hotel hot list Surety Hotel Aparium Hotel Group, the Chicago-based developer known for transforming historic buildings in secondary markets into design-driven upscale hotels, has six properties launching through the spring of next year. Among them is the 138room Surety in Des Moines, a collaboration between local firm Slingshot Architecture and Minneapolis-based DLR Group that celebrates its history while looking forward. Since it is located in the 1913-built Hippee building (also known as the Southern Surety Building-hence the hotel's name referencing a surety bond in banking), the design is at once refined and comfortable, evoking the rich character of its BeauxArts structure. 088 June 2020 hospitalitydesign.com Renderings courtesy of APARIUM HOTEL GROUP and TARA BERNERD & PARTNERS Des Moines, Iowahttp://www.hospitalitydesign.com