NORWOOD, Mass. – May 5, 2009 – Four Points by Sheraton Norwood, a business-class hotel and full-service conference center, announced today that it has just completed $1M in renovations to Zachariah’s Restaurant, located within the hotel. Zachariah’s re-opened its doors on March 28, 2009.

Used daily as the dining facility for the hotel’s conference center activities, the newly renovated Zachariah’s has been transformed into a modern function room with the capability to host smaller weddings and social gatherings, corporate parties and meetings. The renovations included the installation of built-in buffets, chafing dishes and bars; marble tops on all service furniture; as well as all new carpet, tables, chairs, and lighting. Two permanent serving stations, one at each end of the room, include built-in heating elements and are used for breakfast and luncheon buffets, dessert displays, and liquor and cappuccino bars when needed. 

Since the hotel is known regionally for its excellent food and dessert menus, this new renovation allows the catering staff at the Four Points by Sheraton Norwood to showcase the fare on a continuous curve of maple woodwork capped by an elegant stone top with a floating light canopy above. 

“We’re thrilled with the result of the renovation and are anxious to begin booking the space,” said Kevin Casey, general manager of the Four Points by Sheraton Norwood. “Our Tiffany Ballroom is so popular that it fills up quickly, especially during prime wedding seasons. With some ingenuity and a great design team, we are very excited to be able to present an alternative to our customers that still offers the same great food and service.”

The renovation posed two distinct challenges to Allegro Interior Architecture, the design firm hired to update the space. The first challenge was that the room did not have access to an exterior wall and therefore could not provide a view. The solution was to create an LED light wall using a double-layer theatrical curtain that can be pre-set to eight different colors depending on the customer’s theme. Formerly this window wall to the service corridor was hidden by heavy drapes, but the space is now a feature that allows the user to customize the décor.

The second challenge was that the ceiling was relatively low for the room’s 44- by 90-foot proportions. Unable to lift the ceiling any higher because the hotel’s building services distribution is situated directly above, Allegro employed an optical illusion to make the ceiling appear grander than it really is. The tiles in the center of the room were wrapped in fabric and washed with a soft light giving the impression of a higher ceiling.In addition, the perimeter ceiling tiles were dropped slightly and painted a dark color to bolster the impression of height at the main part of the room. Firefly lights were added to this portion to add glitz and drama before opening the room up to the cleaner, higher space.

“The Four Points by Sheraton Norwood team took a great leap of faith with this renovation,” said Jeanne Kopacz, managing principal of Allegro Interior Architecture. “It’s difficult to really visualize how some of these treatments will come out because drawings and plans can only do so much to illustrate the idea. They were brave, asked all of the right questions, and trusted that the solutions we proposed would produce the elegant space they have today.”

Originally built in the 1980’s, Zachariah’s functioned as the dining facility for the Corporate Conference and Meeting center. The room was not set up to accommodate social functions such as weddings and parties. With this new renovation, Zachariah’s is an alternative option to anyone looking for the quality of service and food for which the hotel’s Tiffany Ballroom is known, but on a smaller scale. Zachariah’s has seating for up to 230 guests.

Working with the designer, Allegro Interior Architecture of Boston, the contractor for this renovation was Majestic Construction of North Attleboro, Mass.

About Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

Located between Providence and Boston, the Four Points by Sheraton Norwood is a business-class hotel and full-service conference center. Recently renovated and expanded, the Four Points by Sheraton Norwood features over 30 different event spaces for everything from a business meeting to a cocktail party to a formal wedding. For more information, please visit www.fourpointsnorwood.com.

About Hobbs Brook Management

As both owner and operator, Hobbs Brook Management, LLC is committed to providing its tenants and their employees with a reliable and fully functional business environment.For leasing information, please visit www.hobbsbrook.com.

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