The new DoubleTree by Hilton Jamestown is scheduled to have a soft opening Tuesday, Jan. 29, with a grand opening celebration planned in February. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips

If all goes to plan, the new DoubleTree by Hilton Jamestown will be opening in January.

On Tuesday, Brandon Wade, DoubleTree by Hilton Jamestown general manager, told The Post-Journal the opening date has been set for Tuesday, Jan. 29. He said hotel officials will start off with a soft opening with a grand opening celebration planned in February.

Wade said the $19 million renovations of the former Ramada Hotel are going well.

“We’ve ran into some construction snags just like any other major renovation project. The hotel was built in the 1970s so what we are doing is not easy, but it is being done efficiently and well,” he said. “It is a total ‘shut and gut’ as it is called in the business. We shut the doors and we gut the whole hotel down to the floors. Everything is going to be brand new. It was a lot of work, but it’s looking great.”

The 147-room hotel redevelopment project will include a 4,100-square-foot ball conference room for meetings and receptions of up to 375 guests; Pearl City Hops, a gastropub and restaurant; Sweet Dreams beds; a 50-inch HDTV; complimentary Wi-Fi; and room service and a lobby market available 24 hours a day.

Wade said the Pearl City Hops will be a restaurant and tavern that will be open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

“The food is going to be like no other restaurant in Jamestown or the Chautauqua area,” he said.

See Wednesday’s edition of The Post-Journal for more coverage.