Commercial Windows that Balance Bold Brand and Historic Detail

Moxy Cincinnati isn’t just another downtown hotel—it’s a high-energy, design-forward hospitality space built within three conjoined 19th-century buildings in the heart of the city. With original construction dates stretching back to the 1880s, each façade tells its own architectural story—complete with ornate stonework, decorative cornices, arched heads, and multiple masonry systems.

HiFive Development Services needed a window partner who could do more than just supply units. They needed precision coordination across a fragmented envelope, and products that could carry both aesthetic weight and performance value.

Pella Reserve was the answer. Its historically accurate profiles, narrow sightlines and custom grille capabilities gave designers the tools to preserve the building’s character while refining it into a cohesive visual identity aligned with the Moxy brand’s modern attitude.

Every unit was custom-sized to accommodate non-standard openings and varying floor-to-floor dimensions, eliminating the need for on-site field adjustments and preserving the integrity of historic stone and brick elements.

Boutique hotels in busy downtown cores face a unique challenge: delivering on high-design aesthetics while maintaining peace and comfort inside. With dual-pane Low-E insulating glass, Pella Reserve windows help mitigate urban noise, temperature fluctuations and solar gain—all essential for supporting a consistent guest experience.

The extruded aluminum-clad exteriors are engineered to handle Cincinnati’s demanding weather cycles and require minimal long-term maintenance. For a project like this, where the windows form both a visual signature and a functional barrier, this performance is critical—not just for the first year, but for decades.

Reserve’s through-stile construction and hidden tilt latches deliver cleaner lines inside and out, while still allowing for practical operation, egress, and cleaning—particularly important for hotel operators balancing form with facility management.

On an adaptive reuse project with multiple façades and tight urban logistics, smooth execution matters as much as product quality. Pella Cincinnati worked closely with HiFive’s team to coordinate field verification, color matching, and phased deliveries to match project sequencing and avoid jobsite delays.

Because of the building’s mixed masonry construction, install teams had to accommodate varying jamb depths, uneven wall conditions, and historical inconsistencies. With Reserve’s flexible configuration options and Pella’s hands-on support, these field realities didn’t slow progress—allowing the project to stay on timeline while achieving the brand’s aesthetic vision.

For the Moxy brand—known for its bold style, social energy and modern-meets-historic spaces—the façade needed to make an impression. From the street, Pella Reserve windows deliver that first moment of connection: the dark finish pops against the aged stone, while the illuminated interiors invite guests inside.

From within, the windows frame views of the city skyline while keeping distractions out—helping the hotel achieve its promise of a lively yet comfortable stay in the heart of the action.

In projects like this, windows are more than an afterthought—they’re a visual and functional centerpiece. With Pella Reserve, HiFive was able to bridge the gap between history and hospitality, elegance and durability, past and present.