Courtyard Fresno Downtown Opens to Guests Tuesday

The 144-room hotel at M and Inyo streets opens after years of delays and more than $30 million in investment.

Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Openings & Closings

Photograph of a clean five-story mid-rise hotel with stucco and glass facade on a quiet downtown corner, with a young tree beside the sidewalk. — The 144-room Courtyard by Marriott Fresno Downtown opens to guests Tuesday at M and Inyo streets, after years of delays and more than $30 million in investment. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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The Courtyard by Marriott Fresno Downtown opens to guests on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in downtown Fresno. The five-story hotel is operated by Axis Hotel Group, Inc. and follows a project that broke ground in 2022.

Why it matters

The opening adds lodging capacity downtown after the 2022 closure of the nearby Radisson hotel. It also marks the completion of a hotel project first proposed in 1998 on a corner the city sold in 2017.

The hotel offers 144 rooms across five stories, including 94 king rooms, 42 double-queen rooms, and eight suites, plus nearly 5,500 square feet of meeting space. The project represents more than $30 million in investment, far below the 400-room scale proposed in 1998; the stub does not report occupancy or revenue projections.

The players

Axis Hotel Group, Inc.

Axis Hotel Group, Inc. is the hospitality company that operates the Courtyard by Marriott Fresno Downtown, with other properties in the Clovis area.

The details

The hotel sits at the corner of M and Inyo streets on a site that was an empty lot before construction. Amenities include a pool, fire pit, fitness center, guest laundry, and an on-site bistro, and a 4,000-square-foot conference room is part of the added event space.

1998: A hotel on the site was first proposed as a 400-room project alongside a convention center expansion.
2017: The city sold the corner lot for $644,688.
2020: The original target opening date passed.
2022: Construction broke ground, and the nearby Radisson hotel closed.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026: The Courtyard by Marriott Fresno Downtown opens to guests.

Market Landscape

The opening replaces downtown room capacity lost when the Radisson closed in 2022, after a project that was first proposed in 1998 at 400 rooms and later scaled down. The slimmer, 144-room design reflects the post-pandemic revision of the original plan.

Downtown Fresno visitors and conference attendees gain 144 new rooms and about 5,500 square feet of meeting space when the hotel opens on Tuesday, November 10. The hotel's pool, fitness center, and on-site bistro give guests on-site options without leaving the property.

The takeaway

A project that stalled for years on infill construction challenges and aging underground utility lines has reached opening day. For downtown visitors, the arrival of 144 rooms restores lodging options that were lost when the nearby Radisson closed in 2022.