The shining twin towers of the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina are important symbols of San Diego’s downtown revitalization and of Manchester Financial Group’s role in that transformation. The two beautifully curving 25-story buildings, built at a cost of $250 million in two phases between 1984 and 1987, were designed by Welton Becket and Associates, and added a bold new look to the waterfront, as well as 1,354 spacious guest rooms and a 450-slip marina.
Located downtown at 333 West Harbor Drive, the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina is adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center. The hotel served as the first vital step to realizing the Manchesters’ vision of a 29-acre bayside hotel and convention center complex. This complex, which now includes the San Diego Convention Center and Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, has established San Diego as the premier American city for conventions and tourism. The economic impact of these 29 acres to the City of San Diego has resulted in tremendous economic growth in the convention and tourism industries. It has created thousands of jobs and business opportunities in downtown San Diego and generated considerable tax and rent revenues to the City of San Diego and the Unified Port of San Diego, while also becoming a showpiece of downtown San Diego’s famous Gaslamp Quarter.