Santa Rosa adopts new plan for downtown development

Santa Rosa has adopted a new plan for downtown development that aims to entice more builders and add thousands of homes in larger and taller urban projects, remaking the city’s core after a previous blueprint for the area failed to do so. The City Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted Read More

– The Press Democrat 10/16/2020

Hotel E opening on Santa Rosa’s Old Courthouse Square as part of $18 million lodging project

Providing a boost for downtown Santa Rosa redevelopment, Hotel E welcomes its first overnight guests Wednesday as the 111-year-old beaux-arts building starts a new chapter Read More

– The Press Democrat 7/24/19

Santa Rosa's new Hotel E seen as downtown kick-starter akin to Napa's Archer hotel

How can the arrival of a high-end hotel shape the revitalization of a tired downtown? For Napa, the answer is clear: The opening of Archer Hotel has proven key. For Santa Rosa, traction gets underway when it debuts Hotel E, its first-ever boutique hotel in downtown’s Read More

– North Bay Business Journal 6/10/19

How the North Bay is housing fire survivors, workforce to be a topic of May 29 conference

A builder point of view on the area's progress in rebuilding from the 2017 wildfires that swept through the North Bay will be the topic of a panel of those involved in the construction effort of thousands of new homes Read More

– North Bay Business Journal 5/10/19

Sonoma County lodging sector bustling with hotel construction and expansion

The big hotel addition this year will be the spring opening of Hotel E in downtown Santa Rosa. Veteran developer Hugh Futrell is leading the project. The 100-year-old beaux arts building is undergoing a conversion Read More

– Press Democrat 2/9/19

After Wildfires, Northern California Faces a Long Road to Rebuilding

Complex permit process, insurance disparities and labor shortage may leave thousands waiting months to return to neighborhoods. For Damian Clopton, the initial shock of losing his home Read More

– Wall Street Journal 11/26/17

Top North Bay commercial real estate developers in 2016

This spotlight on major commercial developers is comprised of companies and their leadership that have undertaken major projects under construction in the North Bay. Read More

– North Bay Business Journal 11/3/2016

Santa Rosa Community Health reopens Fountaingrove clinic lost in 2017 Tubbs Fire

On Monday, Aug. 19, Santa Rosa Community Health Centers welcomes patients to its newly rebuilt Vista campus, located on the original site at 3569 Round Barn Circle. Vista was the only health care operation in Santa Rosa completely obliterated in the Tubbs Fire… “We created a lot more meeting rooms and staff lounges and wanted to make it easier for patients to navigate the building,” Read More

– North Bay Business Journal 8/19/19

Hotels Open in California

NATIONAL REPORT—Greystone Hotels, in partnership with Hugh Futrell Corporation, has opened Hotel E, an upscale boutique property in downtown Santa Rosa with 39 guestrooms, ample meeting space, a lobby wine bar Read More

– Hotel Business 8/5/19

‘Strong demand’ for hotels, multifamily housing, says Santa Rosa contractor Hugh Futrell

In the following interview ahead of his speaking at the Business Journal's May 29 Building the North Bay conference, Futrell talks about challenges in recruitment and building affordable housing. Read More

– North Bay Business Journal 5/24/19

Santa Rosa apartment project to become tallest downtown housing complex

Hugh Futrell, the influential Santa Rosa developer with several prominent downtown projects in the works, secured the exemption Thursday for his planned seven-story building Read More

– Press Democrat 4/12/19

INTERVIEW: The New Boutique Hotel Construction in Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square

Hugh Futrell of the Hugh Futrell Corporation, the General Contractor for the new boutique hotel, “Hotel E” in the old Empire clock building in downtown Santa Rosa, describes the construction and remodeling implemented to bring the building up to contemporary codes, the time frame for construction and completion, what they’ve decided to name the hotel, the number of rooms, restaurants and other businesses included, and will locals be able to afford to eat and reside there. Play interview

– KSRO FM 2/14/19

First hotel development since Wine Country fires set to land in downtown Santa Rosa

A boutique hotel operator had already been moving on plans for a new downtown Santa Rosa property; after more than 400 rooms were wiped out from wildfires, it is now first in line to backfill what was lost. Read More

– San Francisco Business Times 6/8/18

Construction starting soon on Marriott hotel in Santa Rosa near Railroad Square

The developer of a five-story Marriott hotel planned for the eastern side of Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square expects to break ground in the next few weeks and open in early 2020. The 142-room AC Hotels by Marriott would replace a parking lot Read More

– Press Democrat 12/13/18