Article: Art deco extends its stay at renovated Memphis, Tenn., hotel.

By Kate Miller Morton, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 23--The renovation of the historic William Len Building into an art deco-styled Residence Inn is complete and the doors are now open.

Memphis-based Wright Investment Properties opened the 12-story, 90-suite hotel at Main and Monroe on Friday, just in time for the National Baptists Congress of Christian Education convention taking place this week.

The company spent 10 months converting the former apartment building into a Residence Inn by Marriott.

Wright Investment Properties president Larry Wright said a special effort was made to preserve the art deco ...

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