The hotel planned for the former Greenville News spot in the heart of downtown will have five unique dining concepts that the project's developers say collectively will bring something entirely new to Greenville.

The AC Hotel by Marriott will include restaurants and bars inspired by larger cities but rooted in Greenville’s charm, said D.J. Rama, President and CEO of Auro Hotels, who is developing the hotel.

That dynamic approach will flow through everything from menu to design, Rama said.

“I think the Greenville market is moving,” said Rama, speaking just across the street from where a newly installed crane begins work on the hotel. “The outside influencers, visitors, are forcing us to deliver what they are used to.”

Previously, Auro and the Camperdown project’s developer, Centennial American Properties, had discussed the food and dining concepts as possibilities. On Tuesday, Rama and Centennial president Brody Glenn confirmed details, stopping just shy of stating names of restaurants.

Each dining concept will have its own operator and be accessible to the public, Rama said. On the bottom level of the hotel will be a tapas bar-inspired restaurant, on the second floor will be a speakeasy bar.

Atop the hotel’s 16,000-square-foot rooftop will be three to four unique experiences and food and beverage operations. Auro has enlisted a design firm that did Atlanta’s popular Ponce City Market to do the rooftop, Rama said.

“We realized this corner, we realized the neighbors and then we said, 'what can we uniquely offer to the marketplace that’s not there?'” Rama said. “People are looking for unique experiences, and we want to cater to different experiences. So, everything that we are doing here is not existing in the marketplace to a degree.”

The hotel will pay homage to the former Greenville News site, where the newspaper operated on the corner for more than 100 years.

The plans call for artifacts related to the news operation, including hardwood floor reminiscent of the printing facility, Rama said.

The tribute to the newspaper will be most prevalent in the speakeasy, he said.

The hotel, which is the third of four signature buildings in Camperdown under construction, is slated to be completed in mid-2020.

The 17-story Falls Tower will begin to rise soon and will feature a high-profile office tenant who will be new to Greenville and will join Bank of America and Elliott Davis, Glenn said.