenew Midfield Terminal," saysWayne County Executive Edward H.McNamara.Starwood owns nationwide hotel chains such as: WestinHotels and Resorts,Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, The LuxuryCollection, Four Points by Sheratonand others. The company has 725companies in 80 countries.

"We¡Çre exited to have a major first-class hotel integrateddirectly intothe new Midfield Terminal," says James M. Greenwald,vice president offacilities design and construction forNorthwest.Darryl Berger will serve as project developers. Thearchitects will bePortman Fruchman Vinson Sunderland, and WalbridgeAldinger will be theDetroit-based general contractor andconstruction manager.The county will sell special facility bonds tocover the cost ofconstruction. Hotel revenues will repay thebonds.