UPDATE, MAY 2, 4:51 P.M. PT: The opening date for the project will be in June. 

ORIGINAL STORY:

Just in time for baseball season, a new hotel will open in May across from AT&T Park. Hotel Via, a 159-room independent hotel, is taking reservations for stays beginning July 1. The 12-story hotel includes 148 rooms and 11 suites. Room rates start at $279/night.

The 12-story hotel offers a rooftop lounge with 360-degree views of AT&T Park, San Francisco, East Bay and beyond. The 3K SF rooftop designed by C Walters Design is exclusive to hotel guests and private events and provides an outdoor lounge with private draped cabanas, contemporary furniture, communal tables and open-air fire pits.

Other amenities include a breakfast café, a meeting room, event spaces, communal workspace and technology hub, a fully equipped fitness center and an upscale cocktail bar dubbed Bar VIA. Guests also have access to BART, Caltrain, Muni, ferries, freeways and bridges.

The hotel’s exterior and interior were designed to reflect the waterfront neighborhood of South Beach, which offers a mix of historic brick warehouses and new luxury lofts and high-rises. Each room offers minimalist loft design with modern custom-made furniture with no two rooms on each floor the same.

Technology is interconnected within the hotel, offering in-room triple-play services for voice, video and data. The hotel uses KEYPR, a highly connected keyless room entry system, and high-speed Ethernet.