CHARLOTTE — Johnson & Wales University is using the DoubleTree by Hilton in Uptown for upperclassmen housing.
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The hotel on West Trade Street hotel was set to close this summer.
The plan is to convert it into apartment-style housing for students.
It will be able to house 450 students starting this fall.
We do not know how this will impact Hilton employees.