The Guild Hotel, San Diego Downtown, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel in downtown San Diego reimagines the 1924 Army-Navy YMCA building at 500 West Broadway into a 162-room boutique property, following an $80 million renovation by San Diego-based Oram Hotels that reopened the landmark in 2019. Original tilework, arched windows, exposed brick, and a stone staircase survive inside the century-old shell, blending with contemporary furnishings and local artwork in a design approach that Travel + Leisure ranked among San Diego’s best hotels and Vogue called a masterclass in merging old and new — a heritage-conversion model distinct from the ground-up construction at Hotel Indigo San Diego-Gaslamp Quarter a few blocks south. The Grace Ballroom — a former basketball court with its original elevated running track still ringing the perimeter — provides 3,500 square feet of event space across 15,937 total square feet of meeting and function rooms. A Riviera-style courtyard, the Grace Garden outdoor oasis, a lobby cocktail bar, a boutique gift shop, and the Dandy Time Barbershop fill the building’s ground-floor commercial spaces. The Guild sits at the Broadway-Pacific Highway corridor connecting the Gaslamp Quarter, Little Italy, and the harbor, a crossroads shared by fellow Marriott Tribute Portfolio sibling Alma San Diego Downtown in the same downtown lodging tier. The largest suite configurations pair king beds with high-ceiling living areas and courtyard views, delivering the property’s highest-value rooms inside the century-old architectural envelope.