According to the plan unveiled Monday, The MC's amenities will include a farm-to-table restaurant, a rooftop bar with city views and a lobby library.

The MC will also include 13,000 square feet of corporate offices, conference and meeting space.

Hotel and restaurant guests will be offered front-door valet parking at a new six-story full-service parking garage with solar power and an automated parking system at the site. An outdoor plaza connected to a two-story round atrium with 30-foot-high glass walls will be open year-round, to the general public.

“The hotel's original, one-of-a-kind design – complete with an urban rooftop amenity that engages the skyline – will compliment Montclair's organic street life,” said Chris Lessard, president and CEO, Lessard Design, the project's master development architect. “The tremendous public spaces surrounding the base of the project are a culmination of the Township's master plan to create a new gateway to downtown Montclair.”

The hotel will feature an art program, run in partnership with the Montclair Township, with exhibitions in the lobby and public areas and a sculpture on the public plaza. The MC will also collaborate with local non-profit groups to host various public events throughout the year.

“Our design strategy celebrates Montclair's distinctive culture, diversity and artistry – a perfect fit with the Autograph Collection's unique, one-of-a-kind properties,” said David Ashen, principal of Dash Design, the hotel's interior design and branding firm. “With a casual sense of luxury and an eclectic vibe, the property aims to be a destination point for the community with a range of social gathering spots.”

Hotel guests and event participants can ride to Montclair's six train stations on Ultra Low Emission Vehicle shuttles, and participate in a new bike and car share program Montclair is planning. Montclair will install bike depots for secure storage at its train stations, starting with one at the Bay Street station for which it was recently awarded a $20,000 grant by Sustainable Jersey.

Montclair is located ten miles northwest of Newark Liberty International Airport and 12 miles west of Manhattan.

Pinnacle previously developed the Siena mixed-use building on the site of the former Hahne & Co. department store in Montclair, where it is based. Other New Jersey projects for the company have included: Maxwell Place, a 1-million-square-foot mixed-use project on the site of the former Maxwell House coffee factory in Hoboken, developed as a joint venture with Toll Brothers; and Crystal Pointe in Jersey City, a 41-story, 269-unit luxury condominium tower in a joint venture with Fisher Development.