The Keating, located within a historic building in downtown San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, is the first hotel designed by legendary Italian car-design company Pininfarina.
An essential component to protecting Keating guests and the reported $16 million renovation is one of the industry's most dependable fire/life-safety systems.
Beyond its entrance doorway are four stories and 35 luxury rooms with high ceilings, exposed brick walls and tall, oversized windows. Among the renovation's biggest construction hurdles was seismic retrofitting work that entailed tying a support system to the walls and the structure, according to Danny Vladic, a project manager with San Diego-based Landmark Hospitality Contracting.