Dear Charlotte will open this fall. They're launching their first independent food-and-beverage space, and Maya Hotels will own and operate the six-story, 124-room property. Dear Charlotte arrives in late fall. "Steele Creek has continued to grow, and we saw an opportunity to bring something more distinctive to this part of Charlotte," Thakor said in a statement, according to The Charlotte Observer. Maya Hotels executives removed 11 planned rooms on the sixth floor, adding the full-service cocktail bar and restaurant instead.