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Richmond is getting a Moxy — a new Marriott-branded boutique hotel being created for cool urban locations.

Shamin Hotels bought an eight-story brick building at Fifth and Franklin streets in downtown Richmond on Thursday to convert it into the 87-room Moxy hotel.

Renovations should begin in January, said Neil Amin, president and CEO of Shamin Hotels, the Richmond region’s largest hotel operator. Construction should take about a year to complete for the adaptive reuse project, he said.

“It puts you at a different level when you develop a Moxy,” Amin said.

Marriott has only two Moxy hotels in the U.S. — in New Orleans and Tempe, Ariz., both of which opened earlier this year — and four in Europe.

It has plans for more U.S. locations for 2017 including New York; Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco; and Columbus, Ohio. Upcoming international openings include Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Oslo and London.

Shamin Hotels has signed a contract with Marriott International to operate a Moxy hotel here.