The owner -- with the help of the suppliers -- selected approximately 9,500 square feet of polished South Indian Shivakasi Gold granite in a combination pattern of 12- x 24, 18- x 30- and 12- x 12-inch cut-to-size pieces for the lobby area, walkways and elevators. All 72 rooms in the hotel were also furnished with Shivakasi Gold granite. The vanities, 8-inch aprons, 4-inch backsplashes and thresholds were all designed in granite to give the rooms a crisp look. The vanities were each fabricated with sink and faucet holes, and all of the thresholds at the room entrances and bathroom doors feature 1¿inch chamfering. To accent the gold granite, polished South Indian Black Galaxy granite was also incorporated in 2 cm thick pieces for the lobby countertops.
Granite was selected because of its hardness and the minimum maintenance cost involved, according to Anathula.