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The Vanguard Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States · Autograph Collection · Accessible Luxury
Ann Arbor's first four-star hotel opened May 6, 2025, as a nine-story Autograph Collection new-build at 201 Glen Avenue, a block from the University of Michigan medical campus. Interiors by DLR Group take their cue from James Burrill Angell, Michigan's longest-serving president and an avid world traveler: guestroom minibars are styled as vintage French trunks, and framed letters nod to the notes he sent home.
- 188 rooms
- Opened 2025
- Neighborhood: Old Fourth Ward
- Rooms from 300 sq ft (28 m²)
- Architect: Neumann/Smith Architecture
- Interiors: DLR Group
About The Vanguard Ann Arbor
- Robert Finvarb Companies and Milford Singer & Company developed the 188-room house, with more than 12,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space.
- Neumann/Smith answered the Old Fourth Ward's Tudor Revival and Art Deco apartments with brick corbels, herringbone brick, and oculus windows.
- It sits a block from the University of Michigan medical campus at 201 Glen Avenue.
History
The Vanguard Ann Arbor is a newly built nine-story boutique hotel at 201 Glen Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, near the University of Michigan campus and medical center. Opened on May 6, 2025, as a 188-room member of Marriott's Autograph Collection, it is billed as Ann Arbor's first four-star hotel. The property was developed by Robert Finvarb Companies with Milford Singer & Company, designed by Neumann/Smith Architecture with interiors by DLR Group, and takes its inspiration from James Burrill Angell, the University of Michigan's longest-serving president and an avid world traveler, with interiors evoking vintage French travel trunks in muted tones. It offers more than 12,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space alongside a restaurant and lobby.
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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