Nylo Hotels

NYLO Hotels LLC was an American boutique hotel chain.^[1] The company was founded in 2004 and was headquartered just outside Dallas in Carrollton, Texas.^[2] NYLO Hotels included five urban boutique hotel locations throughout the United States.^[3] Each hotel was unique in its design and featured food from local businesses, event venues, along with various room sizes that were fashioned to resemble New York loft style apartments.^[4]

NYLO Hotels was founded in 2004 by a team of hotel executives led by Stephane Dupoux and Michael Mueller.^[5] Co-founder Michael Mueller served as CEO since 2011.^[6] Previously, Mueller was an executive with Starwood Capital Group and Starwood.^[4][7] Mueller oversaw the acquisition of Westin Hotels and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts and also helped engineer the W Hotels brand while he was with Starwood from 1994 until 2004 when he co-founded NYLO Hotels. Co-founder Stephane Dupoux, founder and CEO of Dupoux Design, led the creative team responsible for the identity, branding, architectural and interior design. ^[4][8]

NYLO stood for New York lofts in which the company modeled its hotels after. When the company first began operating after its founding, it was headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.^[9] At the end of 2007, NYLO opened its pioneering hotel in Plano, Texas,^[10] later followed by two more hotels in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.^[4] NYLO also has hotels in Rhode Island and New York City. The company remained based out of Atlanta until 2011 when it relocated to the Dallas area.^[7]

The NYLO Hotel brand featured urban styled guestrooms which combined old buildings with modern design.^[5] The brand name, NYLO referred to the loft style apartments found throughout New York, but the company is focused on introducing designer hotels to secondary and tertiary markets.^[8] The company aimed its attention to providing designer style to mid-scale priced hotels that were business-travel-friendly.^[11]

NYLO Hotels was also focused on eco-friendly and energy-efficient operations. In 2012, the NYLO Dallas South Side location became one of 69 hotels in the United States to achieve LEED Gold certification.^[12] Other NYLO locations utilize eco-friendly initiatives such as wind power, recycled building materials, and energy-efficient light bulbs.^[13]

• NYLO Plano at Legacy, located in Plano, Texas, was the first NYLO Hotel location and the first loft lifestyle hotel to open in the United States.^[10] The hotel has 176 guest lofts with approximately half of the hotel's energy needs comes from wind power.^[10]
• NYLO Providence/Warwick, located just outside Providence, Rhode Island, was originally opened in 2008, but closed for over 12 months of renovations following the historic flood of 2010.^[14] The hotel reopened in 2011 and features 163 rooms and overlooks the Pawtuxet River.^[15]
• NYLO Las Colinas/Irving, located in Irving, Texas, was the third NYLO Hotel with 200 guest lofts.^[16] The hotel also features a 7,500 square-foot courtyard with two heated pools and is a 100 percent energy renewable certificate recipient.^[16]
• NYLO Dallas South Side located in Dallas, Texas, was the smallest location with 76 rooms. The five-story building included a rooftop bar and pool called SODA Bar which was an acronym for South Dallas.^[2][17]
• NYLO New York City opened in 2013 and was the largest NYLO Hotel with 291 rooms. The NYC location also featured a piano lounge, library, sidewalk cafe, and main bar.^[18][19]

• The Dallas hotel became Canvas Hotel Dallas as of January 2019.^[20][21]

• The NYLO locations in Plano,^[22] Irving,^[23] and Providence-Warwick^[24] were renamed as part of Hilton's Tapestry Collection brand, by January 2019.

• The New York NYLO, by January 2019, has become Arthouse Hotel New York City.^[25]

The NYLO Hotels website redirects to the former Plano hotel's Tapestry Collection website, as of January 2019.