I don't get it. Oh wait, I do. It's like a Motel 6.
Visually, the Place is nice. But functionally, it's got most of its screws loose. Start by walking in the door and deal with the "hotel"'s identity crisis and the harried folks wearing too many hats. At first it's all rather baffling. "What's the concept?" one wonders. And then, suddenly, it clicks: bean counting. Why have a check-in desk with attentive, focused employees when you can, ta-da, turn your fuddy check-in desk into a .... profit center. Yes sir, income streams and revenue and lower costs to boot: why pay for extra staff when you can having fewer staff doing more things in the same place?
Continue with the rooms. They got a designer who probably makes a living doing window decorations: visually appealing; and quite dysfunctional. The room looks nice. And spacious. Step in and... discover there is no where to hang one's hat. Literally. There is a "closet." It's half way across the room past a divider, next to the counter of the in-room sink, and has a mirrored door. Nice touch. Visually. The door opens about 60% and is skinny to begin with so the upshot is you can't really get anything into or out of half the closet. The other half, well, the whole thing is too shallow so the hangers literally stick out into the room and fight back when you try to slide the mirror shut. And it goes on from there. 
Many standard amenities are missing. No in-room safe. No room service. Functionally the place is a hodge-podge and poorly thought through. Hand towels are hung below the sink where they get dripped on when shaving or cleaning. And if you're in your birthday suit for either of those the hand towels get on intimate terms with one's privates. I can't imagine that's a good thing. There is a micro night table, built-in, but it's loaded with a too-big alarm clock and a too-big phone. Which since there's no room service makes little sense. I mean, it's 2012, you bring your cell phone with you and don't use the hotel's phone. So when you want to read or do aught else in bed you're left fighting for space. 
The TV is nice and big. It seems to be the one thing the designer thought about. It faces a partition in the middle of the room. But can be swiveled so you can watch it from a couch or a bed. Couch in room is a nice touch. Of course, it's low-end, but hey, it is a couch. 
The potential is here. But the place biffed. Rather than really thinking through how a space is used and how to support that, it feels low-rent and run-of-the-mill, with attention to form over function. Visual over useful. And the lack of service is telling. There is no service here. No even concept of it. As far as that goes Hyatt Place seems to by the hotel chain's attempt to compete with Motel 6. Sadly, I'm not sure they're even doing that very well.